GoodBook,BadMovieUnit4developingideasHaveyoueverreadanyofthesebooksWhataretheyaboutauthorsettingmainideaimportance...紅樓夢了不起的蓋茨比夏洛克·福爾摩斯駱駝祥子伊利亞特京華煙云Introductionaboutthesixbooks.DreamoftheRedChamber(紅樓夢)DreamoftheRedChamber,alsocalledTheStoryoftheStone,writtenbyCaoXueqin,isoneofChina'sFourGreatClassicalNovels.ItwaswrittenduringtheQingDynasty.ThenovelisgenerallyconsideredtobethegreatestofallChinesenovelsandamongthegreatestinworldliterature.TheGreatGatsby(了不起的蓋茨比)WrittenbyAmericanauthorF.ScottFitzgerald,TheGreatGatsbyexploresthemesofdecadence,idealism,resistancetochange,socialupheaval,andexcess,creatingaportraitoftheJazzAgeortheRoaringTwentiesthathasbeendescribedasacautionarytaleregardingtheAmericanDream.Introductionaboutthesixbooks.SherlockHolmes(福爾摩斯)SherlockHolmesisafictionalconsultingdetectiveinLondoncreatedbyScottishauthorandphysicianSirArthurConanDoyle.Holmesisknownforhisproficiencywithobservation,forensicscience,andlogicalreasoning.Togetherwithhisassistant,DrJohnH.Watson,hepursuescriminalsthroughoutLondon,thesouthofEngland,andcontinentalEurope.RickshawBoy(駱駝祥子)WrittenbyLaoShe,RickshawBoyisconsideredbymanytobeoneofthemasterpiecesofmodernChineseliterature.Itdescribesthedifficultlifeofarickshawpullerduringtheyearsofwarlordturmoil.ThisbookisfamousforitsvividdescriptionsoflifeinthecityofBeijingatthebeginningofthe20thcentury.Introductionaboutthesixbooks.MomentinPeking(京華煙云)MomentinPekingisanoveloriginallywritteninEnglishbyChineseauthorLinYutang.ThenovelcoverstheturbulenteventsinChinafrom1900to1938,anditfocusesonthelivesofseveraldifferentfamiliesandpeople,alongwiththeirinteractionsduringthattime.

TheIliad(伊利亞特)TheIliadissaidtobeanepicpoemwrittenbytheblindpoetHomer,whichisnotonlyanimportantancientGreekliterature,butalsooneoftheclassicsintheWest.Thepoemconsistsof15,693lines,dividedinto24volumes,andtellsthestoryoftheGreekexpeditiontoTroy.HaveyoueverseenthemoviesorTVplaysbasedonthebooksWhatdoyouthinkofthesescreenadaptationsFindoutwhichofthebooksinActivity1arementioned.TheGreatGatsbyandTheIliad.PredictionReadthetitleofthepassageandpredicttheauthor’sopiniononmoviesadaptedfrombooks.FastreadingWhat’sthetexttypeofthispassageA.narrationB.practicalwritingC.argumentationD.exposition

Part1ProblemsPart22._______Part3ConclusionMainideaPara.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5DogoodmoviesneedgoodstoriesTheauthorputsforwardaphenomenonthatgreatwordsoften1.____________beingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”.Oneofthereasonsisthat3.__________________andcharacterscanbelost.Anotherreasonisthatthingsweexpectedmaydisappearinthemovies.Cometoaconclusionthatweshouldjudgeamovie4.__________________.Readthepassagequicklyandfillinthechart.endupReasonsplotdetailsinitsownrightMatchtheauthor’sopinionsaboutthemovieadaptationstotheexamplesfromthepassage.□1Somepartsofthestoryandsomecharactersaremissinginthemovie.□2Thevisualimagesarenotasstrikingasthedescriptionsinthebook.□3Themovieisnotasgreatasthebook.□4Themoviedoesn’tlookthewaywevisualised

whilereadingthebook.□5Thecharactersdonotstandout.adcebthinkandshareWhatdoesthesaying“ThereareathousandHamletsinathousandpeople'seyes”meanDoyouknowofanysimilarsayingsinChineseWhatotherreasonsdoyouthinkmakemovieadaptationslesssatisfactorythantheoriginalbooksChecktheanswersItmeansreadersusuallyhavedifferentideasabouthowthecharactersfromacertainnovelshouldbelike.

SimilarsayingsinChineseinclude“一千個人眼中有一千個林黛玉/賈寶玉”,

“仁者見仁，智者見智”etc.2.Becauseofthetimelimitsandtheaimofhighprofits,thefilmmakerseditthestorylineandremovemostoftheimagination.Becausethedigitalcinematechnologyisnotmatureenough.

Languagepoints

1Theysaythat“apictureisworthathousandwords”,butthebriefestlookatbooksandthemoviesbased

on

them

wouldhaveanyonequestioningthiscommonsaying.Alltoooften,greatwordsendup

beingturnedinto

cinematic“turkeys”．briefadj.短暫的變成v.詢問；對……提出異議時常;通常endupdoingsth.以做某事而告終電影的(電影或戲劇的)失敗之作2Goodmoviesneedgoodstories.Ifso,whyhasoneoftheearliestandgreatestworksinWesternstorytelling,Homer’sTheOdyssey,neverhadanequallygreatmoviebasedonitMoviesneedstrongcharacters.SowhyhavethemoviesbasedonTheGreatGatsbyneverbeenpraisedas“great”Moviesofcourseneedimpressiveimages,sowhyhasAliceinWonderlandonlyresultedinmoviesbestdescribedas“interesting”同樣地給人印象深刻的當然導致，造成描述

3Oneofthekeyreasonsbehindthisisthat

while

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few

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the

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Harry

Potter

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versions.一般，通常v.持續(xù)taketimetodosth.花費時間做某事從……逃跑/逃離版本情節(jié)

4Moviesalsodisappointuswhenthingsdon’tlookthewaywe

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the

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movie

Troy,which

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The

Iliad

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Helen’stitleof“themostbeautifulwomanintheworld”,influencingopinionsofthemovietosomeextent.以……為例史詩般的部分地評論可疑的；有問題的重要議題符合(標準)頭銜