Unit2Period4Reading新課導入WatchthevideoabouttheintroductiontoMauriceMaeterlinckandanswerthequestions.1.WhatarethemainliteraryworksofMauriceMaeterlinck?2.WhenwastheplayTheBlueBirdpublished?3.WhatisMauriceMaeterlinckhonoredas?1.WhatarethemainliteraryworksofMauriceMaeterlinck?ChristèleBARBIER,PelléasandMélisande,TheBlueBirdandsoon.2.WhenwastheplayTheBlueBirdpublished?In1908.3.WhatisMauriceMaeterlinckhonoredas?Heishonoredas“theShakespeareofBelgium”.課堂學習1ReadtheintroductiontoTheBlueBirdandanswerthequestions.TheBlueBirdisa1908playbyBelgianplaywrightMauriceMaeterlinck

(1862-1949),winneroftheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1911.Maeterlinckwrotemanyplays,butTheBlueBirdwasthemostpopularandhasbeen

widelytranslatedandadaptedallovertheworld.Performedin1921in

ShanghaibyChinesestudents,itwasthefirstforeignplaystagedinChina.TheBlueBirdtellsthetaleofbrotherandsister,TyltylandMytyl,astheyaresentbyafairytosearchfortheBlueBirdofHappiness.Thechildren’sadventuretakesthemthroughmanymagicalplacesbeforetheyatlastfindtheBlueBirdinamostunexpectedplace.1DoyouknowthesymbolicmeaningoftheBlue

BirdinChineseandWesterncultures?Shareyourunderstandingofthemeaningwiththeclass.2

WheredoyouthinkthechildrenfindtheBlueBird?InWesternculturetheBlueBirdsymboliseshappinessanditbringsgoodluckandhealthtopeople,whileinChineseculturetheBlueBirdsymbolisesthemessenger.ThechildrenfindtheBlueBirdinamostunexpectedplace:perhapsattheirhomeorneighbourhood.Nowreadtheplayandcheckyouranswers.ACTIVTyltylandMytylhavebeensearchingfortheBlueBirdintheLandofMemory,thePalaceofNightandtheForest.Now,theyhavearrivedatthePalaceofHappiness.SCENEII.——ThePalaceofHappiness.(AtroopofHAPPINESSESrushintothehall,singing,“Theretheyare!Theyseeus!”TheydancemerrilyaroundtheCHILDREN,thentheonewhoappearstobethechiefgoesuptoTYLTYLwithhandoutstretched.)THEHAPPINESS

Howdoyoudo,Tyltyl?TYLTYL

Whoareyou?THEHAPPINESS

Don’tyourecogniseme?YLTYL

(alittleembarrassed)Why,

no...Idon'trememberseeinganyofyou.(AlltheotherHAPPINESSESburstoutlaughing.)Why,wearetheonlythingsyoudoknow!Wearealwaysaroundyou!Weeat,

drink,wakeup,breatheandlivewithyou!TYLTYL

Oh...ButIshouldliketoknowwhatyournamesare...THEHAPPINESS

IamthechiefoftheHappinessesofyourhome:andallthesearetheotherHappinessesthatlivethere.TYLTYL

ThenthereareHappinessesinmyhome?(AlltheHAPPINESSESburstoutlaughing.)THEHAPPINESSYouheardhim!ArethereHappinessesinhishome!Why,itiscrammedwithHappinesses!LetmeintroducemyselffirsttheHappinessofBeingWell.Iamnottheprettiest,butIamthemostimportant.ThisistheHappinessofPureAir,whoisalmosttransparent.HereistheHappinessofLovingOne’sParents.HerearetheHappinessoftheBlueSky,who,ofcourseisdressedinblue,andtheHappinessoftheForest:youwillseehimeverytimeyougotothewindow.TTWTL

Excuseme,butdoyouknowwheretheBlueBirdis?THEHAPPINESS

Hedoesn'tknowwheretheBlueBirdis!(AlltheHAPPINESSESOFTHEHOMEburstoutlaughing.)TTLITIL

(vexed)

No,Idonotknow.Theresnothingtolaughat(Freshburstsoflaughter.)THEHAPPNESS

Hedoesn’tknow:

well,whatdoyouexpect?

Heisnomoreabsurdthanthemajorityofmen....ACTVIUnabletofindtheBlueBirdanywhere,thechildrensaygoodbyetotheirmagicalfriendsandreturnhome.Whiletheyaretryingtotelltheirparentsabouttheiradventures,theirneighbourcomesin.HersickdaughterhaswantedTyltyl’spetbirdforalongtime,butuntilnowhehasbeenreluctanttogiveittoher.SCENEII.——TheAwakening

(EnterNEIGHBOURBERLINGOT,alittleoldwomanleaningonastick.)MUMMYTYL

Howisyourlittlegirl?THENEIGHBOUR

Onlyso-so.Shecan’tgetup.ButIknowwhatwouldcureher.MUMMYTYL

Yes,Iknow;it’sTyltyl’sbird.Well,Tyltyl,

aren’tyougoingtogiveitatlasttothat

poorlittlething?TYLTYLMybird!Why,he’sblue!Butit’smyturtle-dove!Buthe’smuchbluerthanwhenIwentaway!Why,that’stheBlueBirdwewerelookingfor!Wewentsofarandhewashereallthetime!There,

MadameBerlingot,takehimtoyourlittlegirl.THENEIGHBOUR

Really?Straightawayandfornothing?

Howhappyshewillbe!(KissingTYLTYL)...(Later,theNEIGHBOURenterswithalittlegirlwhocarriesTYLTYL’Sdoveinherarms.)THENEIGHBOURDoyouseethemiracle?Shecanrun.shecandance,shecanfly!(PushingtheLITTLEGIRLintoTYITYL’Sarms.)ComealongandthankTyltyl.(AfterTYLTYLkissestheLITTLEGIRLratherawkwardly,thetwochildrenlookateachotherwithoutspeaking,thenTYLTYLstrokesthedove’shead.)THENEIGHBOUR

Really?Straightawayandfornothing?

Howhappyshewillbe!(KissingTYLTYL)...(Later,theNEIGHBOURenterswithalittlegir/whocarriesTYLTYL’Sdoveinherarms.)THENEIGHBOURDoyouseethemiracle?Shecanrun.shecandance,shecanfly!(PushingtheLITTLEGIRLintoTYITYLSarms.)ComealongandthankTyltyl.(AfterTYLTYLkissestheLITTLEGIRLratherawkwardly,thetwochildrenlookateachotherwithoutspeaking,thenTYLTYLstrokesthedoveshead.)TYLTYLIsheblueenough?THELITTLLGIRLYes,Iamsopleasedwithhim.TYLTYLLIhaveseenbluerones.Butthosewhicharequiteblue,youknow,dowhatyouwill,youcan’tcatchthem.THELITTLLGIRLThatdoesn’tmatter;he’slovely.TYLTYLHashehadanythingtoeat?Iwillshowyou...(HemovestotakethebirdfromtheLITTLEGIRL’Shands.Sheresistsinstinctively,and,intheirhesitation,theDOVEescapesandfliesaway.)THELITTLLGIRL(withacryofdespair)Heisgone!TYLTYLNevermind.Don’tcry.Iwillcatchhimagain.(Steppingtothefrontofthestageandaddressingtheaudience.)Ifanyofyoushouldfindhim,wouldyoubesoverykindastogivehimbacktous?Weneedhimforourhappiness,lateron.CURTAIN(AdaptationfromTheBlueBirdbyMauriceMaeterlinck)2Completethenoteswithinformationfromtheplay.ActIVSceneIICharactersSettingsTyltyl,(Mytyl,)atroopofHappinesses,theHappinessTyltylandMytylhavebeensearchingfortheBlueBirdintheLandofMemory,thePalaceofNightandtheForest.NowtheyhavearrivedatthePalaceofHappiness.AtroopofHappinessesrushintothehallandspeaktothem.PlotThechildrencometothePalaceofHappinessandarewelcomedbyatroopofHappinesses.Thechildrendonotrecognisethem,buttheHappinessestellthemthattheyaretheonlythingsthechildrenknowandtheyareallaroundthem.TyltylwonderswhetherthereareHappinessesinhishome,andatthismoment,alltheHappinessesburstoutlaughing.ThechiefoftheHappinessestellshimthathishomeisfilledwithHappinesses.ThechiefintroduceshimselftoTyltylastheHappinessofBeingWell,andthenintroduceshimtootherHappinesses:ofPureAir,ofLovingOne’sParents,oftheBlueSkyandoftheForest.TyltyljustwantstoasktheHappinessesonething:thewhereaboutsoftheBlueBird.ActVISceneIICharactersSettingsTyltyl,(Mytyl,)MummyTyl,theneighbourBerlingot,thelittlegirlUnabletofindtheBlueBirdanywhere,thechildrenreturnhome.Whiletheyaretryingtotelltheirparentsabouttheiradventures,theirneighbourcomesin.SheisaskingforTyltyl’sbirdforhersicklittlegirl.PlotThechildrenreturnhomewithoutfindingtheBlueBird.TheneighbourBerlingot,alittleoldwoman,entersTyltyl’shome,leaningonastick.BerlingotistellingMummyTylthatTyltyl’sbirdistheonethingthatwillcurehersickdaughter.Tyltylthenseesthathisbirdisblue–muchbluerthanwhenhewentaway.Tyltylgiveshisbirdtohisneighbour.…ThelittlegirlcomesalongandthanksTyltyl,but

asTyltylgoestotakethebirdtoshowthelittle

girlhowtofeedhim,thebirdfliesaway.Thelittlegirlletsoutacryofdespair.Tyltylcomfortsherandturnstotheaudience.HeaskstheaudiencetoreturntheBlueBirdiftheyseehim,forthebirdisneededfortheirfuturehappiness.Nowworkingroupsandtalkabouthowmuchyouliketheplay.Giveyourreasons.LearningtolearnTheBlueBirdisatypicalfull-lengthplay,whichmeansithasseveralactsandeachactiscomposedofseveralscenes.Thewholeplaydepictsactionsthattakeplaceoveralongperiodoftime.Variouscharactersappearindifferentactsandscenes,andthesettingsandcostumeschangeaccordingly.Therunningtimeofafull-lengthplaycanlastforseveralhours,evendays.Think

Share1WhycannotTyltylrecogniseanyoftheHappinesses?2ArethereanyHappinessesinyourhome?Whatarethey?Whereelsecanyoufindthem?3WhatdoestheauthorwanttoexpressbymakingtheBlueBirdflyawayattheendoftheplay?4Whatdifferentlifelessonscanyoulearnfromthetworeadingpassagesinthisunit?1WhycannotTyltylrecogniseanyoftheHappinesses?Becausehedoesn’trealisethefactthattheHappinessesareallaroundhiminhishome.2ArethereanyHappinessesinyourhome?Whatarethey?Whereelsecanyoufindthem?Yes,thereare.TheyareHappinessofbeingwell,Happinessofbeinginanicefamily,Happinessofbeinglovedbymyparents...,IcanfindHappinessofbeingwellatschool.3WhatdoestheauthorwanttoexpressbymakingtheBlueBirdflyawayattheendoftheplay?BymakingtheBlueBirdflyawayattheendoftheplay,theauthorwantstotellusgreathappinessisnotbasedonmaterialthings,butamoremeaningful,spiritualjoyandthatgivingandsharingsometimesmeanthetruehappiness.4Whatdifferentlifelessonscanyoulearnfromthetworeadingpassagesinthisunit?FromthefirstreadingpassageTuesdayswithMorrie,Ihavelearntthatweshouldappreciatewhatwehaveandmakethemostofeachday;it’suptoustofindoutwhatisimportantinourlivesandestablishourowndreams;loveeachotherasmuchaswecould.FromthesecondreadingpassagetheBlueBirdI’vegotthatgreathappinessisnotbasedonmaterialthings,butamoremeaningful,spiritualjoy.3Workingroupsandactouttheplay.1Readtheplayagainanddiscusshowyoumightpresentitonstage.Considerthefollowing:?Plot–Isthereanythingyouwillcutfrom,oraddtotheplay??Setting–Whatcostumesandpropswillyouneed??Roles–Willyouneedanarratortogivethebackgroundtotheplayandintroducethenewscenes??Language–Willyourevisethelanguagetomakeiteasiertoremember?2Adapttheplaybasedonyourdiscussion.Youmayrefertotheoriginalplayformoreideasifnecessary.3Deciderolesforeachgroupmemberandpractiseperformingtheplay.4Actouttheplayinclass.Nowtalkabouthowwellyourgroupperformed.Voteforthebestperformerintheplay.Languagepoints1.TheydancemerrilyaroundtheCHILDREN,thentheonewhoappearstobethechiefgoesuptoTYLTYLwithhandoutstretched.(1)Paraphrase：TheydancearoundtheCHILDRENhappily,thentheonewhoseemstobethechiefcomesuptoTYLTYLandstretcheshand.(2)本句中withhandoutstretched表伴隨。with后面的名詞或名詞短語可以接形容詞、副詞、現在分詞或不定式等。e.g.Thegirlisaccustomedtosleepingwiththewindowopen.

這個女孩習慣開著窗戶睡覺。2.Why,no...Idon’trememberseeinganyofyou.文中多次出現why這個詞，在這里why并不意為常見的“為什么”，而是表示驚訝或突然意識到到某事，意思是“哎呀，嘿”。e.g.Why,lookwho’shere！

哎呀，看看這是誰！文中其他句子：Why,wearetheonlythingsyoudoknow!Why,that’stheBlueBirdwewerelookingfor!3.(AlltheotherHAPPINESSESburstoutlaughing.)burstoutlaughing突然大笑起來；不禁大笑【詞匯拓展】burstvi.(burst-burst-burst)爆裂；爆發n.突然破裂；爆發burstoutlaughing＝burstintolaughter突然大笑起來burstoutcrying＝burstintotears突然大哭起來aburstoflaughter/applause突然的一陣笑聲/掌聲e.g.Onhearingtheshockingnewsthathersoncouldn'trecoveraftertheoperation,themotherburstoutcrying.一聽到兒子手術后仍無法恢復的噩耗，這位母親就突然大哭起來。4.TYLTYL:ThenthereareHappinessesinmyhome?THEHAPPINESS:Youheardhim!ArethereHappinessesinhishome!Why,itiscrammedwithHappinesses!(1)

以上對白中Youheardhim!使用過去時是非常貼切、應景的。作者連用三個感嘆句來表達一種強烈的情感，寓意深刻。另外以上對白中出現了陳述句式的疑問句和疑問句式的感嘆句，這些在文學作品，尤其是戲劇中比較常見。本課的戲劇劇本中，還出現了很多其他的感嘆句。e.g.Hedoesn’tknowwheretheBlueBirdis!ArethereHappinessesinhishome!(2)becrammedwith塞滿，填滿【詞匯拓展】cramv．擠滿；把……塞進cramsth.into...把某物塞進……

craminto擠進……e.g.Terrycrammedthedirtyclothesintohisbag.

特里把臟衣服塞進了包里。5.ThisiatheHappinessofPureAir,whoisalmosttransparent.pureadj.純凈的，純的；潔凈的；完全的，純粹的【詞匯拓展】purewater/white/gold/love純凈水/純白/純金/純真的愛情purelyadv.純粹地；僅僅，只不過

purifyvt.使純凈e.g.Itwaspurelyaquestion,noblameorangerinmytone.

這純粹是一個問題，我的語氣里沒有責備或憤怒。6.Heisnomoreabsurdthanthemajorityofmen...nomore...than...不比……更……，和……一樣不……【詞匯拓展】notmore...than不如……nomorethan僅僅notmorethan至多，不超過e.g.Heisnomoreknowledgeablethansheis.他和她一樣知識都不是很淵博。7.(EnterNEIGHBOURBERLINGOT,alittleoldwomanleaningonastick.)leanv．倚，靠；使斜靠【詞匯拓展】leanagainst/on靠在……上lean...against/on...使……斜靠……leanfor