M5U1
Betty: Lingling and I 1. ________ (昨天晚上我和玲玲去了老舍茶馆).
Tony : How was it ?
Betty: It was great ! You know 2.________(你知道，我想看京剧) Beijing Opera , so Lingling offered 3.________ (因此玲玲提议带我去那儿) . We 4.________(我们边喝茶边看戏) opera .
Tony: Did you understand the opera ?
Betty: No , it was 6. ________(很难听懂词). But 7.________(但是那些男女演员都很棒) .
Tony: How long did you stay ?
Betty: We only 8.________ (我们本来计划只看一个小时) hour , but 10. ________ (但最后我们待了三个小时) three hours .
Tony: Did you enjoy it ?
Betty: Well , it was 12. ________ (interest) --- that’s ________ (它很有意思——那是主要的事情) thing. I hope 14. ________ (我希望下次能懂得多一些) .
Tony: Do you often go to see Beijing Opera, Lingling ?
Lingling: No, I don’t. I wanted to take Betty to the teahouse 15. ________ (我想带贝蒂去（看看）茶馆，因为它很有名) it's famous .
Tony: Who is Lao She ?
Betty: No idea . Ask Lingling .
Lingling: Lao She is 16. ________ (老舍是一位伟大的作家) . He’s 17. ________ (他尤其以他的话剧《茶馆》而著名) his play Teahouse .
M5U2
Teahouse is 1._______（《茶馆》是老舍最著名的话剧之一）plays.He2._______（write） it in 1957.The play 3. _______（该剧有三幕）and shows the______ in China from __________ to _________（展示的是从19世纪末到20世纪中期中国普通人的生活) century.
It tells us the story of Wang Lifa and 4._________（它给我们讲述的是王利发和他的顾客在他的北京茶馆里的故事). It 5._________（它描述了50多年里中国社会的变化) over fifty years.
Lao She 6.______ (1899年老舍生于北京).His mother 7.______（1913年他母亲把他送到了一所师范学校) in 1913.After 8._______（finish）school in 1918，he 9._______（1918年完成学业后，他成了一名小学校长）In 1924, Lao She 10._______ (1924年老舍离开家去了英国). He 11._______ (他在伦敦的一所大学里教汉语）in London and _______(5年后返回了中国). He wrote 12. ______（他写了许多关于人们生活的话剧、小说和短篇小说）,and was 13.______（name）“the People's Artist”．Lao She is 14.______（老舍是20世纪中国最伟大的作家之一).
At Lao She Teahouse today，customers can drink tea and eat delicious Beijing food.15._________（如果）you like the Beijing Opera，16._________（传统的） music or17._________（魔法的） shows，you can enjoy them at the teahouse.Lao She Teahouse gives18. ________（老舍茶馆热情欢迎来自世界各地的人们）.
小试牛刀
Do you know Maupassant? He was one of the 1.___________ (famous)writers of short novels in the nineteenth century in France. His novels madereaders feel 2.__________ (excite) and enjoyable.
During his schooldays, he decided 3. _________ (be) a writer. Then he beganto write something. Because of the Franco-Prussian War(战争),he had to stop 4.___________ ( write). After the war, he went to Paris to look for a job, wherehe met some great writers and learnt a lot from 5.___________ (they).
Working as 6.__________ worker, Maupassant was too busy. And he didn't have7.___________ (some) time to find more useful things for his story. And he found itwasn't possible 8.____________ (finish) his dream. So he left his office9.___________ (spend) all his time on his interest. 10.____________ the age of thirty-four, he became quite famous.
1.most famous 2. excited 3.to be 4.writing 5.them 6.a 7.any 8.to finish 9.to spend 10.At
