WELCOME TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ATTENDING AN ENGLISH LESSON
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
Reading
Before you read
a. Shakespeare
b. Charlie Chaplin
c. J.B.P. Moliere
d. Audrey Hepburn
e. Bernard Shaw
f. Tom Hanks
EXERCISE:
Work with a partner to put the names of the people in the pictures into two groups.
a. Shakespeare
b. Charlie Chaplin
c. J.B.P. Moliere
d. Audrey Hepburn
e. Bernard Shaw
f. Tom Hanks
Playwrights
Actors / Actresses
b. Charlie Chaplin
c. J.B.P. Moliere
e. Bernard Shaw
b. Charlie Chaplin
d. Audrey Hepburn
f. Tom Hanks
c. J.B.P. Moliere
a. Shakespeare
EXERCISE:
List several well-known works written by one of the playwrights above.
Reading Text
Read the following text and do the tasks that follow.
NEW WORDS
- Source [sɔ:s] (n)
= cause [kɔ:z] (n)
- Dramatic [drə'mætik] (adj) :
---> Drama ['dræmə] (n)
= play (n)
---> Dramatist ['dræmətist] (n)
= playwright ['pleirait] (n)
- To extend [iks'tend] (v) :
---> extension [iks'ten∫n] (n)
- Spiritual ['spirit∫uəl] (adj) :
---> spirit ['spirit] (n)
- Character ['kæriktə] (n) :
- Perception [pə'sep∫n] (n) :
Ex: He extended his visit from one week to three weeks.
EXERCISE:

Answer the following questions.
What are the causes of the appeal of the theater ?
Did ancient people use to enjoy hearing stories ?
What did Aristotle think the greatest pleasure of human beings is in ?
In what way is the theater an excellent way to extend people beyond the narrow circle of everyday life ?
What about the theater may be amazing to theatergoers ?
What, according to Aristotle, is the difference between tragedy and comedy ?

1. What are the causes of the appeal of the theater ?
2. Did ancient people use to enjoy hearing stories ?
---> A. It offers an effective means of telling a story.
B. The audience finds pleasure in the skill of execution.
C. It offers an opportunity for us to gain fresh perceptions.
D. It can give us a spiritual experience.
---> Yes, they did.
4. In what way is the theater an excellent way to extend people beyond the narrow circle of everyday life ?
3. What did Aristotle think the greatest pleasure of human beings is in ?
---> He thought it is in learning.
---> It gets us acquainted with people and cultures quite foreign to us.
5. What about the theater may be amazing to theatergoers ?
6. What, according to Aristotle, is the difference between tragedy and comedy ?
---> They may be amazed at the painter’s brushwork, the musician’s control of a voice or instrument, the dancer’s use of space, and the director’s management of the creative aspects of the play.
---> Tragedy shows us to be better than we are, but comedy shows us to be worse.
1. Read the text again and learn the new words by heart.
2. Prepare the exercises B, C and D of the text for the next period.