Unit 4 A Glimpse of the Future-【新课程能力培养】2023-2024学年新课程高二英语阅读选择性必修第三册（外研版）

Unit 4 A Charlotte Kane and Ella Marks, both 12, have been making movies together since they were in the fifth grade. The girls, who live in San Francisco, California, meet up with other kids in their Noe Valley neighbourhood after school and on weekends to film together. Charlotte and Ella taught themselves how to use editing software for their first series, The Adventures of the Annoying Apple. Because they had so much fun, they decided to take it to the next level and start their own pro- duction companies. Charlotte named hers Murphy Films, after her dog, and Ella namedhersAvocadoFilms,after theavocado tree inherbackyard.Theyasked their youngersister,CaitlinKane,10,andMaggieMarks,10, tostar inandworkonsome of themovies. Now,Charlotte,Ella,CaitlinandMaggieare sharing their loveofmoviemaking with theworld. They started their own film contest this year, called theNoeValley GirlsFilmFestival. “ There aren蒺t many filmmakers that are girls, ” Ella said. “ We love to make movies, so we want to increase the number of girls who want to do filmmaking, too, ” Charlotteadded. Many people in the film industry share Charlotte and Ella蒺s concern about the low number of female filmmakers. Last year,manyHollywood actors and actresses, took a stand on the issue. They asked Hollywood to domore tomake sure women are fairly represented in the industry. They are calling for more powerful female leads, hiring ofwomen in important positions, andmaking surewomen are paid the sameamount asmen.They alsowant theAcademyofMotionPictureArts andSci- encestofairlyawardfemalesfor theirwork. Unit4 33 选择性必修 第三册 （ ） 1.What is thegirls蒺 aimtoholdthefestival? A.Tomakemoregirls interestedinmovies. B.Togivetheir