湖南省蓝山二中高中英语 Unit4 Reading Important film events around the world学案 牛津译林版选修8.doc

湖南省蓝山二中2014年高中英语 unit4 reading important film events around the world学案 牛津译林版选修8step 1: lead-ins: best film award (最佳影片奖)best perfomance award (最佳表演奖)best director award (最佳导演奖)best screenplay award (最佳剧本奖)best cinematography award (最佳摄影奖)best sound award (最佳音响奖)best score award (最佳音乐奖)best art direction-set decoration award (最佳美工奖)t: besides the oscar award, there are many other film festivals both at home and abroad. lets have a look.1. cannes film festival a .germany2. berlin international festivalb. japan3. sundance film festivalc. the usa4. venice film festivald. china5. toronto international film festivale. canada6. shanghai international film festival f. england7. edinburgh international film festivalg. france8. tokyo international film festivalh. italymatch the film festivals with the countries in which they are held.answers1g; 2a; 3c; 4h; 5e; 6d; 7f; 8bt: what do people usually do during a film festival?s: during a film festival, many films that were produced in the past year will be shown. usually, these are films that have been voted for and will be awarded as the best film, the best animation or best musical, etc., of the year. it is a good forum for film-makers to communicate with others and exchanges ideas. many young directors, actors and actresses have become famous because their films won awards at film festivals. sometimes, a film festival will focus on a specific genre or subject of films, e.g., black-and-white films or independent films. most film festivals are held annually.t: good! today well learn a passage which is about the important film events around the world.lets come to the books together.step 2: fast reading for general ideasgo through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in part a. while reading, just focus on and identify the information needed to answer these questions.1. how many film festival representatives appeared on the show?2. which film festivals are mentioned in the transcript?3. at which festival are you not likely to find hollywood films?answers1. six2. the cannes film festival, the berlin international film festival, the sundance film festival, the venice film festival, the toronto international film festival and the shanghai international film festival 3. the sundance film festival.step 3: careful reading for detailed information1. lets read the passage more carefully again and try to answer the questions of part c1.1) which film festivals representative views film as a type of contemporary art?2) how did the sundance film festival come to well known?3) why was the cannes film festival started?4) what is the difference between the cannes film festival and the berlin film festival?5) what is the golden cup award?answersc1 1) the representative of the venice film festival maria views film as a type of contemporary art.2) in 1981, robert redford, who has acted in and directed many big hollywood films, took over the festival and changed the focus to saluting independent films. since then it has been well known3) because many people feel the venice film festival was giving awards to only german and italian films.4) films shown at the cannes film festival are often made with large budgets and have well-known actors and directors, while films from smaller countries have a real chance of winning in the berlin film festival.5) it is the highlight of the shanghai international film festival.2. now listen to the tape and try to fill in the table of part c2.answersc2 film festivalstarted infeaturevenice film festival1932oldest film festival; part of a larger festivalsundance film festival1978only includes small, independent films, many of which are made by amateur directors and star amateur actors; boycotts all hollywood filmscannes film festival1939can make films famous; give awards to mostly american films; films shown are often madder with large budgets and have well-known actors and directorsberlin international film festival1951one of the most international of all the film festivals; give awards to films from all over the globetoronto international film festival1975one of he main film festivals around the world; the second largest festival in the world; gives some bonus awards to canadian filmsshanghai international film festival1993the youngest film festival; has a good reputation worldwide; the only international festival in chinastep 4: practice1. part dfind these words in the text and try to guess their meanings according to the context, and then match the new words with their definitions.answers d 1 e2 a3 g4 f5 b6 h7 d8 c2. part eyu peng attended a lecture about the academy awards. use the words in the box below to help him complete his notes.answerse 1. award 2. director 3. reputation 4. countries5. focus 6. minority 7. festival 8. contemporary3. translate the following sentences.(1) 我们的政策是囊括所有高质量的电影，而不在乎是谁制作了它们。(2) 我们电影节的概念孕育于1978年，当时它被称为犹他州美国电影节。(3) 考虑到我们电影节的历史，我们觉得不偏向某一国家的电影是非常重要的。(4) 尽管存在的时间短，我们的电影节却在全世界享有很好的声誉。(5) 许多演员和导演在制作不为公众所知的好电影。answers (1) our policy is to include high-quality films, regardless of who makes them.(2) the idea for our festival was hatched back in 1978, when it was known as the utah/us film festival.(3) considering the history of our festival, we feel it is important not to favor films from any one country.(4) even though we have only existed a short time, our festival has a good reputation worldwide.(5) many actors and directors were making good films unknown to the public.step 5: post-reading activities.1. discuss the following questions in groups, then role-play the dialogues and act out before the class.do you like films from a specific country? if so, explain which country, and why.what is your favorite film? what do you like about it? what kind of film do you think is most likely to win the best film award at a film festival?2. go on to discuss the following questions:what are your opinions on chinese films?in your opinion, what makes a film successful?how do you think important film events contribute to the development of the film industry?after your discussion, you can exchange your opinions with other groups. then some group members will be asked to the front to express your opinions.step 6: language pointsvocabularywordsweekly, magic, representative, spokeswoman, spokesman, view, finance, amateur, interrupt, defence, policy, high-quality, distinguish, boycott, foresee, hatch, salute, rename, victory, fair, contradict, backwards, resemble, reject, angle, favor, globe, bonus, highlight, reward, rank, restriction, entry, rarely garment, normally, shadow, lighting, edit, crew, admission useful expressionsin defence of,