(
课件网) Unit 4 Stage and screen Developing ideas:Good Book, Bad Movie After this period of learning, you are expected to: (1)acquire and state the main idea of this passage and the author’s attitude and opinion through scanning; (2)present the structure of argumentative essays and retell the argumentative based on the mind-map; (3)accurately express your views of adaptation movies, explain your reasons, and support them with examples. Learning objectives 1. Have you ever read any of these books What are they about 2. Have you ever seen the movies or TV plays based on these books What do you think of them Before reading 《红楼梦》 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. The movies or TV plays based on Dream of the Red Chamber. The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published in 1925, it is set on Long Island’s North Shore and in New York City from spring to autumn of 1922. 《了不起的盖茨比》 The story of The Great Gatsby The movie based on The Great Gatsby 《夏洛克福尔摩斯 》 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/ pr f ( )nsi /精通with observation, forensic/ f renz k /法医的 science, and logical reasoning.逻辑推理 The movies or TV plays based on Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes 《骆驼祥子 》 Rickshaw Boy, written by Lao She, is considered by many to be one of the masterpieces of modern Chinese literature. It describes the difficult life of a rickshaw puller(人力车夫) during the years of warlord turmoil(军阀混乱).This book is famous for its vivid descriptions of life in the city of Beijing in the beginning of the 20th century. The movies or TV plays based on Rickshaw Boy. 《京华烟云 》 Moment in Peking is a novel originally written in English by Chinese author Lin Yutang. The novel covers the turbulent/ t rbj l nt /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. 这部小说叙述了在这个动荡时期发生的一系列事件 The novel is based upon events in the turbulent years. The movies or TV plays based on Moment in Peking. 《伊利亚特 》 The Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan/ tro d n /War. And it is one of the foremost achievements in Western literature. The movies or TV plays based on The Iliad. Good Book, Bad Movie adaptations (movies based on books) Now let’s read the passage to find out the author's opinion. Good Book, Bad Movie Scan the passage and answer the question. Which of the books are mentioned in the passage para.2 & para.4 The Great Gatsby and The Iliad. ... ...
