1. UNIT 5
THE SILVER SCREEN
临泽一中 叶会香

14. Meryl Streep Part 1 Reviewing Name: Meryl Streep Birthday: in 1949
Born : America
Movies: Julia(1977)
Kramer vs kramer(1979)
Sophie’s Choice(1982)
Out of Africa(1985)
Music of the Heart(1999)
Married in 1978, a son and three daughters
Part 1 Reviewing

15. Keanu Reeves Name : Keanu Reeves Birthday : in 1964 Born: Toronto
Movies: Wolfboy(1984)
Speed(1994)
The Matrix(1999)
Sweet November(2001)
Hardball(2001)

16. Part 2 pre-reading Wu Yushen
There are some directors. Do you know who are they?
Wu Yushen

17. Wang Jiawei

18. Feng Xiaogang

19. Li an

20. Steven Spielberg

21. Part 3 Skimming
Getting to know Steven Spielberg, read the passage in three minutes to find out what you know about him. And fill in the chart.
Name
Gender
Year of Birth
Place of Birth
Occupation
__________, producer and screenwriter
Education
California State University at Long Beach
Father
electrical engineer
Mother
Name of his wife
Main Works
Steven Spielberg
Male
1946
a small town in America
director
music teacher
Cate Capshaw
actress
1975 Jaws
1982 E.T
1993 Jurassic Park
1993 Schindler’s List
1998 Saving Private Ryan

22. Part 4 Reading for details
childhood
1946
1958
1959
1962
youth
Career（now）
family
born in a small town in American
made his first real film
won a prize for a short film
made his first film named FIRELIGHT
got a small job at a film studio and began his career
now is one of the top directors in the film industry
he has seven children and live a very happy life.

23. 1975 Jaws
Jaws is about a big shark that attacks and eats swimmers.

24. 1982 E.T
E.T. is about a little creature that comes from outer space and wants to go home.

25. 1993
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park is about an island where a very rich man keeps all kinds of dinosaurs.

26. 1993 Schindler’s List
Schindler’s list is about the cruelty of war, which talks about a German who saved thousands of Jewish people.

27. 1998 Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan is about the cruelty of the war, which is about an American captain who led his team to search for a soldier named Ryan.

28. Part 5 Retelling top directors interest made won as studio where when
Fill in the blanks with the words and expressions mentioned in the passage, pay attention to the Attributive Clause.
Steven Spielberg, ____ is one of the ____ ________ in the film _______ , was born in a small town in America in1946.When he was a boy, he showed great _______ in films. He ______ his own films and ____ a prize in his teens. After studying English, he worked __ a film director in a film ______ at that time, ______and _____ his career really _____ off. He loves his family and ______ his success and __________ ____ his wife and seven children. Some of his films ______ as “Jaws” and “Jurassic Park” are full of horror. E.T. ,______ was made by him in 1982, is a science-fiction film about a small ________ from _____ space. “Schindler’s List” and “Saving Private Ryan” _____ are about the ______ of war and love in life are his later films.
top
directors
who
industry
interest
made
won as
studio
where
when
took
owes
happiness to
such
which
creature
outer
that
cruelty

29. Step 6 Enjoying a exciting film

30. Part 7 Homework Write a comment about your favourite film
1.  What’ s it about ?
2. What kind of story do you think it is ?
3. How do you think of the actors / actresses ? …

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