Unit 4 Stage and Screen Developing Ideas 课件-2024-2025学年外研版高中英语必修第二册

What do good movies need Examples good stories strong characters impressive images The Odyssey The Great Gatsby Alice in Wonderland Read para 2 carefully and complete the chart. Good book but Bad movie What is the purpose of the examples in this article? Reasons Supporting details 1. Books can lose plot details and characters when moving to the big screen. 2. Things don’t look the way we imagined them in the books. This is something that even the highly successful Harry Potter movies can’t escape from, with fans of the books disappointed not to see some of their favourite characters in the movie versions. Many people thought she didn’t live up to Helen’s title of “the most beautiful woman in the world”, influencing opinions of the movie to some extent. What's the author’s opinion towards the movies adapted from the good books? Read para 3-4 carefully and complete the chart. ? Read para.5 and answer Read para.5 carefully and answer the questions. 1. What is author’s opinion for “Good book, bad movie”? 2. What can we infer from the underlined sentence in paragraph 5? 3. How do you understand “There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes.”? 1. What is author’s opinion for “Good book, bad movie”? We should judge the movie adaptation based on itself, not based on the book. Because forms of media are different, rules are different too. 2. What can we infer from the underlined sentence in paragraph 5? In the future, television series based on books may be popular for book fans. 3. How do you understand “There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes.”? It suggests different people reading a same work may form completely different opinions. There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes . Books and movies are two different forms of 8.______ and have different 9._______. Maybe we should judge a movie in its own right, and not against its 10.__________ Part 1--Para. ___ Great words usually end up 1.___________ cinematic “turkeys” Part 2--Para. ______ Three wrong opinions about good movie. Good movies need 2._______________. Good movies need 3._______________. Good movies need 4._______________. The reason why movies sometimes disappoint us. Part 3--Para. ______ One key reason is that great books can lose 5.__________ and characters when they move to the big 6.________. Movies also 7._________ us when things don’t look the way we imagined them in the books. Good book , Bad movie ? 1 2- 4 5 being turned into good stories strong characters impressive images plot details screen disappoint media rules original source Summarize the structure of the passage What’s the genre of this text? A. Argumentation B. Narration C. Exposition Three elements of an argumentation Put forward a question/ an opinion/ a topic Analyse the question/ state the arguments Solve the question/ state the opinion Check answers to your preview Find out which of the books are mentioned in the passage. Match the author’s opinions to the movie adaptations to the examples from the passage books. 1 Some parts of the story and some characters are missing in the movie. 2 The visual images are not as striking as the descriptions in the book. 3 The movie is not as great as the book. 4 The movie doesn’t look the way we visualized while reading the book. 5 The characters do not stand out. 奥德赛 a d c e b The Great Gatby and The liad Language points Smart expressions 一图胜千言。 让某人做/一直做… 时常；经常是 最终做某事 （使 ）变成 如果是这样的话 个性鲜明的人物 导致；致使 …背后的主要原因 逃脱、逃离 电影版本 以…为例（2） A picture is worth a thousand words. have sb. do/ doing… all too often end up (in) doing sth turn (…) into… if so a strong character result in / lead to / bring about /give rise to… the key reason behind … escape from a movie version take…for example/…as an example They say that “a picture is worth a thousand words”, but the briefest look at books and the movies based on them would have anyone questioning this common saying. worth adj.值得的 n. 价值，意义，作用 be worth sth./doing sth. 值...(钱、价格)；值得做某事 这个问题值得讨论。 This problem is worth discussing. This problem is worth discussion. 过去分词短语作后置定语 以...为基础/依据 v.质疑 have sb. doing sth. 让某人一直做某事 All too often, great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”. 通常 以做...结束 (电影或戏剧的)失败之作 Translation 很多时候，优秀的文字作品最终却变成电影中的失败之作。 end up doing sth. 最终以做某事结束 end (up) in 结果为……；以……告终 end (up) with 以……结束 end up as 最终成为…… 1) After that, my father tried some other business, but each time he ended up ________ failure. 2) While studying, fix your mind on what is really important, or you will end up _____________(remember) nothing. 3) Joining the firm as a clerk, he got rapid promotion, and ended up __________ a manager. in remembering as 3. If so, why has one of the earliest and greatest works in Western storytelling, Homer’s The Odyssey, never had an equally great movie based on it? 若是这样... Translation 若是如此，那为什么西方叙事文本中最早且最优秀的作品之一——荷马的《奥德赛》——从未产生过同样优秀的改编电影呢？ 讲故事，说书 if so 结构是省略结构，意为“如果是这样的话”，if 用作连词，so 代替上文的肯定内容，以避免重复。 而if not 意为“如果不是这样的话；不然，否则 if possible 如果可能的话 if necessary 如果有必要 if any 如果有的话 if ever 如果曾经有的话 4. Movies of course need impressive images, so why has Alice in Wonderland only resulted in movies best described as “interesting”? 导致，造成=lead to 过去分词短语作后置定语 Translation 电影当然需要令人印象深刻的画面，那为什么由《爱丽丝梦游仙境》改编的电影顶多被称为“有点意思”呢？ result from 起因于;由......造成 as a result 因此，结果 as a result of 作为……的结果，由于 【语境应用】单句语法填空。 1) The terrible accident resulted ________ careless driving. 2) The accident results ________ six deaths. 3) He studies very hard. As ________ result, he now speaks brilliant English. 4) He has a preference for literature as a result ________ the influence from his mother. from in a of 5. One of the key reasons behind this is that while a book usually takes a few days to read, a movie typically lasts under two hours. 并列连词, “而，然而”（对比） 表语从句 Translation 这背后的一个重要原因是，一本书通常需要花几天的时间来阅读，而一部电影通常不会超过两小时。 6. This is something that even the highly successful Harry Potter movies can’t escape from, with fans of the books disappointed not to see some of their favorite characters in the movie versions. 定语从句 escape from 从……逃离/逃跑 with复合结构：with +宾语+宾补 disappointing adj. 令人失望的，令人沮丧的 disappointment n. 失望, 沮丧, 扫兴; 令人失望的人或事 to one’s disappointment 使某人失望的是…… disappoint v. 使失望 7. Many people thought she didn’t live up to Helen’s title of “the most beautiful woman in the world”, influencing opinions of the movie to some extent. live up to (符合)标准，不负(盛名) live up to one’s expectation 不辜负某人的期望 To a certain extent, we are all responsible for this situation. 8. Interestingly, audiences have in recent years turned to television series such as Sherlock or Mad Men, which can have many characters and gradual plot development. turn to: 转向 求助于 翻到(书中的某页) eg. Turn to your teacher for help when you are in trouble. We often turn to this handbook for information. 9. Perhaps, one day, readers of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most admired work will find themselves glued to their screens by episodes of The Great Gatsby. Translation 也许有一天，F. 斯科特·菲茨杰拉德最杰出作品的读者们，会发现自己已被《了不起的盖茨比》的剧集深深吸引。 glue vt.(用胶水)粘合，粘牢，粘贴 n.胶，胶水 be glued to sth. 全神贯注着某物 find themselves glued 为“find + 宾语+宾补”结构， 表示“发现……处于某种状态”。 该结构主要有以下几种形式 You'll often find me sitting in front of my laptop. When we see from the top of the hill, we can find the city more beautiful. I hurried there, but found my bike stolen. When he opened his eyes, he found himself in hospital. We all find it a difficult book. （1）When we got there，we found a number of people already _________（work）there. （2）They went out and found the bridge ___________　 　（wash）away by the flood. （3）He found it very difficult ________（solve） the problem. (4)I found my wallet _______(steal) on the bus. working washed to solve stolen Homework 1. 熟读developing ideas部分单词、课文准备明日听写（p 58-60） 2.完成同步练习册developing ideas部分完形填空题。 Thank you! $$