Unit4StageandscreenDevelopingideas課件-高一英語外研版必修第二冊

UnitFourStageandscreenSectionFourDevelopingideasHaveyoueverseenthemoviesorTVplaysbasedonthebooksabove?Whataretheauthor’sopiniononthemovieadaptations?Goodmoviesneedgoodstories.Ifso,whyhasoneoftheearliestandgreatestworksinWesternstorytelling,Homer’sTheOdyssey,neverhadanequallygreatmoviebasedonit?Moviesneedstrongcharacters.SowhyhavethemoviesbasedonTheGreatGatsbyneverbeenpraisedas“great”?Moviesofcourseneedimpressiveimages,sowhyhasAliceinWonderlandonlyresultedinmoviesbestdescribedas”interesting”?Whatfactorsisagoodmoviesupposedtohave?What’sthefunctionoftheexamples?TheOdyssey:toprovethatthemovieisnotasgoodasthebookevenwithagoodstory.TheGreatGatsby:toprovethatthegoodcharactersdonotstandoutinthemovie.AliceinWonderland:toprovethatthevisualimagesarenotasstrikingasthedescriptioninthebook.toexplainideasandconceptsGoodmoviesneedgoodstories.Ifso,whyhasoneoftheearliestandgreatestworksinWesternstorytelling,Homer’sTheOdyssey,neverhadanequallygreatmoviebasedonit?Moviesneedstrongcharacters.SowhyhavethemoviesbasedonTheGreatGatsbyneverbeenpraisedas“great”?Moviesofcourseneedimpressiveimages,sowhyhasAliceinWonderlandonlyresultedinmoviesbestdescribedas”interesting”?ParallelismRhetoricalquestionOneofthekeyreasonsbehindthisisthatwhileabookusuallytakesafewdaystoread,amovietypicallylastsundertwohours.Thismeansthatgreatbookscanloseplotdetailsandcharacterswhentheymovetothebigscreen.ThisissomethingthateventhehighlysuccessfulHarryPottermoviescan’tescapefrom,withfansofthebooksdisappointednottoseesomeoftheirfavouritecharactersinthemovieversions.Whatarethereasonsforbadmovies?tosupporttheideathatsomepartsofthestoryandsomecharactersaremissinginthemovie.Moviesalsodisappointuswhenthingsdon’tlookthewayweimaginedtheminthebooks.Take,forexample,theepicmovieTroy,whichisinpartbasedonHomer’sTheIliadandwasmetwithmixedreviewsfromtheaudience.ThemostquestionableissuewastheactresschosentoplaythepartofHelen.Manypeoplethoughtshedidn’tliveuptoHelen’stitleof“themostbeautifulwomanintheworld”,influencingopinionsofthemovietosomeextent.Whatarethereasonsforbadmovies?toprovideadditionalinformationtotheepicmovieTroy.LearningtolearnExamplesinargumentativeessayscanbeusedto:1.videadditionalinformation.Matchtheauthor’sopinionsaboutthemovieadaptationstotheexamplesfromthepassage.□1Somepartsofthestoryandsomecharactersaremissinginthemovie.□2Thevisualimagesarenotasstrikingasthedescriptionsinthebook.□3Themovieisnotasgreatasthebook.□4Themoviedoesn’tlookthewaywevisualisedwhilereadingthebook.□5Thecharactersdonotstandout.ThereareathousandHamletsinathousandpeople’seyes.Furthermore,booksandmoviesaretwodifferentformsofmediaandthereforehavedifferentrules.Withthisinmind,perhapsweshouldjudgeamovieinitsownright,andnotagainstitsoriginalsource.Doestheauthorputforwardsomethingagainsthisoriginalviewpointinthelastparagraph?What’stheauthor’sconclusion?Interestingly,audienceshaveinrecentyearsturnedtotelevisionseriessuchasSherlockorMadMen,whichcanhavemanycharactersandgradualplotdevelopment.Perhaps,oneday,readersofF.ScottFitzgerald’smostadmiredworkwillfindthemselvesgluedtotheirscreensbyepisodesofTheGreatGatsby.Goodbook,Badmovie?

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ConclusionPara5:(1)differentrulesbetweenbooksandmovies(2)judgeamovieinitsownright,andnotagainstitsoriginalsourcepointexamplesPara2:Goodmoviesneed:Para3:Thefirstreason:Para4:Thesecondreason:Para1greatwordsendupbeingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”TheOdysseyTheGreatGatsby