Unit Ten
Teaching Objectives
• To get students be familiar with some film
expressions.
• To understand the purpose of writing and
the main information the text conveys.
• To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
Lead-in questions
• 1.How many different types of films do you
know?
• 2.Do you think cinemas are doing good
business these days? Why or why not?
• 3.Do you sometimes watch films in English?
Are they very difficult for you?
• 4.Do you prefer domestic films or foreign
films? Why?
Lead-in questions
• 5.Speaking of film-making, can you name
some well-known companies or places of
world’s film industry?
• 6.What makes a good actor?
• 7.What does Hollywood mean to you?
• Hollywood is a district within the city of
Los Angeles, California, U.S., whose
name is synonymous with the American
film industry. Since the early 1900s, when
moviemaking pioneered, it has been a
center of the motion picture industry in the
United States.
• HOLLYWOOD, the world’s most evocative
symbol, is a universal metaphor for
ambition, success and glamour.
• When talking about Hollywood stars, you
can come up with a long list of familiar
names: Cameron Diaz, Angelina Jolie,
Jonny Depp, Sharon Stone, Julia Roberts,
Nicolas cage, Tom Cruise …Hollywood
was very much like a magnet, attracting
ambitious young men and women from all
over the world. But most of them hoped in
vain.
奥斯克“小金人”
Oscar Awards
• Best picture: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
• Actor in a leading role: Sean Penn
(MILK)
• Actress in a leading role: Kate Winslet
(THE READER)
• Actor in a supporting role
• Actress in a supporting role
Oscar Awards
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Best directing
Best foreign languages film
Best music (song)
Best music (score)
Best film editing
Best sound mixing
Best sound editing
Oscar Awards
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Best visual effects
Best documentary feature film
Best makeup
Best costume design
Best art direction
Best animated feature film
Best writing (adapted screenplay)
Best writing (original screenplay)
Etc.
Oscar Winning Films
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阿甘正传（67）
百万宝贝 （77）
巴顿将军（43）
沉默的羔羊（64）
大饭店（5）
不可饶恕（65）
飞越疯人院（48）
蝴蝶梦（13）
教父（45）
教父II(47)
美国美人（72）
乱世忠魂（26）
Oscar Winning Films
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骗中骗（46）
辛德勒的名单（66）
失去的周末（18）
西区故事（34）
走出非洲（58）
窈窕淑女（37）
希区柯克
克林特·伊斯特伍德
李安
丹尼·保尔执导的“贫民富翁”获81
届奥斯卡最佳导演奖
朱莉亚·罗伯茨
尼古拉斯·凯奇
简.芳达
西恩·潘夺得第81届奥斯卡影帝
查理兹-塞隆
两届奥斯卡影帝汤姆·汉克斯
奥黛丽.赫本
凯特·温丝莱特
摩根·弗里曼
凯西-贝
Do you know?
• 1.There are different types of films,
documentaries（纪录片） (programe that
gives information about a particular
subject) and feature films（故事片）.
Feature films can be classified into
romance, action, comedy, drama,
family, war, suspense, adventure,
science fiction, horror, etc.
Discussing the following statements.
Tell whether you agree or not.
• 2. Films that involve too much violence are
sickening/ harmful to young people.
• 3. Films that are set in beautiful countryside/
are accompanied with fine theme music
appeal to me.
• 4. I have never been a big fan of any type of
movie./ I cannot resist an Oscar winning film.
• 5. How often I go to the cinema depends on
what film is showing.
Discussing the following statements.
Tell whether you agree or not.
• 6. Cinemas in the city usually offer a
better and bigger choice of movies but
the tickets there are too much
expensive for us students.
• 7. I seldom go with my friends to a
cinema for a newly released film unless
the film review（影评） is rather good.
Discussing the following statements.
Tell whether you agree or not.
8.I don’t like eating or drinking anything
while watching a film, because I want to
concentrate on the story.
9.Cinemas are not doing good business
these days because a lot of people
prefer watching films at home.
10. The popularization of TVs, VCDs and
DVDs has taken away much of the
business of cinemas.
Discussing the following statements.
Tell whether you agree or not.
11. Cinema owners often have to rely on
the sale of sweets and other things to
keep up business.
12. Some cinemas also sell books and
magazines about films or portraits of
film stars.
13. I like both domestic and foreign films
as long as they are good.
Discussing the following statements.
Tell whether you agree or not.
14. I would like to see films in English with
Chinese subtitles（字幕）. I can listen to
authentic English and the Chinese subtitles
can help me with difficult parts in the
language.
15. Foreign films dubbed（配音） in Chinese
have a larger audience than those with
Chinese subtitles. It’s distracting（分散注意
力的） to have to watch subtitles to
understand what is going on in a film.
Text introduction
The text is an introduction about the
history, the present situation and the
future of Hollywood in a chronological
order and on a point-by-point basis.
Hollywood was once the center of
world motion picture industry and
attracted all the young men and women
to try their luck there.
In recent years Hollywood has lost its
glamour. However, its influence on
movie industry will remain in the future
and it will still be a very important part
of the world entertainment industry in
the years to come.
Text structure analysis
Part 1: (Para.1): It provides a brief introduction to
Hollywood.
Part 2: (Paras.2-8): Some major facts or important
information about Hollywood.
Part 3: (Para.9): The author believes that in the
future the old Hollywood movies will be shown
again and again in movie houses and television
screens all over the world
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Text structure analysis
• The nine-paragraph text, written in the
third person, is well organized with the
beginning and the ending echoing each
other. The body paragraphs are mostly
developed by the deductive methods.
Major facts and events about Hollywood
are narrated or presented either according
to the chronological order or on a point-bypoint basis.
Text structure analysis
• Which paragraphs are developed by
means of the deductive method?
• List some major facts or important
information about Hollywood from the text.
Part One (para.1)
• Please point out the contrast mentioned in
the first paragraph.
• Please point out the parallel structure
mentioned in the first paragraph. What’s
the use?
Parallel structure
• When thinking changes your mind, that’s
philosophy. When God changes your mind,
that’s faith. When facts change your mind,
that’s science.
• Hollywood reminds you of the exciting and
charming quality of something unusual or
special. With a magical power of attraction,
it’s a place where the young teenagers
deeply impressed by stars could, with a bit
of luck, realize their dreams.
Hollywood is associated with a magical
power of attraction, and it is a place where
the young teenagers profoundly influenced
by stars could make their dreams come
true if they are lucky.
好莱坞充满魅力。在这里，那些怀揣明星梦的少
男少女们，若是有点儿运气，可以实现他们的梦
想。
比华利山
• 比华利山代表Rich & Famous。一窥名流巨
星的豪华住宅。
Yacht
Rolls Royce
suggest
• = To bring or call to mind by logic or
association; evoke:
• The thought of summer suggests
swimming.
• 想到夏天, 就使人联想到游泳。
fulfill
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to fulfill one’s promise
fulfill duties
fulfill project
fulfill the orders
fulfill one’s ambition
fulfilled oneself as a mother/painter
fulfillment n.
fringe
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v.在...上加以缘饰, 成为...的边缘
The road was fringed with willows.
道路两旁柳树成行。
2) n. 额前垂发，刘海
3)边缘, 边界; [喻](学问的)初步, 皮毛; (事物的)大
概, 初步; 次要部分
• the mere fringes of philosophy
• This is an enormous field of which l can here
touch only the fringe.
• >>>The swimming pool is surrounded by palm
trees at the edge.
• border, margin, edge, rim, brim, fringe
• Border refers to the boundary of a surface and
may imply the limiting line itself or the part of the
surface immediately adjacent to it.
• Margin implies the empty space at the side of a
page.
• Edge refers to the part of an object that is farthest
from its center.
• Rim is applied to the edge of a circular or
curved surface.
• Brim refers to the top edge of a container.
• Fringe refers to the outer edge or border,
which is often considered to be peripheral,
extreme, or minor in relation to the main
part.
furnishings
• = the furniture and other things in a room,
such as curtains, baths, etc.
Furnishings in my room are all made by
myself.
• furnish v. furniture n.
• furnish somebody / something with…
• adv. + furnished
Colossal adj.
colossus n.
• = extremely large
• People erected a colossal monument in memory
of the heros.
• Enormous suggests a marked excess beyond
the norm in size, amount, or degree.
• Immense refers to boundless or immeasurable
size or extent.
• Colossal suggests a hugeness that elicits awe or
taxes belief.
• Tremendous suggests awe-inspiring or fearsome
size.
Part Two: (Paragraphs 2-8)
• These paragraphs constitute the body of the text.
• Each of these paragraphs tells us some major
facts or important information about Hollywood.
Para 2 tells briefly about the history of Hollywood
and its great success in the past.
• Para. 3 states the fact that Hollywood was
like a magnet, drawing ambitious young
men and women from all over the world and
describe what they did there.
• Para. 4 points out that the stars were held
on a tight rein by the studio chiefs.
• Para. 5 makes it clear that the Hollywood
studios, by means of advertising, turned
starlets into superstars and that many
studio chiefs were tyrants.
• Para. 6 mainly illustrates the fact that stars
were often typecast.
• Para. 7 tells us that Hollywood is no longer
the heart of the world's motion picture
industry, and that it has turned into the
American TV entertainment center.
• Para. 8 supports the statement that
Hollywood has not lost all its glamour.
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v. = To record on film 拍摄(照片, 电影)
shoot the scene in one take.
一次就把这个场景拍完
n.芽, 苗,光线
winter bamboo shoot 冬笋
rice shoot 禾苗
a shoot of sunlight 一道阳光
2 Hollywood’s fame and fortune reached
its peak…, the golden days of …
• Hollywood’s fame and fortune reached its
highest point in the 1930s and 1940s,
when the best black and white movies
were produced in abundance and became
very popular.
In business
• = be operating
• e.g. This company is in business
vigorously.
• e.g. The joint venture has been in
business for several years, but these
years it is declining due to the wrong
management.
Immortal a. 不朽的 n. 不朽的人物
• 1.The little girl is very interested in the old
legend of immortal creatures.
• 小女孩对有关永生的精灵的古老传奇非常感兴趣。
• 2.Beethoven is regarded as one of the
immortals of classical music.
• 贝多芬被认为是不朽的古典音乐大师.
• 3.The soul is immortal.灵魂不灭.
• Antonym: mortal
• All mortals must die.
Greta Garbo
Marlene Dietrich
Charlie Chaplin
Gary Cooper
whatsoever
• ad. (用于否定句中以加强语气)任何
pron.& a. 无论什么
1.Whatsoever nonsense the newspaper prints,
some people always believe it.
• 无论报纸上刊登什么荒谬的东西，总有人相信。
• 2.Take whatsoever measures you consider best.
• 采取任何你认为最好的措施。
成名，出名
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rise to fame
become famous
make a name for oneself
become well-known
come to top
become a household name
become a celebrity
become an outstanding figure
toss
• 1)=To move or lift (the head) with a sudden
shaking motion
• tossing their heads in sprightly dance
• “在轻盈活泼的舞步中举起他们的头”
• 2) 翻来复去
• toss about in bed 在床上辗转反侧
• 3) 使颠簸，使摇动连续来回地投掷，荡动
或起伏；来回振动：
• boats that were tossed by the storm
• 在风暴中颠簸摇摆的小船
rein: 缰绳
• The rider pulled on the reins, and the
horse stopped. 骑马的人拉紧缰绳，马停
住了。
• give rein to 放任；纵容
• take the reins掌权；当领导人
• keep/ hold a tight rein on sb.
• give the reins to one's imagination任凭想
象纵情奔放
at all costs
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( =at any cost)不惜任何代价, 无论如何
at all risks/at all events
无论如何都要避免和非典病人直接接触。
Direct contact with the patients suffering
from SARS must be avoided at all costs.
appeal to
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Bright colors appeal to small children.
小孩喜欢鲜艳的颜色。
appeal to another court
向另一法院上诉
appeal to arms [force]
诉诸武力
cease to be 不再是
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= To come to an end; stop: 终止；停止
My joy shall never cease.
The great man ceased to think.
cease-fire
n.停火
cease publication 停刊, 停止出版
cease to be in effect / force 失效
Bette Davis
Katherine Hepburn
Spencer Tracy
James Mason
lease v. 出租,租出,租得
• 1. I will lease you the house for one year.
• 我将把这房子租给你一年。
• 2.The lease on our flat runs out in a few
months.
• 我们公寓的租约还有几个月就到期了
packed
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packed lunch n. 盒装午餐
packed goods 包装的货物
packed like sardines
拥挤得象罐头里沙丁鱼, 挤得满满的
The Hollywood Bowl - The
Symphony under the star
The Hollywood Bowl, the huge
outdoor amphitheatre
Part Three: (Paragraph 9)
• This paragraph is the last part of the text.
The author believes that for many years
to come the old Hollywood movies will
be shown again and again in movie
houses and television screens all over the
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world
• Q: Which sentence of this part can be
seen as the topic sentence?
• Hollywood, above all, has the
glamour of the past.
Hollywood, most important of all, boasts
the charming and exciting magical
attraction of the past.
Translation exercises
1.Towering above all the others, this mountain
peak commands a fine view.
2.I have asked my friends to recommend a
doctor who is good at treating children.
3.The children were swinging on a rope
hanging from a tree.
4. Direct contact with the patients suffering
from SARS must be avoided at all costs.
5. Being cruel, treacherous, and unscrupulous,
that terrorist committed murder, arson, and
every crime imaginable.
6. That old woman is always interfering in other people’s
affairs.
7. After having several influential papers published, he
became quite distinguished in the academic world.
8. The huge outdoor amphitheatre is an attractive place,
where symphonies by great musicians are played every
summer.
9. He packed a briefcase with what might be required,
while I packed a suitcase with all the things that might be
needed.
10. We Chinese usually associate the Spring Festival with
family reunion.
Dictation
• It’s that time of the year again, when the
entertainment world gets excited about the
Oscars and the madness that surrounds
Hollywood’s biggest night of the year. Everybody
has an opinion on which film should take home
the Best Picture prize and who should walk
away with the statuette for Best Actor and Best
Actress. But it’s only after the ceremony is over
that the real analysis begins. People commented
on the acceptance speeches, rate the host on
his or her performance, and examine each and
every attendee closely, from their hairstyle right
down to their socks.
Thank you!