上海新世纪版高一英语必修四课件：Reading--Movies-(共34页)

1、Unit 6 MoviesText: Stunts in Movies Pre-reading: Do you know? Cinema is called the seventh art. Do you like going to the cinema? What kinds of films (movies) can you tell me? (Watch the movie posters)science fictionanimation(cartoon)romanceactionhorror thrillermysteryadventuredrama/ musicaldocumenta

2、rycomedyfantasywartypes of movies:4Comedy5HorrorHorror films are movies which make you feel fear, disgust and horror. 6Drama A drama movie is a film about realistic characters dealing with emotions and feelings. It is a sensible movie with a strong plot. Dramas depict true stories or real-like situa

3、tions. 火星的孩子7Romance8ActionAction film is a film where one or more heroes have a series of challenges that need physical action, fighting and exciting chases. Mission Impossible 9Animation=Cartoon filmsAnimation uses artwork or computer models in order to create a moving picture. 10Science FictionSc

4、ience fiction is a movie of fiction dealing with the new science, ideas or technology, often in a future.FantasyFantasy movies are movies usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. Fantasy moviesDocumentaryDocumentary films constitute a broad cate

5、gory of nonfictional motion pictures intended to tell us about reality, to give us instruction or to keep a historical record .War films are a film about warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles. Sometimes they are about on prisoners of war or military training. War films重见天日14Types of movi

6、esComedy DramaHorrorActionRomanceScience FictionAnimationFantasy War Documentary movie appreciation: Who is he?In what kind of movie is he performing?What is he doing?What do you think of his appearance?Do you think he does the stunts himself?Arnold Schwarzenegger“Terminator 3”终结者3Action movie.Stunt

7、s.Tough, brave, strong, muscle man While reading: Who are they?Jackie ChanStalloneHelen HuntSkim the text and match the paragraph(s) with a proper heading.Column A1. They are simply breathtaking!2.No worry, the experts are there!3.The only one-a real hero!4.Do your own stunts-a new trend5.Courage al

8、one is not enough!6. Dont worry-well make them believe!Column Be.g. Paragraghs A & B _ _ _ _ _GDC FEDiscovering Meanings:Listen to the text paragraph by paragraph again and answer the questions on the text. Para A : “Stunts are acts of bodily skill, often dangerous or difficult.” Can you find some e

9、xamples of stunts in this paragraph?Tom Cruise is throwing himself through a glass window as a large car explodes behind him; Helen Hunt is running from hurricanes as homes and cows are swept up.Para B:What does “everything” refer to?Everything refers to any violent actions performed by movie stars,

10、 such as throwing oneself through glass windows, running from hurricanes, jumping off moving cars , etc.Para C:Who does “big names” refer to?Who are stunt professionals?Who is doing more stunts in action movies, the big names or the stunt professionals? Movie stars. They are men and women who make a

11、 living risking their lives on behalf of the movie stars to do the stunts in action movies.The big names.Para D:What does “phenomenon” mean in the context?What does “a walking miracle” mean ? It means a remarkable person who has made great achievements.A “miracle” is something usually considered imp

12、ossible, such as doing all the stunts personally, yet Jackie Chan has achieved it. As in “ a walking dictionary,” “walking” here means living. Jackie Chan has survived all the dangerous stunts, so we call him “ a walking miracle”.Para D:What does “that heroism” refer to? Heroism refers to what Jacki

13、e Chan has achieved : doing all his stunts in his action movies, doing dramatic martial arts.Para E:Which phrase in Paragraph C means “stunt experts”?Stunt professionals.Para F: Do many actors and actresses insist on doing their own stunts in the movies? Why? Yes, they do. Because they would like th

14、e fans to believe that there are no professionals doing the stunts for them.Para G: Why the audience should not worry about their favorite stars?Because it is very possible that the movie star didnt do the stunts by himself, but someone else took the fall. Task:After having a general understanding o

15、f the text, lets pay more attention to Para. D, and then try to fill in the missing words.Fill in the missing words: Jackie Chan, _, has been doing his personal brand of _ for 15 years. He is the only actor who does _ by himself and he _ doing so. _that heroism, there are _ and even a hole in his he

16、ad. There is _ that Jackie Chan is a _ of _.the Hong Kong phenomenondramatic martial artsall the stuntstakes pride in numerous broken bonesAlong withno doubta walking miracle physical endurancePost-reading:Have you ever seen any movies starring the actors and the actress introduced in the text? (Jac

17、kie Chan, Helen Hunt, Tom Cruise)What do you think of them and their stunts in the action movies?brave (courageous) , tough, respectable, talented, devoted, determinedwonderful, exciting, stimulating, unforgettable, dangerous, difficult, demanding, complicatedDiscussion:Should the stunts be done by

18、human beings or computers? With the development of digital technology, moviemakers have been much more successful at creating non-human characters. In fact, audiences can never be sure which actors are real and which are digital. So should Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and all their Hollywood friends start looking for another line of work? Not necessarily, many pop movie directors say digital actors will never “act” as well as humans. Digital actors