Unit 5

Bicentennial Man Hero Jurassic Park MuLan

Listening 1 What do we know about the city where Malcolm Grew up? It was _________________________________________________ 2 What did he want to be when he was a student? _______________________________________________________ 3 What was the reason why Malcolm studied law? The reason is______________________________________________ 4 When did Malcolm really start his career in the theatre? When___________________________________________________ 5 Why was the film called The Dream Machine important to Malcolm? It was__________________________________________________. a small town far from the big city When Malcolm was young he wanted to be a teacher his father wanted him to study law Malcolm met Fiona, he started his career in the theatre important because he did not have any experience

Meryl Streep Keanu Reeves 1.When and where was Meryl Streep born? 2.How did he begin to act in plays? 3.When did she began to act in her first film? 4. What about his family? 1.When and where was Keanu Reeves born? 2.Where did Keanu Reeves grow up? 3.What about the time when he was young? 4. What did make him famous?

Keanu Reeves Meryl Streep INTERVIEWING Useful expressions You studied/worked/acted at different… First…and then… What did you do next? Finally you found a job as … Later on… What roles did you act? How long have you been working as…?

1. The first part (the first paragraph) --- Steven Spielberg is a passionate about film from a very early age. 2. The second part (the second paragraph) --- He could not go to the Film Academy but later his career began to take off. 3. The third part (the next four paragraph) it is about several of Steven Spielberg’s successful films. 4. The forth part (the last paragraph) What Steven Spielberg has said and written. Four parts of the text

Some famous films of Spielberg 1. Jaws(1975) is about a big shark that attacks and eats swimmers. 2. ET(1982) is about a little creature that comes from outer space and wants to go home. 3. Jurassic Park(1993) is about an island where a very rich man keeps all kinds of dinosaurs. 4. Schindler’s List(1993) is about the cruelty of war/a German who saved thousands of Jewish people from being killed in the war. 5. Saving Private Ryan(1998) is also about the cruelty of war/an American captain who led his team to search for a soldier named Ryan.

Not One Less

Characters: Mr. Gao, Mr. Tian, Minzhi, Huike Some other pupils Story: This film is about a 13-year-old girl, called Wei Minzhi, who takes care of the village school when the teacher, Mr. Gao, is away for a month. She has to make sure that all the students stay in the school. When one of them – Huike runs away to the city, she follows him and bring him back, together with the people from the TV station. Comments: Many people like this film not only because the story itself is moving, but also because most of the people in the film use their real names and play themselves

How to Make Comments on a film 1. First, tell the story in your own words. 2. Next, make comments on different things about the film, for Example: How do you feel about the story? Why? Are the actors/actresses very good or not? Why do you think so? Is there a lot of action in the film? How do you feel about the ending of the film? 3. Finally, you have to give your opinion about the whole of the film. If you think highly of the film you may encourage other people to go and see it. TIPS