Unit 5 The Silver Screen

Warming up and Speaking

Goals:

1. Talk about famous films, film

stars and directors.

2. Learn to write a short biography.

Warming up

What is your favorite film? Why?

Who is your favorite actor/actress? Why?

Company: ________

Characters( 角色 ):_________

__________________

__________________

Story:

Disney

Dragon Muxu

Mulan was a girl who was clever and brave. She dressed up like a man to join the army instead of her old father and defeated the enemy with her friends.

Mulan

General Li

Director :

Actors :

Story:

Zhang Yimou

Chen Daoming

Zhang Manyu

Li Lianjie

Heroes fought against an enemy country in order to defend( 保卫 ) their homeland.

Director:

Characters:

Story:

Steven Spielberg

A rich man kept dinosaurs in his park for his research. One day, all the dinosaurs lost control, bringing about many disasters.

dinosaursscientists children

Bicentennial ManBicentennial Man

Robin WilliamsLeading actor:

Story: A robot developed a friendship with a human family and finally became a real man.

SpeakingSpeakingMeryl Streep Meryl Streep and Keanu ReevesKeanu Reeves Read the two biographies and fill in the

form: Born :______________________________

Place where she or he grew up:First film:_______________Most famous films:______________________

The reason why they chose their job:

in a small village in America in 1949/

Toronto Julia/

After high school, she went to study drama./

in Lebanon in 1964America/

Wolfboy Out of Africa; Sophie’s choice/

Speed; The Matrix

His stepfather was a film director

Role playingRole playing

Imagine student A is Meryl Streep or Keanu Reeves and student B is a reporter. Now, A is going to interview B.

Some suggested questions:

• Where did you grow up?

• What did you do when you were young?

• Why did you choose your present job?

• What movies did you play in?

1. after high school2. after graduating3. while still a student4. play/act a role in…5. work as /act as …6. win a prize/award for…7. win a prize as…8. make a film9. during/in the 1980s

some useful phrases

毕业后

在…中扮演一个角色

凭借…获奖

在 20 世纪 80 年代

=while she was still…

当… / 担任…

作为…获奖

10. leave high school without a degree11. in the beginning12. act in a film13. move to…14. make sb. famous15. since then16. later on

肄业

演电影搬迁至某地

后来

How to write a short biography

main events

1. birth (time and place)2. early life (childhood, youth, schooling, jobs, etc.)3. career ( 事业 )4. achievement ( 成就 )5. life (family, interest, etc.)

Stephen Chow

周星驰 (Stephen Chow) 职业：演员 出生日期 : 1962 年 6 月 22 日

出生地点 : Hong Kong 中学毕业后进入无线电视艺员训练班 (Wireless TV performer‘s training class). 1983 年结业后当上无线艺员 (Wireless performer) ，同年被派去担任儿童节目主持，做了四年。 1987 年开始演出剧集 (TV series) ，第二年开始演电影， 1989 年凭电影 《霹雳先锋 (Thunderbolt Pioneer)荣获金马奖最佳配角 (Supporting role) 。《大话西游（ Talk on the journey to West) 》被认为

是他最成功的作品之一。

Stephen Chow, ______ is a famous actor, was born in Hong Kong ____ June 22, 1962. ____________ he went to a Wireless TV Performer’s Training Class. ____________in 1983, he ________a wireless performer. In the same year he was sent to ________a host of Children’s Program, for_______ he worked four years. In 1987, he began to _____ TV Series. The next year he began to __________ films. In 1989 he____ Gold Horse Prize ____Thunderbolt pioneer as the best supporting role.Talk on the journey to West ____________ one of his

most successful films.

who

After high school

After graduating worked as

act aswhich

act in

play roles infor

on

won

is considered as

Only Youonly you can make all this world seem right.only you can make the darkness bright.only you and you alone can thrill me like you do/ and fill my heart with love for only you.only you can make this change in me. for it's true you are my destiny.when you hold my hand, I understand the magic that you do.you're my dream come true. my one and only you.