1、Unit FourStage and screenSection FourDeveloping ideasHave you ever seen the movies or TV plays based on the books above?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
2、words end up being turned into cinematic“turkeys”.What are the authors opinion on the movie adaptations?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 charac
3、ters.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 best described as”interesting”?What factors is a good movie supposed to have?Whats the function of the examples?The Odysse
4、y:to prove that the movie is not as good as the book even with a good story.The Great Gatsby:to prove that the good characters do not stand out in the movie.Alice in Wonderland:to prove that the visual images are not as striking as the description in the book.to explain ideas and conceptsGood movies
5、 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 as“great”?Movies of course need impressive
6、 images,so why has Alice in Wonderland only resulted in movies best described as”interesting”?ParallelismRhetorical questionOne 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 can lose plot detai
7、ls 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.What are the reasons for bad movies?to support the idea th
8、at some parts of the story and some characters are missing in the movie.Movies also disappoint us when things 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 ques
9、tionable issue was the actress chosen to play the part of Helen.Many people thought she didnt live up to Helens title of“the most beautiful woman in the world”,influencing opinions of the movie to some extent.What are the reasons for bad movies?to provide additional information to the epic movie Tro
10、y.Learning to learnExamples in argumentative essays can be used to:1.explain ideas and concepts.2.support arguments.3.provide additional information.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 th
11、e 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 visualised while reading the book.5 The characters do not stand out.There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand peoples eyes.Furthermore,books and
12、 movies are two different forms of media and therefore have different rules.With this in mind,perhaps we should judge a movie in its own right,and not against its original source.Does the author put forward something against his original viewpoint in the last paragraph?Whats the authors conclusion?I
13、nterestingly,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 work will find themselves glued to their screens by episodes of The Great Gatsby
14、.Good book,Bad movie?Introduction The body ConclusionPara 5:(1)different rules between books and movies(2)judge a movie in its own right,and not against its original sourcepointexamplesPara 2:Good movies need:Para 3:The first reason:Para 4:The second reason:Para 1great words end up being turned into cinematic“turkeys”The OdysseyThe Great Gatsby Alice in WonderlandHarry PotterThe IliadSherlock Mad Men1.Whats the genre（文体）（文体）of the text?argumentation（论说文）2.Whats the structure of the text?Central pointSub-point 1Sub-point 2Sub-point 3Conclusion
