Unit 5 Unit 5 Entertainment Entertainment

Brainstorming

Entertainment/recreaction/relaxationTo entertain / relax

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Outdoor activitiesIndoor activities

(pair work)List as many leisure activities as possible.

Tell others what you like to do in your spare time.

Cultural Briefing

Which city of the United States is called “entertainment capital of the World”?

Las Vegas (Nevada)

Las Vegas of Nevada State

Las Vegas

California State

• Las Vegas bills itself as the Las Vegas bills itself as the

“ “Entertainment Capital of the World,” Entertainment Capital of the World,”

•Tourism, gaming, and entertainment Tourism, gaming, and entertainment

represent a large portion of the city’s represent a large portion of the city’s

revenue.revenue.

Extravagant Hotels and Casinos

The MGM Grand Hotel and Theme

Park was the largest hotel in the

world when it opened in 1993.

Outdoor shows

simulated volcanic simulated volcanic eruptionseruptions

Tourist Attractions

Red Rock Canyon National Red Rock Canyon National Conservation AreaConservation Area

Tourist Attractions

The Grand CanyonThe Grand Canyon

Cultural Briefing

Where is the “center of motion pictures industry and televisions industry of the United State ”? Which city does it belong to? And which state?

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

History History

• By the early 1920s motion picture producers moved most of their operations from the East Coast to Los Angeles to take advantage of the year-round fair weather, reliable light, and diverse filming locations, from ocean beaches to deserts to snowy mountains. • Hollywood, on the western edge of the City of Los Angeles, and Culver City, farther south and closer to the ocean, became the centers for movie production.

History History The industry was given a giant boost in technical capacity and prestige with the production of the controversial (because it was highly racist), three-hour epic The Birth of a Nation (1915), directed by D. W. Griffith.

History History

•By the end of the 1920s, the came the “golden age” of the movie industry. Five major studios—Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer, RKO, 20th Century-Fox, Warner Brothers, and Paramount—and two minor studios—Columbia and Universal—had come to dominate the motion picture industry.

With the invention of Television, TV program has become one of the most popular and cheapest entertainment activities for people all around the world.

Questions Questions 1. How long do you watch TV everyday

when at home?

2. Why do you watch TV?

3. What are your favorite TV

programs?

3.What are your favorite kinds of

TV program?

sports programs, the news , TV

series, cartoons, game shows, films,

talk shows, music programs

Cultural BriefingCultural Briefing

Can you name some of the most famous TV series made in the United State of the past 15 years?

The X-FilesThe X-Files

The West WingThe West Wing

ER (Emergency Room)ER (Emergency Room)

The Sampson'sThe Sampson's

Everybody Love RaymondEverybody Love Raymond

FriendsFriends

Sex and the CitySex and the City

2424

LostLost

CSI CSI (Crime Scene Investigation)(Crime Scene Investigation)

Desperate HousewivesDesperate Housewives

Can you name some famous Chinese TV series you like?

Homework:

Find a story(TV series or movie) you like most and share with us in the next

class.You can refer to BAIDU or sth else to

download its pictures and plots.

The Fact is that TV programs The Fact is that TV programs have become so popular have become so popular among us that most of us can among us that most of us can not deny, to some extent, that not deny, to some extent, that we are couch potatoes.we are couch potatoes.

a couch potato

A couch potato is someone who

watches lots (some would say too

much! ) of television.

“ 沙发马铃薯”。它不是马铃薯的变种 , 而是现代社会里的产物 , 指浪费太多时间看电视的人。

A person who works very hard and

finds it difficult to stop working and

do other things.

He is a workaholic.

工作狂

工作迷 醉心于工作的人

How do we call this kind of

people?

Mouse Potato

Mouse potato （网虫）跟 couch potato （电视虫）走到一起；这个词语终于登堂入室，从通俗文化行列转入英语主流语言。近

日， 100 个热门新词被收入 2006 年新版的美国畅销词典《韦氏大词典》中。 mouse potato - someone who spends a great deal

of time on the computer

Are you a couch potato or a workaholic or a mousepotato?

Debate

Although TV has played a major role during the last 50 years in providing entertainment and news within the homes of people worldwide, it has some bad influence on the people,

especially on the children. So let’s have a debate now.

Debate (group work)

Is TV good or bad?

Debate: As we all know, a coin has two sides. There is no exception for TV. Watching TV has both advantages and disadvantages.

Is TV good or bad?

For

1. TV provides us a lot of information such as the latest news, sports and daily-life

stories etc. 2. TV provieds us all kinds of entertainments, games, TV series, movies, and talk shows and so on.

3. TV is the cheapest way of relaxation4. TV is good before-breakfast

entertainment.TV is good after school entertainment. TV is good before-bed

entertainment.

Against

1. People spend too much time on TV that they may miss the best chance to do what they

ought to do.2. Children are so addicted to TV that they

cannot concentrate on their study.3. TV is passive way of relaxation in that you just

sit in front of TV without thinking or without moving.

4. Many shows are filled with vilence, bad language and a display of moral behavior not

appropriage for children to view.

Global ReadingGlobal Reading

Now you are required to read

Reading A on page 55 and try

to underline the answers for

task 3 accordingly within 8

minutes.

Skill FocusSkill Focus

1. Read each statement and mark

the key words (content words) of

it.

2. Use the key words to locate the

original sentence that contains

the information of the statement

listed in the task.

3. Finish the task accordingly.

para.2para.2

para.3.. “reasons”para.3.. “reasons”

para.5.. “I always para.5.. “I always thought...”thought...”

para.4 & 6 “I found para.4 & 6 “I found that...”that...”

para.4 , 6 & 9para.4 , 6 & 9

para.7para.7