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Unit 4 Stage and screen
4.3 Developing ideas
Ⅰ. 根据提示填写单词
1. confident and __________ 自信和感激
2. __________ the fear 克服恐惧
3. a __________ report 一个简短的报告
4. attempt to __________ 企图逃离
5. a great __________ 很大程度上
6. a socially __________ girl 一位社交紧张的女孩
7. the __________ life 正常的生活
8. __________ discouraged 极度沮丧→__________(adj. ) sports 极限运动
9. __________ in his book全神贯注于他的书本→__________(v. )knowledge吸收知识
10. __________ necessary 绝对有必要→__________ (adj. ) value 绝对值
11. __________ design 有吸引力的设计→emotional __________(v. )情绪感染
12. __________ not 绝对不是→__________(adj. ) time 明确的时间
13. a __________ person一位粗鲁的人→forgive my rudeness(n. )原谅我的无礼
14. public __________ 公共交通→transportation(n. ) system 交通系统
15. course __________ 课程安排→__________(v. ) for our agenda 安排我们的日程
16. feel __________ 感到失望→not __________(vt. ) you 没有让你失望→an disappointing(adj. ) result一个令人失望的结果→ hide her disappointment(n. )隐藏她的失望
17. __________ work 原著→place of __________(n. )原产地
18. __________ well v. 表现得好→good behaviour(n. )好的行为
19. social __________社会责任→be a responsible(adj. ) man 做一个负责的人
20. one’s __________ 某人的缺席→sb. be absent(adj. )某人缺席
Ⅱ. 英汉互译
1. _____________________ 熬夜
2. _____________________ 迫不及待地做某事
3. _____________________ 表演(节目)
4. _____________________ 浪费时间
5. _____________________ 常常; 时常
6. result in _____________________
7. live up to _____________________
8. to some extent _____________________
9. in one’s own right _____________________
10. on top of _____________________
11. base. . . on _____________________
12. with. . . in mind _____________________
III.翻译课文原句
1. Movies need strong characters. So why have the movies based on The Great Gatsby never been praised as “great”
译文: 电影中需要个性鲜明的人物。那为什么__________________________________________
2. 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.
译文: 这背后的一个重要原因是, 一本书通常需要花几天的时间来阅读, __________________________________________。
3. 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.
译文: 许多人认为她配不上海伦“世界上最美丽的女人”这一称号, __________________________________________。
IV.课文内容填空
There is a common saying that “a picture is worth a thousand words”. Good movies need good stories, strong characters and 1. __________ (impress) images. However, someone questions the saying for the 2. __________ (reason): First, great books can lose plot details and characters 3. __________ they move to the big screen.
Movies also disappoint us when things don’t look the way we 4. __________ (imagine) them in the books. For example, in the epic movie Troy, the actress 5. __________ (choose) to play the part of Helen didn’t live 6. __________ to Helen’s title of 7. “__________ (beautiful) woman in the world”, 8. __________ (influence)opinions of the movie to some extent.
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 9. __________ movie in its own right, and not against its 10. __________ (origin)source.
参考答案
Ⅰ. 1. confident and grateful 自信和感激
2. overcome the fear 克服恐惧
3. a brief report 一个简短的报告
4. attempt to escape 企图逃离
5. a great extent 很大程度上
6. a socially awkward girl 一位社交紧张的女孩
7. the normal life 正常的生活
8. extremely discouraged 极度沮丧→extreme(adj. ) sports 极限运动
9. absorbed in his book全神贯注于他的书本→absorb(v. )knowledge吸收知识
10. absolutely necessary 绝对有必要→absolute (adj. ) value 绝对值
11. appealing design 有吸引力的设计→emotional appeal(v. )情绪感染
12. definitely not 绝对不是→definite(adj. ) time 明确的时间
13. a rude person一位粗鲁的人→forgive my rudeness(n. )原谅我的无礼
14. public transport 公共交通→transportation(n. ) system 交通系统
15. course arrangement 课程安排→arrange(v. ) for our agenda 安排我们的日程
16. feel disappointed 感到失望→not disappoint(vt. ) you 没有让你失望→an disappointing(adj. ) result一个令人失望的结果→ hide her disappointment(n. )隐藏她的失望
17. original work 原著→place of origin(n. )原产地
18. behave well v. 表现得好→good behaviour(n. )好的行为
19. social responsibility社会责任→be a responsible(adj. ) man 做一个负责的人
20. one’s absence 某人的缺席→sb. be absent(adj. )某人缺席
Ⅱ. 1. stay up 熬夜
2. can’t wait to do sth. 迫不及待地做某事
3. put on 表演(节目)
4. a waste of time 浪费时间
5. all too often 常常; 时常
6. result in 导致
7. live up to 符合(标准), 不负(盛名)
8. to some extent 在某种程度上
9. in one’s own right 凭借自身, 靠自己
10. on top of 除……之外
11. base. . . on 以……为基础/依据
12. with. . . in mind 把……放在心上
III.1. Movies need strong characters. So why have the movies based on The Great Gatsby never been praised as “great”
译文: 电影中需要个性鲜明的人物。那为什么基于《了不起的盖茨比》改编的电影从未被称赞为“优秀”呢
2. 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.
译文: 这背后的一个重要原因是, 一本书通常需要花几天的时间来阅读, 而一部电影通常不会超过两小时。
3. 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.
译文: 许多人认为她配不上海伦“世界上最美丽的女人”这一称号, 这在一定程度上影响了人们对这部电影的看法。
IV.
There is a common saying that “a picture is worth a thousand words”. Good movies need good stories, strong characters and 1. impressive (impress) images. However, someone questions the saying for the 2. reasons (reason): First, great books can lose plot details and characters 3. when they move to the big screen.
Movies also disappoint us when things don’t look the way we 4. imagined (imagine) them in the books. For example, in the epic movie Troy, the actress 5. chosen (choose) to play the part of Helen didn’t live 6. up to Helen’s title of 7. “the most beautiful (beautiful) woman in the world”, 8. influencing (influence)opinions of the movie to some extent.
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 9. a movie in its own right, and not against its 10. original (origin)source.