Dvizh. Spotlight 9

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Look at the picture showing a scene from a famous play

Look at the picture showing a scene from a famous play

by William Shakespeare. Which type of play do you think it is, a comedy or tragedy? What do you think the play is about?

A suit of armor

The play appears to be a tragedy. It looks like the man on his knee is talking to someone wearing a suit of armor, so perhaps there is a battle in the play.

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Try to answer the questions: Who exactly was he? What were

Try to answer the questions:

Who exactly was he?

What were his plays

about?

Where his plays performed and who went to see them?

Elizabeth I

theatre

A monument to Shakespeare

Stratford-upon-Avon

What did Shakespeare write?

Thirty-six plays

Globe Theatre in London

3,000 people

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Before reading learn new words. bloody common destiny to burn down

Before reading learn new words.

bloody

common

destiny

to burn down

deception

fate

fee

to disguise

to hold

to mistake

mix-up

flesh

moneylender

merchant

to pay

back

to reflect

reign

replica

revenge

roof

trader

to rule

кровавый

простой

судьба

сжигать

обман

судьба

вознаграждение

маскироваться

вмещать

ошибаться

путаница

плоть

ростовщик

купец

отдавать долг

показывать

правление

копия

месть

крыша

торговец

править

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Listen, read and check your answers.

Listen, read and check your answers.

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Read again and decide if the sentences are True, False or

Read again and decide if the sentences are True, False or

Not stated. Correct the false statements.

False

His plays are performed and studied all over the world.

Not stated

False

‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a tragedy.

True

True

False

The common people had to watch the play standing up in front of the stage.

Not stated

True

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mistaking one person for another disguise themselves playwright moneylender reign pound

mistaking one person for another

disguise themselves

playwright

moneylender

reign

pound of flesh

reflect

deception

merchant

revenge

hold

replica

fate

person who writes plays

the

period of time a queen/king rules a kingdom

thinking sb is sb else

change their appearance

person who lends other people money for a fee

piece of the body

trader

show

hurting someone who has hurt you

lies

destiny

fit

copy

обознаться

маскироваться

драматург

ростовщик

царствование

фунт мяса

показывать

обман

купец

месть

вмещать (людей)

точная копия

судьба

Match the words in bold to their meanings.

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What did you find most interesting in the text? Write a

What did you find most interesting in the text? Write a

few sentences. Read your sentences to your partner.