







高中外研版 (2019)Unit 4 Stage and screen授课ppt课件
展开Gd Bk, Bad Mvie?
Pre-reading
Lk at the pictures and answer the questins.
Have yu ever read any f these bks? What are they abut?
2. Have yu ever seen the mvies r TV plays based n these bks? What d yu think f them?
While-reading
Scan the passage. Find ut which f the bks in Activity 1 are mentined.
Gd mvies need gd stries. If s, why has ne f the earliest and greatest wrks in Western strytelling, Hmer’s The Odyssey, never had an equally great mvie based n it? Mvies need strng characters. S why have the mvies based n The Great Gatsby never been praised as “great”? Mvies f curse need impressive images, s why has Alice in Wnderland nly resulted in mvies best described as “interesting”?
The Great Gatsby
Mvies als disappint us when things dn’t lk the way we imagined them in the bks. Take, fr example, the epic mvie Try, which is in part based n Hmer’s The Iliad and was met with mixed reviews frm the audience. The mst questinable issue was the actress chsen t play the part f Helen. Many peple thught she didn’t live up t Helen’s title f “the mst beautiful wman in the wrld”, influencing pinins f the mvie t sme extent.
Match the authr’s pinins abut the mvie adaptatins t the examples frm the passage.
□1 Sme parts f the stry and sme characters are missing in the mvie.□ 2 The visual images are nt as striking as the descriptins in the bk.□ 3 The mvie is nt as great as the bk.□ 4 The mvie desn’t lk the way we visualized while reading the bk.□ 5 The characters d nt stand ut.
1. What's the main idea f Paragraph 1? A. A picture is wrth a thusand wrds. B. We shuld read bks briefly. C. Many peple dubt the cmmn saying. D. Many gd bks can't be filmed int gd mvies successfully.
Read the passage again and chse the best answer.
All t ften, great wrds end up being turned int cinematic “turkeys”. (Para.1 Line 5-7)
2. What’s the functin f Paragraph 2? A.T raise the reader’s cultural awareness. B.T prve gd mvies need gd stries. C.T further cnfirm that gd bks always end up being turned int bad mvies. D.T shw that mvies need impressive images.
3. Frm Paragraph 3, we can knw that______. A.reading a bk is a waste f time B.prducing a film results in smething imprtant lst cmpared with the bk versin C.a film nly needs less than tw hurs D.Harry Ptter is a great success
One f the key reasns behind this is that while a bk usually takes a few days t read, a mvie typically lasts under tw hurs. This means that great bks can lse plt details and characters when they mve t the big screen. (Para.3 Line 1-5)
4. Why d mvies always disappint us?A.Because they didn’t chse a gd theme.B.Because they are ften different frm thse in the bks.C.Because they are badly perfrmed.D.Because different audience have different views.
Mvies als disappint us when things dn’t lk the way we imagined them in the bks.(Para.4 Line 1-2)
5. What des the authr want t talk abut in this article? A.We shuldn’t judge a mvie by the rules f its bk versin. B.Bks are better than their mvie versins. C.Mvies have mre impressed characters than bks. D.Mvies always make us disappinted.
There are a thusand Hamlets in a thusand peple’s eyes. Furthermre, bks and mvies are tw different frms f media and therefre have different rules. With this in mind, perhaps we shuld judge a mvie in its wn right, and nt against its riginal surce. (Para.5 Line 1-4)
There is a saying that ges like "a picture is wrth a thusand wrds". Hwever, in my pinin, the ________(brief) lk at bks and the mvies based n them wuld lead t anyne questining it. All t ften, t ur______________( disappint ), great wrds end up being turned int cinematic " turkeys" .Of curse, gd mvies need gd stries ,but ne f the earliest and greatest wrks Hmer's The Odyssey, never had an_______( equal) great mvie based n it. Mvies need strng characters, but the mvies based n The Great Gatsby have never been_________ ( praise) as “great”. Why?One reasn is _______ when great bks mve t the big screen, sme plt details and characters are lst. This is smething that even Harry Ptter mvies can't escape frm ,with fans f the bks disappinted nt__________( see) sme f their favurite characters in the mvie versins. When ________( thing) dn't lk the way peple imagined them in the bks, they als feel disappinted.There______( be)a thusand Hamlets in a thusand peple's eyes. What we shuld keep___mind is that bks and mvies are tw different frms f media and therefre have different rules. We shuld judge___mvie in its wn right.
disappintment
Pst-reading
Think &Share
1. What des the saying “There are a thusand Hamlets in a thusand peple’s eyes” mean? D yu knw f any similar sayings in Chinese? 2. What ther reasns d yu think make mvie adaptatins less satisfactry than the riginal bks?
1. What des the saying “There are a thusand Hamlets in a thusand peple’s eyes” mean? D yu knw f any similar sayings in Chinese?
Varius life experiences and value will result different understanding n the same prject. 横看成岭侧成峰,远近高低各不同;每个人心中都有个林妹妹。
2. What ther reasns d yu think make mvie adaptatins less satisfactry than the riginal bks?
The descriptin in the riginal bks leave rm fr readers t imagine while the mvie can't.
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