1、Warming up1.Have you ever read any of these books?What are they about?2.Have you ever seen the movies or TV plays based on these books?What do you think of them?红楼梦红楼梦了不起的盖茨比了不起的盖茨比福尔摩斯探案集福尔摩斯探案集骆驼祥子骆驼祥子伊利亚特伊利亚特京华烟云京华烟云Lets invite some groups to give us a brief introduction about those books.Group s
2、howActivity 1Scan the passage.Find out which of the books in Activity 1 are mentioned.The Great Gatsby and The IliadFast readingMain ideaPart 1ProblemsPara.1The author puts forward a phenomenon that great words often 1._ being turned into cinematic“turkeys”.Para.2Do good movies need good stories?Par
3、t 22._Para.3One of the reasons is that 3._ and characters can be lost.Para.4Another reason is that things we expected may disappear in the movies.Part 3ConclusionPara.5Come to a conclusion that we should judge a movie 4._.Fast readingend upReasonsplot detailsin its own rightMatch the authors opinion
4、s 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 doesnt look the way we visualized while re
5、ading the book.5 The characters do not stand out.adcebCareful readingReading skills:Pay attention to the logic relation.If so,soReading skills:Pay attention to what something refers to.Reading skills:Examples are used to support the fact.They say that“a picture is worth a thousand words”，but the bri
6、efest look at books and the movies based on them would have anyone questioning this common saying.u 分析句子结构分析句子结构u 这是一个并列复合句。并列连词这是一个并列复合句。并列连词butbut连接了两个转折关系的并列句：第一个分连接了两个转折关系的并列句：第一个分句中包含有句中包含有thatthat引导的宾语从句；第二个分句是一个简单句，其中有引导的宾语从句；第二个分句是一个简单句，其中有based based on them on them 过去分词短语作后置定语和过去分词短语作后置定语和
7、have anyone questioninghave anyone questioning复合结构。复合结构。u【翻译尝试翻译尝试】u 人们常说人们常说“百闻不如一见百闻不如一见”，但是你稍稍看一下原作和根据它们拍制的影片，但是你稍稍看一下原作和根据它们拍制的影片，就会对这句俗语产生质疑。就会对这句俗语产生质疑。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
8、their favourite characters in the movie versions.句子分析句子分析u 这是一个主从复合句。这是一个主从复合句。that that 引导的从句作引导的从句作somethingsomething的定语。本句中的定语。本句中还包含有一个还包含有一个withwith复合结构作全句的状语。复合结构作全句的状语。u【翻译尝试翻译尝试】u 这是就连非常成功的影片这是就连非常成功的影片哈利波特哈利波特都摆脱不了的事实，原著的粉都摆脱不了的事实，原著的粉丝们在电影版中没有看到他们最喜欢的角色感到失望。丝们在电影版中没有看到他们最喜欢的角色感到失望。1.What d
9、oes the author want to talk about in this article?A.We shouldnt judge a movie by the rules of its book version.B.Books are better than their movie versions.C.Movies have more impressed characters than books.D.Movies always make us disappointed.2.What does the word“turkeys”mean in paragraph 1?A.Succe
10、ss.B.Failures.C.Screen.D.Chicken.Read the passage on Pages 4445 and choose the best answer.Careful reading3.Whats the function of paragraph 2?A.To raise the readers cultural awareness.B.To prove good movies need good stories.C.To further confirm that good books always end up being turned into bad mo
11、vies.D.To show that movies need impressive images.4.From paragraph 3,we can know that _.A.Reading a book is a waste of time.B.Producing a film results in something important lost compared with the book version.C.A film only needs less than two hours.D.Harry Potter is a great success.5.Why do movies
12、always disappoint us?A.Because they didnt choose a good theme.B.Because they are often different from those in the books.C.Because they are badly performed.D.Because different audience have different views.Movies also disappoint us when things dont look the way we imagined them in the books.we imagi
13、ned them in the books we imagined them in the books 为定语从句，修饰先行词为定语从句，修饰先行词the waythe way，关，关系词系词that/in which/that/in which/不填不填。I dont like the way she speaks to you.I dont like the way she speaks to you.I dont like the way I dont like the way in whichin which she speaks to you.she speaks to you.I
14、dont like the way I dont like the way thatthat she speaks to you.she speaks to you.我不喜欢她跟你讲话的方式。我不喜欢她跟你讲话的方式。【翻译尝试翻译尝试】n 当电影中的事情没有按照我们在书中想象的那样进行的话，电影也会令我当电影中的事情没有按照我们在书中想象的那样进行的话，电影也会令我们失望。们失望。Perhaps，one day,readers of FScott Fitzgeralds most admired work will find themselves glued to their screens
15、 by episodes of The Great Gatsby.find oneself.find oneself.发现自己处于某种境地，而且含有发现自己处于某种境地，而且含有“在不知不觉中在不知不觉中”的意思。此处为的意思。此处为“find“find宾语宾补宾语宾补”结构：结构：(1)find(1)find宾语宾补宾语宾补(2)find(2)findit it形容词形容词/名词名词to do(itto do(it是形式宾语，是形式宾语，to doto do是真正的宾语是真正的宾语)【翻译尝试翻译尝试】或许在将来的某一天，阅读或许在将来的某一天，阅读FF司各特司各特菲茨杰拉德的最受赞菲茨杰拉
16、德的最受赞赏的作品的读者们会发现他们也被一集集赏的作品的读者们会发现他们也被一集集了不起的盖茨比了不起的盖茨比所吸引。所吸引。The old man found his hometown much _(change).The old man found his hometown much _(change).这位老人发现自己的家乡有了很大的变化。这位老人发现自己的家乡有了很大的变化。A group of children were found _(play)on the A group of children were found _(play)on the playground.playgr
17、ound.有人发现一群孩子正在操场上玩耍。有人发现一群孩子正在操场上玩耍。Some students find it not easy _(understand)English Some students find it not easy _(understand)English grammar.grammar.一些学生发现理解英语语法不容易。一些学生发现理解英语语法不容易。Then I found myself _(surround)by half a dozen of boys.Then I found myself _(surround)by half a dozen of boys.然
18、后我就发现自己已被六个男孩围住了。然后我就发现自己已被六个男孩围住了。changedchangedplayingplayingto understandto understandsurroundedsurrounded What books would you like to see made into movies?Why?What other reasons do you think make movie adaptations less satisfactory than the original books?BrainstormWork in groups.Give a talk ab
19、out a movie adapted from a book.Use the notes to help plan your talk.After readingOrganise your talk following the steps below.Introduce the book.Describe the movie adaptation.Give your opinion of the movie adaptation.Show yourselfHomework1.Read the passages on page 44-45 and try to understand the passage better.2.Complete the exercises of the guide plan.3.Preview the movie review on page 47
