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第二册 第4单元 Developing ideas 阅读课
高一年级 英语
学习目标
1.通过扫读快速获取信息。
2.理解课文内容,思考“好书坏电影 ”这一现象产生的原因,并能够形成自己的看法。
3.掌握论说文的写作特点和论述方式。
1. Have you ever read any of this books What are they about
2. Have you ever seen the movies or TV plays based on these books What do you think of them
《红楼梦》
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. Though now regarded as one of the greatest American novels, the book sold poorly to begin with and Fitzgerald died before it received acclaim in the Jazz Age of the 1920s’, the story primarily really concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his passion for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. As the narrative progresses, it shows Gatsby’s rise from humble origins to immense wealth, all in a quest to win back Daisy, his first love.
《了不起的盖茨比》
Activity 2
Now please scan the passage. Find out which of the books in Activity 1 are mentioned.
You can quickly get the answers by scanning the capitalized italics (大写斜体字).
Introduction
The body
Conclusion
GOOD BOOK,
BAD MOVIE
Reading task
Read Para.1 and find out the author’s opinion on the movie adaptations
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 “turkeys”.
Para.1 What is the author’s opinion
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 “turkeys”.
Ideas
Introduction
The body
.
Conclusion
.
GOOD BOOK,
BAD MOVIE
Great words end up being
turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
Para.1
→
Para.2 What factors is a good movie supposed to have
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”
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”
Standing in audiences’ position, the author tells us a good movie is supposed to have these qualities:
1. good stories; 2. strong characters; 3. impressive images.
Para.2 What factors is a good movie supposed to have
Para.3 What are the reasons for bad movies
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.
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Para.4 What are the reasons for bad movies
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.
Standing in readers’ position :
Paras.3-4 What are the reasons for bad movies
Standing in readers’ position :
Reason1 : Some movies lost plot details and characters.
Reason2 : Some movies can’t reach their imagination, so they aren’t satisfied with the movie.
Paras.3-4 What are the reasons for bad movies
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. (Para.3)
Paras.3-4 What are the reasons for bad movies
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. (Para.4)
Paras.3-4 What are the reasons for bad movies
Introduction
The body
Conclusion
Great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
Good movie needs:
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.1
GOOD BOOK,
BAD MOVIE
Ideas
Examples
Introduction
The body
The Great Gatsby
The Odyssey
Alice in Wonderland
Conclusion
Great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
Good movie needs:
Good stories
Strong characters
Impressive images
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.1
GOOD BOOK,
BAD MOVIE
Ideas
Examples
Introduction
The body
The Great Gatsby
The Odyssey
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter
Conclusion
Great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
Good movie needs:
Good stories
Strong characters
Impressive images
Great books can lose plot details and characters when they move to the big screen.
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.1
GOOD BOOK,
BAD MOVIE
Ideas
Examples
Introduction
The body
The Great Gatsby
The Odyssey
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter
The Iliad
Conclusion
Great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
Good movie needs:
Good stories
Strong characters
Impressive images
Great books can lose plot details and characters when they move to the big screen.
Movies also disappoint us when things don’t look the way we imagined.
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.1
GOOD BOOK,
BAD MOVIE
Ideas
Examples
Match the author’s opinions about the movie adaptations to the examples from the passage.
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.
The
Odyssey
Wonderland
Alice in
The ILIAD
a b c d e
Match the author’s opinions about the movie adaptations to the examples from the passage.
1. Some parts of the story and some characters are missing in the movie.
题干关键词 图片定位 同义匹配
Match the author’s opinions about the movie adaptations to the examples from the passage.
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 visualised while reading the book.
5. The characters do not stand out.
The
Odyssey
Wonderland
Alice in
The ILIAD
a b c d e
Match the author’s opinions about the movie adaptations to the examples from the passage.
1-a 2-d 3-c 4-e 5-b
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 visualised while reading the book.
5. The characters do not stand out.
The ILIAD
Wonderland
Alice in
The
Odyssey
a b c d e
Para.5 What is the author’s conclusion
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.
Introduction
The body
The Great Gatsby
The Odyssey
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter
The Iliad
Conclusion
Great words end up being
turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
Good movie needs:
Good stories
Strong characters
Impressive images
Great books can lose plot details and characters when they move to the big screen.
Movies also disappoint us when things don’t look the way we imagined.
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.1
Para.5
GOOD BOOK,
BAD MOVIE
Ideas
Examples
Introduction
The body
The Great Gatsby
The Odyssey
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter
The Iliad
Conclusion
.
Great words end up being
turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
Good movie needs:
Good stories
Strong characters
Impressive images
Great books can lose plot details and characters when they move to the big screen.
Movies also disappoint us when things don’t look the way we imagined.
Sherlock , Mad Men
The Great Gatsby
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.1
1. Books and movies have different rules.
2. There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes.
We should judge a movie in its own right.
Audiences turn to television series.
Para.5
GOOD BOOK,
BAD MOVIE
Ideas
Examples
Introduction
The body
The Great Gatsby
The Odyssey
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter
The Iliad
Conclusion
Great words end up being
turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
Good movie needs:
Good stories
Strong characters
Impressive images
Great books can lose plot details and characters when they move to the big screen.
Movies also disappoint us when things don’t look the way we imagined.
Sherlock , Mad Men
The Great Gatsby
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.1
1. Books and movies have different rules.
2. There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes.
We should judge a movie in its own right.
Audiences turn to television series.
Para.5
GOOD BOOK,
BAD MOVIE
Ideas
Examples
Examples in argumentative essays:
To explain ideas and concepts;
To support arguments;
As a way of providing additional information .
1. What books would you like to see made into movies Why
2. What other reasons do you think make movie adaptations less satisfactory than the original books
Think and share
Work individually. Give a talk about a movie adapted from a book.
Title of the book:
Your point of view(successful/disappointing)
Reasons:
Organise your talk following the steps below.
Introduce the book.
Describe the movie adaptation.
Give your opinion of the movie adaptation.
Activity 4
Introduce the book
___________ is written by __________, which tells / recounts...
___________ is considered to be...
Describe the movie adaptation
___________ is a __________ movie directed by…
Based on ____________, __________ is ….
The movie shows /describes...
The movie won critical acclaim/ received negative reviews for...
Activity 4
Your point of view
I think it is successful/disappointing.
Reasons:
___________ is a __________ movie directed by…
Based on ____________, __________ is ….
The movie shows /describes...
The movie won critical acclaim/ received negative reviews for...
Background information
Troy is a 2004 American movie directed by Wolfgang Petersen and loosely based on Homer‘s epic The Iliad. The movie shows the assault (attack)on Troy by the Greek forces and described the fates of the man involved.
In Greek mythology, Helen was known as the most beautiful woman in the world, and her abandonment of her Spartan husband Menelaus for Paris of Troy provided the pretext(reason) for the Trojan War.
《伊利亚特》
Sample Writing
The Iliad is an epic poem, reputedly by the Ancient Greek poet Homer, which recounts the last weeks of the Trojan War. The Iliad is considered to be the earliest work in the Western literary tradition, and has featured in many other later Greek, Roman and Renaissance writings.
Troy is a 2004 American movie directed by Wolfgang Petersen and loosely based on Homer's epic The Iliad. The movie shows the assault on Troy by the Greek forces and described the fates of the man involved.
I think it is successful/ disappointing. One of the key reasons is… It also disappoints us when…
Take, for example, …
The most satisfying thing was…
The most questionable issue was…
《伊利亚特》
Homework
假如你是李津,你的一名国外朋友想了解你对名著改编电影的看法。请你给他回一封Email,通过举例论证,推荐一部好的电影改编作品或评论一部你认为失败的电影改编作品。
Please draw your own mind map about a movie adaptation and write an essay.
Thank you and
wish you all greater progress.