1、Unit 4 developing ideas1.Have you ever read any of these books?2.How much do you know about them?author,setting,main idea,importance.Dream 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 Qing Dynasty.T
2、he novel is generally considered to be the greatest of all Chinese novels and among the greatest in world literature.Sherlock Holmes is a fictional consulting detective in London created by Scottish author and physician内科医生 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle阿瑟柯南道尔.Holmes is known for his proficiency精通;熟练 with o
3、bservation,forensic science法医学,and logical reasoning.Moment in Peking is a novel originally written in English by Chinese author Lin Yutang.The novel covers the turbulent动荡的 events in China from 1900 to 1938,and it focuses on the lives of several different families and people,along with their intera
4、ctions during that time.Written by Lao She,it 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 动乱.This book is famous for its vivid descriptions of life in the city of Beijing in
5、the beginning of the 20th century.Written by American author F.Scott Fitzgerald,The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence,idealism,resistance to change,social upheaval,and excess,creating a portrait of the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding th
6、e American Dream.The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter,traditionally attributed to Homer.Set during the Trojan War,the ten-year siege of the city of Troy(Ilium)by a coalition of Greek states,it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemn
7、on and the warrior Achilles.Have you ever seen the movies or TV plays based on the books?What do you think of these screen adaptations?Find out which of the books in Activity 1 are mentioned.The Great Gatsby and The Iliad.fast readingGood Book,Bad Movie?phenomenon:great words turned into cinematic“t
8、urkeys”para 1-2para 3-4para 5reasons behind this problemconclusion Good Book,Bad Movie?phenomenon:great words turned into cinematic“turkeys”para 1-2para 3-4para 5Good stories,strong characters and impressive images of books cannot guarantee good quality of their screen adaptationsmovies.Good Book,Ba
9、d Movie?para 1-2para 3-4para 5reasons behind this problemOne of the key reasons.great books can lose plot details and characters when they move to the big screen.also disappoin us.things dont lokk the way we imagined in the booksGood Book,Bad Movie?para 1-2para 3-4para 5One of the key reasons.great
10、books can lose plot details and characters when they move to the big screen.also disappoin us.things dont lokk the way we imagined in the booksThe author lists examples to make his reasons more persuasive.Good Book,Bad Movie?para 1-2para 3-4para 5conclusion Whats the authors conclusion?We should jud
11、ge a movie in its own right,and not against its original scource.examplesexamplesexamplesexamplesMatch 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 the movie.2 The visual images are not as striking as t
12、he 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.adcebIt means readers usually have different ideas about how the characters from a certain novel should be like.一千个人眼中有一千个林黛玉/贾宝玉
13、。Because of the time limits and the aim of high profits,the filmmakers edit the storyline and remove most of the imagination.Because the digital cinema technology is not mature enough.pair work:Give a talk about a movie adapted from a book.Dont forget to use linking verbs.in my opinion;as far as Im concerned;personally speaking
