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课件网) Unit 4 Stage and Screen Good Book, Bad Movie 1. To understand the main idea and the structure of the text 2. To analyse the reasons for bad movies adapted from good novels and develop critical thinking 3. To learn to analyse argumentative essays Pre-reading 《骆驼祥子》 《京华烟云》 《伊利亚特》 《夏洛克·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 Also called The Story of the Stone, it is one of China’s Four Great Classical Novels. Holmes is a fictional consulting detective in London created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Written by Lao She, it describes the difficult life of a rickshaw（n. 黄包车） puller during the years of warlord turmoil.（军阀混战） Originally written in English, it covers the turbulent（动荡的） events in China from 1900 to 1938, and it focuses on the lives of several families and people. Set in the Jazz Age of the 1920s, it’s regarded as one of the greatest American novels. The Iliad and The Odyssey are two epic poems （史诗） from Ancient Greece. They have had an enormous effect on Western culture. Good Book, Bad Movie adaptations (movies based on books) Have you ever seen the movies or TV plays based on the books above P Prediction Pre-reading What topic will be talked about Movie ＜ Book Movie ≥ Book movie adaptations While -reading Read this passage and check your prediction. All too often, great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys” Movie ＜ Book A. The author’s attitude about movie adaptations. B. Movie adaptations don’t look the way we imagined. C. Movie adaptations lose plot details and characters. D. Most people’s opinion about movies adaptations. E. Movie adaptation meets the standard of a good movie，but it still be criticize Activity 1: Skim the text and match the main idea to each paragraph. D E C B A Activity 2:Match the author’s opinions about the movie adaptations to the examples from the passage. While -reading □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. a d c e b Match the author’s opinions about the movie adaptations to the examples from the passage. While -reading Detailed reading What does “turkeys” mean Are movie adaptations good or bad in most people’s opinion A. Successes B. failures C. large birds D. highlights failures They think movie adaptations are bad. Read Para.1 and answer the questions Read Para.2 and answer the question good movies good stories What’s the common belief of the standards of good movies strong characters If so, why has…never had an equally great movie based on it So why have… never been praised as “great” So why has… only resulted in… agree ... ...
