The merchant of Venice教案

eg. since nobody else wants the job, we might as well let him have it.
all the pubs are closing. we may as well go home.
2. if you offered me, …, i would still take ….
(note: if=even if)
eg.if she is poor, she’s honest at least.
if the sun were to rise in the west, i would not break my word.
3. be seated
eg. he then asked me to be seated.
she seated herself on the sofa.
she saw a few people seated on the bench at the back of the sofa.
4. …how can you hope for mercy yourself when you show none/
5. (note: when=if)
eg. i’ll come when i’m needed.
she’ll be able to give you help when necessary.
6. i offer ten times the money that antonio has borrow.
eg. the new building is four times the size of the old one.
the street is three times the length of that one.
the room is twice the size of that one.
(=the room is as twice large as that one.)
7. pay back
eg. have you paid (me) back the money you owe me yet?
i’ll pay him back for the trick he played on me.
rose doesn’t know how to pay him back for his help.
step iv. listening and reading aloud
t: ok. now i’ll play the tape of the text. first, listen and follow. then, listen and repeat. meanwhile, pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation. is everything clear?
ss: yes.
(teacher begins to play the tape. a few minutes later, teacher deals with the next part.)
step v post-reading
t: now, you must have understood the play more exactly. let’s have a discussion about it please turn to page 69. look at the questions in post-reading and work in groups of four to discuss them. after a while, i’ll ask some of you to report to the rest of the class. begin to work now.
suggested answers:
1. she is clever and learned.
2. he is cruel.
3. shylock hated antonio because antonio had many times scolded him publicly for being greedy and cruel.
4. (a) literally, with the heart which he shall cut out of my body; (b) metaphorically, whole-heartedly, willingly.
① usually, things are weighed with a balance.
weighs go into the left scale and things go into the right scale.
②she wants to remind shylock that he must cut exactly a pound of flesh from antonio, no more, no less.
③the deeper meaning of the balance is justice.
in portia’s court of law, morals are weighed.
5. duke speaks to antonio.
shylock speaks to duke.
bassanio speaks to antonio
portia speaks to bassanio
step vi summary and homework
t: in this class, we have mainly read the first part of the merchant of venice. while reading it, we’ve also learned some useful words and expressions and sentences. after class, read the text again and revise what we’ve learnt in this class. that’s all for today. see you.