内容正文:
Good book,
Book2 Unit4 Stage and Screen
bad movie?
Stage and screen
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Pre-reading
1. Which version is the most popular?
VS
There is no doubt that this is a good book.
This is a _____ movie?
?
Activity 1. Prediction
Can you guess the author’s opinion through the title “Good Book, Bad Movie?”
Was Good book adapted to bad movie ?
turkey [C]n.
(informal) a failure
Activity2. Fast reading.
What’s author’s opinion about “good book, bad movie”?
All too often, great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
adj. 电影的
1.What is the type of this passage?
A. Narration
B. Exposition
C. Argumentation
C
Structure of the text:
Part one(para1) ___________________
Part two(para2 - 4) ___________________
Part three(para5) ___________________
the opinion about movies
Reasons + examples
make a conclusion
we should judge a movie in its own right
Genre:
arguement
Activity2. careful reading.
Read again and find out the answers to the following questions.
2. How does the writer support his opinion?
All too often, great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
By giving examples.
奥德赛
伟大的盖茨比
爱丽丝梦游仙境
哈利波特
特洛伊
Careful reading
1.What does the saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” in Para. 1 mean?
D
A. The picture is very expensive.
B. There are 1000 words in the picture.
C. The picture is hard to describe in words.
D. The picture is rich in contents.
Careful reading
现象
Careful reading
2. Read para 2 carefully and complete the chart.
what good
movies need Movies Comments
good stories
strong characters
impressive images
The Odyssey
The Great Gatsby
Alice in Wonderland
not as equally great
never be praised as “great”
just “interesting”
Conclusion: But they are still not favored喜欢!
the reason is that...
adj. high
adv. highly
n. success
adj. successful
adv. successfully
v. succeed
succeed in doing sth.
While-reading
While-reading
混合的
复习,评价,评论
在某种程度上
达到,配得上
有争议性的,有问题的
问题,议题
3. Read Para. 3-4 carefully and complete the chart.
Reasons for bad movies Example Supporting Details
Great books can lose plot details and characters when they move to the screen.
a book: a few days
a movie: under 2 hours
Things don’t look the way we imagined them in the books.
Harry Potter
Troy
Fans of books didn’t see some of their favorite characters.
Actress who played Helen didn’t live up to the book
4. Read Para 5 and and answer the questions.
① Conclusion:
Books and movies are two , and therefore have different .
②What does the writer advise us to do?
We should Judge a movie in its own right.
different forms of media
rules
be glued to sth 全神贯注的盯着看
What does the saying “There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes”mean?
Do you know of any similar sayings in Chinese?
It means readers usually have different ideas about how the characters from a certain novel should look like.
仁者见仁,智者见智
Think and Share.
P61
summary&retell
The Odyssey
The Great Gatsby
Alice in Wonderland
All too often, great works end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
Opinion
Great books can lose plot details and characters when they move to the big screen.
Reason 1
Movies should be judged in its own right.
Conclusion
Movies also disappoint us when things don’t look the way you imagined them
in the books.
Reason 2
Examples
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