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Period 2 Reading
Unit 7 Films
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A. Kitty’s favourite film star
Kitty’s favourite film star is Audrey Hepburn. She has found an article about this international superstar in a magazine. Here is the article.
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Hollywood’s all-time best—Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn is one of Hollywood’s all-time greatest actresses. ① When she died in 1993, the world felt very sad about the loss of a great beauty, a great actress and a great humanitarian.
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Hepburn was born in Belgium on 4 May 1929.As a child, she loved dancing and dreamt of becoming a successful ballet dancer. After World War Ⅱ, she moved to London with her mother. She worked as a model before becoming an actress.
In 1951, while acting in France, Hepburn met the French writer Colette. Hepburn’s beauty and charm caught the writer’s attention. ②
在时间、条件、让步等状语从句中, 如果从句谓语含有be动词, 而且从句的主语与主句的主语一致, 可将从句主语和be 动词一起省略。
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Colette insisted that Hepburn was the perfect girl for the lead role in Gigi, a play based upon her novel, although Hepburn had never played any major roles before. That event marked the beginning of her successful career.
Two years later, Hepburn was chosen to play the lead role of a young princess in the Hollywood film Roman Holiday. ③ It was a big success and Hepburn soon became world-famous. She won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in this film that year.
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During her lifetime, Hepburn had four more Oscar nominations. ④ In 1989, Hepburn made her final appearance in the film Always and played the role of an angel. ⑤
Hepburn’s achievements went beyond the film industry. She began to work for UNICEF in the 1950s. Hepburn spent her last few years working closely with UNICEF so that she could help poor children in different parts of the world. She won many awards because of her efforts in this area.
make one’s final appearance
某人最后一次露面
热心公益、扶贫济困、
志愿服务、敬业奉献。
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In 1991, Hepburn discovered that she had cancer. On 20 January 1993, she passed away peacefully in her sleep. ⑥
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B. About Audrey Hepburn
B1. Kitty does not know the meanings of some words in the article. Help her work out their meanings. Circle the correct letters.
1. If someone is a humanitarian, he or she ________.
a. loves animals
b. protects the environment
c. cares a lot about people
c
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2. Someone of great charm _________.
a. has lots of money
b. has an attractive quality
c. wears beautiful clothes
3. If someone insists on something, he or she __________.
a. speaks loudly
b. cannot make a decision
c. is sure to say that something is true
b
c
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4. If someone plays the lead role in a film or a play, he or she is _______.
a. the director
b. the main character
c. the leader of a group
b
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5. If someone gets an Oscar nomination, he or she _______.
a. will have the chance to win an Oscar
b. will travel around the world
c. should be a singer
6. If someone passed away, he or she _______.
a. went away b. died c. went past
a
b
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B2. Kitty wants to make sure that she knows about Audrey Hepburn. Look at the magazine headlines. Help Kitty put them in the correct order. Write the numbers 1—6 in the boxes.
□ a. Hepburn met Colette in France
□ b. Hepburn had four more Oscar nominations
□ c. Roman Holiday was a big success
□ d. Hepburn won the Oscar for Best Actress
□ e. Always—Audrey Hepburn’s last appearance in a film
□ f. Hepburn played the lead role in the play Gigi
1
5
3
4
6
2
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B3. Kitty is reading an article about Audrey Hepburn’s career. She carelessly dropped some ink onto the paper. Help her fill in the missing words.
Audrey Hepburn was one of Hollywood’s greatest actresses. She worked as a model before she became an (1) __________.
actress angel attention career
insisted lifetime Oscar role
actress
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Her successful (2) __________ lasted for about 40 years. In 1951, while acting in France, she met Colette, a famous French writer. Hepburn’s beauty and charm caught the writer’s (3) __________. She (4) __________ that Hepburn was the right person for the lead(5) __________ in the play Gigi.
actress angel attention career
insisted lifetime Oscar role
career
attention
insisted
role
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Two years later, Hepburn was chosen to play the lead role in Roman Holiday, and won the (6) __________ for Best Actress that year. During her (7) __________ , Hepburn had four more Oscar nominations. She made her final appearance in the film Always in 1989 and played the role of an(8) __________.
actress angel attention career
insisted lifetime Oscar role
Oscar
lifetime
angel
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B4. Sandy wants to know something about Audrey Hepburn. She is asking Kitty some questions. Help Kitty answer Sandy’s questions.
1. Sandy: Why is Audrey Hepburn one of Hollywood’s all-time best
Kitty : __________________________________________
__________________________________________
Because she is not only a great beauty and a
great actress, but also a great humanitarian.
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2. Sandy: What was Hepburn’s dream when she was a child
Kitty: _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
3. Sandy: How did Hepburn become world-famous
Kitty: _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
Her dream was to become a successful ballet dancer when she was a child.
She became world-famous by playing the lead role of a young princess in the Hollywood film Roman Holiday.
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4. Sandy: What did Hepburn do beyond the film industry
Kitty : ___________________________________________
___________________________________________
She worked with UNICEF to help poor children
in different parts of the world.
①Audrey Hepburn is one of Hollywood’s all-time greatest actresses.
one of the+ 形容词最高级+ 可数名词复数
e.g. Susan is one of the youngest students in her class.
苏珊是她班级里年纪最小的学生之一。
考点1
考题1:[毕节] Making robots is one of _______ activities among students. Each of them has his own robot.
A. more popular B. the most popular
C. more difficult D. the most difficult
B
【点拨】本题用语法判定法。one of 后接形容词的最高级。
actress /' ktr s/ n. 女演员
e.g. She’ll be a good actress, if she gets the right training.
如果训练得当, 她会成为一名出色的女演员。
考点2
构词法记单词
-ess 为女性后缀 ,类似构成的词还有hostess(女主人)、
manageress(女经理人)等。
考题2:[镇江] Of all the _________ (女演员) , I admire Audrey Hepburn most.
actresses
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②Hepburn’s beauty and charm caught the writer’s attention.
catch one’s attention 引起某人的注意
e.g. He waved his hand to catch my attention.
他挥手以吸引我的注意力。
考点3
catch one’s attention 同catch one’s eye, 意为“引起某人的注意”。
考题3:男孩敲窗以引起我的注意。
The boy knocked on the window to ____________________.
catch my attention
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③Two years later, Hepburn was chosen to play the lead role of...
role /r l/ n. 角色
e.g. She played the role of a teacher in the film.
她在这部影片中扮演一位教师的角色。
考点4
play the role of... 扮演……的角色
play 的一词多义:v. 扮演 n. 戏剧
拓展:role 作名词, 也可意为“影响程度;作用”, play a role in... 在……中起作用。
e.g. Telephones are playing an important role in our daily life.
电话在我们的日常生活中起着重要的作用。
考题4:令我们惊讶的是, Tom 被选中在影片中扮演主角。
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【点拨】“使某人惊奇的是”用to one’s surprise;“扮演角色”用play the role;“被选中……”要用一般过去时的被动语态。
To our surprise, Tom was chosen to play the lead role in the film.
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④During her lifetime, Hepburn had four more Oscar nominations.
four more... 另外四次……
e.g. There are ten candles on the cake. He is twelve. We need two more candles.
蛋糕上有十支蜡烛。他十二岁。我们还需要两支蜡烛。
考点5
“数词+more”意为“再/又几个”,相当于
“another+数词”。
考题5:The doctors worked for _____. They were tired.
A. another two hour B. two another hours
C. two more hours D. more two hour
【点拨】another 与数词搭配时, 要放在数词之前;more用于数词后, 表示数量的增加, 即表示在原有基础上又增加了若干数量。正确的搭配应该是“数词+more+ 名词”或者是“another+ 数词+ 名词”, 此处基数词为two, hour 需要使用复数形式。
C
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⑤In 1989, Hepburn made her final appearance in the film Always and played the role of an angel.
final /'fa nl/ adj. 最终的;最后的
e.g. We are all satisfied with the final result.
我们都对最终的结果感到满意。
考点6
final 是表示极限意义的形容词,没有比较级和最高级形式,
在句中常作定语。
拓展:finally 是final 的副词形式, 意为“终于, 最后”。
e.g. Finally, the young husband threw the mill into the sea.
最后, 年轻的丈夫把磨粉机扔进了海里。
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⑥On 20 January 1993, she passed away peacefully in her sleep.
pass away (委婉语) 去世
pass away 是终止性动词短语, 不能与表示一段时间的状语连用;若表达去世多久, 用be dead 表示。
e.g. The poor man passed away last night.
那个穷人昨晚去世了。
考点7
考向
pass 的其他常见搭配:① pass by 路过(……旁边)
② pass through 经过,路过
考题6:He ______ last year and his death is a great loss to his readers.
A. passed by B. passed away
C. passed on D. passed down
B
经过 去世
传递 传下来
peacefully /'pi sf li/ adv. 平静地;和平地
e.g. We can only hope they live peacefully as well.
我们也只能希望他们会和平地生活着。
The baby slept peacefully. 婴儿睡得很安稳。
考点8
peacefully 的词形变化:peace n. 和平
peaceful adj. 和平的
考题7:My grandparents live _____________ (peace) in the countryside and they like the life there.
peacefully
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本节课主要学习了:
重点单词:all-time, actress , dancer , lead , role ……
重点短语:all-time greatest, feel sad about, catch one’s attention, lead role, mark the beginning of……