通过电影看文化pptunit6

1、 通过电影看文化Unit 6 To Love is not only to accept but to give爱字从心: 这是心的接受和给予 The legend of white snake通过电影看文化 The legend of white snake is a love story between two snakes and a man .The white snake had been lived on earth for thousands of years and she had practiced herself during the years to master a l

2、ot of magic. One day she was going to be an immortal, but she still remembered a man who saved her five hundred years ago and she wanted to repay an obligation. Finally she found the man whose previous life saved her and that man is Xu Xian at the broken bridge of West Lake. They together overcame a

3、 lot of difficulties and had a boy, but after the boy was born, Bai Suzhen was controlled in the Fall of pagoda by a monk named Fahai on behalf of subdued demons. When the boy grew up , he saved her mother Bai Suzhen . At last Bai Suzhen and her husband Xu Xian became the immortal together.The cowhe

4、rd and the girl weaver The cowherd was a poor guy. The weaver, the granddaughter of the God of heaven, often came down with other fairies from heaven and took a bath in a lake. One day cowherd got across. Encouraged by old cow, he stolen a red clothes. The fairy sisters pull out as soon as quickly w

5、hen they saw cowherd. But the girl weaver unable to return to the heaven without clothes. She married the cowherd and had a son and a daughter. They led a happy life. When the God of heaven learned it, he brought the weaver back. 通过电影看文化The cowherd and the girl weaver The cowherd and their children

6、came back home to find her gone. With the help of the old cow, he would go to heaven to find his wife. However the Queen Mother separated them by the Milky Way. At the same time, many magpies were touched by their true love, and they turned into a bridge to help the two lovers. Finally they were all

7、owed to meet only on the magpies bridge on every 7th July in lunar calendar.通过电影看文化The butterfly lovers Zhu Yingtai, a beautiful and intelligent young woman, attended classes in disguise as a young man. She met Liang Shanbo in school. They chatted and felt a strong affinity for each other at their f

8、irst meeting. They studied together for the next three years in school and Zhu gradually fell in love with Liang, but Liang was a bookworm and failed to notice the feminine characteristics exhibited by his classmate. One day, Zhus father asked her to return home as soon as possible. Liang accompanie

9、d Zhu for 18 miles to see her off. Months later, when Liang visited Zhu, he discovered that Zhu was actually a woman. 通过电影看文化The butterfly lovers They loved each other, but Zhus parents have already arranged for her to marry a rich man. Liang was heartbroken when he heard the news, then he died. On

10、the day of Zhus marriage, mysterious whirlwinds prevented the wedding procession from escorting the bride beyond Liangs grave, which lied along the journey. Zhu left the procession to pay her respects for Liang. Liangs tomb split apart, and Zhu dived into it to join him. A pair of butterflies emerge

11、d from the tomb and flew away.通过电影看文化Romeo and Juliet The story takes place in Verona, Italy. Two noble families, the Montagues and Capulets, hate each other and are feuding. A nobleman, Paris, wants to marry Juliet Capulet, the beautiful daughter of the family. Her father tells him to come to a par

12、ty he is planning that night so he can meet her. Romeo, the son of the Montague family, also goes to the party. He is in disguise so none of his enemies will recognize him. At the party, he meets Juliet. It is love at first sight, and they spend the night dancing and talking. The two young lovers de

13、cide to marry in secret, which they do the very next day. However, there is a fight between two families. Romeo kills a person to get revenge, so he has to leave the city, and Juliets father tells her she must marry Paris. Juliet asks a friend to help her. 通过电影看文化Romeo and Juliet He gives her a poti

14、on that will make everyone think she is dead. In fact, she will just be sleeping. Then, when she wakes up, she can escape and be with Romeo. Unfortunately, Romeo returns to the city in secret. He sees Juliet lying there and thinks she is dead. He is so heartbroken, he takes poison and kills himself.

15、 When Juliet wakes up she sees Romeo is dead, and takes his dagger and kills herself too. Although both lovers are dead, something good comes out of the tragedy. The two families agree to stop fighting and live in peace. But it is too late for Romeo and his young love, Juliet.通过电影看文化Titanic Titanic,

16、 the ship of dreams is also known as Unsinkable, and it was unsinkable on its departure on April 10th, 1912. And on its epic journey a poor artist named Jack Dawson and a rich girl Rose DeWitt fall in love, until one night, their fairytale love for one another turns into a struggle for survival on a

17、 ship. Rose leaves her fiance Caledon Hockley for this poor artist, but when the Titanic collides with the Iceberg and sinks, to make Rose alive, Jack chooses to die and Rose survives. 84 years later Rose tells the story about her life on Titanic to her granddaughter and friends and explains the fir

18、st sight of Jack that falls into love, then into a fight for survival.通过电影看文化Titanic When Rose gets saved, The Officer asks Rose what her name is and she loved Jack so much she says her name is Rose Dawson. And now 84 years later Rose Calvert is 100 years old and tells her granddaughter the whole st

19、ory from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage, and then to Rose all Titanic and the real love of her life Jack Dawson is all an existence inside of her memory.通过电影看文化 West Lake西湖 a freshwater lake located in the historic area of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province

20、 in eastern China. The lake is divided by the causeways of S D, Bi D, and Ynggng D. There are numerous temples, pagodas, gardens, and artificial islands within the lake. West Lake has influenced poets and painters throughout the ages for its natural beauty and historical relics, and it has been amon

21、g the most important sources of inspiration for Chinese garden designers, as evidenced by the impact it had on various Chinese classical gardens. NOTES通过电影看文化The Fall of pagoda雷峰塔 a five story tall tower with eight sides, located on Sunset Hill south of West Lake in Hangzhou. Originally constructed

22、in the year AD 975, during Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, at the order of King Qian Chu of Wuyue. It was built to celebrate the birth of Qian Chus son, born to Huang Fei. The Leifeng Pagoda was an octagonal, five-story structure built of brick and wood and with a base built out of bricks. I

23、t collapsed in 1924 but was rebuilt in 2002, since then it has been a popular tourist attraction.通过电影看文化Milky Way银河 the galaxy that contains our Solar System. This name derives from its appearance as a dim milky glowing band arching across the night sky, in which the naked eye cannot distinguish ind

24、ividual stars. The term Milky Way is a translation of the Classical Latin from the Hellenistic Greek.The Milky Way appears like a band because it is a disk-shaped structure being viewed from inside. The fact that this faint band of light is made up of stars was proven in 1610 when Galileo Galilei us

25、ed his telescope to resolve it into individual stars. In the 1920s, observations by astronomer Edwin Hubble showed that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies. 通过电影看文化Romeo罗密欧 the son of old Montague and his wife, who secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet. Rom

26、eo is one of the most important characters of the play, and has a consistent presence throughout it. His role as an idealistic lover has led the word Romeo to become a synonym for a passionate male lover in various languages. Although often treated as such, it is not clear that Montague is a surname

27、 in the modern sense. 通过电影看文化Juliet朱丽叶 one of the title characters in William Shakespeares tragedy Romeo and Juliet. She is the daughter of old Capulet, head of the house of Capulet. The story has a long history that precedes Shakespeare himself. Shakespeares Juliet is a headstrong and intelligent c

28、haracter in spite of her young age, though she often seems timid to the audience because of her young age. She is considered by many to be the true hero of the play, acting as a sounding board and a balance against the impulsive Romeo. 通过电影看文化Verona维罗纳 a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the

29、 second largest city municipality in the region and the third of northeast Italy. It is one of the main tourist destinations in northern Italy, owing to its artistic heritage, several annual fairs, shows, and operas, such as the lyrical season in the Arena, the ancient amphitheatre built by the Roma

30、ns. The city has been awarded World Heritage Site status by UNESCO because of its urban structure and architecture. 通过电影看文化Montague蒙太古 the patriarch of the house of Montague, and the father of Romeo. As with Capulet, it would be incorrect to refer to him as Lord Montague. He worries over Romeos rela

31、tionship with Rosaline (with whom Romeo was in love at the beginning of the story), but cannot get through to his son. He later pleads with the Prince to prevent his son from being executed, and gets his wish when the Prince lowers Romeos punishment to banishment. 通过电影看文化Capulet凯普莱特 the patriarch of

32、 the Capulet family, the father of Juliet. He is very wealthy. He is sometimes commanding but also convivial, as at the ball: when Tybalt tries to incite a duel with Romeo, Capulet tries to calm him and then threatens to throw him out of the family if he does not control his temper; he does the same

33、 to his daughter later in the play.通过电影看文化Paris帕里斯 a kinsman of Prince Escalus and seeks to marry Juliet. He is described as handsome, somewhat self-absorbed, and very wealthy. Although Paris is not as developed as other characters in the play, he stands as a complication in the development of Romeo

34、 and Juliets relationship. His love of Juliet stands as a counterpoint to Romeos impetuous love. 通过电影看文化Titanic泰坦尼克号 a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. The

35、 sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,502 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. The Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage. She was the second of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, and she was

36、built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. On her maiden voyage, she carried 2,224 passengers and crew.通过电影看文化CineWatch Stepmom 继母 母爱是伟大的，一份无私的爱，最难的是放手。 通过电影看文化 Anna and Ben, the two children of Jackie and Luke, have to cope with the fact that their parents divorced and that there is a new

37、woman in their fathers life: Isabel, a successful photographer. She does her best to treat the kids in a way that makes them still feel at home when being with their dad, but also loves her work and does not plan to give it up. But Jackie, a full-time mother, regards Isabels efforts as offensively i

38、nsufficient. She cant understand that work can be important to her as well as the kids. The conflict between them is deepened by the sudden diagnose of cancer, which might may be deadly for Jackie. They all have to learn a little in order to grow together.Storyline通过电影看文化CastChris Columbus.Director

39、土星奖最佳导演提名Julia Roberts . Isabel Kelly 奥斯卡最佳女主角、金球 奖最佳女主角Susan Sarandon. Jackie Harrison奥斯卡最佳女主角、 金球奖最佳女主角提名Ed Harris. Luke Harrison奥斯卡最佳男主角提名、奥 斯卡最佳男配角、金球奖最佳男配角 通过电影看文化Culture inside 文化反光镜Betty Ford贝蒂福特 First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977 during the presidency of her husband Gerald For

40、d. As First Lady, she was active in social policy and created precedents as a politically active presidential wife.通过电影看文化Girl Scouts女童子军 a youth organization for girls. It aims to empower girls and to help teach values such as honesty, fairness, courage, compassion, character, sisterhood, confidenc

41、e, and citizenship through activities including camping, community service, learning first aid, and earning badges by acquiring other practical skills. Girl Scouts achievements are recognized through rank advancement and by various special awards such as the bronze award. Girl Scouts welcomed girls

42、with disabilities early in their history, at a time when they were not included in most other activities. 通过电影看文化Central Park中央公园 a public park at the center of Manhattan in New York City. The park initially opened in 1857, on 843 acres (3.41km2) of city-owned land. Central Park is one of the worlds

43、 largest urban public parks comparable to other great parks in the world. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962, the park is currently managed by the Central Park Conservancy under contract with the city government.通过电影看文化Big Apple Circus大苹果马戏团 a circus that is based in New York City. Open

44、ed in 1977, it has become a tourist attraction as well. The Big Apple Circus began the 1980s decade with a lot of media attention, having established a special holiday celebration in honor of the circus and its staff, and then appearing in a Hollywood film.通过电影看文化Pearl Jam 珍珠果酱乐队 an American rock ba

45、nd that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. To date, the band has sold over 31.5 million records in the U.S, and an estimated 60 million worldwide. Pearl Jam has outlasted many of its contemporaries from the alternative rock breakthrough of the early 1990s, and is considered one of the most influential bands of the decade. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of All music referred to Pearl Jam as the most popular American rock & roll band of the 90s.通过电影看文化Lady Godiva葛黛瓦夫人 an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to a legend dating back at least to t