Unit 4 Films and film events

Project Writing a film review

Let’s enjoy some pictures.

A re you familiar with these pictures? H ave you read or seen any about it? W hy do you think that Harry Potter books and films are so popular around the world?

Read the review quickly and try to find how is this reading passage organized. Part 1: (Para. 1-3) brief introduction of the film’s plot Part 2: (Para. 4-5) the writer’s commentary on the special effects and acting in the film Part 3: (Para. 6-7) problems of the film Part 4: (Para. 8) the recommendation by the writer

listen to the recording of the review and try to answer the following questions: 1. Where is the film set? 2. What does the writer think about the three young actors? 3. What is the complaint many people have made about the film? 4. What problem does the writer think the film has?

Check the answers 1. Where is the film set? It is set in England. 2. What does the writer think about the three young actors? The three young actors are the real highlight of the film. They do very well even compared with the experienced adult actors.

3. What is the complaint many people have made about the film? The film is too long. At 142 minutes, it is almost a half hour longer than an average film. 4. What problem does the writer think the film has? The writer feel too much time is dedicated in showing the sport in Quidditch and several interesting scenes were deleted from the film.

Read the review again. While reading, find more detailed information to complete the following table:

Main characters Information about the character Played by Harry Potter Hagrid Ron Weasley Hermione Granger Voldemort

Harry Potter a sensitive young boy whose parents were a wizard and a witch and were killed by an evil wizard when Harry was a baby; living with his relatives, the Dursleys, and abused, ignored and hated by them; having the magical powers of a wizard and a reputation in the world of witches and wizards because of his parents Daniel Radcliffe Main charac ters Information about the characterPlayed by

Main characters Information about the character Played by Hagrida very large person who works at Hogwarts and rescues Harry from the Dursleys and takes him to the school Robbie Coltrane Ron Weasley Harry’s friend and schoolmate Rupert Grint

Hermione Granger Harry’s friend and schoolmate Emma Eatson VoldemortThe school’s evil wizard, who killed Harry’s parent Main characters Information about the character Played by

Part B Work in groups of four and discuss the questions in Part B. One of you in each group should write down the answers to questions 6-8. First choose a film to review. Assign different jobs to each group member.

1. Who has not dreamt of suddenly finding out that he or she is actually someone special and famous? (P62) dream verb [I] dreamed or dreamt, dreamed or dreamt 梦想 1) I dream of living on a tropical island. 2) He never dreamed that one day he would become President.

2. Harry, a sensitive young boy, has been living with his relatives. (P62) sensitive adjective 灵敏的，敏感的 sensitive skin Some people’s teeth are highly sensitive to cold. 相关短语： be sensitive to 对 …… 敏感 be sensitive about 介意，在乎

Test yourself: 1. Try not to say anything hurtful to her. She is a very _________ person. A. reasonable B. sensible C. sensitive D. tough 2. The elderly need special care in winter, as they are ________ to the sudden changes of weather. A. sensitive B. sensible C. flexible D. positive

3. Contrary to this, Harry finds out that his father was a wizard … contrary adjective opposite 相反 a contrary point of view Contrary to all our expectations, he’s found a well-paid job and a nice girlfriend. 相关短语： on the contrary 相反 to the contrary 与 …… 相反 be contrary to 相反的

Test yourself: What you have done is ___________ the doctor’s orders. A. attached to B. responsible to C. resistant to D. contrary to

4. Much of this early part of the film could have been skipped and more time could have been spent at Hogwarts. (P63) “ 情态动词＋ have ＋过去分词 ” 是很重要的一种 句型，除 should 外， may, might, must, couldn’t, needn’t, ought to 等都可以用于这一句型，但要 注意, 使用不同的情态动词，句子的意思就有所 不同。表示对已发生的事情进行推测, 就表示的 可能性程度而言， must 最大， could 其次， may 更次之， might 最小。

could + have done 表示 “ 本来有能力做 而实际上没有做 ” 。 I could have won if I hadn’t fallen over. must + have done 表示对过去情况的推 测，只用于肯定句，意思是 “ 一定 ……” 。 Her eyes were red, she must have been crying.

can (could) + have done 表示对过去情 况的推测，只用于否定和疑问句中， 意为 “ 一定没有 …… ，一定不会 ……” 。 用 could 比用 can 语气更加委婉些。 He couldn’t have gone to bed, you see, the light in his room is still on.

should (ought to) + have done 表示 “ 本来应该做 而实际上没做 ” ，其否定式则表示 “ 本来不该做而 实际上做了 ” ，常含有责备的语气。 You should have been here five minutes ago. How I regretted the days when I had played and should have studied. needn’t + have done 表示 “ 本来不必做的事，实际 上做过了。 ” I got up early, but needn’t have done so, because I had nothing to do that morning. would like to have done 表示 “ 本来希望做而却未 做的事 ” 。 I’d like to have gone to college.

高考链接 —I’ll tell Mary about her new job tomorrow. —You _____ her last week. (2004 福建 ) A. ought to tell B. would have told C. must tell D. should have told 【解析】答案 D. should have done 表示 “ （过去） 本来应该做了某事 ” ，言外之意又没做，表达说 话人极为不满的情绪。

Mr. White _____ at 8:30 for the meeting, but he didn’t show up. (2004 全国 ) A. should have arrived B. should arrive C. should have had arrived D. should be arriving 【解析】答案 A. 后一分句中的一般过去时 暗示， Mr. White“ （过去）本来应该 8 ： 30 到会 ” 。 C 项是错误结构。

My English-Chinese dictionary has disappeared. Who_________ have taken it? A. should B. must C. could D. would 【解析】答案 C. could have done 表示对过去情 况的推断，意为 “ 可能是 ……” 。 should have done 表示本来应该做而没有做； must have done 表示过去一定那样做了，对过去情况的肯 定的推测； would have done 常用来表示虚拟语 气。 (2003 上海春 )

He hesitated for a moment before kicking the ball, otherwise he_________ a goal. (2001 上海春 ) A. had scored B. scored C. would score D. would have scored 【解析】答案 D. 根据 otherwise 可以判断 出要用虚拟语气。表示过去发生的事要用 would have scored 。译文：在踢球前他犹 豫了一会儿，否则他就会射中球门。

Homework 1. Read the film review in Part A on page 131 of the Workbook. 2.Write a film review according to the notes in Part B on the same page. 3. Review what you have learnt in this unit.