I. Aims and demands:

Let the Ss know sth about the famous novel “The Merchant of Venice”; know some useful expressions; Review the usage of Infinitive.

II. Important words:

1. Important words:

on condition that , mercy, according to , comfort, take pride in.

2. Important drills:

1) If you offered me six times what you have just offered, I would still take my pound of flesh.

2) It’s useless trying to argue with Shylock.

3) The reason for this was that…

3. Grammar: Review the usage of Infinitive

1) She seems to be very happy .

2) I wish you to come with me.

3) He was the first person to come.

4) I’m sorry to hear that .

5) To dance is a lot of fun.

6) We go to school to study.

III. Teaching Aids: Tape recorder, Slide shown

IV. Teaching method: Learning by themselves , through reading

Produce:

Step 1. Introduction

The novel “The Merchant of Venice” was written by “William Shakespeare”. (a British writer)

His famous four tragedies:

King Lear 《李爾王》

Hamlet 〈哈姆雷特〉

Othello 〈奧塞羅〉

Mecbeth 〈麥克白〉

His four comedies:

Twelfth Night 《第十二夜》

A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream 《仲夏夜之夢》

The Merry Wives of Windsor 《溫莎的風流婦人（娘兒們）》

The Merchant of Venice 《威尼斯商人》

Step 2. Main characters:

Bb:

Antonio: a merchant of the city of Venice

Bassanio: A’s friend

Portia; a rich and beautiful lady

Shylock: a moneylender ( greedy, cruel )

( scolded ~ publicly for being greedy and cruel )

< ~ on condition that Shylock would take a pound of A”s flesh from his body if he didn’t pay the money back at the end of three months.>

Nerissa: P’s maid

Duke: judge

Step 3: Reading

Read the text and tell whether the following statements are True or False: TTFFT TFF FF

1. Antonio was a merchant of the city of Venice.

2. Bassanio was in love with Portia but he couldn’t marry her because he was poor.

3. Antonio was a moneylender.

4. Bassanio asked Shylock to lend him 3000 ducats to marry Portia.

5. Portia was a clever woman and she had a good idea to help Antonio.

6. Shylock hated Antonio because Antonio had scolded him many times for his being greedy and cruel.

7. Shylock was a man who was very rich and always ready to help others.

8. Shylock refused to have mercy on Antonio , because Antonio could not repay the money Shylock had lent him.

9. The law of Venice said anyone who tried to kill a citizen of Venice should give all he owned to the person he had tried to kill.

10. When Shylock heard that all his money should be taken away from him, he asked the Duke to take his life too, because he loved his money better than his own life.

( money and goods are as deer to him as life itself.)

Step 4. Read the text again and answer more questions:

Para 1.

1. What was Antonio?

----- a merchant

2. What is your opinion of Antonio’s character?

----- kind, helpful

Para 2:

1. Who was Antonio’s best friend?

----- Bassanio

2. Who did Bassanio want to marry?]

----- Portia

3. Why do you think it was not possible for Bassanio to marry Portia without money?

----- Probably it was not the custom of that period for men to marry rich women if they were poor themselves.

4. What did Antonio do to help his friend?

----- went to Shylock and ……

5. Why did Shylock hate Antonio?

----- scolded him publicly for being greedy and curel.

6. Did Shylock promise to lent 3,000 ducats to Antonio?

7. On what condition did Shylock agree to lend money to Antonio?

----- on condition that Antonio made a promise to allow Shylock to take a pound of his flesh from whatever part of his body if he did not pay the money back at the end of three months.

8. Why did Antonio accept Shylock’s bitter condition?

---- to help his friend.

9. What is your opinion of Shylock?

---- cruel.

Para 3.

1. What happened to Antonio as Bassannio and Portia were getting married?

------ A letter arrived saying that all his ships had been lost and that he would have to give Shylock a pound of his flesh .

2. What did Portia decide to do immediately after her wedding?

------ She told Bassanio to go to his friend at once .

She thought of a clever plan to save Antonio.

3. What was the clever plan?

------ Ask her friend to lend her his lawyer’s clothes and books. She pretended to be a lawyer, and her maid , dressed herself as a lawyer’s clerk. They arrived at the court of the Duke.

Part 1.

1. Did the Duke succeed in persuading Shylock to have mercy on Antonio?

2. Why did Shylock insist on taking Antonio’s flesh even when Bassanio offered to repay him much more than what Antonio owed him?

------ Shylock hated Antonio because Antonio had many times scolded him publicly for being greedy and cruel.

3. What happened as the Duke was wondering what to do?

------ Nerissa, dressed liked a lawyer’s clerk arrived with a letter from the famous lawyer whom Portia has visited.

4. What did the letter say?

----- “I am very ill. When your letter reached me, I had with me a learned young doctor from Rome. I told him about the quarrel between Shylock and Antonio. We studied many lawbooks and he knows what I would say. I ask you to let him stand in my place and give judgment. He is young, but I never knew so young a body with so wise a head.”

5. After the letter was read, who entered the room and took her seat as judge?

----- Portia.

Part 2.

1. What did Portia say to Shylock when she took her seat as judge?

---- “ 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. We should learn to show mercy to others. Do you still ask for this pound of flesh?”

----- “Shylock may have a pound of flesh to be cut off by him nearest to Antonio’s heart. But only one pound , and he was not allowed to let any of Antonio’s blood drop.

Lesson 43

1. How did Portia stop Shylock from cutting Antonio’s flesh?

----- by asking him to cut only one pound of flesh without a drop of blood.

2. What did Portia say when Shylock finally agreed to take three times more than Antonio borrowed from him?

------“Wait, Shylock would not take the money earlier. All he wanted was right to be done. That is all he can have now. You must cut off one pound of flesh, no more, no less. And not one drop of blood must fall.”

2. What was the result of the trial?

----- Half of Shylock’s money and goods were given to the city of Venice .

Antonio gave up his part of Shylock’s money on condition that he would leave the money upon his death to his daughter and her husband.

3. What do you think of the “judge” and her judgment?

----- clever; justice （公正）

Step 4. Exercises Wb. / comprehension

Homework

Reading comprehension for 3A Unit 11 ---Lesson 41~42 DCACC BDC

1. The text mainly wells about ___.

A. Antonio’s kindness B. Portia’s cleverness

C. Shylock’s cruelty D. all of the above

2. Antonio did business with ___.

A. people in Venice B. people in Italy

C. people in other countries D. people in the world

3. Antonio was a ___ person.

A. warm-hearted B. strong-willed

C. open-minded D. ill-tempered

4. By saying “Do not be so bitter.” The Duke wants Shylock to be ___.

A. forgiving B. calm

C. kind-hearted D. reasonable

5. The word “scold” in the second paragraph means _.

A. fool with B. laugh at

C. criticize D. make known

6. It seemed that the Duke in the court supported ___.

A. Portia B. Antonio

C. Shylock D. none of the above

7. That Portia was able to defend Antonio was due to_.

A. her cleverness B. a famous lawyer’s help

C. her husband’s support D. both A and B

8. Which happened last in Part 2?

A. Shylock insisted on having one pound of Antonio’s flesh.

B. Portia asked Shylock to show his mercy on Antonio.

C. Antonio said his last words to Bassanio.

D. Portia warned Bassanio of the impossibility of changing the law.

Reading comprehension for 3A Unit 11-L.43 CADB

1. In the text the author shows us human beings’ merit(優點) of ____.

A. bravery B. pride

C. kindness D. tolerance(容忍)

2. Shylock was charged with (指控)___.

A. murder B. stealing C. cheat D. ill-treatment

3. To punish a murderer, the law of Venice would ___.

A. take everything that he owned away

B. sentence him to imprisonment

C. sentence him to death

D. both A and C

4. Which happened first in the text?

A. Shylock wanted to take the money instead of Antonio’s flesh.

B. Portia permitted to give Shylock a fair judgment.

C. Shylock promised to leave his money to his daughter and son-in-law.

D. Antonio forgave Shylock.

Exercises for Unit 11 --- The Merchant of Venice (3A) DCDCB AAC

BCDDA ADDAB CBDAB

1. His scheme(方法) might have worked ___.

A.in different condition B. in different conditions

C.on different condition D. under different conditions

2. When he entered the room, he found Mary ___ at the desk, reading.

A. seating B. sat C. seated D. sitting himself

3. We all know that ___ speak louder than words.

A. movements B. performances

C. operations D. actions

4. You are always talking here. I think you’d better do the ___.

A. act B. action C. deed D. movement

5. I would love ___ to the party last night, but I had to work extra hours to finish a report.

A. to go B. to have gone C. going D. having gone

6. Little Jim should love ___ to the theater this evening.

A. to be taken B. to take C. being taken D. taking

7. Robert is said ___ abroad, but I don’t know which country he studied in.

A. to have studied B. to study

C. to be studying D. to have been studying

8. ___ late in the morning, Bob turned off the alarm.

A. To sleep B. Sleeping C. Sleep D. Having slept

9. They were lost at sea, ___ the mercy of wind and weather.

A. in B. at C. without D. on

10. He ___ in love with Stella for ten years before he __ her.

A. had fallen, get married

B. had been, was married with

C. had been, married

D. had fallen, got married to

11. I’ll lend you the money only on ___ you can pay ___ on time.

A. one condition, for it B. condition that, for it

B. one condition, it back D. condition that , it back

12. We are all ___ Chinese sportsmen’s success in Olympic Games.

A. pride in b. pride of C. proud in D. proud of

13. I’d like to ___ with you on your hike (遠足) last weekend, but I had to attend a meeting.

A. have gone B. go C. having gone C. going

14. You may borrow it ___ you don’t lend it to anyone else.

A. on condition that B. in condition that

C. so far as D. unless

15. This book is said ___ into English since it was published.

A. to translate B. to have translated

C. to be translated D. to have been translated

16. His suit has become loose. He seems ___ weight.

A. to lose B. being lost C. losing D. to have lost

17. Sandy could do nothing but __ to his teacher that he was wrong.

A. admit B. admitted C. admitting D. to admit

18. You can use the bike __ you return it before Friday.

A. unless that B. on condition that

C. whenever D. as if

19. They took ___ at the small round table.

A. a seat B. their seat C. their seats D. seat

20. The classroom can __ 60 students. The bottle can ___ a pound of milk.

A. seat, seat B. hold, hold C. hold, seat D. hold, sit

21. The theatre can __ 1,000 people.

A. take up B. be seated C. sit D. seat

22. The guests were all ___ by the fire.

A. seated B. sat C. seating D. seat

23. Mary looked very anxious. She seemed ___ what the speaker really meant.

A. not to understand B. not to have understood

C. not to be understanding D. to be not understanding

　　

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