UNIT 1 Lights，camera，action！ Film Review：Crouching Tiger，Hidden Dragon Martial arts films are often enjoyable but they are seldom great art.Now，to everyone’s surprise，Ang Lee，director of a number of excellent films，has made a martial arts film called Crouching Tiger，Hidden Dragon.The result is a masterpiece. The film belongs to a type of Chinese story called wuxia.These stories tell of nineteenth－century martial arts masters with unusual abilities.Wuxia films are popular in China，and they are now popular in the west too. The story takes place in the early 1800s in China.The action takes place on Peking rooftops，and in places as far away as the deserts of western China.As in the old wuxia stories，characters leap through the air every now and then，with beautiful，graceful movements，while audiences shout in surprise. Films like this rarely reach the cinema.Go and see Crouching Tiger，Hidden Dragon.It will make your heart leap with excitement at its beauty. 词汇积累 1.masterpiece/'mɑ st pi s/n.杰作 (合成词) 2.master/'mɑ st (r)/vt.精通，掌握→n.大师(词类活用) 3.character/'k r kt (r)/n.人物，角色 4.martial arts films 武侠电影 5.tell of 讲述 6.leap through the air 在空中跳跃 佳句背诵 1.Now，to everyone’s surprise，Ang Lee，director of a number of excellent films，has made a martial arts film called Crouching Tiger，Hidden Dragon.(名词短语作同位语) 令大家惊讶的是，李安，众多优秀电影的导演，制作了一部武术电影，叫作《卧虎藏龙》。 2.It will make your heart leap with excitement at its beauty.(make＋宾语＋宾语补足语，情感描写) 这部电影的美会让你兴奋不已。 Period Ⅰ Welcome to the unit & Reading———通文本 Step Ⅰ Read for the main idea Find out the main idea of each part. Part 1 (Para.1) _____ Part 2 (Paras.2－4) _____ Part 3 (Para.5) _____ 答案 1.A brief introduction to some unfamiliar aspects of film－making. 2.Three aspects of film－making behind the scenes. 3.Film－making requires a lot of hard work. Step Ⅱ Read between the lines Read the text carefully and answer the following questions. 1.Why does the author ask a series of questions at the beginning of the text To__introduce__the__topic__of__his__lecture__and__draw__the__audience’s__attention. 2.What are the three aspects of film－making we might not be familiar with __Sound__effects，visual__special__effects__and__props. 3.What does the author mean by saying “what we see on the cinema screen is just the tip of the huge iceberg of film－making”？ Making__a__film__is__far__more__complicated__than__what__we__see__on__the__cinema__screen. Step Ⅲ Read beyond the lines Do you support the use of CGI in films Why or why not？(Critical thinking) _____ _____ Step Ⅳ Sentence－learning Translate the following sentences into Chinese. 1.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. [句式分析] 句中you see on the screen是省略了关系代词that的限制性定语从句，修饰先行词the film；而most of which引 ... ...
