clapping课件1.pptVIP

They were putting on a live performance for the audience. In classical Athens, applause meant judgement. It also has different meanings on some occasions. Prolonged and infectious clapping helped us to win a competition. Skim the text and find out the main idea of each paragraph: Read the text to answer the following questions: On what occasions do people clap? What did applause mean in classical Athens? What did the prolonged clapping help? 4) What are the features of clapping? 5)Do people from different cultures clap on the same occasions? Translate the following sentences into Chinese Read the text once again and fill in the blank: 1.现场表演 2.从早就有 3.与..竞争 4.持久的鼓掌 5.容纳50人 6.发出很大的声音/噪音 7.一种平等的标志 8.把..添加到… 9.独自一人大笑 10.普通/普遍的习惯 11.在一些场合 12.在婚礼上/葬礼上 Discuss in pairs ,try to translate the passage and find out some difficult sentences Clapping 鼓掌 Why do we clap? To show we like something, of course. But we don’t clap at the end of a television programme or a book, however good they are. We clap at the end of a live performance, such as a play, or a concert, to say thank you to the performers. First they give, and then we give. Without us --- the audience --- the performance would not be complete. 我们为什么鼓掌？当然是为了表示我们对某种事物的喜爱。但是在电视节目结束时或书的结尾时，我们不会鼓掌，不管节目或书多么好。在现场表演，如戏剧音乐会结束时，我们用鼓掌表达对表演者的感谢。他们先付出，然后轮到我们了。如果没有我们观众，表演是不完整的. The custom of clapping has early beginning. In classical Athens, applause meant judgement and taking part. Plays were often in competition with each other, and prolonged clapping helped a play to win. The theatre was large-it could hold 14，000 people, half the adult male population of the city, which meant that the audience could make a lot of noise. 鼓掌习俗很早以前就开始了。在古雅典，掌声意味着评判和参与。戏剧经常是在比赛中进行的，长时间的掌声有助于戏剧胜出。剧院很大---可容纳14，000人，半数观众是城市男性成年人，这就意味着观众掌声会很响。 Applause was a sign of being part of the community, and of equality between actors