2009 年上学期湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 06 Task

2009 年上学期湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 06 Listening for emphasis In the grammar and usage section, we learnt how to emphasize some parts of sentences by adding some words or using certain sentence structures. Are there any other ways that we can emphasize some words or information, especially when we are speaking?

2009 年上学期湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 06 Step 2: asking and answering questions about Chinese films work in pairs to conduct an interview about Chinese films asking and answering questions about Chinese film

2009 年上学期湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 06 Possible beginning: S: I have entered a speech competition about the film industry. I am doing research on the Chinese film industry and want to talk about it in my speech. I know you were a director before you retired. May I ask you some questions about Chinese films? D: Certainly. I’m glad that I can help you. What do you want to know? …

2009 年上学期湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 06 Possible ending: … S: I really learnt a lot from you. Thank you very much. D: If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask me.

2009 年上学期湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 06 Skills building 3: using information from more than one source What will you do before you attend a speech or an essay competition? know what the subject of the competition is find out different aspects of the subject and write the draft do research on the aspects that you do not know

2009 年上学期湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 06 Review what you have learnt about the film industry in Steps 1 and 2. List the information you have already obtained. Think about what else you will need in making the speech or writing the essay for the competition.

2009 年上学期湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 06 For example: The information I have already got: the first film-maker/ fathers of modern film; where the first film was made; the first studio in Hollywood; the title of the first ‘talking film’; the title of the first film made in China; the differences between old and modern films

2009 年上学期湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 06 The information I need to do research on: the titles of the best films in some famous film festivals this year; some famous actors/ actresses in Hollywood/ China

2009 年上学期湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 06 Step 3: writing a speech about the film industry write a speech using information gathered in the previous steps. work in groups to discuss what you should write and how to write the speech

2009 年上学期湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 06 Possible example Ladies and gentlemen, What I want to talk about here is the history of the film industry. There are many firsts in the history of the film industry. Do you know when and where the first film was made? It was in the 1880s, more than 120 years ago, that William Friese-Green recorded and then played back what we now think of as a film. He made his film in Hyde Park, London, and later watched it in his home.

2009 年上学期湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 06 The fathers of modern film are thought to be the Lumière brothers from France. The first films ever made were silent. The audiences could hear different kinds of music played by a piano player or an orchestra in the theatre. It was not until in 1927 that the first ‘talking film’ or film with sound was shown in New York. The title of it was The Jazz Singer. Just imagine how audiences reacted when they watched the first film with sound! It is said that the audience was so excited that everyone in the theatre stood up and applauded.

2009 年上学期湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 06 In 1896, film was introduced to China. The first Chinese film ever made, Conquering Jun Mountain, was made in the first film made only by Chinese was The Difficult Couple, which was made in Then, about 18 years later, the first ‘talking film’ was made in China in The title of the film is The Songstress, Red Peony.

2009 年上学期湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 06 Although the first cinema that opened in the USA was in Pennsylvania, Hollywood is well known for film-making. Three quarters of the films seen around the world are made in the USA, and about ninety-nine per cent of them are made in Hollywood. The companies there make films in their studios. Do you know the name of the first studio that opened in Hollywood? It was Nestro Studios, which is now a part of Universal studios.