Unit 3 My Favourite Movie教学内容

U n i t3M yF a v o u r i t e M o v i e精品文档Unit 3 My Favourite MovieGoals•talk about films/movies•encourage others to speak in a conversation•listen for the sequence of events a nd for the speaker’s attitude•summarize the main idea of a paragraph•analyse the author’s attitude after reading•review the object clause•review how to read sentences: sentence stress, rhythm, sense group, pause, intonation•write a film/movie reviewListening and SpeakingI PRE-LISTENINGWork with a partner. Take turns to ask and answer the following questions:•Do you like films/movies? Why?•What kind of films/movies do you like best?•Have you seen a film recently? What is it about? How do you like it? Why?II LISTENING1 Listen to the conversation for the first time and write down its mainidea.Two students (Diana and Wang Li) are talking about .2 Listen to the conversation again and number the followingstatements.( ) The animals are in danger.( ) They have to travel to a boat at the other end of the valley.( ) The ice is melting.( ) The squirrel is trying to get the only nut left in the world.( ) The squirrel fights fish and birds and ice and more.3 Listen for the third time and take notes. Then answer the questions.1 What does Diana think of the new movie? She thinks. 2 How many of the movie’s characters are mentioned in the conversation? There are.3 Which is Diana’s favourite animal? ( ) Manny ( ) Sid ( ) Squirrel4 When is Wang Li going to see the movie?4 Read the listening script below and find the expressions that Wang LiIII SPEAKING1 Talk with your classmates about your favorite movie! First, write answers to the following questions. 1 What is your favorite movie?2 Who are the main characters?3 What are the main details of the story?4 Why do you like it?2 Now talk to two or three of your classmates. Ask them the above questions, and give your answers to their questions. Try to use expressions to encourage your partner to speak.A: Hi, … What’s your favourite movie? B: My favourite movie is … A: What is the story about? B: It’s about …A: What happened to …? B: In this movie, …A: That sounds … But why do you like it so much?B: Well, it is because … What about you? What’s your favourite movie? A: ….Listening ScriptWang Li: Hi, Diana! How are you?Diana: Hi, Wang Li. I’m great! I just saw a movie at the theater—Ice Age 2. It’s so exciting!Wang Li: Really? My brother and I are going to see it tomorrow. Is it as good as the first movie, Ice Age?Diana: Yeah, I think Ice Age 2 is really pretty good. It’s reallyfunny!Wang Li: What’s the story about?Diana: Well, it still has the three characters from the first movie —Manny, Sid and Diego the tiger. In this movie, they are indanger from all the melting ice.Wang Li: So what’s happened to the animals?Diana: Well, because the ice is melting, the animals are in danger.They have to travel to a boat at the other end of the valley. Wang Li: Oh, wow. That sounds dangerous and exciting.Diana: It really is! My favorite animal is the squirrel — he isalways doing something funny. He is always trying — andfailing — to get that one nut. It is probably the only nut leftin the world! He fights fish and birds and ice and more —all to get his nut.Wang Li: Now I’m really interested to see it. I think I’ll go and see it this evening! I’ll ask my brother if he can go today. Diana: Let me know! Maybe I’ll go with you and see it again!Reading and WritingI PRE-READINGPeople write reviews of movies, books, TV plays and so on. Have you ever tried to write one before? What do you think a simple movie review should include?II READING FOR INFORMATIONThe Ultimate Gift: A Movie ReviewRecently I watched a very interesting movie, called The Ultimate Gift.The story was about a rich grandfather, Red Stevens, and his spoiled grandson, Jason. After Red died, his children all fought to control his money, but none of them received what they wanted. Jason was very surprised at what he was offered: a video of his grandfather. In the video, Red told Jason that he would receive a series of gifts. Those gifts would lead to the greatest gift of all, but only if he did what Red suggested.Jason decided there was no risk in trying the strange experiment. He accepted the challenge, although he remained in doubt. As he continued, however, Red’s advice began to have a greater and greater influence on him.He ended up traveling to other states and even another country to follow the instructions. Jason finally realized that his grandfather’s gifts were not money, but in fact valuable lessons about life.One of his first lessons was learning to honor hard work: a good day of hard work is its own reward. He also realized that it is better to be lonely than to have false friends, and that true friends, not money, make a man truly rich. In another, he learned to pity people and treat them with kindness. He found that he gained the most when he dared to give himself in service to others.In the end, nothing could prevent him from doing whatever his grandfather said. He understood that following his grandfather’s wisdom was worth it. By the final gift, he found that he had created a new life for himself, a truly satisfying life.In my opinion, this movie was wonderful. It was quite different from the usual exciting movies that are full of action or empty love. The writers developed the story in a very unusual way to express their message. I think that the true message of the movie is that with honest efforts we can change ourselves and the world. We must believe in good and do good to change the world.1 Read the passage and decide whether the following statements aretrue (T) or false (F). Correct the statements which are false.1( ) The grandfather was so poor that he didn’t leave his grandson any money.2( ) Jason received several gifts together with the video.3( ) Jason was sure that there was no risk in accepting the challenge of trying the strange experiment.4( ) Following his grandfather’s instructions, Jason learned more than he had expected.5( ) His grandfather’s wisdom brought Jason a satisfying life.6( ) The writer of the review sang high praise for the movie because it expressed the message in a common way.2 Read the passage again carefully and summarize the main idea ofeach paragraph.Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragraph 4Paragraph 53 Complete the passage by filling in the blanks with missing words.Jason was a video when his grandfather died. In the video, Jason was told that he would receive a of gifts, which would lead to the greatest gift of all, but only if he did as Red .Jason decided there was no in trying the strange experiment, he remained in . Over time, his grandfather’s advice began to have a greateron him. He travelled around to the instructions, and realized that the gifts were not money, but lessons about life.Jason learned to hard work. He also realized that true friends make a man truly rich. He learned the importance of others with kindness. He found that he gained the most when he gave himself in to others.In the end, he understood that following his grandfather’s was worth it. By the final gift, he found that he had for himself a truly life.4 Discuss the following questions in groups and present your ideas tothe whole class.1What lesson did you learn from the movie review?2Do you agree with the writer’s op inion about the movie?III READING FOR WRITING1 Let’s look at how the movie review was developed! Write the followingphrases next to the correct paragraphs above.•Main points of the story•Writer’s own opinion•Conclusion of the story•Short introduction2 Now get ready to write your own movie review! First fill in the blanksbelow to complete the outline. Then answer the questions with a few phrases or sentences to help you brainstorm about what to write.3 Now use the form of the above movie review and your answers to thequestions to write your own movie review.4 Now check your writing carefully! Tick each item on the following listafter you’ve checked your movie review for that problem.Subjects and verbs: agreement and correct tenseSpellingEach sentence: beginning capital and end punctuationPrepositions and conjunctionsObject clausesPronunciationI句子重音SENTENCE STRESS在英语句子中，有的词重读，有的词不重读。