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1、Unit 19 Unit 19 The Merchant of The Merchant of VeniceVenice For any Englishman,there can never be any discussion as to who is the worlds greatest poet and dramatist.Only one name can possibly suggest itself to him,that of William Shakespeare.A Brief Introduction This play is mainly about the proces
2、s of a story that Shylock,a cruel and greedy moneylender,is punished by Antonio,a merchant of Venice,with the help of his friends-Portia and Bassanio.The central theme of the play is the triumph of love(between Portia and Bassanio)and friendship(between Antonio and Bassanio)over insatiable greed and
3、 brutality(as presented by Shylock).A happy ending is brought about when Shylock is punished.It is paradoxical that we should know comparatively little about the life of the greatest English author.We know that Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon,and that he died there in 1616.He almos
4、t certainly attended the Grammar School in the town,but of this we cannot be sure.We know he was married there in 1582 to Anne Hathaway and that he had three children,a boy and two girls.We know he spent much of his life in London writing his masterpieces.But this is almost all that we do know.Page6
5、5-Look at the warming up.Try the exercises:1“To be or not to be:that is the question.Meaning:2“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.Meaning:3“Neither a borrower or a lender beMeaning:4“Romeo,why are you Romeo?Deny your father,and refuse your nameMeaning:5“Words,words,only words,no matter from the
6、 heart.Meaning:6“A pound of flesh.Meaning:7“All the worlds a stage.Meaning:8“My salad days.Meaning:Listening comprehensions1 Venice.2 About three months.3 3,000 ducats.4 A pound of flesh from any part of his body.Page 66Answers to Exercise 2:Listen again and fill in the blanks 1 Bassanio,Antonios be
7、st friend,is _ Portia.Portia is a rich and beautiful lady.She loves Bassanio _they cannot get married because he is too_.Then,Bassanio asks Antonio to _him three thousand ducats.Being _money just then,Antonio goes to Shylock to borrow the money.Shylock has always _Antonio,because Antonio has often _
8、shown how cruel and terrible Shylock is.2 Shylock _to lend Antonio the money,but Antonio must _to allow Shylock to take a pound of his _ from any part of his body _he cannot pay the money back _three months.Antonio agrees to this,_the money and _it to Bassanio.takes Useful expressions:Correct me if
9、Im wrong,but You shouldnt forget that What shouldnt be forgotten is One of the most important facts is.The way I would go about it But in this particular case As far as I know After allS1:Iam sure many people perhaps hate somebody,but that is no reason to want to kill someone.S2:Right.You can hate s
10、omebody,but you must still be polite.S3:Well.1 think that what Antonio did was just very stupid.It is never a good idea to ask your biggest enemy for help.You shouldnt forget that you can never trust your enemies.S4:I agree.If you place yourself in the power of your enemies,they will do something ba
11、d.S2:So,what would you do?S4:Well.I would not kill my enemy,but I suppose I would also try to make life hard for him.S3:Yes.You just tell them to give you all they have.They must sell their house,car,computer:everything.S1:But what if someone doesnt have any money?Like Antonio?S2:That is still no re
12、ason to kill them.As far as I know,you can have them put in prison for not paying back to you.S3:Yes,but then you cannot get anything?S2:Is getting something the most important them?S4:Of course.S2:Well,I think you must always show you are better than your worst enemy.Andthat means you must show mer
13、cy.After all,we are all human.Language study in this part Merchant Deny Pay back/pay sb.back Have mercy on对怜悯 Revenge Go about:开场做;着手于 pay off:还清；胜利 Did your plan pay off?他的方案胜利了吗？Our plan certainly paid off;it was a great idea.我们的方案当然胜利了,那是个很好的主意。“pay out:破费；支出 I paid out a lot of money for that ca
14、r.为了那辆汽车我花了不少钱。pay up:不情愿地付清；还清债务 Have mercy on 3.Mercy:仁慈,宽恕,怜悯 show mercy to sb.对某人起了怜悯之心 It was a mercy that no one was hurt.没有人受伤真是侥幸 Its a mercy that the explosion happened after the theatre.爆炸发生在散戏以后,真是不幸中之大幸。at the mercy of:Without any protection against;helpless before:任由摆布；在面前无助：E.g.:They w
15、ere drifting in an open boat,at the mercy of the elements.在一敞篷船中漂泊，任由暴风雨摆布 4.go about:To set about to do;undertake:着手做；承当：Go about your chores in a responsible way.请以担任的态度去做他的任务 5.revenge:n.报仇,复仇 To inflict punishment in return I broke Marys pen by accident,and in revenge she tore up my school work.我不留心弄坏了玛丽的钢笔，出于报仇，她撕掉了我的作业。
本可能包含观众讨论和即席反应使用ppt课件
