Steven Spielberg
Film Director
莱阳九中
王新凤
Steven Spielberg
Listen to the text and answer the
question
Which film of Steven Spielberg won an Oscar
according to the text?
 A. Sugarland B. Jaws
 C.
E.T.
D. Schindler’s List
Schindler’s List
 Schindler’s
List is about the cruelty(残酷) of
war.
 Schindler is a German businessman who
saved thousands of Jewish（犹太的）
people from being killed in the war.
Life is precious
 The
list is…… life. 名单就是生命
 An hour of life is still life.
 片刻的生命终究是生命
 Whoever saves one life saves the
world entire.
 拯救一个人的生命就是在拯救全世界。
Number Spielberg’s events in the
order they happen
3 He made a 26-minute film called Amblin(漫步前
行)
5 He made Jaws（大白鲨）
1 He made a 15-minute home movie.
4 He made Sugarland Express（横冲直撞大逃
亡）.
2 He made a 135-minute home movie.
8 He made Schindler’s List（辛德勒的名单）.
6 He made E.T.—The Extra Terrestrial（外星人）
7 He made Jurassic Park（侏罗纪公园）.
A boy helps a creature find a way to go home
About the cruelty of war
世界大战
慕尼黑
Role-play: Imagine if you are a director,
what kind of movie do you like to make?
And why?
 Science-fiction 科幻
 Comedy 喜剧
 Adventure 冒险
 War 战争
 Horror 恐怖
 Action 动作
 Music 音乐
 Romance 爱情
Fill in the following blanks with proper words
according to the text
Steven Spielberg has made more successful films than any
other director in the west, so he is generally thought to be the
g_______(1)
American film director. Born in the state of Ohio
reatest
nusual
in 1946, Spielberg showed u_________(2)
abilities at a very
early age. At 13, he completed his first 15-minute home
movie. The 35-minute home movie Firelight he made at 16
was s______(3)
at a cinema and brought him $100. When
hown
alled
Spielberg was 24, he made a 26-minute film c________(4)
Amblin. It was because of this film that a Hollywood film
s_______(5)
employed Spielberg to make a full-length film,
tudio
ad
Sugarland Express, which h__________(6)some
success.
Spielberg’s next film was Jaws, one of the most successful
films of all time. Later Spielberg made some other
w____________(7)films:
E.T.----The Extra Terrestrial, The
onderful
Indiana Jones Trilogy, Jurassic Park, and Schindler’s List, for
which Spielberg won Hollywood’s highest p_________(8):
an
rize
Oscar. Though some of his films have been less
uccessful
s___________(9)in
the last fifteen years, people generally
nderstands
agree that nobody u__________(10)the
meaning of the word
“entertainment” better than Spielberg.
Steven Spielberg’s life

Father: Engineer
Mother: music teacher
His wife: Kate Capshow
Children:7
Steven Spielberg’s achievements
He has won three Best
Movie Oscars, and many
other awards. Besides
films, he has also
ventured(冒险) into
video game production.
“Time” magazine listed
him as one of the 100
greatest people of the
20th century.
Discuss in groups
 Famous
people, super stars like
Steven Spielberg, Zhou Jielun what
can we learn from them?
 passion, love , interest , hard-working,
etc.
composition
张艺谋
(Zhang Yimou)
1951出生
陕西西安
摄影师，导
演，演员
曾在北京电影学院学习
山楂树之恋（The
love of the
Hawthorn Tree ）
2010
纯美的爱情
一个都不能少（Not
One Less ）
1999
中国山村小学，老师魏敏芝
想办法寻找因为穷去城里打
工的男孩
英雄（Hero )
2002
Achievements
中国最负盛
名的导演
三个侠客计划刺杀秦始皇
(the first emperor)
2005获终身成就奖
(the Beijing Film
Academy)
(pure and beautiful)
You can use the key words
 1.one
of the best directors
 2.be born in…..
 3. a poor / rich family , an officer
 4.pass the entrance exam for the Beijing
Film Academy
 5.make a lot of famous films
 6.the Lifetime Achievement Award
Homework
 Write
a composition about Zhang Yimou
according to the chart above. Try to use the
sentence patterns we use today .