Play appreciation
By Chang Jingjing
Enjoy and answer
1.Who do you think is the main
character in the play?
The king.
2. what does the king actually
want?
Toilet paper.
Listen and choose
King：Where are all of our servants? They are so lazy? (yells) SERVANT! (Servant enters)
Servant: Yes, sir! What can I bring you?
King: I need, no, I must have, my (1._________________________) important papers.
(sits down)
Servant exits, comes back in with a pile of official-looking papers and gives them to King.
King: What are these? (2_________________________) No, no, no, bring my important papers!
Servant bows, dashes out, comes back in with a newspaper.
King：No, you fool!( tears the paper in two) I must have my important papers RIGHT NOW!!!
Servant exits, comes back in with a magazine.
King: Ahhhh (takes magazine and run after Servant. Servant run away.)
Bring…my…important…papers…NOW! It’s an emergency! to Queen) Tell him, dear!
Queen: Umm, (standing, announcing officially) the King requires his important papers. It is
your duty to bring them to him at once. to king) OK?
King moves around in chair, looking uncomfortable.
Queen: Are you okay? _3_________________________
King：I’m fine. I just need my (4________________________) important papers.
Servant bursts in, next to the Queen, empty-handed and 5_________________________. Queen points to a
dictionary, or poster on the wall, etc. Servant runs to get it and presents it to king.
King：NO NO NO NO! That is not right. Someone must be able to bring my important
papers.
Queen tears a page from her book and offers it to King. He glares at Queen. Servant dashes out, comes
back in with something behind his back.
Servant: Sir？（hold out a roll of toilet paper）
King: Yes! My VERY important papers! (runs off the stage as fast as possible, running into people
and things on the way out )
A You seem…anxious…
B sounding uncomfortable
C with a serious voice
D looking worried
E gives a serious look at Servant
F looks excited
G throws them at Servant in anger
King：Where are all of our servants? They are so lazy? (yells) SERVANT!
Servant: Yes, sir! What can I bring you?
King: I need, no, I must have, my (1._________________________
) important papers.
E
(sits down)
Servant exits, comes back in with a pile of official-looking papers and gives them to King.
King: What are these? (2_________________________
) No, no, no, bring my important papers!
G
Servant bows, dashes out, comes back in with a newspaper.
King：No, you fool!( tears the paper in two) I must have my important papers RIGHT NOW!!!
Servant exits, comes back in with a magazine.
King: Ahhhh (takes magazine and run after Servant. Servant runs away.)
Bring…my…important…papers…NOW! It’s an emergency! to Queen) Tell him, dear!
Queen: Umm, (standing, announcing officially) the King requires his important papers. It is
your duty to bring them to him at once. to king) OK?
King moves around in chair, looking uncomfortable.
A
Queen: Are you okay? _3_________________________
King：I’m fine. I just need my (4________________________
) important papers.
C
Servant bursts in, next to the Queen, empty-handed and 5_________________________.
Queen points to a
D
dictionary, or poster on the wall, etc. Servant runs to get it and presents it to king.
King：NO NO NO NO! That is not right. Someone must be able to bring my important
papers.
Queen tears a page from her book and offers it to King. He glares at Queen. Servant dashes out, comes
back in with something behind his back.
Servant: Sir？（holds out a roll of toilet paper）
King: Yes! My VERY important papers! (runs off stage as fast as possible, running into people and
things on the way out )
A You seem…anxious…
B sounding uncomfortable
C with a serious voice
D looking worried
E gives a serious look at Servant
F looks excited
G throws them at Servant in anger
Emotion
A You seem…anxious…
B sounding uncomfortable
C with a serious voice
D looking worried
？
E gives a serious look at Servant
F looks excited
G throws them at Servant in anger
Different
people
Different
status
Different
emotion
Different
situation
Watch and correct
此页插入flash
Watch the video carefully and then correct the mistakes.
1.The servant bows,dashes
dash out, comes back in with
a newspaper.
2.The king takes a magazine and runs after
for the
servant.
3. The queen points to a dictionary, or poster on
in
the wall.
as
4. The king runs off the stage as fast possible.
OR
∧
5. The servant holds out ＼
a rolls
roll of toilet paper.
Action
Watch the video carefully and then correct the mistakes.
1.The servant bows, dashes
dash out, comes back in with
a newspaper.
2.The king takes a magazine and runs after
for the
servant.
？
3.The queen points to a dictionary, or poster on
in
the wall.
as
4. The king runs off the stage as fast∧possible.
OR
roll of toilet paper.
5. The servant holds out ＼
a rolls
Different
people
Different
status
Different
action
Different
situation
Listen, think and imitate
king：Where are all of our servants? They are so lazy.
SERVANT!
king: I need, no, I must have, my important papers.
King: What are these? No, no, no, bring my important papers!
King： No, you fool!I must have my important papers RIGHT
NOW!!!
King: Ahhhh.Bring…my…important…papers…NOW! It’s an
emergency! Tell him, dear!
King：I’m fine. I just need my important papers.
King：NO NO NO NO! That is not right. Someone must be
able to bring my important papers.
King: Yes! My VERY important papers!
1
unhappy
2
serious
3
angry
4
very angry
5
crazy
？gentle
6
serious
7
impatient
8
happy and relaxed
Listen and imitate
king：Where are all of our servants? They are so lazy.
SERVANT!
king: I need, no, I must have, my important papers.
King: What are these? No, no, no, bring my important papers!
King： No, you fool!I must have my important papers RIGHT
NOW!!!
King: Ahhhh.Bring…my…important…papers…NOW! It’s an
emergency! Tell him, dear!
King：I’m fine. I just need my important papers.
King：NO NO NO NO! That is not right. Someone must be
able to bring my important papers.
King: Yes! My VERY important papers!
Tone
Different
people
Different
status
Different
tone
Different
situation
Play Appreciation
1
Emotion
2 Action
3 Tone
Summarize
who was
Last week, I 1.______
enjoyed(enjoy) a play. There was a king, 2.______
must have
ashamed to express himself. He said he 3.____________
(have) some
However , the servant and the queen couldn’t
important papers.4._________
at
understand 5.______(he)
. He became angry and even glared 6.____the
him
queen.
7. _______(final)
,the servant got it and hold out 8.______roll
of toilet
Finally
a
happily
what
paper. Then, the king ran off the stage9. ________(happy).10.
______
an interesting play!
Discussion＆homework
If you are a director, what play
would you like to direct? And
how?