Unit 4 Period 2 Understanding ideas-【金版教程】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语必修第二册作业与测评word（外研版2019）

英语 必修·第二册 作业与测评 Period 2　Understanding ideas 课时作业(二) Ⅰ　阅读 With some 50 million copies in print, Johanna Spyri's Heidi is probably the biggest Swiss bestseller of all time. So it's not a surprise there have been many film adaptations. The latest one, directed by Alain Gsponer, is a live­action, German­language feature that's simply titled Heidi as well. Heidi's impressive box­office numbers prove that the world was ready for yet another version of this old­fashioned tale. The feature made over $15.5 million in Germany and Switzerland alone. Even more impressive are the numbers in Italy and France (not generally areas where German­language children's films stand any chance)． Gsponer's film follows the basic structure of the 1881 novel. 5­year­old Heidi is shipped off by her aunt, Dete, to her don't­waste­any­words grandfather, who lives alone in a small wooden house high up in the Swiss Alps. He is not pleased to see his routine in the peaceful mountain air messed up by a curious little girl who needs looking after. The film doesn't lay stress on the point, but even for those who haven't read the book, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the lovely little girl will soon manage to melt Granddad's icy heart. At age 8, Heidi is taken away to Frankfurt, where her aunt has found her a rich family as a companion to a wheelchair­bound child, Klara. As in the novel, the film plays Heidi's initial fish­out­of­the­water situation for comedy, since, as a country girl, she has no idea about things as basic as clean clothes or table manners. Actually, in the midsection, the girls' strict governess (女家庭教师) gets some of the biggest laughs. This is also a plot necessity. Heidi will need to start to feel homesick. She misses not only Grandpa but also her cute goat herder friend, Peter. She does get to see them again. Throughout the movie, Gsponer keeps contrasting different elements, including the seasons, the city and the country and even characters, such as the dark­haired and ear