Unit 4 Stage and Screen
Developing Ideas & Presenting Ideas
Ⅰ. 词块梳理与背诵(英汉互译)
1.all too often ________________
2.__________________最终处于,到头来
3.turn…_________ 把…变成…
4.be praised _________被赞为…
5.__________________导致(后跟结果)
6.__________________由…导致(后跟原因)
7.describe sth. _________把…描述为…
8.escape _________从…逃脱
9.__________________以…为例
10.__________________符合(标准),不负(盛名)
11._________some extent在某种程度上
12.with...in mind __________________
13.in one’ s own right __________________
14.(be) glued to__________________
15.__________________ 突出
16.be adapted _________ 改编自
17.get out of hand __________________
18.get hold of the story __________________
19.put...in the spotlight __________________
20.on top of… __________________
Ⅱ. 构词法梳理与背诵
转化法构词
1. disappoint v.使失望→ _________ adj.失望的,沮丧的 → _________adj.令人失望的,令人沮丧的
__________________ → n.失望
2. origin n.起源;源头;起因 → __________________ adj.原先的,最初的
3. fiction n.小说;虚构的事 → _________ adj.虚构的,编造的,小说(中)的
4. __________________ adj.紧张的;不舒适的→ awkwardly adv.尴尬地;局促不安地;笨重地
5. behave v.表现→ __________________n.行为;举止;态度
6. __________________ adj.正常的,平常的 → normally adv. 正常地;通常
7. responsible adj.有责任;负责;承担义务 → __________________ n.责任
8. absent adj.缺席;不在;不存在→ __________________ n. 缺乏,没有
Ⅲ. 课文阅读理解
1. Why do great words end up being cinematic "turkeys"?
A. A picture is worth a thousand words.
B. Movies have the same rules as books.
C. Things in movies look the way we imagined them in the books.
D. Movies cannot keep plot details and characters as their original sources.
2. What's the function of Paragraph 2?
A. To raise the reader's cultural awareness.
B. To prove good movies need good stories.
C. To show that movies need impressive images.
D. To further confirm that good books often end up being turned into bad movies.
3. According to the author, which of the following movies is successful?
A. The Odyssey.
B. The Great Gatsby.
C. Harry Potter.
D. Alice in Wonderland.
4. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The movies are as great as the books.
B. A beautiful actress is important to a good movie.
C. The characters in books do not stand out.
D. We should judge a movie without comparing it to its original book.
课文语法填空
People say that “a picture is worth a thousand words”. However,all too often,great words end up
1. _________(turn) into cinematic “turkeys”. One of the key 2. _________(reason) behind this is that while a book usually takes a few days to read, a movie 3. _________(typical) lasts under two hours. This 4.______(mean) that great books can lose plot details and characters when they move to the big screen. This is something even the highly successful Harry Potter movies can't escape 6. _________with fans of the books disappointed not 7. _________(see) some of their favourite characters in the movie versions.
Books and movies are two different forms of media and therefore have different rules. With this in mind, perhaps we should judge a movie 8. _________its own right, and not against its 9. _________ (origin) source. Perhaps, one day, readers of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most admired work will find themselves 10. ________ (glue) to their screens by episodes of The Great Gatsby.
Ⅳ. 单句语法填空
1. Respond quickly and_________ (brief), apologizing for your mistake.
2.Being the coach of the new team,I was excited because I knew we were going to win,but to my
_________(disappoint)we were defeated.
3. Knowing these causes can make us examine our_________ (behave), and correct bad habits.
4. The course _________(normal) attracts about 100 students per year, of whom up to half will be from abroad.
5. Some mornings,Rosamond and Dorothy would arrive at the schoolhouse to find the children
_________(weep) from the cold.
6. China has a _________(responsible) to work with other countries to promote the healthy development of the tea industry.
7. The city was crowded with_______