Word power

1. Word power 铜陵市第一中学 陈晨

3. Brainstorming 1.After watching the video clip, what impresses you most? 2.What do we need while performing a drama?

4. directors

5. actors

6. actress

7. microphone

8. stage

9. lights

10. costume

11. scenery

12. curtains

13. props

14. What we need is like what the picture shows us. lights 11 6 scenery wing curtains 10 5 props 3 1 actor 8 director costume 7 2 actress 9 stage microphone 4

15. Give a name to the following accounts 1. The person who gives instructions to the actors, cameraman etc. in a film or play. director 导演 2. All the people who act in a play or film. cast 全体演员 3. The words of a play or performance that an actor learns. 台词 lines

16. 4. The written form of a play or film. script 剧本 5. The instructions and advice given on where to stand on the stage. stage direction 舞台说明 6. One of the main parts into which a stage play is divided. acts or scenes 幕或场 7. Plays which are very short. 独幕剧 one-act plays

17. director actresses microphone actors wings budget curtains cast lights stage drama others props scenery set script costumes acts/ scenes theme lines stage direction

18. Task: Fill in the blanks with proper words from page 6.

19. Keys : (1) actor (2) director (3) lines (4) cast (5) script (6) stage (7) acts (8) scenes (9) costume (10) wings (11) props (12) lights (13) scenery (14) stage directions

20. Idioms 1. to laugh one’s head off----- to laugh very hard The comedy I saw last night made me laugh my head off. 2.to smile on someone--- someone is lucky Luck was smiling on me as I passed the driving test.

21. 3. be laughing all the way to the bank--- be in a good situation because you have made a lot of money without making much effort His uncle left him a lot of money, so he was laughing all the way to the bank. 4. be laughed out of court--- sth is not accepted for people think it is completely stupid We can’t propose that! We’d be laughed out of court.

22. Consolidation: Try to use these idioms related to laugh to make up a small story