Unit 4 Stage and Screen 主题类文拓展阅读（配套教参Word）-【步步高】2025-2026学年高一英语必修第二册学习笔记（外研版·新教材）

**基本信息** 聚焦电影制作幕后工作，以“总-分-总”结构系统梳理音效、视觉特效、道具三大核心模块，通过阅读理解题培养语言能力与文化意识。 **专项设计** |模块|题量/典例|题型特征|知识逻辑| |----|-----------|----------|----------| |阅读理解|4题（含细节理解、主旨归纳等）|围绕“幕后工作”主题，考查信息提取与推理判断|从幕后重要性引入，分述音效（非预期制作方式）、视觉特效（绿幕技术与创意拍摄）、道具（真实还原），总结幕后工作复杂性，形成“引入-分述-总结”逻辑链|

(选自译林版必修第二册 Unit 1) Behind the scenes Hello，everyone! Let me start by asking you a question：what’s the first thing you notice about a film? The acting? The music? Maybe the amazing sets? Whatever your answer is，there’s always a lot more to it than first meets the eye.Actually，the film you see on the screen is the product of a huge amount of hard work，most of which takes place behind the scenes.Today，I’ll give you a brief introduction to some aspects of film-making you might not be familiar with. To begin with，I’d like to draw your attention to an important factor of a film—sound effects.These are often added after a scene has been shot and might not be made in the way you would expect.For example，in Jurassic Park，the sounds of different animals，including a baby elephant and a tiger，were mixed by a computer to make a dinosaur roar.The sound of the doors opening in the Star Trek films was made simply by pulling a sheet of paper out of an envelope. Another aspect I attach great importance to is visual special effects.CGI has been frequently used in film-making as a special effects technology.Generally，scenes requiring CGI are filmed in front of a green screen in the studio.As green doesn’t match any natural hair or skin colour，actors can be easily separated from the background.This enables CGI effects to be added later.The Quidditch scenes in the Harry Potter films were made in this way with the actors jumping up and down in front of a green screen.However，the aid of computers isn’t always preferred.Peter Jackson，director of The Lord of the Rings films，took a creative approach—he used clever camera angles to make characters seem bigger or smaller than they really were. Props also contribute to a film’s success.To make a film look real，great effort must sometimes be made to research，find and build objects.Director James Cameron spent six months looking at and revising plans of the Titanic in order to build a full-sized model for his 1997 film.He talked to historians to ensure that the details were correct and even went down to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to see what was left of the ship for himself.It took 500 workers 100 days to build the fine model，not to mention the thousands of props inside. My lecture today may not be able to do justice to all the work people have done behind the scenes.Just as the poor passengers on the real Titanic saw the tip of the iceberg，what we see on the cinema screen is just the tip of the huge iceberg of film-making.Hopefully，next time you go to the cinema，you’ll spare a thought for all those talented people behind the scenes.They have worked for months and even years so that you can have two hours of enjoyment! 1．What can we learn from the examples in paragraph 2? A．A film’s sound effects are recorded before. B．A film’s sound effects are made in an unexpected way. C．A film’s sound effects draw readers’ attention. D．A film’s sound effects are mixed by a computer. 答案　B 2．Which of the following aspects does the author mainly focus? ①scripts　②acting　③music　④sets　⑤props　⑥sound effects　⑦camera angles　⑧visual special effects A．①⑤⑥ B．②⑤⑧ C．⑥⑦⑧ D．⑤⑥⑧ 答案　D 3．What does the author mean by saying “what we see on the cinema screen is just the tip of the huge iceberg of film-making” in the last paragraph? A．We know nothing about film-making. B．We should pay more attention to film-making. C．Film-making is like an iceberg. D．There is a lot of hard work that we don’t know in film-making. 答案　D 4．What does the text mainly talk about? A．Some methods of film-making. B．Some aspects of film-making behind the scenes. C．Some scenes of film-making. D．The procedure of film-making. 答案　B 这篇文章的主题语境属于“人与社会”主题群中“社会服务与人际沟通”“文学、艺术与体育”等子主题下的“电影制作的幕后工作”。文章围绕电影制作展开，介绍了电影制作中不为人熟知的幕后工作环节，如音效(sound effects)、视觉特效(visual special effects)以及道具(props)的制作等。这些内容都属于电影这一艺术形式的创作过程，体现了电影制作作为一种艺术创作活动所涉及的多个方面，展示了电影艺术背后的复杂工艺和创作者的智慧。 Introduction ◆Film-making 1.behind the scenes requires much hard work. Three important factors of film-making behind the scenes ◆Aspect One：2.Sound effects.Many of them might not be made in the way you would expect. ◆Aspect Two：Visual special effects.As 3.green doesn’t match any natural hair or skin colour，actors can be easily separated from 4.the background.Generally，scenes requiring CGI are filmed in front of 5.a green screen in the studio. ◆Aspect Three：Props.Props also 6.contribute to a film’s success. Conclusion ◆What we see on the cinema screen is just 7.the tip of the huge iceberg of film-making. ◆We should 8.spare a thought for all those talented people who have worked for months and even years behind the scenes. 1．shoot vt.& vi.(shot，shot) 拍摄；摄影 2．attach vt.认为有重要性，重视；把……固定，附上 3．visual adj.视力的，视觉的 4．frequently adv.频繁地，经常 5．aid n．，vt.& vi.帮助；援助 6．angle n．角度；立场，观点 7．revise vt.改变，修改；修订；复习 8．historian n．史学工作者，历史学家 9．ensure vt.保证，确保 10．justice n．公平，公正；公道，合理 11．spare vt.抽出；拨出；匀出 1．These are often added after a scene has been shot and might not be made in the way you would expect. [结构分析] 本句是复合句。are often added和might not be made是并列谓语；after引导时间状语从句；you would expect是定语从句，修饰the way，way之后省略了that。 [汉语翻译] 音效通常是在一个场景被拍摄完成之后添加的，而且可能是以你意想不到的方式制作的。 2．He talked to historians to ensure that the details were correct and even went down to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to see what was left of the ship for himself. [结构分析] 本句是复合句。that引导宾语从句，充当ensure的宾语；what引导宾语从句，作see的宾语。 [汉语翻译] 他与历史学家交谈以确保细节无误，甚至亲自潜到大西洋海底查看“泰坦尼克号”的残骸。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $