（2021新外研版）高中英语必修第二册Unit 4 备课资料包(教案+课件+视频+音频) .zip

1、Unit 4 Stage and screen Good Book, Bad Movie? (P44-45) Unit 4 Developing ideas P44-45.mp3 They say that “a picture is worth a thousand words”, but the briefest look at books and the movies based on them would have anyone questioning this common saying. All too often, great words end up being turned

2、into cinematic “turkeys”. Good movies need good stories. If so, why has one of the earliest and greatest works in Western storytelling, Homers The Odyssey, never had an equally great movie based on it? Movies need strong characters. So why have the movies based on The Great Gatsby never been praised

3、 as “great”? Movies of course need impressive images, so why has Alice in Wonderland only resulted in movies best described as “interesting”? One of the key reasons behind this is that while a book usually takes a few days to read, a movie typically lasts under two hours. This means that great books

4、 can lose plot details and characters when they move to the big screen. This is something that even the highly successful Harry Potter movies cant escape from, with fans of the books disappointed not to see some of their favourite characters in the movie versions. Movies also disappoint us when thin

5、gs dont look the way we imagined them in the books. Take, for example, the epic movie Troy, which is in part based on Homers The Iliad and was met with mixed reviews from the audience. The most questionable issue was the actress chosen to play the part of Helen. Many people thought she didnt live up

6、 to Helens title of “the most beautiful woman in the world”, influencing opinions of the movie to some extent. There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand peoples eyes. Furthermore, books and movies are two different forms of media and therefore have different rules. With this in mind, perhaps we sho

7、uld judge a movie in its own right, and not against its original source. Interestingly, audiences have in recent years turned to television series such as Sherlock or Mad Men, which can have many characters and gradual plot development. Perhaps, one day, readers of F. Scott Fitzgeralds most admired

8、work will find themselves glued to their screens by episodes of The Great Gatsby. They say that“a picture is worth a thousand words”, but the briefest look at books and the movies based on them would have anyone questioning this common saying. All too often, great words end up being turned into cine

9、matic“turkeys”. Good movies need good stories. If so, why has one of the earliest and greatest works in Western storytelling, HomersThe Odyssey, never had an equally great movie Good Book, Bad Movie?Good Book, Bad Movie? based on it? Movies need strong characters. So why have the movies based on The

10、 Great Gatsby never been praised as “great”? Movies of course need impressive images, so why has Alice in Wonderland only resulted in movies best described as “interesting”? One of the key reasons behind this is that while a book usually takes a few days to read, a movie typically lasts under two ho

11、urs. This means that great books can lose plot details and characters when they move to the big screen. This is something that even the highly successful Harry Potter movies cant escape from, with fans of the books disappointed not to see some of their favourite characters in the movie versions. Mov

12、ies also disappoint us when things dont look the way we imagined them in the books. Take, for example, the epic movieTroy, which is in part based on Homers The Iliad and was met with mixed reviews from the audience. The most questionable issue was the actress chosen to play the part of Helen. Many p

13、eople thought she didnt live up to Helens title of“the most beautiful woman in the world”, influencing opinions of the movie to some extent. There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand peoples eyes. Furthermore, books and movies are two different forms of media and therefore have different rules. Wit

14、h this in mind, perhaps we should judge a movie in its own right, and not against its original source. Interestingly, audiences have in recent years turned to television series such as Sherlock or Mad Men, which can have many characters and gradual plot development. Perhaps, one day, readers of F. S

15、cott Fitzgeralds most admired work will find themselves glued to their screens by episodes of The Great Gatsby. Unit 4 Stage and screen When HAMLET meets PEKING OPERA (P38-39) Unit 4 Understanding ideas P38-39.mp3 I thought I knew a lot about Hamlet. As a high school student with English literature

16、as one of my main subjects, I have to! Shakespeares Hamlet is probably the most important play by the most important writer in English. Almost everybody knows “To be, or not to be”, right? Having seen quite a few productions of Hamlet and read the play many times, I was full of confidence - until th

17、e Peking Opera came to town! Dating back to the 18th century, Peking Opera has over two hundred years of history. Does this mean its easier than a Shakespeare play to understand? To find out the answer, I just had to go and see The Revenge of Prince Zidan - the Peking Opera version of Hamlet. Starti

18、ng with an orchestra playing traditional Chinese instruments, the opera brought a completely new sound to my Western ears. At first, I thought what I heard was a violin, but later I learnt that it was an instrument with two strings called jinghu. Then, seeing the main characters come on stage, I was

19、 surprised! The costumes and masks were amazing. The performers of course sang in Chinese, but the music, exaggerated movements and mime helped get the meanings across to the audience. The voices themselves sounded really unique - some of the female voices were so high that I was sure they could bre

20、ak glass! And the stage was really simple: a decorated whip represented a horse, and a screen with Chinese characters, a study. Using such techniques, the opera had transformed a small stage into the whole universe. Easily my favourite part of the show was how the characters moved on stage. I had ne

21、ver seen Prince Hamlet do a backflip before! That was simply incredible. It was so dazzling and energetic that I wasnt sure if the characters were performers or athletes! Everyone was clapping. Before experiencing The Revenge of Prince Zidan, I wasnt sure if I would enjoy it. But, in fact, I was on

22、the edge of my seat! Feeling the strong emotions of love, anger, fear and grief in the performance, I could easily recognise the theme of Hamlet. So, if you want to see a show that combines music, singing, drama, poetry and costume design with explosive effect, The Revenge of Prince Zidan ticks all

23、the right boxes! I thought I knew a lot about Hamlet. As a high school student with English literature as one of my main subjects, I have to! Shakespeares Hamlet is probably the most important play by the most important writer in English. Almost everybody knows “To be, or not to be”, right? Having s

24、een quite a few productions of Hamlet and read the play many times, I was full of confidence - until the Peking Opera came to town! When HAMLET meets PEKING OPERA When HAMLET meets PEKING OPERA Dating back to the 18th century, Peking Opera has over two hundred years of history. Does this mean its ea

25、sier than a Shakespeare play to understand? To find out the answer, I just had to go and see The Revenge of Prince Zidan - the Peking Opera version of Hamlet. Starting with an orchestra playing traditional Chinese instruments, the opera brought a completely new sound to my Western ears. At first, I

26、thought what I heard was a violin, but later I learnt that it was an instrument with two strings called jinghu. Then, seeing the main characters come on stage, I was surprised! The costumes and masks were amazing. The performers of course sang in Chinese, but the music, exaggerated movements and mim

27、e helped get the meanings across to the audience.The voices themselves sounded really unique - some of the female voices were so high that I was sure they could break glass! And the stage was really simple: a decorated whip represented a horse, and a screen with Chinese characters, a study. Using su

28、ch techniques, the opera had transformed a small stage into the whole universe. Easily my favourite part of the show was how the characters moved on stage. I had never seen Prince Hamlet do a backflip before! That was simply incredible. It was so dazzling and energetic that I wasnt sure if the chara

29、cters were performers or athletes! Everyone was clapping. Before experiencing The Revenge of Prince Zidan, I wasnt sure if I would enjoy it. But, in fact, I was on the edge of my seat! Feeling the strong emotions of love, anger, fear and grief in the performance, I could easily recognise the theme o

30、f Hamlet. So, if you want to see a show that combines music, singing, drama, poetry and costume design with explosive effect, The Revenge of Prince Zidan ticks all the right boxes! Developing ideas P44-46 新外研版Book 2 Unit 4 Stage and screen Do you often read in your spare time?Do you often read in yo

31、ur spare time?Do you often read in your spare time?Do you often read in your spare time? What types of booksWhat types of booksWhat types of booksWhat types of books do you usually read? do you usually read? do you usually read? do you usually read? Have you ever read any famous works?Have you ever

32、read any famous works?Have you ever read any famous works?Have you ever read any famous works? Pre-reading Have you ever read the book? Whats it about? 红楼梦 Dream of the Red Chamber Dream of the Red Chamber, also called The Story of the Stone, written by Cao Xueqin, is one of Chinas Four Great Classi

33、cal 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. Pre-reading Have you ever read the book? Whats it about? 了不起的盖茨比 The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American aut

34、hor F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published in 1925, it is set on Long Islands North Shore and in New York City from spring to autumn of 1922, which is ranked second in the Modern Librarys lists of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century. Pre-reading Have you ever read the book? Whats it about? 福尔摩斯 Sh

35、erlock Holmes 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 with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning. Together with his assistant, Dr John H. Watson, he pursues crimi

36、nals throughout London, the south of England, and continental Europe. Pre-reading Have you ever read the book? Whats it about? 骆驼祥子 Rickshaw Boy Written by Lao She, Rickshaw Boy is considered by many to be one of the masterpieces of modern Chinese literature. It describes the difficult life of a ric

37、kshaw puller during the years of warlord turmoil. This book is famous for its vivid descriptions of life in the city of Beijing at the beginning of the 20th century. Pre-reading Have you ever read the book? Whats it about? 京华烟云 Moment in Peking Moment in Peking is a novel originally written in Engli

38、sh by Chinese author Lin Yutang. The novel covers the turbulent 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. Pre-reading Have you ever read the book? Whats it about? 伊利亚特 The Iliad The Iliad i

39、s said to be an epic poem written by the blind poet Homer, which is not only an important ancient Greek literature, but also one of the classics in the West. The poem consists of 15,693 lines, divided into 24 volumes, and tells the story of the Greek expedition to Troy. Have you ever seen the movies

40、 or TV plays based on the books above? What do you think of them? While-reading Scan the passage. Find out which of the books in Activity 1 are mentioned. The Great Gatsby and The Iliad. Examples in argumentative essays can serve several purposes. They can be used to explain ideas and concepts, to s

41、upport arguments, and also as a way of providing additional information. Learning to learnLearning to learn Match the authors 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

42、striking as the descriptions in the book. 3 The movie is not as great as the book. 4 The movie doesnt look the way we visualised while reading the book. 5 The characters do not stand out. a d c e b All too often, great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”. 1 句意：很多时候，优秀的文字作品最终却变成了 失败的电影

43、。 end up：(尤指经历一系列意外后)最终处于， 到头来 + 现在分词短语 结果所有的活儿都是我一个人干了。 I _ all the work myself. +形容词 如果他继续这样 开车，总有一天会把命都丢掉 。 If he carries on driving like that, hell _dead. 【用法扩展】 end up ended up doing +介词（with/ in）（短语） 如果你继续这样 ，早晚得进监狱 。 If you go on like this, youll _ in prison. 其中with后面的宾语是其主语的一部分，而in后 面的宾语是其主语

44、（一件事情、一个活动等）的 结果。例： The meeting ended up with a song. （a song是主语Themeeting的一部分，即歌曲 之后整个会议结束） Their effort ended up in failure.（failure是主语Their effort的结果） end up Movies of course need impressive images, so why has Alice in Wonderland only resulted in movies best described as “interesting”? 2 句意：电影当然需

45、要令人印象深刻的画面，那 为什么由爱丽丝梦游仙境改编的电影最多 也只能被称为“有点意思”呢？ 例：她在面试中给人留下了深刻的印象。 She was very _ in the interview.impressive 1. impressive: (of things or people) making you feel admiration, because they are very large, good, skilful, etc 令人印象深刻的 Movies of course need impressive images, so why has Alice in Wonderlan

46、d only resulted in movies best described as “interesting”? 2 例：这场事故造成两名乘客死亡。 The accident _ the death of two passengers 压制决不可能使他们信服。 Compulsion will never result in _ them 2. result in: 意为 “导致，造成”，相当于lead to 。句尾best described as “interesting”为过去分 词短语作后置定语。 result in sth. result in (sb) doing sth. re

47、sulted in convincing This is something that even the highly successful Harry Potter movies cant escape from, with fans of the books disappointed not to see some of their favourite characters in the movie versions. 3 句意：这是连大获成功的“哈利.波特”系列电影也 无法避免的事情，有的书迷因为在电影中看不到 自己最喜欢的一些角色而大失所望。 这是一个定语从句，主干成分为this is

48、 something +that引导的定语从句+with的复合结构。此处 something作先行词，关系代词只能用that。此处 with的复合结构为：with+宾语+形容词+not to do 。 【句子结构分析】 1. What dose the saying There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand peoples eyes mean? Do you know of any similar sayings in Chinese? Think and ShareThink and Share It means readers usually h

49、ave different ideas about how the characters from a certain novel should look like. Similar saying in Chinese include 一千个人 眼中有一千个林黛玉、贾宝 玉，etc. After-reading 2 What books would you like to see made into movies? Why? 3 What other reasons do you think make movie adaptations less satisfactory than the o

50、riginal books? Group work: give a talk about a movie adapted from a book. 1 Use the notes to help plan your talk. Your point of view (successful/disappointing): Reasons: Title of the book: 2 Organise your talk following the steps below. Introduce the book. Describe the movie adaptation. Give your op