Unit+4+Stage+and+screen+Developing+ideas2025-2026学年高中英语外研版必修第二册

Unit4StageandScreenGoodBook,BadMovie?1.Tounderstandthemainideaandthestructureofthetext2.Toanalysethereasonsforbadmoviesadaptedfromgoodnovelsanddevelopcriticalthinking3.TolearntoanalyseargumentativeessaysPre-reading《骆驼祥子》《京华烟云》《伊利亚特》《夏洛克·福尔摩斯》《了不起的盖茨比》《红楼梦》Haveyoueverreadanyofthesebooks?Whataretheyabout?AlsocalledTheStoryoftheStone,itisoneofChina’sFourGreatClassicalNovels.HolmesisafictionalconsultingdetectiveinLondoncreatedbyScottishauthorandphysicianSirArthurConanDoyle.WrittenbyLaoShe,itdescribesthedifficultlifeofarickshaw（n.黄包车）pullerduringtheyearsofwarlordturmoil.（军阀混战）OriginallywritteninEnglish,itcoverstheturbulent（动荡的）eventsinChinafrom1900to1938,anditfocusesonthelivesofseveralfamiliesandpeople.SetintheJazzAgeofthe1920s,it’sregardedasoneofthegreatestAmericannovels.TheIliadandTheOdysseyaretwoepicpoems（史诗）fromAncientGreece.TheyhavehadanenormouseffectonWesternculture.GoodBook,BadMovie?adaptations(moviesbasedonbooks)HaveyoueverseenthemoviesorTVplaysbasedonthebooksabove?

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PredictionPre-readingWhattopicwillbetalkedabout?Movie＜BookMovie≥BookmovieadaptationsWhile-readingReadthispassageandcheckyourprediction.Alltoooften,greatwordsendupbeingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”Movie＜BookA.Theauthor’sattitudeaboutmovieadaptations.B.Movieadaptationsdon’tlookthewayweimagined.C.Movieadaptationsloseplotdetailsandcharacters.D.Mostpeople’sopinionaboutmoviesadaptations.E.Movieadaptationmeetsthestandardofagoodmovie，butitstillbecriticizeActivity1:Skimthetextandmatchthemainideatoeachparagraph.DECBAActivity2:Matchtheauthor’sopinionsaboutthemovieadaptationstotheexamplesfromthepassage.While-reading□1Somepartsofthestoryandsomecharactersaremissinginthemovie.□2Thevisualimagesarenotasstrikingasthedescriptionsinthebook.□3Themovieisnotasgreatasthebook.□4Themoviedoesn’tlookthewaywevisualisedwhilereadingthebook.□5Thecharactersdonotstandout.adcebMatchtheauthor’sopinionsaboutthemovieadaptationstotheexamplesfromthepassage.While-readingDetailed

readingWhatdoes“turkeys”mean?

Aremovieadaptationsgoodorbadinmostpeople’sopinion?A.SuccessesB.failuresC.largebirdsD.highlightsfailuresTheythinkmovieadaptationsarebad.ReadPara.1andanswerthequestionsReadPara.2andanswerthequestiongoodmoviesgoodstoriesWhat’sthecommonbeliefofthestandardsofgoodmovies?strongcharactersIfso,whyhas…neverhadanequallygreatmoviebasedonit?Sowhyhave…neverbeenpraisedas“great”?Sowhyhas…onlyresultedin…?

agreedisagreeimpressiveimagesDetailed

readingTip1:

Rhetoricalquestions(反问句)maketheargumentsmorepowerfulandpersuasive.

2.What’sthefunctionofParagraph2?

A.Toraisethereader’sculturalawareness.

B.Toprovegoodmoviesneedgoodstories.

C.Tofurtherconfirmthatgoodbooksalwaysendupbeing

turnedintobadmovies.

D.Toshowthatmoviesneedimpressiveimages.Detailed

readingReadPara.3-4andfillinthechart.ReasonsexamplesdetailsFansofbooksdidn’tseesomeoftheirfavoritecharactersActresswhoplayedHelendidn’tliveuptothebookThingsdon’tlookthewayweimaginedtheminthebooksItlosesplotdetailsandcharacters.Tip2:Examplescanbeusedtosupportarguments.Purpose?Detailed

readingReadPara.5andanswerthequestions.Whatistheauthor’sattitude?Why

doestheauthormentionTVseries?Whatcanyouinfer?Inthefuture,televisionseriesbasedonbooksmaybepopularforbookfans.Weshouldjudgeamovieinitsownright,andnotagainstitsoriginalsource.“Detailed

readingWhatisthetypeofthetext?NarrationExpositionArgumentationArgumentationDetailed

readingPost-readingThestructureofthispassageIntroductionReasons+evidenceConclusionMostpeople'sopinionaboutmoviesadaptations.Movieadaptationsmeetthecriteriaofagoodmovie,yettheyarestillcriticized.Rhetoricalquestions....Rhetoricalquestions....Reason1Loseplotdetailsandcharacters.Example:MissingtheirfavoritecharactersinHarryPottermovies.Reason2Thingsdon'tlookthewayweimaginedtheminthebooks.Example:Didn'tliveuptothetitleofthemostbeautifulwomaninTroymovie.Differentformsofmediahavedifferentroles..

Judgeamovieinitsownrightandnotagainstitsoriginalsource.Para1-2Para3-4Para5123TakesafewdaystoreadHasmoreplot_______andcharactersCan_______thethingsinyourownway1234Apictureisworth________________.Lastsunder___________typicallyMay_______more_______________________whentheymovetothebigscreenMoviesadaptedfrombooksmaybebetterorworsethanyourimagination.BookMovieTwoformsofmediadetailsathousandwordstwohoursloseGoodBook,BadMovie?Booksandmovieshavedifferent_____.Soperhapsweshouldjudgeamovie______________.initsownrightrulesimagineplotdetailsandcharactersPost-readingWorkingroups.GiveatalkaboutamovieadaptedfromabookRickshawDreamoftheRedChamberTheJourneytotheWestPost-readingRequirements:StudentA:Introduceyouropinionabouttheadaptations(successful/disappointing)StudentB&C:Analyzethereasons(usetherhetoricalquestionsorexamples)StudentsD:StatetheconclusionLanguagepointsTheysaythat“apictureisworthathousandwords”,butthebriefestlookatbooksandthemoviesbasedonthemwouldhaveanyonequestioningthiscommonsaying.Alltoooften,greatwordsendupbeingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”.人们常说“一图胜千词”，但是简单对照一下书籍和由之改编的电影，就会让人开始质疑这种说法。很多时候，优秀的文字作品最终却变成了失败的电影。that引导的宾语从句

but引导的并列句过去分词短语作后置定语Theysaythat“apictureisworthathousandwords”,butthebriefestlookatbooksandthemoviesbasedonthemwouldhaveanyonequestioningthiscommonsaying.Alltoooften,greatwordsendupbeingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”.1.beworth+名词（金钱或抽象价值）Thenewbikeisworth350yuan.‌2.beworthdoing（值得做某事,主动形式表被动意义)Thebookisworthreading.‌‌Thecarisn'tworthrepairing.‌‌Worthadj.有…价值，值得n.价值Theysaythat“apictureisworthathousandwords”,butthebriefestlookatbooksandthemoviesbasedonthemwouldhaveanyonequestioningthiscommonsaying.Alltoooften,greatwordsendupbeingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”.briefadj.简明的;短暂的;简洁的n.任务简介;指示vt.给(某人)指示;向(某人)介绍情况Theysaythat“apictureisworthathousandwords”,butthebriefestlookatbooksandthemoviesbasedonthemwouldhaveanyonequestioningthiscommonsaying.Alltoooften,greatwordsendupbeingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”.basevt.以...为根据

n.基部；基地；基础base...on...把...建立在...基础上bebasedon

以...为基础/依据

basisn.基础;根据onthebasisof以...为基础

basicadj.基本的，基础的Theysaythat“apictureisworthathousandwords”,butthebriefestlookatbooksandthemoviesbasedonthemwouldhaveanyonequestioningthiscommonsaying.Alltoooften,greatwordsendupbeingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”.havesb.dosth.让某人做某事havesb.doingsth.让某人一直做某事have+宾语+过去分词

让别人被做某事他让我们在午饭期间一直笑个不停。Hehaduslaughingduringthelunchtime.Theysaythat“apictureisworthathousandwords”,butthebriefestlookatbooksandthemoviesbasedonthemwouldhaveanyonequestioningthiscommonsaying.Alltoooften,greatwordsendupbeingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”.questionv.质疑

questionnairen.Alltoooften:通常Endup:以…结束Turninto：变成cinematic“turkeys”.失败之作Goodmoviesneedgoodstories.Ifso,whyhasoneoftheearliestandgreatestworksinWesternstorytelling,Homer’sTheOdyssey,neverhadanequallygreatmoviebasedonit?Moviesneedstrongcharacters.SowhyhavethemoviesbasedonTheGreatGatsbyneverbeenpraisedas“great”?Moviesofcourseneedimpressiveimages,sowhyhasAliceinWonderlandonlyresultedinmoviesbestdescribedas“interesting”?好电影需要好故事。若是这样，那为什么西方最早也是最优秀的叙事文本之一—荷马的《奥德赛》—从来没有产生过同样优秀的改编电影呢？电影中需要个性鲜明的人物。那为什么由《了不起的盖茨比》改编的电影从未被赞为“了不起”呢？电影当然需要令人印象深刻的画面，那为什么由《爱丽丝梦游仙境》改编的电影最多也只能称为“有点意思”呢？同位语Goodmoviesneedgoodstories.Ifso,whyhasoneoftheearliestandgreatestworksinWesternstorytelling,Homer’sTheOdyssey,neverhadanequallygreatmoviebasedonit?Moviesneedstrongcharacters.SowhyhavethemoviesbasedonTheGreatGatsbyneverbeenpraisedas“great”?Moviesofcourseneedimpressiveimages,sowhyhasAliceinWonderlandonlyresultedinmoviesbestdescribedas“interesting”?Ifso:若是这样Strongcharacter:个性鲜明的角色bepraisedas:被称赞为impressiveimages:令人印象深刻的画面resultin:导致，造成=leadtoresult

from:由……造成Oneofthekeyreasonsbehindthisisthatwhileabookusuallytakesafewdaystoread,amovietypicallylastsundertwohours.Thismeansthatgreatbookscanloseplotdetailsandcharacterswhentheymovetothebigscreen.ThisissomethingthateventhehighlysuccessfulHarryPottermoviescan’tescapefrom,withfansofthebooksdisappointednottoseesomeoftheirfavoritecharactersinthemovieversions.这背后的一个重要原因就是，一本书通常需要花几天的时间来阅读，而一部电影一般不会超过两小时。这就意味着好书被搬上大银幕之后，会删减一些情节和人物。这是连大获成功的哈利波特系列电影也无法避免的事情，有的书迷因为在电影中看不到自己最喜欢的一些角色而大失所望。宾语从语表语从语时间状语从语定语从语with复合结构：with+O+OC(adj/adv/-ing/-ed/todo/介词短语)并列连词,“而，然而”（对比）with的复合结构Theoldmanwalkedwithastick

inhishand.Hejustsattherewithhismouth

open.Hefellasleepwiththelight

on.Withsomanypeople

watchingher,shefeltataloss.Hestoodforaninstantwithhishand

raised.Withsomuchhomework

todo,

theboycan'twatchTV.Oneofthekeyreasonsbehindthisisthatwhileabookusuallytakesafewdaystoread,amovietypicallylastsundertwohours.Thismeansthatgreatbookscanloseplotdetailsandcharacterswhentheymovetothebigscreen.ThisissomethingthateventhehighlysuccessfulHarryPottermoviescan’tescapefrom,withfansofthebooksdisappointednottoseesomeoftheirfavoritecharactersinthemovieversions.并列连词,“而，然而”（对比）escapev.(从危险或糟糕的处境中)逃脱，逃离escape(doing)sth.

逃脱（做）某事escapefrom/outof...

从...中逃脱/逃走Noonecanescapebeingpunishedifhebreaksthelaw.如果违法，谁也逃不过惩罚.Oneofthekeyreasonsbehindthisisthatwhileabookusuallytakesafewdaystoread,amovietypicallylastsundertwohours.Thismeansthatgreatbookscanloseplotdetailsandcharacterswhentheymovetothebigscreen.ThisissomethingthateventhehighlysuccessfulHarryPottermoviescan’tescapefrom,withfansofthebooksdisappointednottoseesomeoftheirfavoritecharactersinthemovieversions.disappointedadj.失望的，沮丧的bedisappointedat/about/withsth.

对某事/某方面感到失望bedisappointedin/withsb.对某人感到失望bedisappointedthat/todosth.

因做某事而感到失望disappointv.disappointingadj.disappointmentn.toone’sdisappointmentMoviesalsodisappointuswhenthingsdon’tlookthewayweimaginedtheminthebooks.Take,forexample,theepicmovieTroy,whichisinpartbasedonHomer’sTheIliadandwasmetwithmixedreviewsfromtheaudience.ThemostquestionableissuewastheactresschosentoplaythepartofHelen.Manypeoplethoughtshedidn’tliveuptoHelen’stitleof“themostbeautifulwomanintheworld”,influencingopinionsofthemovietosomeextent.当电影呈现出的事物与我们读书时的想象有落差时，我们也会备感失望。以史诗电影《特洛伊》为例，它部分改编自荷马的《伊利亚特》，观众对它的评价毁誉参半。其中最受争议的问题在于扮演海伦的女演员。许多人认为她配不上海伦“世上最美的女人”这一称号，这一定程度上影响到人们对这部电影的看法。时间状语从语定语从句定语从句现在分词作状语Moviesalsodisappointuswhenthingsdon’tlookthewayweimaginedtheminthebooks.Take,forexample,theepicmovieTroy,whichisinpartbasedonHomer’sTheIliadandwasmetwithmixedreviewsfromtheaudience.ThemostquestionableissuewastheactresschosentoplaythepartofHelen.Manypeoplethoughtshedidn’tliveuptoHelen’stitleof“themostbeautifulwomanintheworld”,influencingopinionsofthemovietosomeextent.定语从句当“way”表示“方式、方法”，theway在句中作先行词，后被一个定语从句修饰时，引导定语从句可用that，也可用inwhich，或什么都不用。即：1)theway+that2)theway+inwhich3)theway+从句(省略了that或inwhich)【例句】Idon'tlikethewaythathelaughedatme.=Idon'tlikethewayinwhichhelaughedatme.=Idon'tlikethewayhelaughedatme.我不喜欢他用那种方式来嘲笑我。Moviesalsodisappointuswhenthingsdon’tlookthewayweimaginedtheminthebooks.Take,forexample,theepicmovieTroy,whichisinpartbasedonHomer’sTheIliadandwasmetwithmixedreviewsfromtheaudience.ThemostquestionableissuewastheactresschosentoplaythepartofHelen.Manypeoplethoughtshedidn’tliveuptoHelen’stitleof“themostbeautifulwomanintheworld”,influencingopinionsofthemovietosomeextent.inpart=partly部分地，某种程度上bemetwith：遇到，以…作为回应mixedreviews：褒贬不一Themostquestionableissue：最受争议的问题adj.有争议的liveuptoone’stitle符合(标准)，不负(盛名)配得上..称号tosomeextent

=在某种程度上=inaway/tosomedegree

ThereareathousandHamletinathousandpeople’seyes.Furthermore,booksandmoviesaretwodifferentformsofmediaandthereforehavedifferentrules.Withthisinmind,perhapsweshouldjudgeamovieinitsownright,andnotagainstitsoriginalsource.Interestingly,audienceshaveinrecentyearsturnedtotelevisionseriessuchasSherlockorMadMen,whichcanhavemanycharactersandgradualplotdevelopment.Perhaps,oneday,readersofF.ScottFitzgeralds’smostadmiredworkwillfindthemselvesgluedtotheirscreensbyepisodesofTheGreatGatsby.一千个读者就有一千个哈姆雷特。而且书籍和电影是两种不同的媒体形式，因此也遵循不同的原则。知道了这一点，也许我们应该从电影本身来评价它，而不是将其与原始版本进行对比。值得注意的是，观众已经逐渐将兴趣转向了《神探夏洛特》或《广告狂人》这样的电视连续剧，因为电视剧能展现更多人物，情节也得以逐步展开。也许有一天，F.斯科特.菲茨杰拉德最杰出作品的读者们，会发现自己已被《了不起的盖茨比》的剧集深深吸