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Stage and screen
Book 2 Unit 4
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B2U4
Developing ideas
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Developing ideas
Activity 1
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
Have you ever read any of these books? What are they about?
《红楼梦》
《了不起的盖茨比》
《夏洛克福尔摩斯 》
《骆驼祥子 》
《京华烟云 》
《伊利亚特 》
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Developing ideas
Activity 2
Scan the passage. Find out which of the books in Activity 1 are mentioned.
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While reading
Match the author’s opinions about the movie adaptions to the examples from the passage.
Activity 3
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.
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visual image 视觉画面
Artists translate their ideas into visual images.
The building makes a striking visual impact.
visualize vt =imagine 想象,设想
stand out 显眼,突出;出色,杰出
She stands out in a crowd.
She stands out among the candidates.
striking adj 引人注目的,显著的,惊人的
adaptation=adaption 改编本
adapt 改编,改写
adapt (oneself) to doing sth
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While reading
Good Book, Bad Movie?
They say that “a picture is worth a thousand words”, but the briefest look at books and the movies based on them would have anyone questioning this common saying. All too often, great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
brief adj 短暂的;简明扼要的
He made a brief self-introduction.
in brief 简言之
In brief, the meeting was a waste of time.
question vt 怀疑,质疑;询问,审问
I’ve never questioned your judgement.
When ____________, he told a lie.
questioned
all too+ adl/adv 太,过分
all too often 时常,经常是,太频繁
All too often, people dare not ask for help when in trouble.
end up+adj/doing sth 最终成为,最后处于
turkey n 失败,败笔
His latest movie is a real turkey.
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While reading
Good Book, Bad Movie?
Good movies need good stories. If so, why has one of the earliest and greatest works in Western storytelling, Homer’s The Odyssey, never had an equa