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Unit 4 Stage and Screen
Developing Ideas
骆驼祥子
红楼梦
京华烟云
Have you read any of these books What are they about
Activity 1
骆驼祥子
红楼梦
京华烟云
Have you ever seen the movies or TV plays based on these books What do you think of them
Which version wins your preference
Read the title of the passage and predict the author’s opinion on movies adapted from books.
Good Book, Bad Movie
Prediction
Scan the passage.
1. Find out which of the books in Activity 1 are mentioned.
Activity 2
2. What does “a picture is worth a thousand words” mean
3. What’s the author’s opinion on movies adapted from books
The Great Gatsby and The Iliad
The picture is rich in contents.
3. What’s the author’s opinion on movies adapted from books
Activity 2
All too often, great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
turkey: [C] (informal) a failure
5. What’s the function of Paragraph 2
To further confirm that good books always end up being turned into bad movies.
4. In what way does the second paragraph write
By asking questions/ explanation/discussion/ analysis.
Why does the writer think so What are the reasons
How does the writer support his opinion
What’s the writer’s conclusion
Read for detailed information.
1. Why does the writer think so What are the reasons
Great books can lose plot details and characters when they move to the big screen.
Movies also disappoint us when things don’t look the way we imagined them in the books.
Read for detailed information.
What other reasons do you think make movie adaptations less satisfactory than the original books
2. How does the writer support his opinion
Read for detailed information.
By giving examples.
The Odyssey
The Great Gatsby
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter
Troy
Which of the following movies was best described as “interesting”？
Match the author’s opinions about the movie adaptations to the examples from the passage.
1. Some parts of the story and some characters are missing in the movie.
2. The visual images are not as striking as the descriptions in the book.
3. The movie is not as great as the book.
4. The movie doesn’t look the way we visualized while reading the book.
5. The characters do not stand out.
a
b
c
d
e
a
d
c
e
b
Examples:
3. What’s the writer’s conclusion
Read for detailed information.
Movies should be judged in its own right.
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
The Odyssey
The Great Gatsby
Alice in Wonderland
All too often, great works end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
Opinion
Great books can lose plot details and characters when they move to the big screen.
Reason 1
Movies should be judged in its own right.
Conclusion
Movies also disappoint us when things don’t look the way you imagined them
in the books.
Reason 2
Read for structure
“OREC”
Retell
“OREC” —the structure of an argumentative essay
Opinion
Reasons
Examples
Conclusion
What do you think of movies adapted from books
Think and Share
Group work: Talk about a movie adapted from a book.
Introduce the book.
Describe the movie adaptation.
Give your opinion of the movie adaptation.
Your point of view:
Reasons: (plot/characters/images/…)
Post-reading
General introduction
Main plot
The most memorable scene
Comments
Writing a movie review
What does each paragraph talk about
Writing a movie review
Read and answer the questions.
What is the movie about
Who is the main character
What is the most memorable scene in the movie
What does the viewer think of the movie
General introduction
What is the movie about
It is a movie about a teenager named Mia Thermopolis.
We could also put it this way:
It tells the story of Mia Thermopolis, who finds that she is the princess of a fictional kingdom called Genovia before her sixteenth birthday.
Read for information and language
Main plot
Use the simple present tense to tell a story.
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
(ending)
Beginning
(characters, settings, …)
a series of main events
Mia, a socially awkward American girl, becomes princess of Genovia.
taught to behave perfectly
in the spotlight
confused
the letter
…
Read for information and language
Courage is ______
, but rather the judgement that __________
____________.
not the
absence of fear
something else is
more important than fear
The most memorable scene
towards the end of the movie
during Mia’s darkest moment of self-doubt
The movie explores the theme of responsibility.
Read for information and language
Comments
… is an interesting movie. It’s about …
an overall comment
further explanation
+
What does the viewer think of the movie
It is definitely a movie you should not miss!
Read for information and language
Sum up
General introduction
Main plot
The most memorable scene
Comments
A brief introduction to the movie & A brief comment
Useful expressions:
… is a … movie about …
… tells the story of …, who …
Present tense
Main characters / Setting (where) / Conflict (the main problem to overcome) / Main events
An overall comment & Further explanation
… is an interesting movie. It’s about …
Present tense
The movie explores …
The most important scene is when …
Writing
Write a review about a Chinese movie you want to recommend.
Criteria for a good movie review
The structure is clear.
The plot is clearly described.
The comment is clearly stated.
The language in the movie review is accurate.
It makes the readers interested in the movie.
Writing
Share your writings in groups. Grade according to the criteria and see who gets the highest score.
Not at all (0) Kind of (3) Very much (5)
1. The structure is clear.
2. The plot is clearly described.
3. The comment is clearly stated.
4. The language in the movie review is accurate.
5. It makes the readers interested in the movie.
Sharing
Useful expressions
最终变成了失败的电影作品
一样棒的电影
导致(result)
事情和我们看书时想象的不一样
观众评价褒贬不一
名副其实
某种程度上
记住这一点(with)
通过自己的技能或资质
发现他们自己“粘”在屏幕上
end up being a cinematic “turkey”
an equally great movie
result in
Things don’t look the way we imagined them in the books.
mixed views from the audience
live up to
to some extent/degree
with this in mind
in one’s own right
find themselves glued to their screens
观众评价
一个名叫Mia的少年
安妮海瑟薇主演的电影
一个改变人生的消息——她是一个名叫吉诺维亚的虚构王国的公主
失控
抓住；得到
将……置于聚光灯下
登上王位
在米娅最黑暗的自我怀疑时刻
完善自我
viewer review
a teenager named Mia
a movie starring Anne Hathaway
a life-changing news that she is the princess of a fictional kingdom called Genovia
get out of hand
get hold of …
put … in the spotlight
step up to the throne
during Mia’s darkest moment of self-doubt
better onnself
1. rise to ________(鼓掌)
2. a _______(感激的)smile
3. _________(克服)difficulties
applaud
grateful
overcome
4. be ________(专心致志的)in study
5. a very _________(有吸引力的)idea
6. travel ____________(安排)
7. a _____(短暂的)meeting
8. ______(逃离)from prison
absorbed
appealing
arrangements
brief
escape
9. _______(原先的, 最初的)plans
10. an _________(紧张的, 不舒适的) silence
11. _______(表现)properly
12. social ____________(责任)
13. _______(缺乏, 没有) of mind
original
awkward
behave
responsibility
absence
14. mixed ________(强烈的情感)
15. the growing _____(愤怒, 怒火)
16. ________((使)组合)all the ingredients
17. a ______(诗, 诗歌) reading
18. an ________(爆炸(式)的, 爆发的) device
emotions
anger
combine
poetry
explosive

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