泛读教程一Unit3Movies
Unit 3 Movies
By Li Dan
(15') Part 1 Check the homework
1.Write down the keys to the homework on the blackboard, let Ss check by themlves.
2.Explain some if necessary.
3.Review the main idea of Section C. Ask one volunteer to say the main idea without looking at the passage.
It mainly talks about the five phas:
Honeymoon pha: be excited about the new environment
Rejection pha: form a unfriendly feeling to the environment
Regression pha: chat with people speaking your mother tongue, eat food from home, watch video in your native language.
Recovery pha, get ud to the foreign country.
Rever culture shock: feel uncomfortable when go back home.
(30') Part 2 Leading-in of Unit 3
Ss must know the topic of Unit 3, so some Qs about movies can be included as leading-in.
1.Do you like movies?
2.What kind movies do you like most? Do you know what kind of movies there are? Comedy, action, emotional movie, kongfu, gunplay, tragedy,cartoon, animation, science-fiction film, thriller and so on.
3.What's your favourite English movie? What English movie have you ever en? Gone
with the Wind, Sound of Music, Titanic, Forrest Gump, The Pursuit of Happiness, Crash, Brokeback Mountain, A Beautiful Soul, Twilight, New moon, Eclip and so on.
4.Talk sth. about the movie, the hero, the theme and so on.
5.Do you know some words about movie?
Director--- the person to direct the film,like Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang Producer---the person invest the making of the film
Other relevant words: hero, heroine, leading actor, actress, script, line, special-effect, cinema, screen and so on.
Ask Ss to turn to glossary part in page 35 to add more to the list, and explain or exemplify the items if necessary.
Film festival---ask Ss to surf the internet to find information about different film festivals after class, and tell them that they are required to tell classmates the information in class.
Drive-in cinema---cinema you can park your car and spend the night
Motel---motor hotel
Give Ss veral minutes to review what we learned about movie.
(45')Part 3 Passage- reading
1.Word pretest (8')
Give Ss 8' to do the exercis and guide them to remember the words while checking the answers.
2.Brief introduction of the text.(5')
Let Ss read the title and guess what is going to be discusd.
Ask Ss if they have en or heard about the newest movie by Feng Xiaogang. Absolutely they will respon "yes"
Several Qa will be given:
Have you en the earthquake in the movie?
Is it true? Are the buildings real ones?
How does the director get that kind of effect?
....
All the need special effect. And tell Ss the passage is going to tell how the special-
effects are formed.
Give Ss 15' to read the passage and do the exercis.
3. Read the text and do the exerci (15')
4. Check the answers and guide Ss to review the main idea of the text, especially how to make certain different effects. (7')
How to make fish still?--- u the electricity
How to make the huge thing? --- make the model, somttimes at the same size by wood How to make fire?---u pipe filled with gas, which is easily to be controlled.
How to make explosion?---u explosives, and the special- effect men should examine the area and place the explosive veral days before the shooting of certain scenes. 5.Read the 4 passages and check the answer, and explain when necessary. (15') Remind that every decision or choice should have its foundation, which can be found in the passage.
Part 4 Assignments
1.Find information about film festivals
2.Read Section C and tell us the 5 ctions of Disneyland next time.
3.Finish the other exercis in this unit.
