时间:2019-01-10 作者:英语课 分类:高中英语人教版高三


英语课

[00:30.69]lesson 41

[00:58.83]William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

[01:10.30]The English poet and playwright 1 William Shakespeare

[01:16.77]is often described as the gratest writer in the English language.

[01:25.03]he first came to notice in 1592 as a playwright in London.

[01:33.96]In 1599 he became a part owner of the Globe Theatre in London

[01:42.79]and finally retired 2 to his birthplace,Stratford-on-Avon,in 1613.

[01:52.67]As a playwright he wrote tragedies,comedies and his torieal plays,

[02:02.80]and a poet he wrote narrative 3 poems and sonnets 4.

[02:12.23]His famous polays include Hamlet,King Lear,Othello,Romeo and Juliet.

[02:22.58]The merchant of Venice

[02:32.03]This plan is thought to have been written by Shakespeare in 1596.

[02:40.78]It is about a merchant,Antonio,

[02:46.43]Who borrows money from a Jew called Shylock to help Bassanio marry Portia

[02:56.88]According to their agreement,

[03:01.13]if Antonio fails to pay the money back,

[03:06.78]Shylock can claim a pound of Antonio's flesh.

[03:13.83]When Antonio is unable to pay the money back,

[03:21.27]Shylock demands that Antonio keeps to the agreement.

[03:28.54]However,he is defeated in a court case by Portia,disguised as a lawyer,

[03:38.80]who makes a powerful speech,wins the case and saves Antonio's life.

[04:11.04]1.What kind of a person was Antonio?

[04:18.01]A merchant,much liked by everybody and always ready to help others.

[04:27.57]2.Where were Antonio's ships?

[04:34.70]At sea.

[04:39.35]3.Who was Antonio's best friend and what did he want to do?

[04:48.50]Bassanio,who wanted to marry Portia.

[04:56.07]4.What was the problem?

[05:02.32]Bassanio had no money and Portia was rich.

[05:11.17]5.Who lent Antonio the money? Shylock,the money lender.

[05:21.72]6.Who lent Bassanio the money? Antonio.

[05:32.38]7.What was the agreement between antonio and Shylock?

[05:41.34]If Antonio did not pay the money back at the end of three months,

[05:49.99]Shylock could take a pound of flesh from any part of Antonio's body.

[05:58.66]8.What news did Antonio receive? All his ships were lost at sea.

[06:11.10]9.What did Portia decide to do?

[06:18.57]She dressed up as a lawyer,dressed her maid Nerissa as a lawyer's clerk,

[06:28.70]and both went to the court of the Duke.

[06:43.85]1.What does the Duke ask Shylock to do?To have mercy on Antonio.

[06:55.69]2.What is Shylock's reply?He demands his pound of flesh.

[07:08.36]3.What does Bassanio offer?

[07:15.23]He offers Shylock six thousand ducats for the three thousand that Antonio borrowed

[07:26.46]4.What is Shylock's reply?

[07:32.62]He still demands his pound of Flesh.

[07:38.87]5.What letter does Nerissa,Portia's maid bring?

[07:47.72]A letter from a famous lawyer.

[07:53.78]6.What does the letter say?

[07:59.95]The lawyer can not come but is sending a learned 5 doctor of law in his place

[08:21.50]1.Why do you think it was not possible

[08:29.05]for Bassanio to marry Portia without money?

[08:34.61]Probably it was not the custom of that period for men to merry rich women

[08:44.49]if they were poor themselves.

[08:49.24]2.What is your opinion of the Duke's character? He is merciful.

[08:59.51]3.What is your opinion of Shylock?He is cruel.

[09:09.46]4.Why do you think Shylock prefers to take his pound of Flesh

[09:18.92]instead of accepting the money from Bassanio?

[09:25.26]Shylock hated Antonio because Antonio had many times scolded him publicly

[09:36.63]for being greedy and cruel.

[09:42.09]5.What are the two meanings of "I will pay him back with all my heart"?

[09:52.07]Literally,with the heart which he shall cut out of my body;

[10:00.32]Metaphorically,whole heartedly,willingly.

[10:11.79]6.When Portia says "Your wife would mot be pleased.",who is she thinking of

[10:22.37]Herself.She is Bassanio's wife,

[10:29.52]but she is wearing the clothes of a lawyer,

[10:35.17]and Bassanio does not realize who she is.

[10:41.83]Language points:

[10:51.68]1.Antonio had many times scolded Shylock publicly for being greedy and cruel

[11:29.32]He could not speak for sorrow


[11:39.59]Forgive me for keeping you waiting.

[11:47.34]Many thanks to you for what you have told me.

[12:07.61]scold sb for

[12:28.46]Dad scolded me for coming home late.

[12:38.73]Mother scolded me this morning for being rude to you.

[12:53.98]2.However,Shylock agreed to lend Antonio the money on one condition.

[13:02.94]In the agreement,Antonio made a promise to allow Shylock

[13:10.60]to take a pound of his flesh from whatever part of his body

[13:17.67]if he did not pay the money back at the end of three months.

[13:47.04]on one condition\on condition

[14:12.11]He was allowed to go swimming on condition that he kept near the other boys

[14:32.18]I'll come on condition that John is invited,too.

[14:49.03]make a promise

[14:59.89]keep one's promise

[15:07.75]break one's promise

[15:15.51]She said the man had kept his promise.

[15:26.67]I am sorry that I broke my promise.

[15:36.41]He's always making promises and then breaking them.

[15:54.57]I never promised to attend the meeting.

[16:05.80]I want you to promise me one thing.

[16:13.45]Lions are flesh-eating animals.

[16:42.50]I like meat while my sister likes fish.

[17:00.34]3.Then she thought of a clever plan  to save Antonio.

[17:13.09]think of

[17:20.35]Don't worry,I will think of a way out of the difficulty.

[17:32.73]Who thought of such a wonderful idea?

[17:41.69]4.She pretended to be a lawyer,

[17:48.15]and her maid,Nerissa,dressed herself as a lawyer's clerk.

[18:03.01]pretend + to do/that

[18:13.17]They pretended to be working very hard.

[18:18.32]Let's pretend we are cowboys.

[18:27.57]5.Have mercy on Antonio.

[18:37.41]have mercy on/upon sb.

[18:49.87]They had no mercy on their prisoners.

[18:59.30]We were given no mercy.

[19:31.36]6.If you offered me six times what you have just offered,

[19:40.92]I would still take my pound of flesh.

[20:11.95]If I am wrong,you are wrong too.

[20:25.19]If she is poor,at least she's honest.

[20:49.44]A is three (four.etc.) times the size (height,length,width.etc.) of B.

[21:06.29]The new building is four times the size of the old one.

[21:19.24]This street is three times the length lf that one.

[21:31.31]A is three (four,etc,) times as big (high,long,wide,etc.) as B.

[21:40.85]A is three (four,etc.) times larger (highter,longer,wider,etc.) than B.

[22:04.80]This room is twice the size of that one.

[22:15.25]This room is twice as large as that one.

[22:27.79]7.Shylock,how can you hope for mercy yourself when you show none?

[22:38.13]how can you hope that others will show mercy to you

[22:46.57]if you show no mercy to others?

[23:01.90]I'll come when I'm needed.

[23:09.77]8. ...but I never knew so young a body with so wise a head.

[23:40.33]so/too/how+adj.+a/an + n.

[24:09.38]Did you notice that you had made so serious a mistake?

[24:19.12]It's too difficult a book for beginners.

[24:31.97]How wonderful a plan it would be!

[24:49.82]9. ... Portia... takes her seat as judge.

[24:59.17]take one's seat = sit down in one's place

[25:07.53]She bought a magazine and took her seat in the train.

[25:28.19]He then asked me to be seated.

[25:35.56]How many guests can be seated at each table?

[25:43.29]lesson 43

[25:56.17]What happened to Shylock?

[26:01.13]He has to give half of money to the city of Venice.

[26:08.39]he has to promise to leave the other half of his money

[26:14.35]upon his death to his daughter and her husband.

[26:28.90]1.What mustn't Shylock take?Any blood.

[26:37.96]2.What does Shylock decide to take instead of the pound of Flesh

[26:46.82]Three times the money that he is owed.

[26:53.35]3.Why can't he take the money instead?

[26:59.88]Because he only wanted right to be done.

[27:06.44]Language points

[27:13.80]1.You wanted justice,so you shall get justice,more than you wanted.

[28:01.27]You shall have a nice present for your birthday.

[28:11.74]You shall be sorry for what you have done,I tell you.

[28:26.58]When he comes in,nobody shall say a word.

[28:37.94]Nothing shall stop us from carrying out this plan.

[28:49.20]2.All he wanted was right to be done.

[28:57.25]all he wanted was the law to be carried out correctly


[29:07.72]3.His life shall be at the mercy of the Duke.

[29:14.38]Therefore,go down on your knees and beg the Duke for mercy.

[29:31.73]at the mercy of

[29:40.17]We were at the mercy of the enemy.

[29:49.20]They were lost at sea,at the mercy of the winds and the waves.

[30:03.15]go down on one's knees

[30:13.71]He went down on one knee before her.

[30:23.09]beg for mercy.

[30:36.25]He went down on his knees and begged for mercy.

[30:46.10]The prisoner begged the judge for mercy.

[30:55.16]4.My money and goods are as dear to me as life itself.

[31:18.44]He lost everything that was dear to him.

[31:26.48]Fame and power are very dear to him.

[31:41.95]5.They are my only comfort.

[31:48.19]My money and my goods are the only things which I love in the whole world



n.剧作家,编写剧本的人
  • Gwyn Thomas was a famous playwright.格温·托马斯是著名的剧作家。
  • The playwright was slaughtered by the press.这位剧作家受到新闻界的无情批判。
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
n.叙述,故事;adj.叙事的,故事体的
  • He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
  • Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。
n.十四行诗( sonnet的名词复数 )
  • Keats' reputation as a great poet rests largely upon the odes and the later sonnets. 作为一个伟大的诗人,济慈的声誉大部分建立在他写的长诗和后期的十四行诗上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He referred to the manuscript circulation of the sonnets. 他谈到了十四行诗手稿的流行情况。 来自辞典例句
adj.有学问的,博学的;learn的过去式和过去分词
  • He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
  • In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里,他被视为有学问的人。
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abulafias
activity network
age-barred
Aizawa Yasushi
alphacillina
Amygdalus davidiana
Anaphe
Andrade's indicator
aperitive
appeal from
beryllium dome tweeter
binary product generator
biostatisticians
blast-furnace treatment
bourgas
Brindley
call money
Callicebinae
Carex peiktusani
checkle
classification of tariff
common opal
Communications Center
crashed out
discharge header
ellagic acid
epidemiological research
exchange program with government
exchequer bond
fresh water makeup pump
gauss divergence theorem
general hard core module
geometry transformation
Gerdāb, Rūdkhāneh
glumitocin
gold -exchange standard
half-decked boat
halopemide
hexoxidase
historical resurrection model
horse gear
hypophyseal curet
i-scheawed
impact epoch
index of stabilization
inside distribution
intaglio
inter-company
Jaloallophane
Joep
lamina cribrosa of sclera
late night
ligyra formosana
long pepper
loosening and tightening of bolts
luanguinga (luanginga)
maximum climbing slope
miracidial
namangitis
nasolabial line
neyte
nieder?sterreich (lower austria)
nifurpipone
NSAWC
oldster
optic nerve hypoplasia
oscheoncus
ostrichism
oxfendazoles
page-one
parading
part-of-speech tagging
phisician
picture blockage
pizzamen
povertician
pure names
pyrus communiss
reverse transformation of martensite
revesing permanent mould
Rules Governing Organization of Train Operation
sat pretty
service model
shipboard automation system
site supervisor
situal
snap over mechanism
stable time
Staffy
strobilomyces seminudus
synthetic rubber washer
system of gravitational units
Thames, R.
theodicy
tumultuous disturbances
unentwined
uniformity coefficient
unilabiate
Urochloa reptans
water chrysolite
wornout