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Unit 4 Stage and screen
Developing ideas
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1 Watch the video and answer the questions.
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1 Have you ever seen the TV play before
2 Have you ever read the book which the TV play is based on
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2 Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
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1 Have you ever read any of these books
What are they about
Have you ever seen the movies and TV plays based on these books What do you think of them
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2 Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
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《红楼梦》
《了不起的盖茨比》
《福尔摩斯探案集》
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2 Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
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《骆驼祥子》
《京华烟云》
《伊利亚特》
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2 Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
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Dream of the Red Chamber, also called The Story of the Stone, written by Cao Xueqin, is one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. It was written during the Qing Dynasty. The novel is generally considered to be the greatest of all Chinese novels and among the greatest in world literature.
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2 Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
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The Great Gatsby is a novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. At first glance, the novel appears to be a simple love story, but further examination shows Fitzgerald's masterful observation of American society during the 1920s and the corruption of the American dream.
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2 Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional consulting detective in London created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science,and logical reasoning. Together with his assistant, Dr John H. Watson, he pursues criminals throughout London, the south of England, and continental Europe.
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2 Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
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Written by Lao She, Rickshaw Boy is considered by many to be one of the masterpieces of modern Chinese literature. It describes the difficult life of a rickshaw puller during the years of warlord turmoil. This book is famous for its vivid descriptions of life in the city of Beijing in the beginning of the 20th century.
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2 Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
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Moment in Peking is a novel originally written in English by Chinese author Lin Yutang. The novel covers the turbulent events in China from 1900 to 1938, and it focuses on the lives of several different families and people, along with their interactions during that time.
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2 Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
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The Iliad was written by Homer, the most venerable and esteemed poet in ancient Greece. In the Iliad, Homer told the story of the wrath of Achilles, the greatest of all the Greek heroes, and his participation in the Trojan War. Homer succeeded in taking the stories that had been passed down through generations orally and perfecting them in poetic form.
1 Scan the passage. Find out which of the books in Activity 2 are mentioned.
Good Book, Bad Movie
The Great Gatsby in para 2, The Iliad in para 4 and The complete Sherlock Holmes in para 5.
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2 Match the author’s opinions about the movie adaptations to the examples from the passage.
Good Book, Bad Movie
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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.
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Think & Share
1 What does the saying “There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes” mean
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It means readers usually have different ideas about how the characters from a certain novel should look like.
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1 Do you know of any similar sayings in Chinese
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仁者见仁,智者见智。
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2 What books would you like to see made into movies Why
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3 What other reasons do you think make movies adaptations less satisfactory than the original books
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The descriptions in the original books leave room for readers to imagine while the movie can’t.
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Some key points
1. disappointed
adj. 失望的;沮丧的
disappiont v. 使失望---disappointing adj. 令人失望的---disappointment adj. 失望
① be disappointed by/at sth. 对某事感到失望
② be disappointed with sb. 对某人感到失望
③ be disappointed to do sth. 因做某事而感到失望
我对缺乏媒体报道而感到失望。
eg. I was disappointed at the lack of media cover.
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1. disappointed
adj. 失望的;沮丧的
disappiont v. 使失望---disappointing adj. 令人失望的---disappointment adj. 失望
④ to one’s disappointment 令某人失望的是
肉煮得太烂了,蔬菜也很难吃。
eg. The meat was overdone and the vegetable disappointing.
令我失望的是,她没来。
eg. To my disappointment, she didn’t come.
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2. escape
v. 逃离;逃避;拜托 n. 逃脱;逃走
① escape from...to... 从......逃到......
任何违法的人都逃脱不了惩罚。
eg. No one can escape being punished if he breaks the law.
② have a narrow escape 死里逃生
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③ escape being done 避开被......
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3. original
adj. 原先的;最初的;新颖的;独特的
origin n. 起源;起因;出身;血统---originally adv. 起初;本来
校园里的许多建筑都是他独创的。
eg. Many buildings on the campus are his original creations.
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起初,我们计划到苏格兰旅游,但最后没去。
eg. Originally, we had planned a tour to Scotland, but we didn’t go at last.
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4. brief
adj. 短暂的;简短的
briefly adv. 简要地;短暂地
我被要求在典礼上做个简短的演讲。
eg. I was asked to make a brief speech in the ceremony.
总之,他对结果很满意。
in brief=to be brief= briefly speaking 总之;简言之
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eg. In brief, he was happy with the result.
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5. all too often
时常;经常是
=only too often
很多时候,人们只根据外貌来购买钢笔。
eg. All too often, people buy a pen based only on looks.
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quite often 经常
every so often 偶尔,有时
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6. live up to
符合(标准);不负(盛名)
这个男孩取得了好成绩,没有辜负父母的期待。
eg. The boy got good grades and lived up to his parents’ expectations.
相信我,我会履行我的诺言。
eg. Please trust me. I will live up to my promise.
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7. in one’s own right
凭借自身;靠自己
她凭借自己的能力成为一名十分富有的女性。
eg. She was a wealthy woman in her own right.
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in one’s own right= on one’s own
have the right to do sth. 有权力做某事
have the right to be angry/concerned 有理由生气/担心
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