2.Characters Five students The King，the Queen，the 3.Servant Setting A park The palace Plot Some students 4.pretend to be sitting on an invisible bench and 5.enjoy themselves quite a lot.One of them moves the bench without being noticed，so the others all fall down when the 6.truth/fact is told. The King wants some toilet paper,7.but/while he says that he wants important papers.Because he is the King，the servant 8.mistakes/takes the important papers for some official documents.Finally，the servant understands him and 9.brings him what he wants. Funny point Since the bench can not be 10.seen，nobody knows whether it is there unless someone speaks it out. A play in which such words are used：important papers and toilet paper.

Ⅲ.课文阅读简答

1．What kind of plays are they？Comedy or tragedy?

Both of them are comedies.

2．In the second play，why were the others unable to understand the King?

Because the King expressed his opinion in a roundabout(拐弯抹角的) way and he said that he wanted his important papers；the others would mistake them for some official documents.

重点词汇

1．It got too crowded，so I moved the bench.

它太拥挤了，所以我移动了这张长椅。

(1)crowded adj.拥挤的

be crowded with挤满了

(2)crowd n．人群；观众；v.拥挤；挤满

a crowd of一群；一伙；一堆

crowds of成群的......；许多......

follow the crowd随大流