1、Unit 4 Stage and screenPeriod 3Developing ideasLearning aims1.Understand the thematic meaning of the text and complete relevant exercises.2.Understand the argumentative methods of argumentative discourse.3.Form their own thoughts on familiar adapted film and television works.【知识归纳】Have you ever read
2、 any of the books?Whats it about?Have you ever read any of the books?Whats it about?【知识归纳】Dream of the Red ChamberDream of the Red Chamber,also called The Story of the Stone,written by CaoXueqin,is one of Chinas Four Great Classical Novels.It was written during the Qing Dynasty.The novel is generall
3、y considered to be the greatest of all Chinese novels and among the greatest in world literature.【知识归纳】Dream of the Red ChamberRickshaw BoyRickshaw BoyRickshaw BoyWritten by Lao She,Written by Lao She,Rickshaw Boy Rickshaw Boy is considered by many to be one of is considered by many to be one of the
4、 masterpieces of modern Chinese literature.It describes the the masterpieces of modern Chinese literature.It describes the difficult life of a rickshaw puller during the years of warlord turmoil.difficult life of a rickshaw puller during the years of warlord turmoil.This book is famous for its vivid
5、 descriptions of life in the city of This book is famous for its vivid descriptions of life in the city of Beijing at the beginning of the 20th century.Beijing at the beginning of the 20th century.The Great GatsbyThe Great GatsbyThe The Great Great GatsbyGatsby is is a a novel novel by by the the Am
6、erican American author author F.F.Scott Scott Fitzgerald.Fitzgerald.First First published published in in 1925,1925,it it is is set set on on Long Long Islands Islands North North Shore Shore and and in in New New York York City City from from spring spring to to autumn autumn of of 1922,1922,which
7、which is is ranked ranked second second in in the the Modern Modern Librarys Librarys lists lists of of the the 100 100 Best Best Novels Novels of the 20th Century.of the 20th Century.【知识归纳】Moment in PekingMoment in PekingMoment Moment in in PekingPeking is is a a novel novel originally originally w
8、ritten written in in English English by by Chinese Chinese author author Lin Lin Yutang.Yutang.The The novel novel covers covers the the turbulent turbulent events events in in China China from from 1900 1900 to to 1938,1938,and and it it focuses focuses on on the the lives lives of of several sever
9、al different different families and people,along with their interactions during that time.families and people,along with their interactions during that time.【知识归纳】What do you think ofWhat do you think of thethe moviesmovies oror TVTV playsplays basedbased onon thethe books?books?Now lets read the pa
10、ssage to see the authors opinion.Good book,bad movie?福尔摩斯伊利亚特What is the main idea of the passage?ATo introduce some wonderful movies adapted from great books.BTo encourage people to watch the movies adapted from books.CTo analyse the key reason why good books end up being bad movies.DTo recommend p
11、eople to judge a movie by its own feature not by its original course.FAST READINGRead the passage quickly and answer the question.Read the passage carefully and answer the questions.CAREFUL READING1.How do you understand“All too often,great words end up being turned intocinematic“turkeys”?2.What are
12、 the qualities for a good movie according to the author?3.Whats the authors attitude towards movies adapted from books?Movie adaptations fail to convey the ideas of books.Good stories,strong characters and impressive images.Optimistic.Match the authors opinions about the movie adaptations to the exa
13、mples.HARRY POTTERThe Great Gastsby THE ODYSSEY Alice in Wonderland The ILIADScan the text and choose the best answer.1.Why does the author give some examples in Para.2?ATo introduce some excellent movies.BTo explain what kind of movie a good movie is.CTo show three opinions about good movies are no
14、t right.D.To give the reasons why the movies are bad.2.What can we infer from Para.3?AIt usually takes people a few days to read a book.BA movie usually lasts two hours.CA good movie usually loses plot details and characters in good books.DHarry Potter movies lack some characters in the books.4.Acco
15、rding to Paragraph 5,audiences tended to watch TV series in recent years because _.ATV series such as Sherlock or Mad Men are interesting BTV series can have lots of characters and gradual plot developmentCaudiences disliked watching moviesDaudiences were fond of reading FScott Fitzgeralds books3.Wh
16、ats the most controversial issue of the movie Troy?AThe choice of actress who played Helen.BThe mixed reviews from the audience.CThe beautiful images of the movie.DThe background music of the movie.Put forward a questionGreat words usually end up 1.cinematic“turkeys”Analyze the questionPresent three
17、 wrong opinions about good movies.Good movies need good stories.Good movies need 2.Good movies need 3.One important reason is that great books can lose 4.and characters when they move to the big screen.Movies also 5.us when things dont look the way we imagined them in the books.Read the passage care
18、fully and fiil in the formbeing turned intostrong charactersplot detailsdisappointimpressive imagesSolve the questionThere are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand peoples eyes.Books and movies are two different types of 6.,and they have different rules.Maybe we should judge a movie in its own right,and
19、 not against its 7.media original source(1)(2)In brief,your work doesnt satisfy the manager.简言之，你的工作不能使经理满意。1brief adj.简短的；简洁的 n摘要；概要【知识归纳】(1)to be brief 简言之，总之 in brief 简言之，总之；简要地(2)a brief description/summary/account 简明扼要的描述/总结/叙述(3)briefly adv.短暂地；简要地：【联想拓展】in short总之，简言之 in a word总之，简言之 all in a
20、ll总的说来 on the whole总的来说 in summary总之(1)He explained _(brief)what we were to do.(2)_ brief,the extinction of the dinosaurs occurred long before humans came into being.(3)_ be brief,she was satisfied with the result.(4)_ the whole,I think the film is pretty good.(5)Lily is clever,polite and wellbehave
21、d,in _ word,she is worth praising.(6)_ short,the new assistant left a good impression on us.【即学即练】单句语法填空【知识归纳】(1)escape from 从逃跑 escape being done 没有被；逃脱被 escape death 死里逃生 escape ones attention/notice 逃过某人的注意(2)have a narrow escape 勉强逃脱/侥幸脱险 make ones escape 逃跑 an escape from reality 逃避现实2.escape v
22、逃脱；逃离；n.逃避No detail was too small to escape her attention.任何细节都逃不过她的注意。(1)In order to escape _(catch),the thief attempted to hide himself among the trees but failed.(2)No one can escape _(punish)if he breaks the law.(3)这个老人年轻时，在战争中九死一生。The old man _ in the battle when he was young.【即学即练】单句语法填空/完成句子【
23、知识归纳】(1)be disappointed at/about sth.对某事/某方面感到失望 be disappointed in/with sb.对某人感到失望 be disappointed that.因而感到失望(2)disappoint vt.使失望 disappointing adj.令人失望的 disappointment n.失望，沮丧 to ones disappointment 令某人感到失望的是3.disappointed adj.失望的；沮丧的 We felt disappointed that we played so well,yet still lost.我们感
24、到失望的是，我们打得如此好但依然输了。(1)Theres no reason to be _(disappoint).As a matter of fact,this could be rather amusing.(2)The teacher is disappointed _ Tonys attitude towards study.(3)The fans were disappointed _ the film star when they learned some negative news about him on the website.(4)令他失望的是，考试结果不是太好。_,t
25、he result of the exam is not very good.【即学即练】单句语法填空/完成句子Courage is not the absence of fear,but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.勇气不是没有恐惧，而是判断出有什么比恐惧更重要。4.absence n缺乏，没有【知识归纳】【知识归纳】(1)absence of mind 心不在焉 in ones absence 某人不在时 in the absence of 不在；缺少(2)absent adj.缺
26、席的；不在的；心不在焉的 be absent from 不参加；缺席 absentminded adj.心不在焉的；健忘的(1)彼得开车时心不在焉几乎导致了一场事故。Peters during driving nearly caused an accident.(2)然而，在缺乏母语环境下学习英语相当困难。However,learning English is very difficulta native language environment.(3)他上周末没有参加我的生日聚会。He my birthday party last weekend.【即学即练】完成句子in the absen
27、ce ofwas absent fromabsence of mindI am great!Many people thought she didnt live up to Helens title of“the most beautiful woman in the world”.很多人认为她不符合海伦“世界上最美丽的女人”的称号。【知识归纳】(1)live up to its reputation 名副其实 live up to ones expectations 符合某人的期望(2)live on以为主食；以为生计/过活 live with与一起生活；忍受，容忍(不快的事)5.live
28、up to 符合(标准)，不负(盛名)(1)The team called“The NoHopers”certainly lived up its name.(2)People in big cities have to live the noise every day.(3)She has to live her daughters wages.(4)We will (决不辜负)what our parents expect of us.(5)We had to（靠面包和水生存）when we were trapped in the desert.【即学即练】单句语法填空/完成句子Movie
29、s of course need impressive images,so why has Alice in Wonderland only resulted inmovies best described as“interesting”？电影当然需要令人印象深刻的形象，那么为什么爱丽丝梦游仙境的最佳结果仅仅是被描述为“有趣的”电影呢？6.result in 导致，造成【知识归纳】(1)result from由于；源自(2)as a result 结果；因此 as a result of 由于；因为(1)The accident resulted six deaths.(2)The terri
30、ble accident resulted careless driving.(3)We helped each other in studies and as result we became good friends.(4)一句多译由于天气原因，运动会不得不被推迟。.【即学即练】单句语法填空The sports meeting has to be put off as a result of the weatherThe sports meeting has to be put off because of the weather【知识归纳】【知识归纳】turn down关小；拒绝turn
31、 in 上交turn on 打开(水、煤气、电灯等)turn off 关上(水、煤气、电灯等)turn out 结果是；证明是；生产出turn up 开大；出现Interestingly,audiences have in recent years turned to television series such as Sherlock or Mad Men。有趣的是，近年来，观众们转向喜欢电视剧，如神探夏洛克或广告狂人等。7.turn to 转向；求助于；翻到(书的某页)；致力于；查阅；从事于(1)写出下列句中turn to的含义 Please turn to the police for
32、help when you are in trouble.If you turn to Page 40,you will find it.More and more people turn to computer science.(2)用适当的介词或副词填空He said he was a doctor;but later he turned to be a cheat.The meeting has already begun,but the chairman hasnt turned yet.You shouldnt always turn the dictionary when you
33、meet new words in reading.【即学即练】按要求完成以下练习从事于【句式分析】句中“with fans of the books disappointed”是 with 的复合结构。【知识归纳】“with+宾语+宾语补足语”构成复合结构，在句中可以作状语或定语。(1)with名词/代词(宾语)+形容词/副词/介词短语(2)with名词/代词(宾语)+不定式表示主动和将来的动作(3)with名词/代词(宾语)+现在分词（表主动和进行）/过去分词（表被动和完成）8.This is something that even the highly successful Harry
34、Potter movies cant escape from,with fans of the books disappointed not to see some of their favourite characters in the movie versions.这是即使是非常成功的哈利波特电影也无法逃避的事实，那些书的粉丝们对电影版本中没有看到他们最喜欢的角色感到失望。(1)With her money (lose),she was at a loss what to do.(2)With so many people(help)him,the orphan was able to p
35、ull through at last.(3)With you (help)us,we are sure to finish the work on time(4)The woman (背着婴儿的)lives downstairs.(5)(老师站在旁边),she was a bit nervous.(6)(工作完成了)，she felt greatly relieved.【即学即练】单句语法填空/完成句子【句式分析】句中“find themselves glued to.”是“find宾语宾语补足语”结构。此处，作宾语补足语的是过去分词短语glued to.。【知识归纳】“find宾语宾语补足
36、语”结构形式归纳：(1)find宾语形容词/副词/介词短语/现在分词（表主动和进行）/过去分词（表被动和完成）(2)findit形容词/名词to do.(it是形式宾语，to do.是真正的宾语)9.Perhaps,one day,readers of FScott Fitzgeralds most admired work will find themselves glued to their screens by episodes of The Great Gatsby.也许有一天，F.斯科特菲茨杰拉德最受推崇的作品的读者会发现，他们将被了不起的盖茨比的情节牢牢地吸引住。(1)He fou
37、nd his friend(walk)in the rain.(2)When he came to himself,he found himself(lock)in the room.(3)He found the text very (interest)(4)Some students find easy to understand English grammar.(5)她回来时发现窗户被弄坏了。_.【即学即练】单句语法填空/仿写句子本单元写作任务要求写一篇影评，即要求根据所给电影或所给相关信息提炼重点，对电影作必要的介绍，并有感而发。介绍电影情节时要抓住重点，电影评论部分要客观公正，可从故
38、事主题、人物塑造等方面作评价。介绍剧情时以一般现在时或一般过去时为主，人称多用第三人称。The brief introduction of the movie:publication date,type and director.Plot summary.Making a comment.The beginningThe structure of a movie reviewThe middleThe ending假设你是李东，上周末你和同学们一起观看了电影唐山大地震。请根据下表所提供的信息用英语写一篇影评。写作典例影片唐山大地震导演冯小刚主演徐帆，张静初主要情节以1976年唐山大地震为背景，
39、讲述了一个四口之家在地震中的遭遇及震后32年幸存下来的母亲及双胞胎儿女的生活经历。评价演员演技高超，故事情节感人。【知识归纳】be set intells ofplay the part of hold our breath touch my heart deeply in a word 遣词造句扮演扮演.总而言之总而言之深深地触动了我的心深深地触动了我的心以以.为背景为背景屏住呼吸屏住呼吸讲述讲述 1.唐山大地震是一部感人的电影，导演是冯小刚，中国著名的导演之一。Aftershock is a touching movie whose director is Feng Xiaogang，_.
40、2.这部电影以1976年唐山大地震为背景。The film _.3.这部电影讲述了一家四口的故事。The film _.4.将 2和3合并成一个简单句_.one of the most famous directors in Chinais set in the 1976 Tangshan Earthquaketells of a story about a family of fourSet in the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake,the movie tells of a story about a family of four.5.正是(影片中的)女性角色最吸引我们
41、。（用强调句型翻译句子）.6.我们最关注的角色是女主角，她勇敢、善良、坚强。（用形容词短语做状语）_.7.这是一部触动心灵的电影。（用定语从句翻译句子）_.8.总之，这部电影非常值得一看。_.Brave，good and strong，the heroine is the character we care about mostIn a word，this film is well worth seeingThis is a film which touches my heart deeply【知识归纳】It is the female characters that interest us
42、most【知识归纳】Reviews on AftershockLast week，I，together with my classmates，saw the film Aftershock，which was directed by Feng Xiaogang，a famous Chinese director.Set in the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake,the film tells of a story about a family of four.During the earthquake,the father died and the rest of the
43、family survived.But the earthquake has changed their lives.The film follows the lives of the mother and her twin children over the next 32 years.It is the female characters，Xu Fan and Zhang Jingchu that interest us most.Brave，good and strong，the heroine is the character we care about most.Their acti
44、ng is excellent.I was deeply moved by the plot of the film.In a word，this is a film which touches my heart deeply and well worth seeing.连句成篇1.extreme extremely 2.absorb absorbed3.absolute absolutely 4.appeal appealing5.definite definitely 6.arrange arrangement7.original origin 8.behave behaviour 9.r
45、esponsibility responsible认知词汇拓展词汇应用词汇applaud grateful overcome ballet romantic comedy documentary episode plot rude transport turkey storytellingwonderland epic extent fictional awkward 1.brief:in brief;to be brief 2escape:escape from;escape doing;have a narrow escape 3.disappointed:be disappointed
46、at;be disappointed with4.absence:absence of mind;in ones absence;in the absence of Summary核心短语1.(be)based on2end up doing sth.3result in 4take.for example 5.put on6live up to 7to some extent 8.in ones right9.turn to10.with.in mind1.jump in with both feet2.at the same time3.in surprise4.be interested
47、 in 5.make friends 6.be proud of 7.focus on8.take ones advice9.in the end1.find宾语宾语补足语”结构2.the reason is that that引导表语从句3.with+宾语+形容词重点句式重点句式234561To our great (disappoint),she refused to take our advice.2Joanna left her husband because of his unacceptable (behave)3He has never been (absence)from cl
48、ass this term.4As parents we have a responsibility (give)our children a sense of belonging.5He was determined to take his revenge his enemy one day.6I am looking ford to being told about your (arrange)of vacation.7My father is(extreme)proud that I followed in his footsteps and became a doctor.8I bec
49、ame so deeply absorbed the activity that I lost track of time.9We shall be grateful your cooperation.10.Of course,you should only pem the task if it is (absolute)necessary.【即学即练】.单句语法填空【知识归纳】1.The play _(取材于)Irish legend.2.I will _(不会辜负)what you expect,trust me!3_(在某种程度上)，I can understand their atti
50、tude.4Shes a rich woman _(凭借自己的能力)rather than by inheritance.5.We shall _(上演)Hamlet before long.Lets do our best to learn all our lines.6.These kids are so _(专注于)their studies that I just sit back watching them.7.Its reported that the accident _(导致)the death of two passengers.8.You are going to _ (结束；告终)in trouble if you carry on like that.完成句子
