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课件网) author setting main idea importance... Good Book, Bad Movie Now let’s read the passage to find out the question. 1. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 1 A. A picture is worth a thousand words. B. We should read books briefly. C. Many people doubt the common saying. D. Great works often end up being turned into cinematic “turkey”. 2.What does “turkeys” mean in the first paragraph A. Successes B. failures C. large birds D.highlights All too often, great books end up being turned into bad movies. But what is needed in a good movie anyway Activity 2 Read Paragraph 2 (underline the key words while reading) Good movies good stories strong characters impressive images Even with good stories, strong characters, and impressive images in the original books, their adaptations are not always good movies. Please read paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 to find the reasons. What does the writer think the reasons are Paragraph 3 & 4 (underline the topic sentences while reading) Reasons Limited time Fail to live up to audience imagination loss of plot and characters How does the writer support his opinions By giving examples. The Odyssey The Great Gatsby Alice in Wonderland Harry Potter The Iliad Match the author’s opinions about the movie adaptations to the examples from the passage. □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 Read paragraph 5 and find out the author's conclusion (underline the topic sentence while reading) Perhaps we should judge a movie in its own right. a. There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes . b. They are different forms of media, and therefore have different rules. Find out the answer. What’s the text type of this passage A. narration 记叙文 B. practical writing 应用文 C. argumentation 议论文 D. exposition 说明文
