(共19张PPT)
Unit 4 Stage and screen
Developing ideas
Dream of the Red Chamber
The Great Gatsby
Sherlock Holmes
Rickshaw Boy
Harry Potter
Alice in Wonderland
Have you ever seen the movies or TV plays based on the books above
Warming-up
Which version do you like more
The book itself or the movie
Have you ever read these great books
Was Good book adapted to bad movie
Pre-reading
argumentation
give his own opinion
Para. ______ A picture is worth a thousand words,
but good movies need many other
factors.
Para. ______ The reason why movies sometimes
disappoint us.
Para. ______ Judge a movie in its own right.
Read quickly and match the main idea of each part.
While-reading
1-2
3-4
5
1 Some parts of the story and some characters are missing in the movie.
2 The visual images are not as striking 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 visualized while reading the book.
5 The characters do not stand out.
Read the passage quickly and match the author’s opinions to the books.
a
b
d
c
e
While-reading
奥德赛
伊利亚特
1. What does the saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” mean
A. The picture is very expensive.
B. There are a thousand words in the picture.
C. The picture is hard to describe in words.
D. The picture is rich in contents.
2. Does the writer agree with the saying
Read para 1 carefully.
While-reading
good book
bad movie
What do good movies need Examples
good stories
strong characters
impressive images
The Odyssey
The Great Gatsby
Alice in Wonderland
Read para 2 carefully and complete the chart.
Good book
but
Bad movie
What is the purpose of the examples in this article
While-reading
Reasons for “bad” movie Examples
It loses plot details and characters.
a book: a few days
a movie: under 2 hours
Harry Potter
Things don’t look the way we imagined them in the books
Troy
Read para 3-4 carefully and complete the chart
Details
While-reading
Fans of books didn’t see some of their favorite characters
While-reading
Reasons for “bad” movie Examples
It loses plot details and characters.
a book: a few days
a movie: under 2 hours
Harry Potter
Things don’t look the way we imagined them in the books
Troy
Read para 3-4 carefully and complete the chart
Details
Fans of bookd didn’t see some of their favoritecharacters
Actress who played Helen didn’t live up to the book
While-reading
1. Different people reading a same work may form different opinions.
2. Books and movies are two different forms of media but have the same rules.
3. In recent years, audiences have turned to television series beacuse they are more intersting than movies.
Read para 5 carefully and figure out True&False.
T
F
While-reading
While-reading
1. What is author’s opinion for “Good book, bad movie”
We should judge the movie adaptation based on itself, not based on the book. Because forms of media are different, rules are different too.
1. Different people reading a same work may form different opinions.
2. Books and movies are two different forms of media but have the same rules.
3. In recent years, audiences have turned to television series beacuse they are more intersting than movies.
Read para 5 carefully and figure out True&False.
T
F
F
While-reading
While-reading
2. What can we infer from paragraph 5
In the future, television series based on books may be pupular for book fans.
Conclusion
Problem
Good book turend into bad movies.
Movies lose plot details and characters
Things don’t look the way we imagined them in the books
Reasons
Opinion
We should judge a movie in its own right.
Post-reading
Reset
1. Did you see any movies or TV series adapted from books
Post-reading
Title of the movie: _________________________________________
Our point of view (successful/disappointing):___________________
Reasons:________________________________________________
Reset
Harry Potter
Alice in Wonderland
2. Talk about a movie/ TV series adapted from a book.
Iron Man
Homework
Organise your talk following the steps below.
Introduce the book.
Describe the movie adaptation.
Give your opinion of the movie adaptation.
Reset
Harry Potter
Alice in Wonderland
Iron Man
Thank you!