人教修订版 高一英语（上） Unit 5 The Silver Screen

Brainstorming Silver screen (work as) actor/actress studio (make)film/moviescene script director Play/take/act(role) Hollywood (win)award Oscar/Academy Award

Word study All the missing words are about films.Can you guess what they are? 1.To most actors and actresses, the Oscar is the most important a ____. 2.In Speed,Keanu Reeves played the r____ of the brave policeman who saved the livers of the people. 3.Who do you think is the best d _______ in China, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige or Feng Xiaogang? 4.The s_____ was so well written that the famous actress accepted the r____ at once. 5.A film s______ is the place where films are made. 6.While watching Titanic,most people couldn’t help crying when it came to the s_____ in which Jack saves the life of the girl but dies in icy water himself. 7.Film companies often make f_________ to films that have been very successful, such as Speed II, Jurassic Park III. ward ole irector cript ole tudio cene ollow - ups

Different Kinds of Films 机器管家 / 变人 Bicentennial Man(1999) Type: Science Fiction Film Mulan/ 花木兰 Type:Animation Film/Cratoon

Hero/ 英雄 (2002) Type: Historical Film A Chinese Odyssey / 大话西游 Type:Comedy Different Kinds of Films

The Bridge of Madison County / 廊桥遗梦 Type:Love Film Romeo & Juliet / 罗密欧与朱利叶 Type:Tragedy Different Kinds of Films

The Matrix(1999) / 黑客帝国 Type:Action Film/Science Fiction Film The Ring/ 午夜凶玲（ 2002 ） Type:Horror Film Different Kinds of Films

Steven Spielberg is both as a producer, director and writer. Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1946.He has made many movies and got many awards. All the stories he wrote were so successful that attracted a lot of people. He becomes well known internationally. There are some of his excellent movies: Jaws, Jurassic Park,ET, Schindler's List, and Saving Private Ryan.

Great events in Spielberg’s life 1946—Steven Spielberg was born. 1958—He made his first real film. 1959—He won a prize for a short film. 1962—He made Firelight. 1975—He made Jaws. 1982—He made E.T —He made Jurassic Park. 1993—He made Schindler’s List. 1998—He made Saving Private Ryan.

Directed by Steven Spielberg The Jaws are coming… The peaceful community of Amity island is being terrorised. There is something in the sea that is attacking swimmers. They can no longer enjoy the sea and the sun as they used to, and the spreading fear is affecting the numbers of tourists that are normally attracted to this island. After many attempts the great white shark won't go away and sheriff Brody, with friends Hooper and Quint decided to go after the shark and kill it …

Plot Summary: The peaceful community of Amity island is being terrorised. There is something in the sea that is attacking swimmers. They can no longer enjoy the sea and the sun as they used to, and the spreading fear is affecting the numbers of tourists that are normally attracted to this island. After many attempts the great white shark won't go away and sheriff Brody, with friends Hooper and Quint decide to go after the shark and kill it. Type:Horror/Thrillor Film Jaws/ 大白鲨 (1975) DIRECTED BY: Steven Spielberg

Jurassic Park/ 侏罗纪公园 Type:Science Fiction Film/Horror Film

Made by Steven Spielberg About Dinosaurs On a remote island,a entrepreneur creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Whilst Hammond is showing off his dinosaur 'theme park', Nedry (computer expert) disables the security system so that he can make his escape with some stolen embryos. This enables all the dinosaurs to escape their enclosures... Look out the dinosaurs are coming !

Saving Private Ryan Type:War Film Schindler’s List

In World War II, it is found that 3 soldiers who have been killed are brothers. The mother will be receiving three death notices on the same day. The army discovers that there were actually four brothers. A mission is deployed to find Private James Ryan and send him home. Will you miss the brilliant film ? Starred by Tom Hanks,Matt Damon

j Summary: The true story of Czech born Oskar Schindler, a businessman who tried to make his fortune during the Second World War by exploiting cheap Jewish labour, but ended up penniless having saved over 1000 Polish Jews from almost certain death during the holocaust.

Some of Spielberg’s films E.T. (the Extra-Terrestrial) Type:Science Fiction Film

A group of aliens visit earth and one of them is lost and left behind stranded on this planet. The alien is found by a 10 year old boy, Elliot. Soon the two begin to communicate, and start a different kind of friendship in which E.T learns about life on earth and Elliot learns about some new values for the true meaning of friendship. E.T. wants to go home, but if Elliot helps him, he'll lose a friend...

Information about the films: Jaws(1975) E.T.(1982) Jurassic Park(1993) Schindler’s List(1993) Saving Private Ryan(1998) Jaws is about a big shark that attacks and eats swimmers E.T. is about a little creature that comes from outer Space and wants to go home. It’s about an island where a very rich man keeps all kinds of dinosaurs It’s about the cruelty of war/a German who saved thousands of Jewish people from being killed. It’s about an American captain who led his team to search for a soldier named Ryan.

Language Points 1. This was a film in which Spielberg used real actors instead of toys. instead of 介词词组，作 “ 代替 ” ， “ 而不 ” 解，后接名词，代词或 动名词形式，不能用不定式。 1)Instead of attending the class, I stayed in bed all Day. 2)He likes pop songs instead of classical music. 2. In 1959 Spielberg won a prize for a short film which he made when he was thirteen years old. win a prize 得奖 award a prize to sb. 授奖于某人 1.She won first prize in the 100 meters race. 2.The president awarded a prize to her for bravery.

3. This was the moment when Spielberg’s career really took off. take off 1) suddenly become successful and popular. 成功 / 名，突然大 受欢迎，事业腾飞 e.g. The new dictionary has really taken off. 2)(of plane) leave the ground and begin to fly 起飞 e.g. Our plane took off from the airport and headed north. 3)remove(an item of clothing)from one’ body 脱掉（衣服） e.g. He took of his clothed and looked up. 4)leave hurriedly or suddenly. 匆忙或突然离去 e.g. When he saw the police coming, he took off in the opposite direction

4.afraid 1)be afraid of sb./sth. 害怕某人或某物 2 ） be afraid to do sth./of doing sth. 不敢做某事 3)be afraid of doing sth./be afraid +that clause 担心会发生某事 He seldom stands on the river bank because he is afraid of falling into the river/that he might fall into the river. 4)I’m afraid 给某人不愉快的信息或不赞同某人意见时 I’m afraid I’ve got bad news for you. I’m afraid I can’t agree with you. 5.when the park is hit by a storm, things start going wrong. go wrong 意为走错路，出毛病等 go 用作系动词，后接形容词作表语，表示由一种状态变成另一种 状态。 如 go bad （变坏） go mad （发疯） e.g.Something must have go wrong with the machine.

6. When asked about the secret of his success, Steven Spielberg said that he owes much of his success and happiness to his wife. A)When asked about=when he was asked about When, while, before,after,if 等连词可跟一个过去分词，在句中作 状语从句。 e.g.1) When (she was) praised by others,her face always goes red. 2)If given another chance, I would o it much better. B) Owe sth. to sb. a. 把什么归公于某人 e.g.She owes her progress to her courage,determination and perseverance. b. 欠某人钱 He owes 5 dollars to my father.

Group Discussion If I am a director… Think of one scene in your film: What is the scene like ?What happens in it? Ho are the main actors in your scene and what do they do? Write a short dialogue and act it out.