(共14张PPT)
B2U4
Developing Ideas
Activity 1. Match the books with the movies or TV plays.
伊利亚特
京华烟云
骆驼祥子
福尔摩斯
了不起的
盖茨比
红楼梦
Have you ever read any of these books What are they about
By the end of the class, I will be able to:
1) understand the reasons behind the unsuccessful movies based on books ;
2) analyze/ n la z/ the organisation of this passage
3) think critically about making judgements
Learning Objectives(学习目标):
Lead-in
Troy is adapted from The Iliad by Homer(荷马)
Good Book,
Bad Movie
2.while-reading
1.Skim the passage and choose the genre(体裁) A:Narrative writing
B:Expository essay
C:Argumentative essay
2.What's the author's point of view towards movie adaptations
unsuccessful
√
Argument: All too often, great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”
Organisation--Argument
unsuccessful movies
e.g.
The Odyssey
The Great Gatsby
Alice in Wonderland
Tips:Examples here are used to provide additional information
3.How does the author make his point of view persuasive
2.while-reading
By giving reasons
and using examples
Argument: All too often, great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”
Reason1:
Time limit
Reason 2:
Different from readers’ imagination
Loss of characters and details,
e.g. Harry Potter
“Helen—the most beautiful woman in the world”
e.g. Troy
Organisation--argumentation
e.g.
The Odyssey
The Great Gatsby
Alice in Wonderland
Tips:Examples here are used to support an arugument
2.while-reading
4.What conclusion does the author draw
Argument: All too often, great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”
Reason1:
Time limit
Reason 2:
Different from readers’ imagination
Loss of characters and details,
e.g. Harry Potter
“Helen—the most beautiful woman in the world”
e.g. Troy
Organisation--Conclusion
e.g.
The Odyssey
The Great Gatsby
Alice in Wonderland
Conclusion: Judge a movie in its own right.
3. Post-reading –-making judgements
Based on the passage,what does
“judge a movie in its own right ” mean
we should judge a movie according the
standards of a movie but not whether
it is true to the original book.
Can you think of other situations
where this expression applies(适用)
in one's ability
Activity5 Read for further thinking.
1. What does the saying “There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes”mean Do you know of any similar sayings in Chinese
2. What other reasons do you think make movie adaptations less satisfactory than the original books
It means readers usually have different ideas about how the characters from a certain novel should look like.
The description in the original books leaves room for readers to imagine while the movie can’t.
仁者见仁,智者见智
Reviewing.
值得
以...结束
表扬,称赞/ 被称赞为...
关键原因
细节
各种各样的评价
问题
不辜负
在一定程度上
而且
不同的媒体形式
原始版本
在最近几年
本身,凭自己
改编/改编成
观点
be worth doing sth
end up doing/ end up with
praise / be praised as
key reason
detail
mixed reviews
issue
live up to
to some extent
furthermore / besides
different forms of media
original source
in recent years
in one’s own right
adapt / be adapted into
point of view
全神贯注于...
be glued to
简洁的
1.做一个简单的报告
2.简单介绍一下
brief
make a brief report
introduce briefly