高中英语选修10：Unit2 Warming up and reading.pptVIP

Character Relationship to King Lear Words to describe personality Regan Cordelia Duke of Albany hard-hearted, foolish, bad-tempered daughter daughter son-in-law honest, truthful, loving innocent (not known yet) Character Relationship to King Lear Words to describe personality Duke of Cornwall Duke of Kent son-in-law loyal, respectful, honest, truthful (not known yet) friend Read the play and complete the plot diagram. A plot diagram Description Setting King Lear has 3 daughters. He is old and wants to divide his kingdom among his daughters. He is going to do this through a “love test”. Conflict Rising action Climax Flattery vs honesty; Words vs action His first two daughters flatter him with nice words, but the youngest daughter insists on telling the truth. Hearing the truth,the king gets very angry.he gives all his land to the first two daughters and leaves nothing to the youngest one. In fours prepare a role-play. One plays the king, one plays Regan, and another one plays Cordelia. The fourth plays the Duke of Kent and will interview the three characters to find out find out what they really think. There are some questions to consider on page 14. Role play 如：to hand over command of a ship. 移交军舰的指挥权。 The pickpocket was handed over to the police. 扒手被送交警方。 1. hand over 移交；让与 hand down 传给后代 = hand on, pass down 如：This pair of bracelets were handed down from my greatgrandmother. 这副手镯是我曾祖母传下来的。 hand on 1)传递 2)把…传下来 (= hand down) Please read this and hand it on. 请你读后加以传阅。 Please read this notice and hand it on. 请把这张通知看一下,并传阅。 A system used to allocate a scarce commodity, such as food, only to those capable of deriving the greatest benefit from it. 优先分配一种将有限的物资，如食 物，分配给那些能从中获取最大收益 的人的制度。 2 allocate v. 分派,分配,分配额 1. The boys adore their mothers. 男孩们敬慕他们的母亲。 2. He adores his wife and children. 他深爱妻儿。 3.