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Unit 4 Stage and screen
Developing ideas
【教材分析】
本板块呈现了从另一角度反映单元主题的课文，语篇类型为论说文，讨论了由文学作品改编的电影常不尽如人意的原因。本文通过例证的方式，清晰明确地表达了作者的观点和主张。读写部分的范文是电影《公主日记》的影评。通过这一板块的学习，学生能够深入思考文学作品与影视改编的关系，并且初步掌握影评的文体特点和写作方法。
【教学目标】
1. 掌握本课的重要词汇与句式；
2. 引导学生通过扫读快速获取信息；
3. 引导学生理解课文内容，思考“好书坏电影？”这一现象产生的原因，并能够形成自己的看法，培养批判性思维。
【教学重难点】
1. 重点：本课时的重要词汇与句式
2. 难点：引导学生理解课文内容，思考“好书坏电影？”这一现象产生的原因，并能够形成自己的看法，培养批判性思维。
【教学过程】
Step 1 Lead in
1. Have the Ss look at the pictures carefully first in Activity 1. And then answer the questions.
Questions:
(1) Have you ever read any of these books What are they about
（Answer: open.）
Have you ever seen the movies or TV plays based on these books What do you think of them
（Answer: open.）
2. Pay attention to some information about books:
Dream of the Red Chamber Dream of the Red Chamber, also called The Story of the Stone, written by Cao Xueqin, is one of China’s Four Great Classical Novels. It was written during the Qing Dynasty. The novel is generally considered to be the greatest of all Chinese novels and among the greatest in world literature. Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a fictional consulting detective in London created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning. Together with his assistant, Dr John H. Watson, he pursues criminals throughout London, the south of England, and continental Europe.
Rickshaw Boy Written by Lao She, Rickshaw Boy is considered by many to be one of the masterpieces of modern Chinese literature. It describes the difficult life of a rickshaw puller during the years of warlord turmoil. This book is famous for its vivid descriptions of life in the city of Beijing in the beginning of the 20th century. Moment in Peking Moment in Peking is a novel originally written in English by Chinese author Lin Yutang. The novel covers the turbulent events in China from1900 to 1938, and it focuses on the lives of several different families and people, along with their interactions during that time.
Step 2 Reading
1. Scan the passage and find out which of the books in Activity 1 are mentioned.
（Answer: The Great Gatsby and The Iliad.）
2. Read the passage again and pay attention to the language points in the passage:
(1)All too often, great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
end up意为“（尤指经历一系列意外后）最终处于，到头来”。例如：
[+介词短语]
If you go on like this, you’ll end up in prison. (如果你继续这样，早晚得进监狱。）
[+现在分词短语]
I ended up doing all the work myself. (结果所有的活儿都是我一个人干了。）
[+形容词]
If he carries on driving like that, he’ll end up dead. (如果他继续这样开车，总有一天会把命都丢掉。）
(2)Movies of course need impressive images, so why has Alice in Wonderland only resulted in movies best described as “interesting”
impressive意为“令人印象深刻的”；result in意为“导致，造成”，同义短语为lead to；本句句尾的best described as "interesting" 为过去分词短语作后置定语。
(3)This is something that even the highly successful Harry Potter movies can’t escape from with fans of the books disappointed not to see some of their favourite characters in the movie versions.该句较长，教师可通过分析句式结构帮助学生理解。主干成分为this is something + that引导的定语从句+with的复合结构。注意：something作为先行词时，关系代词只能用that。此处with的复合结构为：with+宾语+形容词+not to do。
(4)Perhaps, one day, readers of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most admired work will find themselves glued to their screens by episodes of The Great Gatsby.
find sb/sth done意为“发现某人或某物处在某状态”。
be glued to sth意为“盯着某物看”。
Step 3 Activity 3
Match the author’s opinions about the movie adaptations to the examples from the passage.
Step 4 Think and share
Have the Ss think or discuss the questions and then share their answers with the class.
1. What does the saying “There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes” mean Do you know of any similar sayings in Chinese
2. What books would you like to see made into movies Why
3. What other reasons do you think make movie adaptations less satisfactory than the original books
Step 5 Group work
Work in groups. Give a talk about a movie adapted from a book.
1. Use the notes to help plan your talk.
Title of the book:
Your point of view (successful/disappointing):
Reasons:
2. Organize your talk following the steps below.
·Introduce the book. ·Describe the movie adaptation.
·Give your opinion of the movie adaptation.
3. Give your talk to the class.
Step 6 Homework
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