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Welcome . William Shakespeare ( 1564—1616). All the world is a stage and all the men and women merely players . Lesson 41-43. The Merchant of Venice. Tell the relation between the characters:. debtor and lender. Shylock. Antonio. enemies. friends. Bassanio. couple. Portia.

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  1. Welcome

  2. William Shakespeare (1564—1616) All the world is a stage and all the men and women merely players

  3. Lesson 41-43 The Merchant of Venice

  4. Tell the relation between the characters: debtor and lender Shylock Antonio enemies friends Bassanio couple Portia mistress and maid Nerissa the Duke

  5. Questions based on the introduction: 1.Why did Bassanio ask Antonio to lend him some money? 2.Why did Antonio borrow money from Shylock? 3.On what condition did Shylock lend money to Antonio? 4.Why was Antonio in trouble? 5.How and when did Bassanio know Antonio’s trouble? 6.What did Portia plan to do?

  6. Watch and answer B The text mainly talks about______. A.Portia’s cleverness and Antonio’s charity(善行) B.Shylock’s cruelty and Portia’s cleverness C.Antonio’s charities and Shylock’s cruelty

  7. Listening and questions: Parts1-2 At the _____, the Duke tried hard to persuade Shylock to have _____ on Antonio, but Shylock _______ on having a pound of his flesh. Even if Bassanio would pay him _______ the money Antonio had borrowed, Shylock would not ________ his mind. While the Duke was _________ what to do, Portia arrived, who was ________ to be a lawyer. She took her seat as ______ and knew how to deal with this ___________ case. Portia asked Shylock to be _______, but Shylock demanded his flesh by ____. Bassanio didn’t_________ his wife and asked her to _____ the law a little. Portia denied his request. She declared the court and the law ______ Shylock to take his pound of flesh. court mercy insisted double change wondering pretending judge troublesome merciful recognize law change allowed

  8. Watch and answer(II) 1.How did Portia defeat Shylock? 2.What punishment did Shylock get? 3.How did Antonio deal with his part of Shylock’s money?

  9. Character Analysis Bassanio Shylock The Duke Portia Antonia Nerissa Next

  10. Positive: friendly, ready to help, hardworking, generous, brave, merciful, careful, clever,diligent, calm, romantic, learned, wise, brave, rational(理性的) confident, wealthy, beautiful, just(公正的）, lovely, devoted, successful, honest, thoughtful(考虑周到的) Negative: cruel/merciless; careless; cunning/tricky（狡猾的）, narrow-minded(气量小的), revengeful(报复的), greedy, ugly, bloodthirsty; dishonest, selfish closehanded/ mean (吝啬的), jealous(妒忌的) Back

  11. Cruel, merciless Eg. his single-minded pursuit of a pound of fresh Cunning, sly Eg. his frequent mentions of law and justice Narrow-minded, revengeful Shylock Eg. He hated Antonio and wanted to take his revenge, So he designed the scheme of a pound of flesh. A greedy miser Eg. When he realized he couldn’t get his flesh, he asked Bassanio for 3 times money.

  12. Learned, wise, witty brave, cool, calm humorous Confident, wealthy, Beautiful, Portia

  13. Antonia: Friendly, ready to help,generous; Brave; Merciful; thoughtful Bassanio: Friendly; clever, romantic The Duke: Merciful, just Nerissa: Brave, clever Back

  14. Homework Prepare for the acting out of the play in Lesson41-43.

  15. Mercy brings good. Mercy falls like the gentle rain from the sky upon the earth. It blesses those who give it, and those who receive it. Translation work 佳句赏析 慈悲带来益处。慈悲像甘露从天空中降到地面上，它不但赐福施予的人，而且赐福于受施的人。

  16. Watch and answer(II) B • Which happened last in Part 2?______ A.Shylock insisted on having one pound of Antonio’s flesh. B.Portia declared that the law allowed Shylock to take Antonio’s flesh. C.Antonio said his last words to Bassanio.

  17. language points • mercy,bitter • Have _______ on Antonio,Shylock.Do not be so_______.(Line1 of page62) • One half of his money and his goods shall be given to the city of Venice and the other half shall be given to the person he has tried to kill.His life shall be at he ______of the Duke.Therefore, go down on you knees and beg the duke for______. mercy bitter mercy mercy

  18. Fill in the blanks according to the tape: do the deed When Shylock prepared to ___ ____ _____, Portia stopped him and ________ ___ Shylock _______ off one pound of flesh from Antonio’s body,no_____, no____without a drop of blood.Shylock wanted to leave the _____.The judge ________ that _________ ___ the law all Shylock’s wealth should be _____ ____ and his life should be __ ___ _____ ___ the Duke. Shylock said that he would rather ___ because his money and goods were __ ____ to him __ life itself.Finally, Antonio ____ __ his part of Shylock’s money __ _________ ____ Shylock would leave the money to his own daughter and her husband ____ his death. Shylock had no choice ___ __ agree. That was the end of the _____. cutting insisted on more less court declared according to taken away at the mercy of die as dear as gave up on condition that upon but to trial

  19. Listening and questions: 1.How did Portia defeat Shylock? 2.What punishment did Shylock get? 3.How did Antonio deal with his part of Shylock’s money?

  20. language points: • desire • Let us be calm,gentlemen. Shylock, how can you hope for mercy yourself when you show none? • I have done nothing wrong and I fear no judg3ment. I ______ my pound of flesh. desire

  21. language points:句法:读句子，做练习(I) • upon • Mercy brings good. Mercy falls like the gentle rain from the sky _____ the earth.It blesses those who give it,and those who receive it.We should learn to show mercy to others.Do you still ask for this pound of flesh? upon

  22. 读句子，做练习(ii) C • 1.The youngster was ____ excited that he began to come out of the wheelchair, but it was useless his trying to do that. A. very B. such C. so D. quite • 2.He was ____ that nobody regarded him as a guide. A.so a young boy B. so young a boy C. such young a boy D. such a boy young • 3.He has ____ big a head to be supported by his slender neck. A. too B. how C. so D. enough B A

  23. language points • comfort • take my life too! My money and goods are as dear to me as life itself.They are my only comfort.When you take those away from me, you also take my life.

  24. Merchant Shylock Bassanio Antonio’s Portia Bassanio lawyer maid clerk Character: Antonio:a _______ of Venice, he borrowed money from _______ for his friend ________, but he did not pay it back in time. Bassanio:________ best friend, he was in love with ________ and married her later. Antonio’s Shylock:a ___________. moneylender Portia:she married _______ and pretended to be a _______ in Antonio’s trial. Nerissa:Portia’s _____, she dressed herself like a _____. The Duke of Venice:he is the ______ of Venice and presided the trial ruler

  25. Listening and questions: Part1-2 1.What does the Duke ask Shylock to do? 2.What does Bassanio offer? 3.What is Shylock’s reply? 4.What letter does Nerissa bring? 5.What does the letter say? 6.What does the Duke think of the case? Why? 8.What does Portia ask Shylock to do? 10.Does Bassanio recognize his wife, Portia? 12. What is Shylock’s purpose? Why?

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