干窑中学 朱程怡

What do you like doing?

Do you decide to be a(n) ?

I decide to be a(n) .

doctor

cook

writeractor

actress

football player

worker

manager

singer

painter……

Module 10 Life history

Unit 2 He decided to be an actor.

William Shakespeare

Was he successful?

Was he rich?

Queen ElizabethⅠenjoyed his plays.

actor ( 男 )演员writer 作家play 　　　　戏剧poem 　　　　诗歌company 剧团，公司theatre company 　剧社the Globe Theatre 环球剧场

successful 成功的rich 　　富有的

marry 结婚move 搬 ( 家 ) ，移动join 　　　　加入；参加become 　　　　成为（过去式 became ）

age n. 年龄at the age of 在…岁时

Match the words with their meanings. join

move

play

rich

successful

theatre company

you watch it at the theatre

having lots of money

being good at your job

become part of

go from one place to another

a group of people who work at a theater

1.Who was William Shakespeare?

2.Where and when was he born?

3.How old was he when he died?

Put the words and phrases in the correct order of time.

①

②

③

④⑤

⑥

⑦be born

have children

die

move to

start school

finish school

marry

He was born.

He died.

He finished school.

He had children.

He married.

He moved to London.

He started school.

A timetable of Shakespeare

1564 1578 1582 1592 1599

Was born

be born, die, finish school, marry, move to, open

Sentence–making:e.g: He was born in 1564.

He …….. at the age of ……

finished school married moved

to London

openedGlobeTheatre

died

18 28 5214 35age

1616

Put the sentences in the correct order

A .Shakespeare moved to London.

F.Shakespeare decided to be an actor

E.Shakespeare died at the age of fifty-two.

D.Shakespeare liked watching plays.

C.Shakespeare married.

B.Shakespeare’s company opened the Globe Theatre.

Para2.

At school he liked watching plays.

在学校

在家at home

like + v.-ing

liked+ v.-ing

Para2.

He decided to be an actor

when he finished school

at the age of fourteen.

decide to do sth. 决定做某事

（毕业）

at fourteen

when he was fourteen

（入学） start school

Para2.

He married in 1582

and had three children.

marry = get married 结婚

have 的过去式 had child children

At twenty-eight he moved to London

and joined a theatre company.

Para3.

move to 搬去某地

join + 团体名称 . 表示加入该团体 .

Para ４ .

In 1599 the company opened the Globe Theatre

on the River Thames in London.

v. 创办

Prep. 在河畔

Write sentences about events in your life.

I helped my mother with housework

I finished primary school

I started school

my family moved to JiashanAt the age of , .

At , .

when I .

in .1996

was 11 years old

8

1

To be or not to be. That is a question.

生存还是毁灭，这是一个值得考虑的问题。

A light heart lives long .

豁达者长寿。

Shakespeare’s sayings:

1.Do the reading material (task 8)

on P126.

2.Prepare for the task 1 & 5 of unit three, try to finish them by yourself.

3.GROUP WORK:

探究一般过去时 , 一般疑问句的构成及回答

Complete the passage with the correct from of the words in the box.

William shakespeare(1) _____ in 1564 in England. When he(2) _____ at school he(3) ____ watching plays and he(4) _____ to be an actor. He(5) _____ school when he was 14 years old. When he was 18 he(6) _____ , and they(7) _____ three children. when he was 28 he(8) _____ to London and(9) _____ a theatre company. He(10) _____ a successful actor and(11) _____ writing plays. He(12) _____ at the Globe Theatre. William shakepeare(13) _____ for 52 years. Finally, when he(14) _____ he was rich and successful.

was born

was

liked decided

finished

married

had

moved joined

became

started worked

liveddied