1. Films and TV Programmes
Module 6
Films and TV Programmes

2. romantic film

3. thriller

4. comedy

5. adventure film

6. musicals

7. martial arts film

8. Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon

9. Do you know who directs the film?
Ang Lee

10. Questions
What kind of film do you like best? And why?
Films can make us relaxed/relax ourselves.
Films can make our life rich and colorful.
Films can make us encouraged sometimes.

11. Fast--reading
Which is the best summary of the film?
A. It takes place on Peking rooftops and in the deserts of western China.
B. It is a martial arts film that tells the story of a stolen sword, and the fight to get it back.
C. It tells the story of two people who love each other.

12. True or false
1. Martial arts films are all enjoyable but they are not great art.
2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is directed by Ang Lee.
3. In the story, Yu Xiulian’s fiancé was a good friend of Li Mubai.
4. The film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon belongs to romantic film. F T T F

13. Ask and answer 1.When and where does the story take place?
2.Why does Mubai feel that he can’t marry Xiulian?
3.What happens to the sword?
4.Who do the audiences care about most? And why?
5.If you go and see this film, what will you feel?

14. 1. When and where does the story take place?
The story takes place in the early 1800s, in China.
2.Why does Mubai feel that he can’t marry Xiulian?
Because Xiulian’s fiancé who has died was Mubai’s good friend.

15. 3.What happens to the sword and what should Mubai and Xiulian do for the sword?
The sword is stolen. Mubai and Xiulian try to get it back.
4.Who do the audiences care about most? And why?
Female characters (Xiulian)
Brave, good and strong

16. 5.If you go and see this film, what will you feel?
It will make your heart leap with excitement as its beauty.

17. B A C D

18. Fill in the blanks
Ang Lee, director of a number of excellent films, has made a __________ film called Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The result is a __________. The film _______ to a type of Chinese story called wuxia. These stories tell of nineteenth-century martial arts masters with unusual abilities.
martial arts
masterpiece
belongs

19. The story _________ in the early 1800s in China
The story _________ in the early 1800s in China. Li Mubai (played by Chow Yun-Fat) and Yu Xiulian (played by Michelle Yeoh), are in ____ with each other. But Xiulian had a _____ who has died was a good friend of Mubai, Mubai feels that he cannot _____ Xiulian. When someone steals Xiulian’s _____, Mubai and Xiulian try to get it back.
takes place
love
fiancé
marry
sword

20. Beautiful Zhang Ziyi plays _______ of Yu Jiaolong
Beautiful Zhang Ziyi plays _______ of Yu Jiaolong. The action takes place on Peking _______ and in places _________ as the deserts of western China. As in the old wuxia stories, characters ____ through the air every now and then, with beautiful, _______ movements. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon will make your heart leap with excitement __ its beauty.
the part
as far away
rooftops
leap
graceful at

21. animation film

22. Kung Fu Panda tells a story concerned
with a fat, big panda that perform martial
arts.The film is set in and around China’s
Valley of Peace, where there are no humans, only talking animals. At first, the panda works for his father in a noodle shop. At that time, he was only a common panda. By accident, he is chosen to be the Dragon Warrior. In the end, he realises the truth to be a master of Kung Fu is that you will succeed if you believe in yourself.

23. Try to write a film you like ,imatating Kung Fu Panda.
Kung Fu Panda is a great animated film.
We teenagers, even the adults, like it.It is really a materpiece, and worth seeing.
Homework
Try to write a film you like ,imatating Kung Fu Panda.

24. Thank you!

25. Phrases 属于 爱上
发生，举行
令某人吃惊的是
许多，大量
belong to
fall in love with
take place
to one’s surprise
a number of

26. Translation
Brave , good and strong, Xiulian is the character we care about most. B
_______ and happy, he accepted the prize.
A Surprising B Surprised
C Being surprised D To be surprised

27. SENTENCE APPRECIATION
It is the female characters that interest us most.
He met an old friend on the street
yesterday.
强调主语：
强调宾语：
强调时间状语：
强调地点状语：
It is he that met an old friend…
It is an old friend that he met…
It is yesterday that he met…
It is on the street that he met…

28. The Olympic Games are held every four years.
Replace the sentence
The Olympic Games are held every four years.
The Olympic Games _____ _____ every four years.
take place