1、B2U4B2U4Developing IdeasDeveloping IdeasBy the end of the class,I will be able to:By the end of the class,I will be able to:1)understand the reasons behind the unsuccessful 1)understand the reasons behind the unsuccessful movies based on books;movies based on books;2)2)analyze how this passage is or
2、angized analyze how this passage is orangized 3)think criticalliy when making judgements3)think criticalliy when making judgementsLearning Objectives(Learning Objectives(学习目标学习目标):):Have you ever seen a movie or TV series Have you ever seen a movie or TV series adapted adapted fromfrom famous books?
3、famous books?What do you think of them?What do you think of them?Good Book,Bad Movie?Read for main ideaRead for main idea1.Whats the 1.Whats the thesis statementthesis statement?(论点)(论点)2.Why are 2.Why are movie adaptationsmovie adaptations less satisfactory less satisfactory than the original books
4、?than the original books?3.Whats the writers point of view 3.Whats the writers point of view(conclusionconclusion)?)?Thesis statement:Thesis statement:(Para.1)(Para.1)All too often,All too often,great words great words end up being turned into end up being turned into cinematic cinematic“turkeys“tur
5、keys”unsuccessful moviesgreat books/novelsReason1:(Reason1:(Para.3)Para.3)Reason 2:Reason 2:(Para.4)Para.4)Conclusion:Conclusion:(Para.5)(Para.5)Loss of characters and details Loss of characters and details Movies dont look the way we Movies dont look the way we imagined them in the books.imagined t
6、hem in the books.Judge a movie Judge a movie in its own in its own rightright.Read for detailed informationRead for detailed information1.What makes good movies according to Para.2?1.What makes good movies according to Para.2?2.Whats the function of Para.2?2.Whats the function of Para.2?3.Read Para.
7、2-Para.4 and finish Activity 3?3.Read Para.2-Para.4 and finish Activity 3?4.What are the advantages of TV series?4.What are the advantages of TV series?Thesis statementThesis statement:All too often,:All too often,great great wordswords end up being turned into end up being turned into cinematic“tur
8、keys”.cinematic“turkeys”.e.g.e.g.The OdysseyThe OdysseyThe Great GatsbyThe Great GatsbyAlice in WonderlandAlice in WonderlandExamples are used to Examples are used to explain the thesis explain the thesis statement.statement.Good movies need good stories.If so,why has one of the earliest and greates
9、t 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 as“great”?Movies of course need impressive images,so why has Alice in Wonderland only resulted in movies b
10、est described as“interesting”?Paraphrase:Paraphrase:Although the book,Homers The Odyssey,has good stories,it never had an equally great movie based on it.Although the book.the movie.unsuccessful moviesgreat books/novelsRead for detailed informationRead for detailed information1.What makes good movie
11、s according to Para.2?1.What makes good movies according to Para.2?2.Whats the function of Para.2?2.Whats the function of Para.2?3.3.Read Para.2-Para.4 and finish Activity 3?Read Para.2-Para.4 and finish Activity 3?4.What are the advantages of TV series?4.What are the advantages of TV series?1 Some
12、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 doesnt look the way we visualized while reading the book.5 The characters do not stand out.3 Match the authors o
13、pinions about the movie adaptations to the examples from the passage.adcebThesis statementThesis statement:All too often,:All too often,great great words end up being turned into words end up being turned into cinematic“turkeys”.cinematic“turkeys”.e.g.e.g.The OdysseyThe OdysseyThe Great GatsbyThe Gr
14、eat GatsbyAlice in WonderlandAlice in WonderlandExamples are used to Examples are used to explain the thesis explain the thesis statement statement Thesis statementThesis statement:All too often,:All too often,great great words end up being turned into words end up being turned into cinematic“turkey
15、s”.cinematic“turkeys”.Reason1:Reason1:Loss of characters andLoss of characters and detailsdetails Reason 2:Reason 2:Movies dont look the way Movies dont look the way we imagined them in the we imagined them in the books.books.e.g.e.g.Harry PotterHarry Pottere.g.e.g.Troy/The IliadTroy/The Iliade.g.e.
16、g.The OdysseyThe OdysseyThe Great GatsbyThe Great GatsbyAlice in WonderlandAlice in WonderlandExamples are used to support the Examples are used to support the reasons.reasons.1.Choose the genre(体裁)A.Narrative writingB.Expository essayC.Argumentative essay2.How does the auther get the thesis stateme
17、nt(论点)across to readers?How does the author make his arguments(论据/reasons)persuasive?By using examplesLearning to learnLearning to learnExamples in argumentative essays can serve several purposes.They can be used to explain ideas and concepts,to support arguments,and also as a way of providing addit
18、ional information.Introduction about the six books.also called The Story of the Stone,written by Cao Xueqin,is one of Chinas 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 l
19、iterature.is a novel by the American author 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.Dream of the Red Chamber,Drea
20、m of the Red Chamber(红楼梦红楼梦)The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby(了不起的盖茨比了不起的盖茨比)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 assi
21、stant,Dr John H.Watson,he pursues criminals throughout London,the south of England,and continental Europe.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 during the years of warlord turmoil.This
22、book is famous for its vivid descriptions of life in the city of Beijing at the beginning of the 20th century.Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes(福尔摩斯福尔摩斯)Rickshaw BoyRickshaw BoyRickshaw Boy(骆驼祥子骆驼祥子)Moment in Peking(京华烟云京华烟云)Moment in Peking is a novel originally written in English by Chinese author Li
23、n 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.The Iliad(伊利亚特伊利亚特)The Iliad is said to be an epic poem written by the blind poet ,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.Homer
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