Module 6 Films and TV Programmes

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Module 6 Film and
TV Programms
Zhang Yimou
Ang Lee
Chen Kaige
Feng Xiaogang
Directed by:Chris Columbus
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe: Harry Potter
Emma Watson: Hermione Granger
Rupert Grint : Ron Weasley
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2001
Look at the film poster and answer the questions.
1. What’s the film called
2. Who directs it
3. Who stars in it
4. When did it come out
T: Have you seen the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
Ss: Yes.
T: Who directed it
Ss: By Chris Columbus.
T: Who stars in it
Ss: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.
T: When did it come out
Ss: In 2001.
B: gun; amusing; be/fall in love; crime; exciting; fight; sword
Match the types of films in box A with one of the words in box B. Explain your reasons for matching them.
A: romantic film; thriller; martial arts
film; comedy; adventure film
Martial films use swords frequently when
they fought. The scene is often exciting.
1. thrillers:
crime, gun, fight, exciting
Thrillers are always full of fighting, crimes and exciting scenes.
2. martial arts film (功夫片) :
sword, exciting, fight
3. comedy:
amusing
Comedies are always amusing.
4. adventure film:
gun, crime, exciting, fight, sword
They can use swords and guns as necessary as possible. Adventure films are often filled with exciting fights.
Match the words with the definitions
actress
character
female
master
graceful
1.person in a novel, play, or film
2.showing a pleasing beauty
4.skilled person
7.of women
5.woman actor
scene
6.the place where the story is happening
3 a sport that is a traditional Asian form of fighting such as kung fu
martial arts
martial film
romantic film
thriller
comedy
adventure film
Film Review:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
actress
female character
Yu Jiaolong
female character
Yu Xiulian
actress
martial arts film
Chow Yun-Fat
male character
Li Mubai
rooftop
deserts
Find these words in the text. Match them with the definitions below.
1. happen __________
2. the top part of a building that covers it ____
take place
roof
every now and then, fiancé, graceful, leap, masterpiece, moving, roof,
take place
3. causing strong feelings, especially sad feeling _______
4. moving in a smooth and attractive way ________
5. sometimes _________________
moving
graceful
every now and then
6. an extraordinarily good film, book painting, etc. ___________
7. the man you have promised to marry ______
8. jump into the air or a long distance ____
masterpiece
fiancé
leap
What type of the film is it
Have you seen the film
Do you know what’s the name of the film
Do you know who directs the film and who act in it





ⅠFast reading
Skim the film review for passage structure
Part1(Para.__to__)
Part 2 (Para__)
Part 3 (Para__)
Part 4 (Para__)
A. introduction of the setting and the plot of the film
B. giving us the writer’s final opinion
C. the name and the type of the film
D . the main characters in the film
1 2
3
4
5
Fast Reading
Read the film review below. Which is the best summary of this film
( ) 1. It takes place on Peking rooftops and in deserts of western China.
( ) 2. It is a martial arts film that the story of a stolen sword, and the fight to get it back.
( ) 3. It tells the story of two people who love each other.
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While Reading Activities
Decide the following sentences true or false.
1) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a masterpiece films. ( )
2) Now wuxia films are well received only in China. ( )
T
F
3) Chow Yun-Fat played wonderfully in the film and the part Li Mubai interests the audience most. ( )
4) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is really an excellent film. ( )
T
F
Analyze each paragraph
1) What is the main idea of the first paragraph
Introduction of Ang Lee.
2) What is Ang Lee
Ang Lee is a director. He directed a number of excellent films, such as Broken back Mountain (2005)and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Ride with the Devil (1999), the Ice Storm (1997) Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Para 2
What is the main idea of this paragraph
the setting of the film
Where and when does this film take place
The film tells of nineteenth-century martial
arts masters with unusual abilities in China.
Para 3
What is the main idea of this paragraph
The plot of the film.
The action takes place on ______ ________, and in places as far away as the ______ of western a China. As in the old wuxia stories, characters ____ through the air _________________, with beautiful, _______ movements, ____ audiences shout __________.
Peking
rooftops
deserts
leap
every now and then
graceful
while
in surprise
The story takes place in the early _____ in China. A man and a woman are __________ each other.
1800s
in love with
Read Para3 and fill in the blanks.
4) Why Li Mubai’s romantic scenes with Yu Xiulian are very moving
As their eyes show all the love that they must not express in words.
What is the main idea of this paragraph
The characters of this film.
What is the main idea of this paragraph
The writer’s opinion.
Para 5
B. Read Para3 and answer the following questions
1. When does the story take place
2. Why does Mubai feel that he cannot marry Xiulian
3. What makes audiences shout in surprise
It takes place in the early 1800.
Because Xiulian’s former fiancé was a friend of Mubai.
Characters leap through the air every now and then, with beautiful, graceful movements.
C. Read Para4 and finish the following exercises
1. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1) Unusually, it is the female characters that interest us most.
译:___________________________________________
2) Brave, good, and strong, Xiulian is the character we care about most.译:___________________________________________
2. Find a sentence with the closest meaning to it.
Mubai and Xiulian’s love is so moving and it can not be expressed in words.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
不同寻常的是，女角色最令我们感兴趣。
我们最关注秀莲这个角色，她勇敢，善良，坚强。
His romantic scenes with Xiulian are very moving, as their eyes show all the love that nust not express in words.
D. Read Para5 and choose the best answer.
From the last paragraph, we know that this passage is written to____________.
A talk about the actors
B introduce the film
C advise you to see the film
D advise the cinemas to put on the film
c
Ⅲ Close test（能力提升）
Martial arts films are often ____________but they are seldom great art. Now, to everyone’s surprise, Ang Lee, __________ of a number of excellent films, has made a martial arts film called Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The result is a _____________.
The film ___________ to a type of Chinese story called wuxia. These stories tells of nineteenth-century martial arts master with ___________ abilities. Wuxia films are popular _______ people in China and in the west.
The story ______ ______ in the early 1800s in China. A man and a woman, Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian are ______ ______ _____ each other. But Mubai feels that he cannot marry Xiulian because of her former fiancé. When someone ________ Xiulian’s sword , they try to get it back. In the film, the romantic ________ are very __________ . It will make your heart _______ with excitement at its _______.
enjoyable
director
masterpiece
belongs
unusual
with
takes place
in love with
steals
scenes
moving
leap
beauty
Complete the sentences with words from the text.
1.I cried at the end of the film because it was so _______.
2. Michelle Yeoh ______ the part of a
martial arts master.
moving
played
3. Xiulian is the ________ we are most interested in.
4. He climbed on to the ____ of the house.
5. He tried to ____ over the wall but did not succeed.
character
roof
leap
Test your understanding
A
B
C
D
You are lucky.
Martial arts films are often ____________but they are seldom great art. Now, to everyone’s surprise, Ang Lee, __________ of a number of excellent films, has made a martial arts film called Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The result is a _____________.
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The film ___________ to a type of Chinese story called wuxia. These stories tells of nineteenth-century martial arts master with ___________ abilities. Wuxia films are popular _______ people in China and in the west.
The story ______ ______ in the early 1800s in China. A man and a woman, Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian are ______ ______ _____ each other. But Mubai feels that he cannot marry Xiulian because of her former fiancé. When someone ________ Xiulian’s sword , they try to get it back. In the film, the romantic ________ are very __________ . It will make your heart _______ with excitement at its _______.
Cultural Corner
Steven Spielberg---- Film Director
Ang Lee---the best director in the 78th Annual Academy Awards
Chen Kaige
Farewell My Concubine
Zhang Yimou
Not one less
My father and mother
Clint Eastwood
(克林特·伊斯特伍德)
Peter Jackson
Steven Spielberg
He was born in the state of ____, _______,
in ____.
Films he made at the following ages:
13.___________________________
16.____________________________
_______________
Ohio
America
1946
his first 15-minute home movie
He made 135-minute home movie
called Firelight
Please fill in the blanks after reading.
24. _____________________________ ______.
28. __________________________
36. __________________________ __________ other films:____________ ___________________________ ______________
He made a 26-minute film called Ambin
He made Sugarland Express
He made E.T.----- The Extra Terrestrial,
The Indiana Jones Trilogy, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List
What is the main idea of the first paragraph
Steven Spielberg is famous in the west.
Para 1
Para 2
1. When he was 16 he made a 135-minute home movie called Firelight.
called Firelight 被叫做《火光》, 此句型为过去分词作后置定语, 修饰movie,其中call与movie 之间是被动关系。
2. What is the main idea of this paragraph
The earlier and his successful films made by Steven Spielberg.
3. What film made him win an Oscar
Schindler’s List.
Para 3
1. What is the main idea of the last paragraph
People think highly of Steven Spielberg.
2. Why is Spielberg so special as a film director
Because he knows how to entertain his audience.
3. But it’s generally agreed, that he, more than anyone else in the history of the films, understands the meaning of the word “entertainment”.
但是, 绝大多数人认为: 他比电影史上任何一个人更懂得“娱乐”二字的意义。
这是一个主语从句。在这个句子中, he, more than anyone else in the history of the films, understands the meaning of the word “entertainment”是真正的主语。
It is said that he’s got married. 听说他结婚了。
It is not known yet whether they will come today. 他们今天是否会来还不知道。