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1、II.Listening Skills1.WW:From what I can remember,the director asked us to rehearse this a hundred times.MM:One hundred times?Is the director out of his mind?Q Q:What does the man imply?2.MM:Do you think we have made enough food for the party?WW:The refrigerator is about to explode.Q Q:What does the
2、woman imply?3.WW:She said she might become a famous movie star.MM:Yes,and pigs might fly.Q Q:What does the man mean?4.MM:Although the man often plays a bad guy in movies,in real life he has a heart of gold.WW:So does a hard-boiled egg.Q Q:What does the woman mean?5.WW:What a beautiful sunset!MM:Don
3、t blink.You might just miss it.Q Q:What does the man mean?1.A2.D3.B4.C5.BIII.Listening InTask 1:Waiting for the New Harry Potter MovieAmyAmy:I m so excited about finally seeing this movie!PeterPeter:Me too.I m crazy about Harry Potter.Have you heard that J.K.Rowling has added anotherbook to the seri
4、es?AmyAmy:She s already written Book Seven?I m still waiting for Book FivePeterPeter:I know.Who isnt?At least we have the movies to watch in the meantime.AmyAmy:By the way,have you seen the trailer yet?PeterPeter:Yeah.It was great!I think the movie itself will be really scary.AmyAmy:It surely will!A
5、ll that writing on the wall in blood It scares me to death just to thinkabout it!Both the girl and the boy areexcited/crazy about the movie and the hero Harry Potter.The boyheard that the writer J.K.Rowling has written the latest book,which is Book Seven,though thegirl is still waiting for Book Five
6、.The boy has been the trailer and believes the film will be scary.The girl shares that view because ofthe writing on the wall in blood.Task 2:A Great ActorThere was once a great actor who could no longer remember his lines.After several years ofsearching,he finally found a theater that was willing t
7、o give him a try.The director said,“This isthe most important part,and it has only one line.At the opening you walk onto stage carrying arose.You hold the rose to your nose with just one finger and thumb,smell it deeply and then saythe line on praise of the rose:Ah,the sweet smell of my love.”The ac
8、tor was excited.All daylong before the play he practiced his line over and over again.Finally,the time came.The curtainwent up,the actor walked onto the stage,looked at the audience,and with great emotion said theline,“Ah,the sweet smell of my love.”The audience exploded in laughter.Only the directo
9、r wasfurious!“Ahhhhhh!You damned fool!”he cried.“Youve ruined my play!Youve ruined me!”The actor was puzzled,“What happened?Did I forget my line?”“No!”shouted the director.“Youforget the rose!”1.D2.C3.D4.A5.BTask 3:Movie ReviewsI love movies!And after I see them,Ilike to comment on them.These are mo
10、vies I saw thisyear I would like to recommend:Among comedies I highly recommend“Monsoon Wedding”.Itsan Indian movie.The story is about an Indian wedding.Preparations for the wedding bring outfunny and sad situations touching on love and a past rape.This movie shows some of thewonderful customs of In
11、dia,and the importance of family and love.Its great!Among dramas,I like“Adaptation”.It is an excellent movie!But for me the first part of the moviewas too fast to follow.I hope to see it again on DVD with captions.“The Pianist”is set in the Second World War.Its about a young Polish-Jewish pianist,wh
12、o livesin Warsaw with his family.The Nazis sent his family to die in the concentration camps.He wassafe,but would have died without unusually good luck and the kindness of a few non-Jews.Thisis a powerful movie with thought-provoking themes.“Rabbit-Proof Fence”is set in the 1930s in Australia,and it
13、s based on real events.It is about threenative girls who are separated from their families by the racist police who send them to specialcenters.There the girls are taught practical skills,and the government tries to integrate them intowhite Australian society.They can away from the camp and walked 1
14、,500 miles to find theirmothers.This is a sad,touching story that you should not miss.1.He likes to see movies and comment on them.2.Four.3.Three.4.One.MoviesMonsoon WeddingContents and CharacteristicsIt is about an Indian wedding.Preparations forit reveal love and a past rape.The movie showsIndian
15、customs,family and love.It is too fast for the speaker,who wants to see itagain on DVD with captions.It is about a Jewish pianist in Warsaw.TheNazis sent his family to the concentrationAdaptationThe Pianistcamps.He was safe,and this narrow escapewas due to good luck and the kindness of a fewnon-Jews
16、.Rabbit-Proof FenceIt is about three native girls.Racist policeseparate them from their families and sendthem to special centers.There they are taughtpractical skills.The government intends tointegrate them into white Australian society.They ran away from the camp and walked1,500 miles to find their
17、 mothers.IV.Speaking OutModel 1 Will you come with me?JohnJohn:Laura,I am wondering if you re free tomorrow night.LauraLaura:Well,I guess I am.Why?JohnJohn:I ve got two Star Wars premiere tickets.Will you come with me?LauraLaura:Yeah,definitely!Thanks for inviting me!JohnJohn:It s my pleasure.LauraL
18、aura:I really wanted to see Star Wars on the opening night,but the tickets were sold out.Howdid you manage to get hold of them?JohnJohn:A friend of mine works at the“Pepsi”headquarters,which is a major sponsor of the movie.So he was able to get the tickets for free.LauraLaura:Wow,people are paying a
19、s much as$200 each on the black market.I m flattered you wentthrough all this trouble just for me.JohnJohn:Youre welcome.Now Your TurnSAMPLE DIALOGA A:Hi,are you busy this weekend?B B:Yes.Whats on your mind?A A:I ve got two tickets for the car exhibition.Would you like to go with me?B B:Sure.Thanks
20、for your invitation.A A:It s nothing.B B:I ve been wanting to see exhibition,but it was not at all easy to get a ticket.How did youmanage to get two tickets?A A:A friend of mine works at the exhibition center.She was able to get three free tickets.B B:Wow,people are paying almost 100 yuan for a tick
21、et on the black market.Thank you verymuch indeed for inviting me.A A:No problem.Model 2 What did you think about the movie?JohnJohn:So what did you think about the movie?LauraLaura:Well I think this Star Wars episodeis an excellent piece of work,but not as good as theprevious ones.JohnJohn:Really?Bu
22、t I think this Star Wars episodewas incredible!LauraLaura:Why do you think so?JohnJohn:Well,one of the most spectacular things about it was the special effects.State-of-the-artspecial effects were the main reason for the success of the previous episodes.LauraLaura:Youre right.The special effects wer
23、e amazing!And I like the fact that they createdsomany fantastic settings and other-worldly costumes,weapons and creatures.Now Your TurnSAMPLE DIALOGA A:What did you think aboutThe Lion King?B B:Well I think this cartoon was pretty good,but not as good asBeauty and the Beast.Its akiller flick.A A:Rea
24、lly?But I thinkThe Lion King was unbelievably good.B B:I thought it was just OK.Why do you think so?A A:Well,its so interesting that the lives of the lions were similar to the lives of human beings.B B:Youre right.The murder in The Lion King was almost the same as the murder in theShakespearean play
25、 Hamlet.Model 3 The plot is first-class.JohnJohn:Its kind of cool that they still used the same Star Wars theme song for this movie.LauraLaura:Yeah!It just reminds me of the previous Star Wars scenes.JohnJohn:I know exactly what you mean!Hearing that song makes me think of the past.LauraLaura:I thin
26、k the plot was first-class.But I dont think the character development was thatstrong.JohnJohn:Do you think that has anything to do with the casting of the movie?LauraLaura:No,the casting was great;the actors are excellent,but I think the acting was a little weak.They just didnt have a lot of funny o
27、r meaningful lines.JohnJohn:Well,maybe,but I liked the little kid that played“Skywalker”.I cant imagine anyone elseplaying that part.LauraLaura:Yeah,I liked him too.Hes soooo cute!Now Your TurnSAMPLE DIALOGA A:What do you think about the movie?B B:I think the plot was first-class.But I dont think th
28、e character development was so strong.A A:Yes,the characterization was rather weak.Do you think it is because of the casting of themovie?B B:No,the cast was strong.But the acting was rather poor.And the lines are not interesting at all.A A:Well,maybe.But I liked the heroine of the movie.She is excel
29、lent.B B:Yeah,I liked her too.Shes adorable!V.Let s TalkAlfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock was a British director.His movies frequently show innocent people caught up insituations beyond their control or even understanding.Hitchcock preferred the use of suspense in his movies.In surprise,the director
30、provides the viewerwith frightening things.In suspense,the director tells or shows things to the audience which thecharacters in the movie do not know,and then skillfully builds up tension around what will happenwhen the characters finally learn the truth.Hitchcock had a great sense of humor.Once at
31、 a Frenchairport,a suspicious customs official looked atHitchcocks passport,which was marked simplyPRODUCER.The curious official asked,“And what do you produce?”“Gooseflesh.”repliedHitchcock.Alfred Hitchcock always managed to make a brief appearance in his movies:He was sometimesgetting on a bus,or
32、crossing a street,pr walking in front of a store,or across the courtyard in anapartment.However,for the movie Lifeboat in 1944,he was faced with a difficult problem.Theentire movie was set in a lifeboat out at sea,and there were only a few characters in the boat.Originally,he wanted to float by as a
33、 dead body,but he was afraid hed sink!His clever solutionwas to place a photograph of himself in a newspaper that one of the characters read during thecourse of the movie.1.A2.C3.DVI.Furthering Listening and SpeakingListeningTask 1:Only One LinePeter has always wanted to be an actor,but never succee
34、ded because he had a hard timememorizing lines.A friend of his told him about a small part in a play.He promised Peter that hecould do it because he s only have to remember one line.Peter decided to take the part.His onlyline was,“Listen,I hear the guns roar!”Peter practiced and practiced,“Listen,I
35、hear the gunsroar!”On the opening night of the play Peter was very nervous.Backstage,he practiced his line,over and over again,“Listen,I hear the guns roar!Listen,I hear the guns roar!”Finally came histurn,Peter went onto stage.He heard a loud BOOM and cried out in spite of himself,“WHATTHE HELL WAS
36、 THA T?”1.memorizing lines2.remember one line3.I hear the guns roar4.a loud boom5.his lineTask 2:An Interview with J.K.RowlingQ Q:How did you get the idea for Harry Potter?A A:I was traveling on a train between Manchester and London and the idea for Harry just fell intomy head.Atthat point it was es
37、sentially the idea for a body who didnt know he was a wizard.Q Q:Did you always plan to write Harrys story in more than one book?If so,how many?A A:I always conceived it as a seven-book series because I decided that it would take seven years,from age eleven to seventeen,inclusive,to train as a wizar
38、d,and each of the books would dealwith one year of Harrys life at the school.Q Q:Any clues about the next book?A A:I dont want to igive anything away,but I tell you that the books are getting darker.Harrysgoing to have quite a bit to deal with as he gets older.Sorry if they get too scary!Q Q:Of the
39、many things you must have heard people say about Harry Potter,what are some of yourfavorites?A A:My very favorite was from a twelve-year-old Scottish girl who came to hear me read at theEdinburgh book festival.At the end of the festival,the queue for signing was very long.Whenthe girl finally reache
40、d me,she said,“I didnt WANT there to be so many people here,becausethis is MY books!”That is exactly how I feel about my favorite books.Nobody else has a rightto know them;let alone like them!1 1.T2.F3.F4.T5.FTask 3:The Secret of the Next Harry Potter BookThe Harry Potter books rapidly became one of
41、 the most in-demand book series among youngreaders and have earned large sums of money.Movies based on the books won several Oscarnominations.Readers are now keen to know the plot of the next book.Harry Potter movie fans will get a long-awaited treat.The movieHarry Potter and the Chamberof Secret is
42、 finally about to come out.This time around,Harry discovers a frightening secret atHogwarts School.Eager readers of the first four Harry Potter books are also trying to discover asecret,the secret plot of the fifth book in the series.Because of the long wait since Book Four,they are guessing many th
43、ings.Some think that Professor Lupin will die or that Harry and hisfriend Ron may be related!J.K.Rowling herself has only said that Book Five will be shorter and scarier than Book Four.Tomake sure her readers hear only rumors,she locks all her ideas for the books in a hidden place.Since the next boo
44、k does not come out until 2003,for mow Harrys secret is safe with her!1.D2.C3.A4.BSpeakingViews on MoviesInterviewerInterviewer:Hello,Robert and Richard,I d like to ask you something about movies.Do youprefer going to the theater or watching movies on video at home?RobertRobert:I prefer,personally,g
45、oing to the theater,because I believe there are certain moviesthat come over better when you see them in a large theater.The sound effect is muchbetter.InterviewerInterviewer:What about you,Richard?RichardRichard:Just the opposite.It s more comfortable to sit at home.InterviewerInterviewer:There re
46、many different movie genres,for example,science fiction,action,comedy,romance.What s your personal favorite?RobertRobert:My favorite would be action movies.RichardRichard:And mine would be nice movies that touch me deeply.InterviewerInterviewer:How do you like the old black and white movies of the forties,and fifties comparedwith the modern blockbusters?RobertRobert:For their time,the movies of the forties and fifties were excellent.But try to comparethem with today s technology,and you ll find there isn t anything to compare.It s sosuperior today.RichardRichard:I agree.