内容正文:
From Page
to Screen
众姊妹都忙告诉他道:“这是琏嫂子。”黛玉虽不识,也曾听见母亲说过,大舅贾赦之子贾琏,娶的就是二舅母王氏之内侄女,自幼假充男儿教养的,学名王熙凤。黛玉忙陪笑见礼,以“嫂”呼之。这熙凤携着黛玉的手,上下细细打谅了一回,仍送至贾母身边坐下,因笑道:“天下真有这样标致的人物,我今儿才算见了!况且这通身的气派,竟不像老祖宗的外孙女儿,竟是个嫡亲的孙女,怨不得老祖宗天天口头心头一时不忘。只可怜我这妹妹这样命苦,怎么姑妈偏就去世了!”说着,便用帕试泪。贾母笑道:“我才好了,你倒来招我。你妹妹远路才来,身子又弱,也才劝住了,快再休提前话。”这熙凤听了,忙转悲为喜道:“正是呢!我一见了妹妹,一心都在他身上了,又是喜欢,又是伤心,意忘记了老祖宗。该打,该打!”又忙携黛玉之手,问;“妹妹几岁了?可也上过学?现吃什么药?在这里不要想家,想要什么吃的、什么玩的,只管告诉我;丫头老婆们不好了,也只管告诉我。”一面又问婆子们:“林姑娘的行李东西可搬进来了?带了几个人来?你们赶早打扫两间下房,让他们去歇歇。”
一语未了,只听后院中有人笑声,说:“我来迟了,不曾迎接远客!”黛玉纳罕道:“这些人个个皆敛声屏气,恭肃严整如此,这来者系谁,这样放诞无礼?”心下想时,只见一群媳妇丫鬟围拥着一个人从后房门进来。这个人打扮与众姑娘不同,彩绣辉煌,恍若神妃仙子:头上戴着金丝八宝攒珠髻,绾着朝阳五凤挂珠钗;项上带着赤金盘螭(chī)璎珞圈;裙边系着豆绿宫绦,双衡比目玫瑰佩;身上穿着缕金百蝶穿花大红洋缎窄裉(kèn)袄,外罩五彩刻丝石青银鼠褂;下着翡翠撒花洋绉裙。一双丹凤三角眼,两弯柳叶吊梢眉,身量苗条,体格风骚,粉面含春威不露,丹唇未启笑先闻。黛玉连忙起身接见。贾母笑道:“你不认得他。他是我们这里有名的一个泼皮破落户儿,南省俗谓作‘辣子’,你只叫他‘凤辣子’就是了。”黛玉正不知以何称呼,只见
∙ What does “page” refer to?
∙ What does “screen” refer to?
∙ What does the title “From Page to Screen” mean?
Look at the title and pictures
and try to answer the questions.
∙ “From Page to Screen” means adapting
books to make films or TV series.
The Lord of
the Rings
Wandering Earth
Task 1 Read the article quickly
( )Para. 1
( )Para. 2
( )Para. 3-6
( )Para. 7 A.There are some highly successful films made from popular books despite all kinds of challenges.
B.The reasons for the failure of many adaptations.
C.A film has many source materials,but many adaptations are not satisfactory.
D.Reading a book and watching a film are different, but we all have high expectations to a film made from a book.
D
C
B
A
Read for Structure
1. What is the genre of the article? Why?
A. Narrative
B. Expository essay
C. Argumentative essay
√
Read and Explore
Acrivity 2. Read paragraph 1. What is the writer's attitude towards it?
学习理解:
获取与梳理
What will the following paragraph be about?
OriginalVSAdapted
小龙女
神雕侠侣
林黛玉
红楼梦
Film-makers
Read the whole article. Complete the diagram, focusing on
the source materials for adapted films and the main challenges faced by film-makers.
∙ Use the context to understand unfamiliar words.
∙ Underline the topic sentence in each paragraph and
the supporting details.
Check your answers.
The Source Materials
The Main Challenges for Film-makers
Page
(_____)
Screen
(_____)
The original VS Film
____________________________________________________________________________________
______________
______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
classic novels
short stories
comic books
stage plays
biographies
autobiographies
books
films
What are the main challengers for filmmakers ?
Activity 3. Read the whole article. Complete the diagram on page 53, focusing on the main challenges faced by filmmakers.
The original VS
The films
The cast
Technical Reasons
The Screenwriter
A typical movie is only around two hours long.It becomes a question for screenwriters to decide what is for the screen and what to _________
The original VS film:
appropriate
leave out.
Readers of the book use their __________to visualize charaters and have very ______ ideas about how characters should ________
The cast:
imaginations
definite
look and sound
It’s difficult to find actors acceptable to film audiences.
张爱玲(第一炉香)
女主(葛薇龙):她的脸是平淡而美丽的小凸脸,眼睛长而媚,双眼皮的深痕,直扫入鬓角里去。纤瘦的鼻子,肥圆的小嘴。。。显出温柔敦厚的古中国情调。
男主(乔琪乔):他比周吉婕还没有血色,连嘴唇都是苍白的,和石膏一般.人是高个子,也生的匀称,身上衣服穿得那么服帖,随便,使人忘记了他身体的存在。
Some films are_________________ for technical reasons. ______technology allowed the previously ________to become a reality.
Technical reasons:
difficult to be adapted
CGI
unfilmable
Game of Thrones
权力的游戏
CGI (Computer Generated Image) technology is used to create animation and special effects in film and television digitally and it makes the gap between animation and real-life films got smaller.
a visual feast 视觉盛宴
If the writers are the screenwriters, they may be__________ the material and find it difficult to adapt to a new form. If the writers are not, they may________________ the film versions of their work.
Screenwriters:
too close to
be very unsatisfied with
No film versions of my novel A Catcher in the Rye could ever be made.
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J.D.Salinger
The original VS the film
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The cast
______________________________________________________
Technical reasons
________________________________________________________________________________
The screenwriter
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
books
films
It becomes a question for screen writers to decide what is appropriate for the screen and what to leave out.
It’s difficult to find actors acceptable to film audiences.
Some books are just too difficult to be adapted for technical reasons.
If the writers are the screen writers, they may be too close to the material and find it difficult to adapt to a new form; if they are not, they may be very unsatisfied with the film versions of the book.
While-reading
Talk about the reasons why many adaptations fail with both cinema audiences and critics based on the diagram.
Possible answer:
The restriction to the length of films caused parts of the book to be left out.
Finding actors acceptable to film audiences is not easy.
Some scenes can not be filmed with the present technology.
The screen writer may not live up to the expectations from audiences.
Filmmakers are faced with real challenges in producing adapted films ,which results in some failures.
What’s the author’s attitude towards adapted films at the end of the passage?
pessimistic
Read the passage again and choose the best answer.
(1)In what situation adaptations from books to films possibly satisfy the audiences?
A.Adaptations of lower expectations from audiences. B.Adaptations of popular books. C.Adaptations of good books. D.Adaptations of books that audiences love.
(2)Why does the author mention novelist J.D.Salinger in the sixth paragraph?
A.To tell us how disappointed the audience are.
B.To show that many authors are involved in the process of making films.
C.To prove that authors may not necessarily be good screenwriters.
D.To show some writers are against the idea of making books into films.
(3)How is the passage developed?
A.By analysis. B.By comparison. C.By listing arguments. D.By giving examples.
(4)What is the purpose of the passage?
A.To argue that good books should be adapted to films.
B.To persuade the audiences to accept the adaptations from books to films.
C.To explain the reasons why many adaptations from books to films failed.
D.To inform that adaptations should be based on various kinds of books.
Read the passage again and choose the best answer.
(1)In what situation adaptations from books to films possibly satisfy the audiences?
A.Adaptations of lower expectations from audiences. B.Adaptations of popular books. C.Adaptations of good books. D.Adaptations of books that audiences love.
(2)Why does the author mention novelist J.D.Salinger in the sixth paragraph?
A.To tell us how disappointed the audience are.
B.To show that many authors are involved in the process of making films.
C.To prove that authors may not necessarily be good screenwriters.
D.To show some writers are against the idea of making books into films.
While-reading
Read the passage again and choose the best answer.
(3)How is the passage developed?
A.By analysis. B.By comparison. C.By listing arguments. D.By giving examples.
(4)What is the purpose of the passage?
A.To argue that good books should be adapted to films.
B.To persuade the audiences to accept the adaptations from books to films.
C.To explain the reasons why many adaptations from books to films failed.
D.To inform that adaptations should be based on various kinds of books.
While-reading
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