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B2U4 Developing ideas
Good Book, Bad Movie
①Have you read any of these books
②What are they about
《骆驼祥子》
《红楼梦》
《京华烟云》
《了不起的盖茨比》
《夏洛克福尔摩斯》
《伊利亚特》
《骆驼祥子》
《红楼梦》
《了不起的盖茨比》
《夏洛克福尔摩斯》
《伊利亚特》
①Have you seen any movie or TV play adaptations
based on these books
②What do you think of them
《阿Q正传》
Do these good books always end up being
turned into good movies
What makes these two screen adaptations have the different ratings
Read the title of the passage and predict the problem the author discusses on movies adapted from books.
Activity 1 Read Paragraph 1 and check your prediction.
(underline the key words while reading)
All too often, great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
turkey:
[C] (informal) a failure
All too often,
great books end up being turned into bad movies.
But what is needed in a good movie anyway
Activity 2 Read Paragraph 2
(underline the key words while reading)
Good
movies
good stories
strong characters
impressive images
Even with good stories, strong characters, and impressive images in the original books, their adaptations are not always good movies.
Activity 3 Group work：
Discuss possible reasons with your partners.
Why
Activity 3 Paragraph 3 & 4
(underline the topic sentences while reading)
Reasons
Limited time
Fail to live up to audience imagination
loss of plot and characters
How does the writer support his opinions
By giving examples.
The Odyssey
The Great Gatsby
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter
The Iliad
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 visualised while reading the book.
5. The characters do not stand out.
a
d
c
e
b
Activity 4 Match the author’s opinions about the movie adaptations to the examples.
Q :
1. Can these problems be solved
2. Should we judge a movie by its original book
To provide a possible solution, which is _______________________.
to make television series
Why did the author mention Sherlock and Mad Men
Activity 5 Paragraph 5 and find out the author's opinion
(underline the topic sentence while reading)
Perhaps we should judge a movie in its own right.
a. There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes .
b. They are different forms of media, and therefore have different rules.
2. Should we judge a movie by its original book
Activity 6 Figure out the structure of the passage.
The Odyssey
The Great Gatsby
Alice in Wonderland
All too often, great works end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
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/Opinion
Movies also disappoint us when things don’t look the way we imagined them
in the books.
Reason 2
Examples
Harry Potter The Iliad
Examples
Opinion
“OREO” — the structure of an argumentative essay
Opinion
Reasons
Examples
Opinion
Functions of examples
“OREO” — the structure of an argumentative essay
Opinion
Reasons
Examples
Opinion
Functions of examples:
to explain ideas and concepts
to support arguments
to provide additional information

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