1、Unit 4 Stage and screenDeveloping ideasWhich of these books have you seen?Which of these movies or TV plays have you seen?Which version do you like more?The book itself or the movie?Which version do you like more?The book itself or the movie?Can you guess the authors opinion through the title“Good B
2、ook,Bad Movie?”Read para 1 and find out the authors opinion.What do good movies needExamplesgood storiesstrong charactersimpressive imagesThe OdysseyThe Great GatsbyAlice in WonderlandRead para 2 and complete the chart.Are the movies based on them good enough?Reasons for“bad”movie ExamplesIt loses p
3、lot details and characters Harry PotterThings dont look the way we imagined them in the booksTroyRead para 3-4 carefully and complete the chart.Read para 5 and think about what should we treat movies and books.Argumentative essays.Passage:Structure:central pointbodyconclusionSub-point 1Sub-point 2Su
4、b-point 3explain ideassupport provide additional informationexamplesHARRY POTTER The Great Gastsby THE ODYSSEY Alice in Wonderland The ILIAD abcde Match the authors opinions about the movie adaptions to the books.What does the saying“There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand peoples eyes”mean?Do yo
5、u know of any similar sayings in Chinese?It means readers usually have different ideas about how the characters from a certain novel should look like.Similar sayings in Chinese include“一千个人 眼中有一千个林黛玉/贾宝玉”,etc.1.Did you see any movies or TV series adapted from books?Title of the movie:_Our point of v
6、iew(successful/disappointing):_Reasons:_ResetResetHarry Potter Harry Potter Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland 2.Talk about a movie/TV series adapted from a book.Go,Go,SquidGo,Go,SquidOrganise your talk following the steps below.Introduce the book.Describe the movie adaptation.Give your opinion
7、 of the movie adaptation.ResetResetHarry Potter Harry Potter Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland Go,Go,SquidGo,Go,SquidDream of the Red ChamberDream of the Red Chamber,also called The Story of the Stone,written by Cao Xueqin,is one of Chinas Four Great Classical Novels.It was written during the
8、Qing Dynasty.The novel is generally considered to be the greatest of all Chinese novels and among the greatest in world literature.Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes is a fictional consulting(提供咨询提供咨询的的)detective in London created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Holmes is known f
9、or his proficiency(熟练熟练,精通精通)with observation,forensic(法医的法医的)science,and logical reasoning.Together with his assistant,Dr John H.Watson,he pursues criminals throughout London,the south of England,and continental Europe.Rickshaw BoyWritten by Lao She,Rickshaw Boy is considered by many to be one of t
10、he masterpieces of modern Chinese literature.It describes the difficult life of a rickshaw puller during the years of warlord(军阀军阀)turmoil(混乱混乱).This book is famous for its vivid descriptions of life in the city of Beijing in the beginning of the 20th century.Moment in PekingMoment in Peking is a no
11、vel originally written in English by Chinese author Lin Yutang.The novel covers the turbulent(骚乱的骚乱的)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 Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby is a 1952 novel
12、written by American author F.Scott Fitzgerald.Set in the Jazz Age of the 1920s,the story primarily concerns the young and mysterious(神秘的神秘的)millionaire Jay Gatsby and his passion for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan.As the narrative progresses,it shows Gatsbys rise from humble origins to immense wealth,
13、all in a quest to win back Daisy,his first love.The IliadThe Iliad is an epic poem,reputedly by the Ancient Greek poet Homer,which recounts the last weeks of the Trojan War(特洛伊战特洛伊战争争).The Iliad is considered to be the earliest work in the Western literary tradition,and has featured in many other later Greek,Roman and Renaissance(文艺复兴时期文艺复兴时期)writings.Thank you!Thank you!
