1. 英语教学课件
高二（下）

2. Unit 4
Films and film events
Project

3. Writing a film review

4. Answer these questions
1. Have you ever read the Harry Potter books or seen the Harry Potter films?
2. Which character in these do you like best? Why?
3. Have you seen the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone? If so, What do you think of it?

5. the author of Harry Potter
J K Rowling

6. the director of Harry Potter
Mike Newell

7. Harry Potter/Daniel Radcliffe

8. Hagrid/Rollie Coltrane

9. Ron Weasley/Rupert Grint

10. Hermione Granger/ Emma Watson

11. Professor Snape /Alan Rikman

12. Headmaster Dumbledore
/Richard Harris

13. Professor Mcgonagall
/Maggie Smith

14. How is this reading passage organized?
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
(Paragraphs 1-3) brief introduction of the film’s plot
(Paragraphs 4 – 5) the writer’s commentary on the special effects and acting in the film
(Paragraphs 6-7) complains of the film
(Paragraph 8) the recommendation of the writer

15. Find detailed information to complete the following table
Main characters
Information about the character
Harry Potter
a sensitive young boy whose parents, a wizard and a witch, were killed by an evil wizard when Harry was a baby;

16. Main characters
Information about the character
Harry Potter
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.

17. Main characters
Played by
Harry Potter
Daniel Radcliffe

18. Main characters
Information about the character
Played by
Hagrid
a very large person who works at Hogwarts and rescues Harry from the Dursleys and takes him to the school
Robbie Coltrane

19. Harry’s friend and schoolmate Rupert Grint
Main characters
Information about the character
Played by
Ron Weasley
Hermione Granger
Voldemort
Harry’s friend and schoolmate
Rupert Grint
Harry’s friend and schoolmate
Emma Eatson
the evil wizard
who killed Harry’s
parents

20. Read the text and answer these questions.
1. Was Harry Potter’s parents killed in a car crash?
No they weren’t. They were killed by Voldemort.
2. What does the writer think about the three young actors?
They do very well even compared with the experienced adult actors.

21. 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. Many people also complain that the film has a tendency to spend too much time showing Harry’s life With the Durslery.

22. 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.
5. Does the writer recommend the film?
Yes, he/she does.

23. 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.

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

25. 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

26. 3. 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。

27. 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

28. 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.

29. 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.

30. Homework 1. Read the film review in Part A on
page 130 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.