Unit 4 Stage and Screen Developing ideas 课件-2025-2026学年高一英语外研版必修第二册

Unit 4 Stage and Screen Good Book, Bad Movie? Objectives To obtain factual information on “Good book, bad movie? ” To analyze how the author develops his ideas. To express opinions towards “Good book, bad movie? ” To talk about reasons why movie adaptations are less satisfying than the original books. 2 Pre-reading 《骆驼祥子》 《京华烟云》 《伊利亚特》 《夏洛克·福尔摩斯》 《了不起的盖茨比》 《红楼梦》 Have you ever read any of these books? What are they about? 3 Good Book, Bad Movie? adaptations (movies based on books) Have you ever seen the movies or TV plays based on the books above? Pre-reading Good Book, Bad Movie? Pre-reading A. Exposition 说明文 B. Argumentation 议论文 C. Narration 记叙文 D. Feature Stories 新闻特写 Scan the passage and answer the questions. 1. What is the type of the text ? 2. What is the structure of this passage? 2. What is the structure of the passage? The _________________ for that. Part 1: Para. _____ The ____________ of the topic. The ___________of the topic. Part 2: Para. _____ Part 3: Para. _____ 1 2-4 5 introduction reasons/examples conclusion Read Para.1 and find out the author’s opinion on the movie adaptations. All too often, great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”. Read for the details Movie ＜ Book Read para 2 carefully and complete the chart. What good movies need Movies/Examples 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” Read Para. 3-4 carefully and complete the chart. Reasons for bad movies Examples Comments Great books can ________________________________________________ Movies also disappoint us when ________________________________________________ with fans of books ____________________________________________ Actress who played Helen ______________________ didn’t live up to the book. lose plot details and characters when they move to the big screen. disappointed not to see some of their favourite characters in the movie versions. things don’t look the way we imagined them in the books. Read Para 5 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 Harry Potter The Great Gatsby The Odyssey Alice in Wonderland The Iliad Learning to learn Functions of examples: to explain ideas and concepts to support arguments to provide additional information The Odyssey The Great Gatsby Alice in Wonderland Harry Potter Troy 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 their own right. Conclusion Movies also disappoint us when things don’t look the way we imagined them in the books. Reason 2 Examples retell&summary 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 other reasons do you think make movie adaptations not better than the original books? Think and share 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 different people have different ideas about the same thing. Everyone looks at things from their own view. So the same thing can be understood in many different ways. 仁者见仁,智者见智 What other reasons do you think make movie adaptations not better than the original books? Because of the time limit and the aim of high profits, the filmmakers edit the storyline and remove most of the imagination. Because the filmmakers don’t understand the original books well enough. Because some actors can’t act out the characters’ feelings or emotions that are in the original books. ...... Homework Read the text again and write a summary on the topic “Good book, bad movie?” What books would you like to see made into movies? Why? Prepare to talk about it next class. 18 Lavf58.20.100 Packed by Bilibili XCoder v2.0.2 $