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Lesson 31: A Movie or a Play
Unit 6 Movies and Theatre
单词: involve, script, director, direct, costume, background, task
短语: be involved in, divide up
句子: (1)What do you think is needed to make a movie or a play?
(2)We need someone to take care of costumes, sound and music.
(3)I don’t know the answer to any of those questions.
(4)Do some research, decide what you will make, then divide up the
tasks.
Learning Goals
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能用英语流利地讲述自己看过的电影并描述制作电影的过程。
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Free Talk
Have you ever been in a theatre?
What did you watch?
What do you know about making movies?
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Presentation
Ms. Cox always tries to find interesting information and projects for her class to work on. She believes that students learn best when they are interested in a topic.
Ms. Cox:Today let’s talk about movies and plays. Have you ever seen a
movie or a play in a theatre?
(Most students raise their hands.)
Ms. Cox:Most of you have seen movies or plays in a theatre, but have
you ever been involved in making a movie or a play?
(A few students raise their hands.)
Ms. Cox:Some of you have. Great! Do you want to make one in class?
Students:(They are all excited.) Yes!
Ms. Cox:Excellent! What do you think is needed to make a movie or a
play?
Jenny:A good script needs to be written.
Danny:Good actors...
Steven:A good director to direct the movie...
Ms. Cox:Yes, those are all important. What else is needed?
Brian:We need someone to take care of costumes, sound
and music.
Ms. Cox:Very good! Maybe we can do some research first.
To do good research, you need to ask good questions.
Here are a few:What are
some different kinds of movies and plays? Have movies
always been made in the same way?
Danny:Hmmm...I have no background in movie making! I don’t know
the answer to any of those questions.
Ms. Cox:Don’t worry, Danny. That’s what group work is for! OK,
class. Let’s get to work in groups. Do some research, decide what you
will make, then divide up the tasks.
Learning Tip
Theatre is a form of art that presents a story to a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate with the audience through gesture,speech,song,music or dance.
Vocabulary
involve v. (使)参加;包含
script n. 剧本
director n. 导演;院长;校长;主任;负责人
direct v. 导演;指导;指示
costume n. 服装;戏装
background n. 背景;背景资料
task n. 任务;工作
be involved in 参加;涉及;卷入
divide up 分配;划分;分割
Structures and Expressions
Let’s do it!
1. Read the lesson and write true (T) or false (F).
1. Most of the students in Ms. Cox’s class have been to a theatre
before. ( )
2. Ms. Cox thinks making a short movie or a play will interest the
students. ( )
3. We have to take care of lots of things when making a movie or a
play. ( )
4. Actors are the people who direct movies. ( )
5. Some background research is necessary before making a movie.( )
T
T
T
F
T
2. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words.
1. Do you know that ________? She ________ many songs in the past.
(sing/singer)
2. Our English ________ also ________ us Chinese in our school. (teach/teacher)
3. ________ should be careful when they __________ in the dark. (drive/driver)
4. James Cameron, a famous _________, _________ Avatar. (direct/director)
5. The director tells the ________ what to do and how to ________ in the movie.
(act/actor)
singer
sang
teacher
teaches
Drivers
are driving
director
directed
actors
act
Divide your class into big groups. Throughout this unit, you will work with the same group to make a movie or a play for this special film and theatre festival.
As a group, choose a topic and brainstorm the main plot.
Decide what each student in the group will do. You will
need:
HAVE A FILM AND THEATRE FESTIVAL
·One or two students to write the script.
·One student to be the director.
·One student to be the camera person
(only if you’re making a movie).
·One student for costumes.
·One or two to take care of sound and music.
·Three or more actors and actresses.
Make the movie or play and have fun!
Present your movie or play and have a classroom awards show like the Oscars.
Language points
1. Ms. Cox always tries to find interesting information and
projects for her class to work on. 考克斯女士总是试图为她的
班级找到有趣的信息和项目。
◉ information意为“信息”,为不可数名词。
※ This information could prove useful.
这条信息往后也许有用。
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辨析information与news
information 意为“消息;情报”,指通过观察、学习、阅读、调查和交谈所获得的消息、情报乃至资料和知识等。它侧重于内容,是不可数名词。
news 意为“消息;新闻”,主要侧重于“新”。它是指事件等发生后不久的消息。尤其指广播、电视、报刊等新闻媒介所报道的“消息”和“新闻”,是不可数名词。
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◉ interesting意为“有趣的”。
※ Did you go anywhere interesting?
你去过任何有趣的地方吗?
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辨析interesting与interested
interesting 意为“有趣的”,作表语时,通常修饰物;作定语时,既可修饰人,又可修饰物
interested 意为“感兴趣的”,主语通常是人,且多用于be interested in结构中
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2. Most students raise their hands. 大多数学生举了手。
◉ raise作动词时意为“举起;提升;募捐”,作名词时意为“涨
薪”。
※ How can we raise standards in schools?
我们怎样才能提高学校的水平?
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辨析raise,rise 与 lift
raise 意为“举起,抬起”,说明主语发出的动作是要作用于其他事物的,用作及物动词
rise 意为“上升,升起”,说明主语自身向较高的位置移动,用作不及物动词
lift 意为“举起,抬高”,是及物动词,强调用体力把某物提到一定的高度
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3. What else is needed? 还需要什么?
◉ else意为“别的,其他的”,常和不定代词连用,且放在不定
代词之后,也可放在疑问词之后。
※ Everyone else was there.
其他所有人都在那儿。
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辨析else与other
else 意为“其他的,别的”,通常用在疑问代词who,what和疑问副词where,when及不定代词something,anything,nothing等之后
other 意为“其他的”,通常用在名词的前面作定语
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4. To do good research, you need to ask good questions.
要做好研究,你需要提出好的问题。
◉ To do good research为动词不定式短语在句中作目的状语。
※ We arrived at the station early to catch the bus.
为了赶上公共汽车,我们早早地就到车站了。
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◉ sb. need(s) to do sth. 表示“某人需要做某事”。
※ All you need to do is complete this form.
你要做的就是填好这个表格。
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5. Do some research, decide what you will make, then divide up the
tasks. 做一些调查,决定你要做什么,然后划分任务。
◉ divide意为“分成;分割”,其常用搭配为:divide up分配,
divide...into...把……分成……。
※ How shall we divide up the work?
我们怎么分工呢?
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辨析divide与separate
divide 指把一个整体按要求分成几个部分
separate 指把原来在一起的人或物分开。常用的短语为:separate...from...
把……和……分开
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Practice
一、根据句意及首字母提示完成单词。
1. She prefers to act rather than d________.
2. His family b___________ is shrouded in mystery.
3. This is not an easy t___________.
4. Most air rage incidents i ________ heavy drinking.
5. Jenny's writing a film s___________.
cript
irector
nvolve
ask
ackground
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二、选词填空。
1. I am __________ (interesting/interested) in making a movie.
2. He _________(raised/rose) the chair and put it down.
3. What _________(other/else) do you need to take?
4. They have ________ (gone/been) to Shanghai several times.
5. The students are ________ (excited/exciting) at the ________
(excited/exciting) news.
raised
interested
else
been
excited
exciting
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Sum up
1. Vocabulary:
involve, script, director, direct, costume, background, task
2. Structures and expressions:
be involved in, divide up
3. Important sentences:
(1)What do you think is needed to make a movie or a play?
(2)We need someone to take care of costumes, sound and music.
(3)I don’t know the answer to any of those questions.
(4)Do some research, decide what you will make, then divide
up the tasks.
Homework
1. Remember the new words and expressions learnt in this lesson.
2. Prepare Lesson 32.
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