Attheendoftheclass,you’llbeableto:1.understandthemainideasandthestructureofthetext;2.analysethereasonsforbadmoviesadaptedfromgoodnovelsanddevelopcriticalthinking;3.learntoanalyseargumentativeessays.LearningobjectivesDoyouoftenreadinyoursparetime?Whattypesofbooksdoyouusuallyread?Haveyoueverreadanyfamousworks?Pre-reading《紅樓夢(mèng)》DreamoftheRedChamberDreamoftheRedChamber,alsocalledTheStoryoftheStone,writtenbyCaoXueqin,isoneofChina’sFourGreatClassicalNovels.ItwaswrittenduringtheQingDynasty.ThenovelisgenerallyconsideredtobethegreatestofallChinesenovelsandamongthegreatestinworldliterature.Haveyoueverreadthebook?What’sitabout?Pre-readingHaveyoueverreadthebook?What’sitabout?《了不起的蓋茨比》TheGreatGatsbyTheGreatGatsbyisanovelbytheAmericanauthorF.ScottFitzgerald.Firstpublishedin1925,itissetonLongIsland’sNorthShoreandinNewYorkCityfromspringtoautumnof1922,whichisrankedsecondintheModernLibrary’slistsofthe100BestNovelsofthe20thCentury.Pre-readingHaveyoueverreadthebook?What’sitabout?SherlockHolmesSherlockHolmesisafictionalconsultingdetectiveinLondoncreatedbyScottishauthorandphysicianSirArthurConanDoyle.Holmesisknownforhisproficiencywithobservation,forensicscience,andlogicalreasoning.Togetherwithhisassistant,DrJohnH.Watson,hepursuescriminalsthroughoutLondon,thesouthofEngland,andcontinentalEurope.《福爾摩斯》Pre-readingHaveyoueverreadthebook?What’sitabout?RickshawBoyWrittenbyLaoShe,RickshawBoyisconsideredbymanytobeoneofthemasterpiecesofmodernChineseliterature.Itdescribesthedifficultlifeofarickshawpullerduringtheyearsofwarlordturmoil.ThisbookisfamousforitsvividdescriptionsoflifeinthecityofBeijingatthebeginningofthe20thcentury.《駱駝祥子》Pre-readingHaveyoueverreadthebook?What’sitabout?MomentinPekingMomentinPekingisanoveloriginallywritteninEnglishbyChineseauthorLinYutang.ThenovelcoverstheturbulenteventsinChinafrom1900to1938,anditfocusesonthelivesofseveraldifferentfamiliesandpeople,alongwiththeirinteractionsduringthattime.《京華煙云》Pre-readingHaveyoueverreadthebook?What’sitabout?TheIliadTheIliadissaidtobeanepicpoemwrittenbytheblindpoetHomer,whichisnotonlyanimportantancientGreekliterature,butalsooneoftheclassicsintheWest.Thepoemconsistsof15,693lines,dividedinto24volumes,andtellsthestoryoftheGreekexpeditiontoTroy.《伊利亞特》HaveyoueverseenthemoviesorTVplaysbasedonthebooksabove?Whatdoyouthinkofthem?While-readingScanthepassage.FindoutwhichofthebooksinActivity1arementioned.TheGreatGatsbyandTheIliad.Matchtheauthor’sopinionsaboutthemovieadaptationstotheexamplesfromthepassage.

1Somepartsofthestoryandsome

charactersaremissinginthe

movie.

2Thevisualimagesarenotasstrikingasthe

descriptionsinthe

book.

3Themovieisnotasgreatasthebook.

4Themoviedoesn’tlookthewaywevisualisedwhilereadingthebook.

5Thecharactersdonotstandout.adcebReadforthestructurePart1:________________Part2:________________Part3:________________Paragraph1-2Paragraph

3-4Paragraph

5ProblemsReasonsConclusionPara.1Theauthorputsforwardaphenomenonthatgreatwordsoften________beingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”.Para.2Dogoodmoviesneedgoodstories?Para.3Oneofthereasonsisthat_____________andcharacterscanbelost.Para.4Anotherreasonisthatthingsweexpectedmaydisappearinthemovies.Para.5Cometoaconclusionthatweshouldjudgeamovie__________________.endupplotdetailsinitsownrightReadforthemainideasAnalyzeanargumentationGoodBook,BadMovie?Thetitleisoftenthethesisstatementandthequestionyouaretryingtoanswer.Author’sopinionReason1Reason2Author’sattitudeProblemsConclusionReasons

Examplesinargumentative

essayscanserveseveralpurposes.Theycanbeusedtoexplainideasandconcepts,

tosupportarguments,and

alsoasawayof

providingadditional

information.Learningtolearn

Whatdoesthesaying“ThereareathousandHamletsinathousandpeople’seyes”mean?DoyouknowofanysimilarsayingsinChinese?Itmeansreadersusuallyhavedifferentideasabouthowthecharactersfromacertainnovelshouldlookalike.SimilarsayinginChineseincludes

“一千個(gè)人眼中有一千個(gè)林黛玉、賈寶玉”，etc.Post-reading2Whatbookswouldyouliketoseemadeinto

movies?Why?3

Whatotherreasonsdoyouthinkmakemovie

adaptationsless

satisfactorythantheoriginal

books?Groupwork:giveatalkaboutamovieadaptedfromabook.1Usethenotestohelpplanyourtalk.Yourpointofview(successful/disappointing):Reasons:Titleofthebook:2Organiseyourtalkfollowingthestepsbelow.3Giveyourtalktotheclass.Introducethebook.Describethemovieadaptation.Giveyouropinionofthemovieadaptation.①結(jié)果所有的活兒都是我一個(gè)人干了。（+現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)）I_______________alltheworkmyself.②如果他繼續(xù)這樣開(kāi)車，總有一天會(huì)把命都丟掉。Ifhecarriesondrivinglikethat,he’ll_______dead.Alltoooften,greatwordsendupbeingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”.1句意：很多時(shí)候，優(yōu)秀的文字作品最終卻變成了失敗的電影。endup：（尤指經(jīng)歷一系列意外后）最終處于，到頭來(lái)【用法擴(kuò)展】endupendedupdoing（+形容詞）③+介詞（with/in）（短語(yǔ)）

如果你繼續(xù)這樣，早晚得進(jìn)監(jiān)獄。

Ifyougoonlikethis,you’ll_________inprison.

其中with后面的賓語(yǔ)是其主語(yǔ)的一部分，而in后面的賓語(yǔ)是

其主語(yǔ)（一件事情、一個(gè)活動(dòng)等）的結(jié)果。例：Themeetingendedupwithasong.（asong是主語(yǔ)The

meeting

的一部分，即歌曲之后整個(gè)會(huì)議結(jié)束）Theireffortendedupin?failure.

（failure是主語(yǔ)Their

effort的結(jié)果）endup

Moviesofcourseneedimpressiveimages,sowhyhasAliceinWonderlandonlyresultedinmoviesbestdescribedas“interesting”?2句意：電影當(dāng)然需要令人印象深刻的畫面，那為什么由《愛(ài)麗絲夢(mèng)游仙境》改編的電影最多也只能被稱為“有點(diǎn)意思”呢？例：她在面試中給人留下了深刻的印象。Shewasvery____________intheinterview.impressive1.impressive:(ofthingsorpeople)makingyoufeel

admiration,becausetheyareverylarge,good,

skilful,

etc令人印象深刻的

Moviesofcourseneedimpressiveimages,sowhyhasAliceinWonderlandonlyresultedinmoviesbestdescribedas“interesting”?2這場(chǎng)事故造成兩名乘客死亡。

Theaccident____________thedeathoftwopassengers．壓制決不可能使他們信服。

Compulsionwillneverresultin__________them．2.resultin:意為“導(dǎo)致，造成”，相當(dāng)于leadto。句尾best

describedas“interesting”為過(guò)去分詞短語(yǔ)作后置定語(yǔ)。

resultinsth.resultin(sb)doingsth.resultedinconvincing例：

ThisissomethingthateventhehighlysuccessfulHarryPottermoviescan’tescapefrom,withfansofthebooksdisappointednottoseesomeoftheirfavouritecharactersinthemovieversions.3句意：這是連大獲成功的“哈利.波特”系列電影也無(wú)法避免的事情，有的書迷因?yàn)樵陔娪爸锌床坏阶约鹤钕矚g的一些角色而大失所望。這是一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，主干成分為thisissomething+that引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句+with的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)。此處something作先行詞，關(guān)系代詞只能用that。此處with的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)為：with+賓語(yǔ)+形容詞+nottodo?！揪渥咏Y(jié)構(gòu)分析】Oneofthekeyreasonsbehindthisisthat(whileabookusuallytakesafewdaystoread,amovietypicallylastsundertwohours).4句意：這背后的一個(gè)關(guān)鍵原因是，看完一本書通常需要幾天的時(shí)間，而一部電影通常不到兩小時(shí)就可以看完?！揪渥咏Y(jié)構(gòu)分析】while對(duì)比連詞，連接兩個(gè)并列句that引導(dǎo)表語(yǔ)從句Thismeansthatgreatbookscanloseplotdetailsandcharacters(whentheymovetothebigscreen).5句意：這意味著，當(dāng)名著被搬上大銀幕時(shí)，它們可能會(huì)失去情節(jié)細(xì)節(jié)和人物角色?！揪渥咏Y(jié)構(gòu)分析】that引導(dǎo)表語(yǔ)從句when引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句

Attheendoftheclass,you’llbeableto:1.getthekeyelementsofamoviereview;2.obtainusefulexpressionsrelatedtomoviereviews.3.writeamoviereviewofKungFuPanda.Lookandanswer:1Whatisthemovieabout?2Whoisthemaincharacter?

3Whatisthemostmemorablesceneinthemovie?4Whatdoestheviewerthinkofthemovie?1.It’saboutthestoryofateenagergirlcalled

MiaThermopoliswholearntsheisthe

princessofGenoviashortlybeforeher

sixteenthbirthday.

MiaThermopolis.3.Themostmemorablesceneistowardsthe

end

ofthemoviewhen,duringMia'sdarkest

momentof

self-doubt,sheistouched

bya

letterherfatherlefther.4.Itisaninterestingmovie

whichisabout

beingand

betteringyourselfandabout

knowingwhoyour

realfriendsare.

ThePrincessDiariesisamovieaboutateenagernamedMia

Thermopolis.Shortlybeforeher

sixteenthbirthday,sheisshocked

by

thelife-changingnewsthatsheistheprincessofafictional

kingdom

calledGenovia.StarringAnneHathaway,itisdefinitelyamovieyou

shouldnotmiss!Mia,asociallyawkwardAmericangirl,becomesprincessof

Genoviawhenherlong-absentfather,theCrownPrince,dies.She’staughthowtobehaveperfectly.However,thingsgetoutofhandwhenthemediagetsholdofthestory,puttingMiainthespotlight.Ontopofthis,shemustmakeachoicebetweencontinuingthenormallifeofaSanFranciscoteenandsteppinguptothethrone.Themovieexploresthethemeofresponsibilityinanintelligentand

humorousway.Themostmemorablesceneistowardstheendofthemoviewhen,duringMia’sdarkestmomentofself-doubt,sheistouchedbyaletterherfatherlefther.“Courageisnottheabsenceoffear,butratherthejudgementthatsomethingelseismoreimportantthanfear.”It’soneofthemostunforgettablelinesfromthemovie.ThePrincessDiariesisaninterestingmovie.It’saboutbeingandbetteringyourself,andaboutknowingwhoyourrealfriendsare.Watchitnow!ThethemeCommentsGeneralintroductionMainplot

電影評(píng)論，簡(jiǎn)稱影評(píng)，是對(duì)一部電影的導(dǎo)演、演員、鏡頭語(yǔ)言、拍攝技術(shù)、劇情、線索、環(huán)境、色彩、光線等進(jìn)行分析和評(píng)說(shuō)。影評(píng)一般包括三部分：背景介紹、內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介和評(píng)論。背景介紹指讓讀者理解影片的大致情況，通常包括故事背景，演職人員和獲獎(jiǎng)情況；其次是對(duì)影片內(nèi)容的介紹，交代故事情節(jié)；最后是對(duì)劇情、人物、場(chǎng)景等方面的評(píng)論。

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Writeamoviereview.(以KungFuPanda為例)首段：簡(jiǎn)單介紹影片。中段：介紹故事的主要內(nèi)容及情節(jié)尾段：對(duì)影片的看法電影評(píng)論一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)為主；第一、三人稱為主1.影片簡(jiǎn)介2.故事背景、情節(jié)3.介紹電影突出的特點(diǎn)及對(duì)電影的評(píng)價(jià)masterpiece

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