He is a world –famous director. He is a talent in making films. He began making films at the age of 12. He produced many great films which were loved by people all over the world. Who is he ?

Questions: 1.How many films are mentioned in the passage? What are the names of the films? Six. They are “Firelight”, “Jaws” “ET” “Jurassic Park”, “Schindler’s List” and “Saving Private Ryan”. 2.What are Steven Spielberg’s later films about? His later films are about the cruelty of war. 3.What was Spielberg’s dream when he was young? Did his dream come true at that moment? Why? His dream was to got to the Film Academy, but he couldn’t. Because his grades were too low.

Time zone: please find out what happened in the following years? 1946: Steven Spielberg was born. 1958: 1959: 1962: 1975: 1982: 1993: He made his first real film. He won a prize for a short film which he made when he was 13. He made a film called Firelight. He produced his film Jaws which was a real blockbuster. He made the film ET. He produced a film called Jurassic Park.

Jaws(1975) ET(1982) Jurassic Park(1993) Schindler ’ s List (1993) Saving Private Ryan(1998) The film is about a big white shark that attacks swimmers who are spending their holidays in a small village. The film is about a young boy called Elliott who makes friends with a small creature from outer space and helps him to find a way to go home. The film is about a park where a very rich man keeps different kinds of dinosaurs. The two films are both about the cruelty of war.

Divide the whole passage into several parts and talk about the main idea of each part. Part1.(1-2) Steven Spielberg’s early works and his love about the film from a very early age. Part2.(3-6) several of Spielberg’s very successful films. Part3. (7) his successful career and his happy family.

What do you think about Steven Spielberg? What will you learn from him?

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