UnitOneLaughterisgoodforyouWelcometoourclassProjectPuttingonaplay1.Whatdoyouknowaboutdrama?2.HaveyoueverseendramaseitheronTVorinatheatre?3.Haveyoueveractedinadrama?Dramameansapieceofwritingtobeperformedbyactors,aplayfortheatre,television,radio,etc.4.Inyouropinion,inordertoputonadrama,whatpreparationsshouldbemade?Whatstepsareneededtoprepareaplay?(1)Listentothedirector(2)Learnlinesbyheart(2)Learnlinesbyheart(3)Findoutwhenthecharacterisonstage.(4)Makealistofwhichactsandscenes(4)Makealistofwhichactsandscenesyouarein.youarein.(5)Dressedinyourcostumeandwaitinginthewingsatleastonescenebeforeyougoonstage.(6)Followthestagedirections.PartAReadpartAplease,andanswerthequestions:Theinvisiblebench•1)Whatkindofcomedydoesthisplayuse?•2)WhatdoyouthinkofthechildrenexceptMike?Theplaymainlyusesthephysicalstyleofcomedy.Theyaredishonest,insincere,false/Theyaredishonest,insincere,false/hypocriticalhypocritical•3)Attheendoftheplay,Mikesaid,“No.Imusthaveforgottentotellyou.Whatdoeshemean?•4)Isthereabenchintheplay?Hewantedtopunishthemormakefunofthem.No.Thereisn’tany.PartBTheimportantpapersReadpartBquicklyandanswerthequestions•1)Whatkindofcomedydoesthisplayuse?•2)Whodoyouthinkisthemaincharacterintheplay?•3)Whatdoesthekingactuallywant?Theplayusesthestyleofprop.Actorsusetheprop----toiletpaperandsomeotherpaperstoperformtheplay.ThekingToiletpaper.•4)Whyaretheothersunabletounderstandhim?•5)Howdoestheplaywrightmaketheplayfunny?Becausehewasakingandhesaysthathewantsimportantpapers.Theotherswouldmistakethemforsomeofficialdocuments.Theplaywrightusesaplayuponwords----importantpaperandtoiletpaper----tomakepeoplelaugh.Discussion•Whatdoyouthinkeachplaywantstotellus?PlayIPlayIISummary•Thetwoplayshaveasimilarity.Boththeplaystellusaphenomenoninoursociety.Agroupofpeoplearoundusarehypocriticalandproudofthemselves.Theysavetheirfacesatallcosts,butactuallytheywillsufferfromtheirownactions.Theplaywrightswritetheplaysinanironicway.Thiskindofplayalwaysleadsustothinking,becausetheyalwaysreflectsomesocialproblemsaroundus.•ActoutthetwoplaysLanguagepoints1.Iamsittingonaninvisiblebench,ofcourse.(line8)•invisible•adj.1)impossibletosee:Theaircraftisdesignedtobeinvisibletoradar.Thesebacteriaareinvisibleunlessviewedwithamicroscope.•2)[beforenoun]describesmoneythatisaddedtoacountry'seconomybyactivitiessuchastheserviceandfinancialindustriesratherthantheproductionofgoodsinfactories:anincreaseininvisibleexportsTourismbringsin40%oftheisland'sinvisibleearnings.(2006上海)Youcanseethestarsonaclearnight,butinthedaytimetheyare________.A.unavoidableB.invisibleC.inaccessibleD.unavailable2Youshouldjoinus.It’sniceandcosy.(line18)cosyadj.comfortableandpleasant,especially(ofabuilding)becausesmallandwarmThisroomisniceandcosyinthewinter.Heshowedmeintoacosylittleroom.3Mikelooksannoyed.(line25)•annoyedadj.angry:•Iwassoannoyedwithhimforturninguplate.Hewasannoyedatthewayshetriedtotakeoverthewholemeeting.Myparentswereratherannoyed(that)Ihadn'ttoldthemabouttheaccident.Shewasannoyedtodiscoverthatherhusbandhadtakenhercarkeys.annoying•adj.makingyoufeelannoyed:•It'sreallyannoyingwhenatrainislateandthere'snoexplanation.He'sgotareallyannoyinglaugh.annoy•vt.tomakesomeoneangry:Timreallyannoyedmeinthemeetingthismorning.I'msorry-ismycoughannoyingyou?[+that]Itannoysmethatshejustexpectsustohelp.Itreallyannoysmewhenpeopleexpectmetotipaswellaspayaservicechargeinarestaurant.4Mikestandsupandwandersovertothemiddleofthestageand“sits”down.(line27)•wanders•vi.orvt.towalkaroundslowlyinarelaxedwayorwithoutanyclearpurposeordirection:•Wespentthemorningwanderingaroundtheoldpartofthecity.Shewasfoundseveralhourslater,wanderingthestreets,lost.Hewashereamomentagobuthe'swanderedoffsomewhere.5Itgottoocrowded,soImovedthebench.（line38)•crowd•adj.Ifaplaceiscrowded,itisfullofpeople:Byteno'clockthebarwascrowded.•groupnoun[C]alargegroupofpeoplewhohavegatheredtogether:Acrowdofabout15000attendedtheconcert.Homework•Reviewthewholeunitafterclass.
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