Unit 4 Reading1 课件2025-2026学年牛津上海版（试用本）英语九年级下册

Write the words and phrases in the correct boxes. A5 camera operator lighting operator sound operator film set film director make-up artist extras crew spectators Spectators观众 film director camera operator lighting operator Extras临时演员 film set sound operator crew make-up artist Look at the title, the introduction, the pictures, the first and the last paragraphs in the newspaper article on page 55. Then try to answer these questions. 1 Where is this article from? 2 Who are Julia Carter and Roddy Wang? 3 Where is the Movie Park? This article is from Youth Post. They are students from Sunshine International School. It is in Hollywood. 2 Julia Carter and Roddy Wang, students from Sunshine International School, had the time of their lives during their recent visit to the Movie Park. Philip interviewed them and wrote an article about the visit for Youth Post. Find a sentence which shows that Julia and Roddy enjoyed their trip in the Movie Park very much in these two paragraphs. … had the time of their lives during their recent visit to the Movie Park. 3 ‘The tour of the Movie Park was the highlight of our visit to Hollywood,’ said Julia. ‘The Movie Park is both an amusement park and a film studio.’ ‘Tourists go there for pleasure, and film crews go there to shoot films,’ Roddy explained. 4 The two pictures show the two attractions in the Movie Park. What are they? E3 the Dinosaur Jungle the Great Wave 5 I asked them which attractions they liked best. Julia said that the Dinosaur Jungle was her favourite. ‘We took a car into the place,’ said Julia. ‘It was hot and humid, and really smelt like a jungle. We saw some cute little baby dinosaurs and then a big one came and chased us. I knew it was only a model, but it looked very real! I almost jumped out of my skin when the dinosaur roared at us!’ 6 Roddy was impressed by the Great Wave attraction. ‘It was really awesome,’ said Roddy, ‘Everything was peaceful. Then suddenly we saw a huge wave coming towards us. There was a terrific noise and the wave seemed to crash over the top of our car. The car shook violently but we didn’t get wet at all! The special effects were so great. I don’t know how they did it.’ 7 Read the last two paragraphs. Tick the correct information. E5 Julia and Roddy saw some movie stars at the Movie Park. They saw a crew shooting a film about family life at a film set. Both Julia and Roddy acted in the film. Julia’s ambition was to be an actress. Roddy wanted to be a director very much. Roddy thought it was easy for him to be an actor. Roddy was very jealous when he knew Julia could act in the film.     8 I asked them whether they saw any famous stars. ‘Yes, we did, but we had some more exciting experiences than that. We visited a film set. We saw a crew filming a scene,’ Roddy said. ‘They were shooting a scene showing some students in a school. They needed some extras for the scene. The director asked us whether we wanted to be in the film. To cut a long story short, the director selected me.’ Julia, whose ambition is to be an actress, admitted that she was green with envy! 9 At the end of the interview, I asked Roddy if he enjoyed working as an extra. He told me that it was a piece of cake for him and he really wanted to be a director. 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 Find the words in italics in the article and write their meanings in the blanks. 1 I asked them which attractions they liked best. _________________________________ 2 It was hot and humid, … _________________________________ 3 … then a big one came and … _________________________________ 4 I don’t know how they did it. _________________________________ 5 The director asked us whether we wanted to be in the film. _________________________________ I = Philip It = The jungle one = dinosaur did it = created the special effects we = Julia and Roddy 11 Here, Roddy is not talking about a piece of cake. Instead, he is saying that acting in the film was very easy. The phrase a piece of cake is an idiom meaning very easy. For example: S1 Was that exam hard? S2 No. It was a piece of cake. If we want to look up an idiom in a dictionary, we look up the main word in the idiom. For example, in the idiom a piece of cake, we look up the word cake. It was a piece of cake! 12 Use the phrases in the box to replace the italicized idioms in the sentences. had a wonderful time say something briefly very jealous① felt very shocked 1 … had the time of their lives during their recent visit to Hollywood. 2 I almost jumped out of my skin when the dinosaur roared at us! 3 To cut a long story short, the director selected me. 4 … admitted that she was green with envy! 1 … had a wonderful time during their recent visit to Hollywood. 2 I almost felt very shocked when the dinosaur roared at us! 3 To say something briefly, the director selected me. 4 … admitted that she was very jealous! ① jealous adj. 妒忌的 13 Look at the title of the article on page 55. It contains two meanings. Explain them. Look it up in the dictionary if necessary. D1 The title contains an idiom. One of the meanings comes from this idiom. Tips Meaning 1: ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Meaning 2: ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Students see movie stars (= famous actors) in Hollywood. Students are so excited that they are seeing lights in their head, as when people feel dizzy or faint. 14 Roddy is writing to his penfriend, Max. Help Roddy complete his letter, using information in the article on page 55. my friend/my schoolmate/another student from my school the time of our lives the Movie Park a film set be/become a film director the film director to be/become an actress green with envy 15 Great Wave attraction came towards us/crashed over our car special effects the Dinosaur Jungle chased us/roared at us awesome/exciting/fantastic 16 $