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Unit 19 The Merchant of Venice Ⅰ.Brief Statements Based on the Unit The Merchant of Venice is the most outstanding “romantic” comedy written by William Shakespeare, the greatest British playwriter and poet of Renaissance. This play is mainly about the process of a story that Shylock, a cruel and greedy moneylender, is punished by Antonio, a merchant of Venice, with the help of his friends桺ortia and Bassanio. The central theme of the play is the triumph of love(between Portia and Bassanio)and friendship(between Antonio and Bassanio)over insatiable greed and brutality(as presented by Shylock).A happy ending is brought about when Shylock is punished.Here we can see the true progressive significance of The Merchant of Venice and of its author:consistent hatred for the oppressors and sympathy for the oppressed.Meanwhile,it provides us an opportunity to learn some language points as well as revising Direct and Indirect speech. Ⅱ.Teaching Goals 1.Talk about Shakespeare and his plays. 2.Learn to recount detail in conversation. 3.Review Direct and Indirect Speech. 4.Write a short play. Ⅲ.Background Information 1.William Shakespeare For any Englishman,there can never be any discussion as to who is the world’s greatest post and dramatist（剧作家）.Only one name can possibly suggest itself to him,that of William Shakespeare.Every Englishman has some knowledge,however slight,of the work of our greatest writer.All of us use words,phrases and quotations（引用语）from Shakespeare’s writings that have become part of the common property of English-speaking people.Most of the time we probably don’t know the source of the words we use,rather like the old lady who was taken to see a performance of Hamlet and complained that it was full of well-known proverbs and quotations! Shakespeare,more perhaps than any other writer,made full use of the great resources of the English language.Most of us use about five thousand words in our normal employment of English;Shakespeare in his works used abou