Unit4 Stage and screen Developing ideas 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语外研版必修第二册

1 UNIT 4 Stage and screen 　Developing ideas Developing ideas Before reading Task 1 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1　Have you ever read any of these books? What are they about? Dream of the Red Chamber, the pinnacle of classical Chinese literature by Cao Xueqin of the Qing Dynasty, ranks first among China’s Four Great Classical Novels. With delicate prose, it unfolds the rise and fall of four noble families (Jia, Shi, Wang, Xue), woven around the tragic love triangle of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai. Its elegant poetry and vivid characters reveal feudal social complexities and traditional Chinese culture, making it a poetic encyclopedia of human nature and society. 《红楼梦》是清代曹雪芹笔下的古典文学巅峰之作，中国四大名著之首。它以细腻笔触铺展贾、史、王、薛四大家族的兴衰画卷，以宝黛钗的爱情悲剧为脉络，字里行间藏着封建家族的人情世故与时代悲歌。书中诗词典雅、人物鲜活，于日常琐碎中勾勒出传统中国的礼教、审美与人性深度，是一部用诗意文字书写的社会百科全书。 1　Have you ever read any of these books? What are they about? 《了不起的盖茨比》是美国作家F·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德的经典代表作，被誉为“爵士时代”的文学丰碑。小说以纽约长岛为背景，讲述了神秘富豪盖茨比为追回旧爱黛西，倾尽财富编织幻梦，最终梦碎身亡的悲剧。文字凝练诗意，意象精巧（如绿灯、灰烬谷），在浮华的派对与虚无的欲望中，犀利揭露了“美国梦”的破碎，文风优雅冷峻，充满象征与隐喻，是现代主义文学的典范。 The Great Gatsby, the iconic masterpiece by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, stands as a literary monument to the "Jazz Age". Set on Long Island, New York, it tells the tragic story of the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby, who amasses great wealth to win back his lost love Daisy, only to see his dream shattered. With concise, poetic prose and delicate symbols (such as the green light, the Valley of Ashes), it sharply exposes the disillusionment of the "American Dream" amid lavish parties and hollow desires, making it a quintessential work of modernist literature. 1　Have you ever read any of these books? What are they about? 《The Great Gatsby》 《了不起的盖茨比》是美国作家F·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德的经典代表作，被誉为“爵士时代”的文学丰碑。小说以纽约长岛为背景，讲述了神秘富豪盖茨比为追回旧爱黛西，倾尽财富编织幻梦，最终梦碎身亡的悲剧。文字凝练诗意，意象精巧（如绿灯、灰烬谷），在浮华的派对与虚无的欲望中，犀利揭露了“美国梦”的破碎，文风优雅冷峻，充满象征与隐喻，是现代主义文学的典范。 The Great Gatsby, the iconic masterpiece by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, stands as a literary monument to the "Jazz Age". Set on Long Island, New York, it tells the tragic story of the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby, who amasses great wealth to win back his lost love Daisy, only to see his dream shattered. With concise, poetic prose and delicate symbols (such as the green light, the Valley of Ashes), it sharply exposes the disillusionment of the "American Dream" amid lavish parties and hollow desires, making it a quintessential work of modernist literature. 1　Have you ever read any of these books? What are they about? 《骆驼祥子》（Rickshaw Boy）是老舍的代表作，讲述了北平人力车夫祥子三起三落的人生悲剧。他怀揣买车梦想，却在旧社会的压迫下从勤劳坚韧走向堕落麻木，深刻揭露了旧中国底层劳动者的苦难与命运的无奈。 Rickshaw Boy is a masterpiece by Lao She. It tells the tragic story of Xiangzi, a rickshaw puller in old Beijing, who struggles to own his own rickshaw but is gradually crushed by the harsh society. From a hardworking and hopeful man, he degenerates into a despairing soul, revealing the sufferings of the working class in old China. 《阿Q正传》（The True Story of Ah Q）是鲁迅的经典小说，以辛辣讽刺的文笔塑造了阿Q这一典型形象，通过他的“精神胜利法”，深刻揭露了旧中国国民的劣根性，批判了封建礼教与社会麻木，是中国现代文学的里程碑之作。 The True Story of Ah Q is a classic novella by Lu Xun. With incisive satire, it portrays Ah Q, whose "spiritual victory method" exposes the deep-seated flaws in old Chinese society. The sharp, incisive writing criticizes feudal ethics and public apathy, marking a milestone in modern Chinese literature. 1　Have you ever read any of these books? What are they about? 1　Have you ever read any of these books? What are they about? 《伊利亚特》（The Iliad）是古希腊诗人荷马的史诗杰作，以磅礴笔触描绘特洛伊战争中阿喀琉斯与赫克托耳的英雄悲歌，交织神与人的命运纠葛。文笔雄浑壮丽，韵律铿锵，兼具史诗的庄严感与细腻的情感刻画，奠定了西方文学的英雄叙事传统。 The Iliad, a grand epic by ancient Greek poet Homer, vividly narrates the heroic tragedies of Achilles and Hector during the Trojan War, weaving the fates of gods and mortals. Its majestic, rhythmic prose blends solemn grandeur with delicate emotional portrayal, laying the foundation for Western literary heroism. （1）形容词 1、 brief /briːf/ 短暂的 2、cinematic /ˌsɪnɪˈmætɪk/ 电影的 ​ 3、 impressive 令人印象深刻的 4、key 关键的，主要的 ​ 5、questionable 可疑的，有问题的 6、 epic /ˈepɪk/ 史诗般的；壮丽的 ​ 7、original /əˈrɪdʒɪn(ə)l/ 原先的，最初的 8、 disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/ 失望的，沮丧的 （2）名词 1、storytelling /ˈstɔːrɪˌtelɪŋ/ 故事，说书 2、turkey /ˈtɜːki/（影视/戏剧）失败之作 ​ 3、wonderland /ˈwʌndəlænd/ 仙境，奇境 4、 extent /ɪkˈstent/ 程度 5、 question 质疑；怀疑- escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ 逃离，逃避 6、glue胶水 Task 2 Learning the new words and phrases （3）短语 1、all too often 太过频繁 2、as often as not 通常，往往 ​ 3、to some extent 在某种程度上 4、end up 最终处于，到头来 5、turn…into… 把……变成…… ​ 6、 result in 导致，造成 ；result from 由……导致 7、 take…for example 以……为例 8、 be praised as 被誉为…… ​ 9、describe…as… 把……描述为……10、 play the part of 扮演……角色 ​ 11、 live up to 符合（标准），不负（盛名）12、key reasons 主要原因 13、have sb. doing sth. 让某人持续做某事 14、be met with/meet with 遭到；获得 ​ 15、escape from 逃离…… 16、 (be) glued to 盯着……看；全神贯注 ​ 17、with…in mind 考虑到…… 18、 in one’s own right 凭借自身 ​ While reading Task 1 Scan the passage. Find out which of the books in Activity 1 are mentioned. Good Book，Bad Movie? (1)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. All too often，great words end up being turned into cinematic(电影的） turkeys”. 人们常说“一图胜千词”， 但是简单对照一下书籍和由之而改编的电影， 就会让人们开始质疑这一说法。 很多时候，优秀的文字作品最终却变成电影中的失败之作。 (2)Good movies need good stories. 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? Movies need strong characters. So why have the movies based on The Great Gatsby never been praised as “great”? Movies of course need impressive images，so why has Alice in Wonderland only resulted in movies best described as “interesting”? 好的电影需要好的故事。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？电影中需要个性鲜明的人物。那为什么基于《了不起的盖茨比》改编的电影从未被称赞为“优秀”呢？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？ (3)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. This means that great books can lose plot details and characters when they move to the big screen. 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. 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。这就意味着优秀的书籍被搬上大银幕之后，会删减一些情节和人物。这是连大获成功的“哈利·波特”系列电影也无法避免的事情，有些书迷因为在电影中没看到自己最喜欢的一些角色而感到失望。 (4)Movies also disappoint us when things don’t look the way we imagined them in the books. Take，for example，the epic movie Troy，which is in part based on Homer’s The Iliad and was met with mixed reviews from the audience. The most questionable issue was the actress chosen to play the part of Helen. 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. 电影呈现出的事物与我们读书时的想象的有落差时，我们也会备感失望。以史诗电影《特洛伊》为例，该电影部分改编自荷马的《伊利亚特》，观众对它的评论褒贬不一。其中最有争议的问题在于扮演海伦的女演员。许多人认为她配不上海伦“世界上最美丽的女人”这一称号，这在一定程度上影响了人们对这部电影的看法。 (5)There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes. Furthermore， books and movies are two different forms of media and therefore have different rules. With this in mind，perhaps we should judge a movie in its own right，and not against its original source. 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. 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. 一千个读者就有一千个哈姆雷特。而且书籍和电影是两种不同的媒体形式，因此也遵循不同的原则。考虑到这一点，也许我们应该基于电影本身而不是将其与原始版本进行对比来评价电影。值得注意的是，观众已经逐渐将兴趣转向了《神探夏洛克》或《广告狂人》这样的电视连续剧，因为电视剧能展现更多人物，情节也得以逐步展开。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。 Task 1 Scan the passage. Find out which of the books in Activity 1 are mentioned. The Great Gatsby（ Para. 2）， The ILIAD（Para. 4）， The Complete SHERLOCK HOLMES（ Para. 5） After reading Task 2 listen and match the author’s opinions about the movie adaptations（改编本） to the examples from the passage. □ 1　 Some parts of the story and some characters are missing in the movie. □ 2　 The visual images （视觉画面）are not as striking （引人注目的）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 visualised while reading the book. □ 5　The characters do not stand out. a d c e b 15 Task 3 阅读理解（根据课文内容选择正确答案） 1. Why do great words end up being cinematic “turkeys”? A. A picture is worth a thousand words. B. Movies have the same rules as books. C. Things in movies look the way we imagined them in the books. D. Movies cannot keep plot details and characters as their original sources. 2. According to the author，which of the following movies is successful? The Odyssey. B. The Great Gatsby. C. Harry Potter. D. Alice in Wonderland. ○ ○ 16 3. What can be inferred from the passage? A. The movies are as great as the books. B. A beautiful actress is important to a good movie. C. The characters in books do not stand out. D. We should judge a movie without comparing it to its original book. ○ 2022/12/1 17 Task 4 语法填空（根据课文内容和语法规则完成短文） 　　People say that “a picture is worth a thousand words”. However，all too often，great words end up 1　　 　　（turn） into cinematic “turkeys”. One of the key 2　　　　（reason） behind this is that while a book usually takes a few days to read，a movie 3　 　　　（typical） lasts under two hours. This 4　　　　（mean） that great books can lose plot details and characters when they move to the big screen. This is something 5　　　　 even the highly successful Harry Potter movies can’t escape 6　　　　，with fans of the books disappointed not 7　　　　（see） some of their favourite characters in the movie versions. 　　Books and movies are two different forms of media and therefore have different rules. With this in mind， perhaps we should judge a movie 8　 　 its own right， and not against its 9 　　　　（origin） source. Perhaps， one day，readers of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most admired work will find themselves 10 　　　　（glue） to their screens by episodes of The Great Gatsby. being turned reasons typically means that from to see in original glued 12 Work in groups. Give a talk about a movie adapted from a book. 1 Use the notes to help plan your talk. Title of the book:_______________________________________________________________ Your point of view（successful/disappointing）：_________________________________________________________________________ Reasons：___________________________________________________________________ 2 Organise your talk following the steps below. ·Introduce the book. ·Describe the movie adaptation. ·Give your opinion of the movie adaptation. 3 Give your talk to the class. 1 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? 2　What books would you like to see made into movies? Why? 3　 What other reasons do you think make movie adaptations less satisfactory than the original books? Think & Share It means readers usually have different ideas about how the characters from a certain novel should look like. Similar sayings in Chinese include“一千个人眼中有一千个林黛玉/ 贾宝玉”，etc. Stories of the Sahara written by Sanmao. Stories of the Sahara is a series of stories set in the desert. Because of the attraction of a geography magazine，Sanmao walked into the Sahara desert with her bags on her back，looking for the truth，goodness and beauty of life in the desert. Each story in the book is filled with a romantic，affectionate exotic tone，which reflects the unique terrain，landform and customs of the great desert. The description in the original books leaves room for readers to imagine while the movie can’t. Thank you $