(共46张PPT)
Unit 1
Lights，camera，action！
Period 1
Welcome to the unit & Reading—Reading comprehension
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读前 清障
Ⅰ.匹配单词(请把单词和其对应的英语解释连线)
1.actually A.to believe that sth is important or worth thinking about
2.familiar B.of or connected with seeing or sight
3.attach C.as the truth or facts of a situation
4.visual D.well known to you; often seen or heard and therefore
easy to recognize
5.aid E.to like one thing or person better than another
6.prefer F.to make sure that sth happens or is definite
7.ensure G.to help sb/sth to do sth，especially by making it easier
behind the scenes，not to mention，do justice to，in addition to，attach importance to，be familiar with
1.Nowadays，more and more people are keeping healthy.
2.He still not the city，though he has been there many times.
3.Smoking costs him much money， the harm to his health.
attaching importance to
is
familiar with
not to mention
behind the scenes，not to mention，do justice to，in addition to，attach importance to，be familiar with
4.An excellent teacher should every student in the class.
5. a healthy diet，you also need to do regular exercise to lose weight.
6.It’s an exciting opportunity to learn what goes on .
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do justice to
In addition to
behind the scenes
精读 课文
By the end of this period, students will be able to:
Know some film types and jobs about film-making;
Understand the structure of Reading and some technology in film-making;
Appreciate the hard work behind the scenes and develop a right attitude towards one’s career.
Learning objectives
CONTENTS
Pre-reading
I
While-reading
II
Post-reading
III
Sentences analysis
IV
V
Welcome to the unit
Brainstorming
1.What types of films do you know
Action
A film whose storyline involves fast-paced activities and conflicts, usually including violent fights.
Welcome to the unit
A film that is made by photographing a series of drawings.
Cartoon
A film that is intended to make people laugh.
Comedy
A film that gives detailed information about a particular subject.
Documentary
A film in which very frightening or unnatural things happen.
Horror
A film that is based on imagination and not facts.
Fantasy
A film that is based on imagined scientific discoveries, and often deals with space travel and life on other planets.
Science fiction
Reading
Enjoy the movie trailer for Harry Potter and think about the following questions.
1.What elements of a film can you think of
2.Which elements do you think is the most important in making a sucessful film
Pre-reading
1.What elements of a film can you think of special effectscharacteractingmusicdicrectingscreenplay2.Which element do you think is the most important in making a successful film I think the music is the most important element. It can tell us how the people in the film feel and create a certain kind of atmosphere. The film would be boring without it.…Let’s unveil the secrets of film-making according to a professional, a film critic!
S
Now skim the title and the first paragraph and answer the following questions.
2.What do you think the film critic will talk about in the lecture
I think the film critic will talk about something that we may not be familiar with in film-making.
1.Which sentence can show the article is a lecture
1．What’s the main idea of the text
A．How to make a film.
B．The development of film-making.
C．The brief introduction to some aspects of film-making.
D．What film-making will look like in the future.
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While-reading
Activity 1 Fast-reading for main ideas
B. What we see on the cinema screen is just the tip of the huge iceberg of film-making.
A. There are some aspects of film-making behind the scenes: sound effects, visual special effects and props.
Part 1(Para.1):
Part 2(Paras.2－4):
Part 3(Para.5)：
2. Read the lecture transcript and match the main idea with each part.
C. Some aspects of film-making behind the scenes require a lot of hard work.
Why do you think the film critic asks a question at the beginning of his lecture
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
To attract the audience’s attention, to make the audience think and to connect the lecture’s topic with their background knowledge.
2.Try to explain the sentence in your own words.
No matter what your answer is, it is more complex than it seems.
Para. 1
Whatever your answer is, there’s always a lot more to it than first meets the eye.
Activity 2 Careful-reading for details
1．How does the film critic support his idea
A．By giving examples.
B．By asking questions.
C．By making comparisons.
D．By analyzing causes.
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Para. 2
2. Fill in the blanks according to the lecture.
Many sound effects might be made in the way (1)__________________.
The (2)_________ of a baby elephant, a tiger and other animals (3)___________ by a computer.
A dinosaur roar in Jurassic Park.
The sound of the doors opening in the Star Trek films
Pulling (4)________________out of (5)____________.
sounds
were mixed
you would not expect
a sheet of paper
an envelope
1.What does the film critic use the example of the Quidditch scenes to show
A．Visual special effects can only be made with the help of computers.
B．Green matches any natural hair or skin colour in the studio.
C．How important it is for actors to jump up and down in the studio.
D．How visual special effects are made with the help of a green screen.
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Para. 3
2. What does the word “This” in the sentence “This enables CGI effects to be added later.” refer to
A. The green screen.
B. The CGI technology.
C. The quality of green not matching any natural hair or skin colour.
D. The Quidditch scenes.
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3.Fill in the chart according to the lecture.
Visual special effects (1)__________has been frequently used in film-making.
The Quidditch scenes in the Harry Potter films were
made with (2) _________________up and down in front of a green screen.
Peter Jackson(3)______________________:he used clever camera angles to make characters seem bigger or smaller than they really were.
the actors jumping
took a creative approach
CGI
1.What can we learn from paragraph 4
A. The model of the Titanic was built smaller.
B. A film’s success also comes from the exact props.
C. It took the director 100 days to find information about the Titanic.
D. It was not long before the director had the prop of ship built.
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Para. 4
2. What do the numbers in the sentences “Director James Cameron spent six months looking at and revising plans of the Titanic...It took 500 workers 100 days to build the fine model...” suggest in the fourth paragraph
Great effort is made to research, find and build props in order to make a film look real.
Just as the poor passengers on the real Titanic saw the tip of the iceberg, what we see on the cinema screen is just _______________________ of film-making.
1. What rhetorical device(修辞手法) does the film critic use in this paragraph
A．Metaphor(隐喻)．
B．Personification(拟人)．
C．Parallelism(排比)．
D．Exaggeration(夸张)．
the tip of the huge iceberg
2. In this paragraph, film-making is compared to (1)__________as they share some similarities. As we can see only a (2)_____ part of a huge iceberg out of the (3)_____, what we see (4)_____________ when seeing a film, is also just a small part of (5)___________.
an iceberg
small
ocean
on the screen
film-making
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Para. 5
A metaphor compares one thing to another without using “as” or “like”. It draws readers’ attention to the similarities of two things. This way, unfamiliar thing can be explained with something people are more familiar with.
3.What’s the purpose of the film critic to use the rhetorical device (修辞手法)
To clearly convey to the audience that there is a lot of hard work that we don’t know in film-making.
1. Which of the following aspects does the film critic mainly focus on in his lecture
①scripts ②acting ③music ④sets ⑤props ⑥sound effects ⑦camera angles ⑧visual special effects
A．①⑤⑥ B．②⑤⑧
C．⑥⑦⑧ D．⑤⑥⑧
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The whole lecture transcript
2. What’s the structure of the lecture transcript (P＝Paragraph)
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1.It is common to see a lot of people leave the cinema without paying enough attention to the credits(片尾字幕)．Do you think this is proper behavior (Critical Thinking 批判性思维)
Personally, I don’t think it is polite behavior.As mentioned in the lecture, behind the scenes are many people who have put a lot of efforts into making the film. If we leave the cinema without seeing the credits, their hard work remains unacknowledged.Furthermore, those who work behind the scenes deserve our respect, and seeing the credits is one way of showing our respect.
A list of acknowledgements
(感谢) of those who contributed to the creation of a film.
Post-reading
Activity 1 Discussion
(1)There are many different parts in film-making and they need to work together smoothly for the film to be a success. Even the parts you cannot see are important in some way.
(2)Each job has its own value, no matter whether it is done on the screens or behind the scenes.
2. After reading the lecture transcript, what do you think makes a great film (Creative Thinking 创造性思维)
What we have seen on the cinema is just the tip of the huge iceberg of film-making.
There is a huge amount of hard work which has been done behind the scenes and which is unknown to most of us.
People who work behind the scenes deserve our respect and we should be thankful to them.
Let’s think of and appreciate their hard work.
Reflection
Film-making involves great efforts behind the scenes, of 1._____ some aspects are not familiar to the audience.
One typical example is the sound effect. Contrary 2.______ many people may expect, they are often added after a scene has been shot. In fact, sound effects are often made by 3._______(mix) different sounds on computers. Another important aspect of film-making process where computers 4.________(use) is visual special effects. And CGI is a technology 5.___________(frequent) used in making such effects.
which
to
mixing
are used
frequently
Activity 2 Summary
However, not all 6.________(direct) prefer the aid of computers in their works.Some of them employ creative approaches 7. _________(achieve) their goals.Of course, what contributes to a successful film 8._________(include) many other aspects.For instance, great effort is made to research, find and build props in order to make 9._____ film look real.
In short, it is the joint efforts of many 10.________(talent) people that are behind the scenes of a great film and they deserve all the credit.
directors
to achieve
includes
talented
a
1. Whatever your answer is, there’s always a lot more to it than first meets the eye. (Para. 1 Line 2)
[句式分析] 此句为__________句。句子主句为__________句型。Whatever 引导_____________从句，whatever在此句中可以替换成__________________,若引导名词性从句，则不可替换。
[自主翻译]
主从复合
让步状语
there be
无论你们的答案是什么，事情总比你们认为的要复杂得多。
no matter what
Sentences analysis
2. 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. (Para. 1 Line 3)
[句式分析] 此句是__________句。主句为__________结构；you see on the screen为______从句，修饰the film；most of which引导_______________从句，修饰hard work。
[自主翻译]
主从复合
主系表
定语
非限制性定语
事实上，你在银幕上看到的电影是大量艰苦工作的产物，其中大部分工作发生在幕后。
3.These are often added after a scene has been shot and might not be made in the way you would expect. (Para. 2 Line 8)
[句式分析] 此句为_______句。句中are often added和 might not be made 为并列__________；after 引导___________从句；you would expect为______从句，修饰the way，the way在定语从句中作先行词时，引导词通常用__________________ (三种情况)。
[自主翻译]
复合
谓语
时间状语
定语
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。
in which/that/省略
4. Another aspect I attach great importance to is visual special effects. (Para. 3 Line 16)
[句式分析] 此句为__________句。句子主干为__________结构； I attach great importance to为省略___________的______从句，修饰aspect；attach great importance to意为“____________________”。
[自主翻译]
主从复合
主系表
that/which
定语
另一个我认为很重要的方面就是视觉特效。
认为……重要，重视
5. 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. (Para. 4 Line 28)
[句式分析] 此句是__________句。主句的主语为He，谓语为________ 和 _________；that引导_______从句；what引导_______从句。
[自主翻译]
talked to
宾语
他和历史学家交流以确保细节无误，甚至亲自潜到大西洋海底查看“泰坦尼克号”的残骸。
主从复合
went down
宾语
6. 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. (Para. 5 Line 33)
[句式分析] 此句是___________句。主句为___________结构，what we see on the cinema screen 引导_______从句；as引导__________从句；此句采用了______ 的修辞手法。
[自主翻译]
主从复合
主系表
主语
方式状语
正如真正的“泰坦尼克号”上那些可怜的乘客们所看到的冰山一角一样，我们在影院银幕上看到的也只是电影制作这座巨大冰山的一角而已。
隐喻
Review what we have learnt and preview language points.
Homework
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