Unit4StageandscreenDevelopingideasGoodBook,BadMovie?

Bytheendofthisclass,studentswillbeableto:1.acquirethemainideaofthetextandsortoutthestructureofthepassage.2.userhetoricalquestionsandexamplestosupportyouropinionsaboutmovieadaptions.3.criticallyviewandevaluatedifferentartformsandfosterlogical,criticalandcreativethinkingqualities.Whichonedoyouprefer,bookormovieadaption?VSPre-readingGoodBook,BadMovie?adaptations(moviesbasedonbooks)Nowlet’sreadthepassagetofindouttheauthor’sopinion.GoodBook,BadMovie?Somefamousbookshavebeenmadeintomovies,differerntpeoplehavedifferentopinionsaboutit.Book:moredetails,completeplotandgivepeoplelimitlessimagination.Movieadaptation:vividimagesofcharacters,multisensoryexperience,apictureisworthathousandwords.Activity1

Fast--readingforbasicinformation1.Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?A．Booksaregood,moviesarebad.B．Goodbooksaren’tnecessaryforgoodmovies.C．Goodbooksandgoodmovieshavedifferentrules.D．Goodbookshavenorelationtogoodfilms.√para.1

A.Theauthorputsforwardaphenomenonthatgreatwords

oftenendupbeingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”．para.2

B.Anotherreasonisthatthingsweexpectedmaydisappear

inthemovies.para.3

C．Theauthorcomestoaconclusionthatweshouldjudgea

movieinitsownright.para.4

D．Dogoodmoviesneedgoodstories?para.5

E．Oneofthereasonsisthatplotdetailsandcharacterscan

belost.2.Matcheachparagraphwithitsmainidea.3.Howdoestheauthordevelopthispassage?GoodBook,BadMovie?phenomenon:greatwordsturnedintocinematic“turkeys”Part1:paras.____Part2:paras.___Part3:para.___reasons：behindthisproblemconclusion

3-41-254.Whatkindofgenreisthepassage?Narration(記敘文).B.Argumentation(議論文).C.Practicalwriting(應(yīng)用文).D.

Exposition(說明文).√1.Whatdoesthesaying“apictureisworthathousandwords”mean?A．Thepictureisveryexpensive.B．Thereareathousandwordsinthepicture.C．Thepictureishardtodescribeinwords.D．Thepictureisrichincontents.

Activity2

Careful--readingfordetails√ReadPara.1carefullyanddothefollowingexercises.Para.1一圖勝千詞

2.Whatdoes“turkeys”mean?

3.Aremovieadaptationsgoodorbadinmostpeople’sopinion?A.successesB.failuresC.largebirdsD.highlightsfailuresTheythinkmovieadaptionsarebad.√V懷疑，質(zhì)疑1.Completethechart.ThecommonbeliefofthestandardsofgoodmoviesOppositeexamples(Books)DetailsgoodstoriesstrongcharactersimpressiveimagesThe

OdysseyThe

GreatGatsbyAliceinWonderlandneverequallygreatneverbeenpraisedasgreatbestdescribedasinterestingAdj

相反的Para.2ReadPara.2carefullyanddothefollowingexercises.2.What’sthefunctionoftheexamples?TheOdysseyistoprovethatthemovieisnotasgoodasthebookevenwithagoodstory.TheGreatGatsbyistoprovethatthegoodcharactersdonotstandoutinthemovie.AliceinWonderlandistoprovethatthevisualimagesarenotasstrikingasthedescriptionsinthebook.Goodmoviesneedgoodstories.Ifso,whyhasoneoftheearliestandgreatestworksinWesternstorytelling,Homer’sTheOdyssey,neverhadanequallygreatmoviebasedonit?Moviesneedstrongcharacters.SowhyhavethemoviesbasedonTheGreatGatsbyneverbeenpraisedas“great”?Moviesofcourseneedimpressiveimages,sowhyhasAliceinWonderlandonlyresultedinmoviesbestdescribedas”interesting”?3.Whatkindsofwritingskillsareusedhere?A.Parallelism.(排比)B.Rhetoricalquestion.（反問句）C.Metaphor.（暗喻）

D.AandB.√

Tip1:ParallelismandRhetoricalquestionscanmaketheargumentsmorepowerfulandpersuasive.

4.What’sthefunctionofParagraph2?A.Toraisethereader’sculturalawareness.B.Toprovegoodmoviesneedgoodstories.C.Tofurtherconfirmthatgoodbooksalwaysendupbeingturnedintobadmovies.D.Toshowthatmoviesneedimpressiveimages.√Reasonsfor“bad”movieSupportiveexamples(Movies)_________________________Itlosesplotdetailsandcharacters.abook:______________amovie:under__________Thingsdon’tlookthewayweimaginedtheminthe_________.TroyDetailsFansofbookddidn’tseesomeoftheirfavorite_________.ActresswhoplayedHelendidn’t____________thebook.afewdays2hoursHarryPottercharactersbooksliveupto

Paras.3-4ReasonsReadParas.3-4carefullyanddothefollowingexercises.1.Completethechart.Purpose?Tip2:

Examplescanbeusedtosupportarguments.2.Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingmoviesissuccessful?A．TheOdyssey. B．TheGreatGatsby.C．HarryPotter. D．AliceinWonderland.√Itwasmetwith______________fromtheaudience.3.What’stheaudience’sattitudetowardstheepicmovieTroy?mixedreviews毀譽(yù)參半4.Completethefollowingsentence.Manypeoplethoughtshedidn’t_________Helen’s____of“themostbeautifulwomanintheworld”,_______________________ofthemovie______________.liveuptotitleinfluencingopinionstosomeextent在某種程度上5.Whichofthefollowingwordsdoesn’thavethesamemeaningasthephrase“l(fā)iveupto”?A.Deserve. B.Match.C.Beworthyof. D.Avoid.√Itsuggestsdifferentpeoplereadingasameworkmayformcompletely__________(same/different)opinions.differentPara.5Conclusion1.Whatdoesthesentence

ThereareathousandHamletsinathousandpeople’seyesmean？

ReadPara.5carefullyanddothefollowingexercises.2.Whatdoestheword“this”in“withthisinmind”refertointhelastparagraph?A.DifferentpeoplehavedifferentopinionsaboutHamlet.B.Booksandmovieshavedifferentrules.C.Weshouldevaluate(評(píng)價(jià))amoviewisely.D.Goodmoviesconsistofgoodstories,strongcharactersand

impressiveimages.√3.Whatisauthor’sopinionfor“Goodbook,badmovie”?Booksandmoviesaretwodifferentformsofmediabuthavethedifferentrules.Weshouldjudgethemovieadaptationbasedonitself,notbasedonthebook.Becauseformsofmediaaredifferent,rulesaredifferenttoo.4.Whatcanweinferfromtheunderlinedsentence?Inthefuture,televisionseriesbasedonbooksmaybe___________forbookfans.popular

FurtherReading√Readthewholepassageanddothefollowingexercises.1.Howisthepassagemainlydeveloped?A．Byprovidingexamplesandanalyzingreasons.B．Bygivingfigures.C．Byfollowingtheorderoftime.D.Byfollowingtheorderofimportance.

2.Whatdoestheauthorwanttotalkaboutinthisarticle?A.Booksarebetterthantheirmovieversions.

B.Weshouldn’tjudgeamoviebytherulesofitsbookversion.C.Movieshavemoreimpressedcharactersthanbooks.D.Moviesalwaysmakeusdisappointed.√3.Matchtheauthor’sopinionsaboutthemovieadaptationstotheexamplesfromthepassage.□1Somepartsofthestoryandsomecharactersaremissinginthemovie.□2Thevisualimagesarenotasstrikingasthedescriptionsinthebook.□3Themovieisnotasgreatasthebook.□4Themoviedoesn’tlookthewaywevisualizedwhilereadingthebook.□5Thecharactersdonotstandout.abdce123TakesafewdaystoreadHasmoreplot_______andcharactersCan_______thethingsinyourownway1234Apictureisworth________________.Lastsunder___________typicallyMay_______more________________________whentheymovetothebigscreenMoviesadaptedfrombooksmaybebetterorworsethanyourimagination.BookMovie4.Completethechartandretellthepassage.Twoformsofmediadetailsathousandwordstwo