Unit 1 Welcome to the unit & Reading Behind the scenes学案 2023-2024学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第二册

Unit 1 Lights, camera, action! Reading Behind the scenes Learning aims: By the end of this section, students will be able to: 1. grasp the structure of this lecture transcript; 2. know some aspects about film-making; 3. master the writing techniques of using metaphor, examples and transitional words by imitating this passage; 4. appreciate the hard work behind the “scenes”. Step1: Lead-in 1. The top four best box-office films in the 2023 2. What elements of the film-making can you see in the clip of movie The Wandering Earth？ 3. By combining sounds, visuals and performance, a successful films can bring stories alive. A successful film is made through the joint efforts of many workers in front of the scenes and behind the scenes! Step2: Prediction What’s the genre of the passage？ A. a film review B. a news report C. a lecture transcript D. a diary entry Step3: Fast reading Task1： Skim the lecture transcript and complete the chart with the main idea of each paragraph. · Introduction：(Para. ____ ): Some aspects of film-making behind the scenes require a lot of (1)_______________. · Main Body: Aspect 1 (Para. ____):(2) ______________. Aspect 2 (Para. ____):(3) _______________. Aspect 3 (Para. ____):(4) _______________. · Conclusion: (Para. ____): Think of and appreciate all the talented people have done (5)________________. Step4: Careful reading Task2: Scan the lecture and fill in the chart Aspects Examples Sound effects In Jurassic Park, the sounds of a baby elephant, a tiger and other animals were mixed by① _____________ to make a dinosaur roar. In the Star Trek, the sound of the doors opening was made by②____________ out of an envelope. Visual special effects In the Harry Potter films, the Quidditch scenes were made with the actors jumping up and down in front of ③____________. In The Lord of the Rings films, the director took a creative approach--he used④ _____________________ to make characters seem bigger or smaller than they