1、Section A Focused ActivitiesSection B Extended ActivitiesIntroduction to Drama Films(2)Unit 4 Forrest GumpIntroduction to Drama Films(2)Drama films include a very large range of themes.Because of the large number of drama films,these movies have been sub-categorized:?Crime drama and Legal drama char
2、acter development based on themes involving criminals,law enforcement and the legal system?Historical drama(including War drama)films that focus on important and dramatic events in history?Docudrama the difference between a docudrama and a documentary is that in a documentaryit uses real people to d
3、escribe history or current events;in a docudrama it uses professionally trained actors to play Introduction to Cartoon Films(2)Section A Focused ActivitiesPart 1 Lead-inPart 2 Watching&ListeningPart 3 Fun TimeUnit 4 Forrest GumpDirector:Robert ZemeckisRun time:142 minutesRelease Date:1994Awards&Nomi
4、nations:Won American Film Institute 100 Greatest American Movies Oscar:Best Actor in Leading Role Best Director Best Effects,Visual EffectsBackground InformationPart 1 Lead-inSection APart 1 Lead-inSection A Best Film Editing Best Picture Best Writing,Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
5、Nominated Oscar:Best Actor in a Supporting Role Best CinematographyPlot SummaryPart 1 Lead-inSection A Forrest Gump is a simple man with little brain activity but good intentions.He struggles through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny.His mama teaches him the ways of life and leaves him t
6、o choose his destiny.Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam,finding new friends called Dan and Bubba.He wins medals,starts a table tennis craze,creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet,inspires people to jog,create the smiley,write bumper stickers and songs,donating to people and meeting the pre
7、sident several times.However this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can only think of his childhood sweetheart Jenny,who has messed up her life.In the end all he wants to prove is that anyone can love anyone.There are five main characters in Forrest Gump.Look at the words listed in the grid below.Say
8、 which characteri-stic applies to which character.Write the word below that characters name.Please note that you can use each word for more than one character and that you do not haveto use all the words.TaskPart 1 Lead-inSection APart 1 Lead-inSection AForrestJennyForrests momBubbaLieutenant Dancou
9、rageousfoolish courageous energeticenergeticsweetsweet slovenly stupiddiligentsympatheticaffectionatediligent sympathetic affectionateintelligent irritated lovinglovingirritatedevil disrespectful cruelhealthyhealthy brutal efficientPart 1 Lead-inSection AForrestJennyForrests momBubbaLieutenant Dande
10、termineduntidy determined messycaringcaring believable faithfulbelievablefaithfulloyalloyal unreliable insolentinsolentcrediblecharming credible wiserestlesscareless worried restlesstrueconvincinghostile convincing truePart 1 Lead-inSection AForrestJennyForrests momBubbaLieutenant Dangood fatherdrif
11、tinggood father realistic driftingmalicious nervous jumpyjumpyconscientiouscareful conscientious carefreeDirections:In this part,youre going to watch six clips from the movie Forrest Gump.After watching each clip,please complete the tasks following it.Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection AClip 1As Forre
12、st Gump sits at a bus stop,he begins telling his life story to strangers nearby.(317)Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection AWord Bankcrooked a.弯曲的弯曲的Ku Klux Klan三三K党党(美国内战后在南部形成的美国内战后在南部形成的秘密组织秘密组织)spook n.鬼鬼1.Which are the first lines of the film?A)Hello.Im Forrest,Forrest Gump let me tell you my story.
13、B)Hello.Im Forrest Gump and this is Jenny,my Jenny.C)Hello.My names Forrest,Forrest Gump.You want a chocolate.D)Hello.Forrest Gump is my name and glad to meet you.Watch the clip and then some questions will be asked about it.Choose the best answer to each question from the four choices given below.T
14、ask 1Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection A2.Why does the black lady say,“My feet hurt”?A)She is not interested in talking with Forrest.B)She is waiting for her bus impatiently.C)She is seriously telling Forrest of her hurt feet.D)She is not willing to talk with strangers.3.What does Forrest s Mama say
15、about Forrests first shoes?A)Theyre powerful shoes.B)Theyre magic shoes.C)Theyre comfortable shoes.D)Theyre awful shoes.Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection A4.How does Forrest get his name?A)Hes named after a Civil War hero.B)Hes named after his grandfather.C)Hes named after one of his relatives.D)Hes
16、named after a famous general.5.When Forrests mama says,“Life was like a box of chocolates.You never know what youre gonna get”,she means thatA)“Life is compared to a voyage.”B)“Life is but a hard and tortuous journey.”C)“Life is full of wonders for us to explore.”D)“Life is short for everyone.”Part
17、2 Watching&ListeningSection AWatch the clip once again and fill in the blanks with the phrases in the box.Task 2Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection AMissing Words from the Scenelife was like a box of chocolatesas crooked as a politicianwe was related to him in some waydont make no senseForrest part was
18、 to remind menot feel a thinga million and a halfI bet if I think about it real hardPart 2 Watching&ListeningSection AForrest:Hello.My names Forrest.Forrest Gump.You want a chocolate.I could eat about 1)of these.My mama always said 2)“.You never know what youre gonna to get.”Those must be comfortabl
19、e shoes.I bet you could walk all day in shoes like that and 3).I wish I had shoes like that.Woman:My feet hurt.Forrest:Mama always said,“Theres an awful lot you can tell about a person by their shoes.”Where theyre going.Where theyve been.Ive worn lots of shoes.4)I could remember my first pair of sho
20、es.Mama said they would take me anywhere.She said they were my magic shoes.a million and a halfLife was like a box of chocolatesnot feel a thingI bet if I think about it real hard_Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection ADoctor:Alright,Forrest.Open your eyes now.Lets take a little walk around.How do they f
21、eel?His legs are strong,Mrs.Gump.As strong as Ive ever seen.But his back is 5).But were gonna straighten him right up now,arent we,Forrest?Mrs.Gump:Forrest!Forrest:Now when I was a baby,Mama named me after the great Civil War hero,General Nathan Bedford Forrest.She said 6)and what he did was,hestart
22、ed up this club called the Ku Klux Klan.Theyd all dress up inas crooked as a politicianwe was related to him in some way_Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection Atheir robes and their bed sheets and act like a bunch of ghosts or spooks or something.Theyd even put bed sheetson their horses and ride around.A
23、nyway,thats how I got my name,Forrest Gump.Mama said the 7)that sometimes we all do things that,well,just 8).Forrest part was to remind medont make no sense_Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection ATask 31)What will you say to show that you do not want to have a conversation with someone?2)Mrs.Gump describ
24、es life as a box of chocolates.Whats your definition of life?Discuss with your partner about the following questions.Following is the script of Clip 1:Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection AForrest:Hello.My names Forrest.Forrest Gump.You want a chocolate?I could eat about a million and a half of these.My
25、 mama always said“Life was like a box of chocolates.You neverknow what youre gonna to get.”Those must be comfortable shoes.I bet you could walk all day in shoes like that and not feel a thing.I wish I had shoes like that.Woman:My feet hurt.Forrest:Mama always said,“Theres an awful lot you can tell a
26、bout a person by their shoes.”Where theyre going.Where theyve been.Ive worn Clip 2On his frst day of school,Forrest meets a girl named Jenny.(425)Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection AWord Bankdandy a.(非正式非正式)好极了好极了 like peas and carrots(这里指这里指)形影不形影不离离Stupid is as stupid does.傻人有傻福傻人有傻福retarded a.弱智的弱智
27、的 Watch the clip and then some questions will be asked about it.Choose the best answer to each question from the four choices given below.Task 1Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection A1.Whats the school bus drivers name?A)Dorothy Hanson.B)Beatrice Harris.C)Beatrice Hanson.D)Dorothy Harris.2.When does Forr
28、est meet Jenny?A)When riding the school bus on his first day to school.B)When riding a bike on his first day to school.C)When sitting next to Jenny in the school bus one day.D)While waiting for the school bus at a bus stop one day.Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection A3.What does Forrest think of their
29、relation?A)Jenny is his first and special friend.B)Jenny is his first and best friend.C)Jenny is his first and only girl friend.D)Jenny is his first and truest love.4.What vegetables does Forrest use to describe him and Jenny?A)Beans and carrots.B)Cabbages and peas.C)Peas and carrots.D)Carrots and o
30、nions.Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection A5.Why does Jenny yell to Forrest“Run,Forrest,run!Run,Forrest!”?A)Because she wants to give Forrest courage.B)Because she wants Forrest to run faster.C)Because she wants Forrest to fight his disability.D)Because she wants Forrest to live hopefully.Watch the cli
31、p once again and take down the sentences to match the Chinese versions given below.Task 2Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection A1.Mama said (不要坐陌生人的车不要坐陌生人的车).2.I heard (在整个世界上最美的声音在整个世界上最美的声音).3.I just sat next to her on that bus and (在去学校的路上一直在说话在去学校的路上一直在说话).not to take rides from strangersthe sweetes
32、t voice in the wide worldhad a conversation all the way to school _Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection A4.My backs (像个问号那么弯像个问号那么弯).5.Mama says,“”(傻人有傻福气傻人有傻福气).6.Jenny and me was (形影不离形影不离).7.My Mama always told me that (每天都有奇迹每天都有奇迹).8.Are you retarded,(还真的是傻瓜还真的是傻瓜)?crooked like a question markStupi
33、d is as stupid doeslike peas and carrotsmiracles happen every dayor just plain stupid_Following is the script of Clip 2:Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection AMrs.Gump:You do your very best now,Forrest.Forrest:I sure will,Mama.Forrest:(voice-over)I remember the bus ride on the first day of school very we
34、ll.Bus driver:Are you coming along?Forrest:Mama said not to take rides from strangers.Bus driver:This is the bus to school.Forrest:Im Forrest,Forrest Gump.Bus driver:Im Dorothy Harris.Forrest:Well,now we aint strangers anymore.Boy 1:This seats taken.Boy 2:Its taken.Clip 3After graduation,Forrest enl
35、ists in the army.He makes friends with Benjamin Buford Blue,nicknamed Bubba,who convinces him to be his partner in the shrimping business when the Vietnam War is over.(34)Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection AWord Bankbitty a.零碎的零碎的stinging a.刺痛的刺痛的Watch the clip and then answer the following questions
36、briefly with the information from the clip.Task 1Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection A1.How long had Forrest been through raining one time?2.Whats Bubba likely to do after the war?3.How would Bubba share his business with Forrest?4.What did Forrest worry about everyday in Vietnam?5.What did Forrest sig
37、n at the end of each letter?Four months.Hes likely to go into the shrimping business.Split everything right down the middle./Fifty-fifty.He worried about Jenny.Love,Forrest Gump._Watch the clip and then fill in the blanks with the information you have got from the clip.Task 2Part 2 Watching&Listenin
38、gSection AForrest:One day it started raining,and it didnt 1)for four months.Weve been through every kind of rain,there is little bitty stingin rain and big old fat rain,rain that flew in 2),and sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath.Shoot,it even rained at night.Bubba:Hey,For
39、rest.Forrest:Hey,Bubba.quitsideways_Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection ABubba:Im gonna 3).You lean up against me.This way we dont have to sleep with our heads 4).You know why were a good 5),Forrest?Cause we be watchin out for one another,6).Hey,Forrest,somethin I been thinkin about.I got a very import
40、ant question to ask you.How would you like to 7)with me?Forrest:Okay.Bubba:Man,I tell you what.I got it all 8),too.So many pounds of shrimp will pay off the boat.So many pounds for gas.We can just live right on the boat.We aint got to 9).Ill be the captain;we can just work it together.10).Man,Im tel
41、lin you,fifty-fifty.And hey,Forrest,all the shrimp you can eat.lean up against youin the mudpartnershiplike brothers and stuffgo into the shrimpin businessfigured outpay no rentSplit everything right down the middle_Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection AForrest:Thats a fine idea.Forrest:Bubba did have a
42、 fine idea.I even wrote Jenny and told her all about it.I sent her letters.Not every day,but almost.I told her what I was doing and asked her what she was doin,and told her how I thought about her always.And 11)just as soon as she had the time.Id always let her know that I was okay.Then Id sign each
43、 letter,12)“.”This one day,we was out walking like always,and then,just like that,somebody turned off the rain,and 13).how I was looking forward to getting a letter from her_Love,Forrest Gump_the sun comes out_Following is the script of Clip 3:Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection AForrest:(voice-over)On
44、e day it started raining,and it didnt quit for four months.Weve been through every kind of rain,there is little bitty stingin rain and big old fat rain,rain that flew in sideways,and sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath.Shoot,it even rained at night.Bubba:Hey,Forrest.Forres
45、t:Hey,Bubba.Bubba:Im gonna lean up against you.You lean up against me.This way we dont have to sleep with our heads in the mud.You know why were Clip 4Forrest and Lt.Dan are having dinner on the deck.They get a phone call from the Base and it says Forrests Mom is sick.Forrest rushes home.(246)Part 2
46、 Watching&ListeningSection AWord Bankbase n.基地基地destine v.注定注定indisposed a.不愿意的不愿意的destiny n.命运命运Watch the clip and then decide whether the following statements are true or false.Write T for true and F for false.Task 1Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection A1.On hearing that his Mom is sick,Forrest jumps
47、into the water.2.The first question Forrest asks his Mom is“Why are you dyin,Momma?”.3.Forrests Mom thinks death is just a part of life.4.Forrests Mom had got the cancer and died on a Tuesday.TFT_T_Watch the clip again and pay attention to what Forrests Mom says about life philosophy.Fill in the fol
48、lowing blanks with the words you have heard from the clip.Task 2Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection A1.Death is just a part of life.Its 1)were all destined to do.I didnt know it,but I was destined to be your momma.I did the 2)I could.2.Well,I happened to believe you make your own 3).You have to do the
49、best with what 4)gave you.something_best_destiny_God_Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection A3.Youre gonna have to 5)that out for yourself.Life is a box of chocolates,Forrest.You 6)know what youre gonna get.figure_never_Following is the script of Clip 4:Part 2 Watching&ListeningSection AMargo:(over radio)
50、Base to Jenny One.Base to Jenny One.Lt.Dan:Jenny One,go Margo.Margo:(over radio)Forrest has a phone call.Lt.Dan:Yeah,well youll have to tell them to call him back.He is indisposed at the moment.Margo:(over radio)His mommas sick.Forrest:Wheres Momma?Louise:Shes upstairs.Clip 5Jenny left Forrest after
