【高二 拓展閱讀-媒體】Animated Movies

AnimatedMoviesThereissomethingseriouslycomfortingaboutwatchingagoodanimatedmovie.Perhapsitbringsbackmemoriesofyourchildhood,reminiscing（回憶）aboutsweetslonggonefromthemodernshelves,andfeelingeageranticipationabouttheexperienceyouareabouttohavewithyourfamilyorfriendsWatchinganimatedfilmsisoftenaspecialtimewhereyouexperiencejoywithyourownchildrenastheyembarkonadventuresthatfillthemwithwonder.Herearethreefavouritetear-jerkers（催人淚下的電影）!FindingNemoOh,theheartstrings.FindingNemohasgottobeoneofthegreatest,loveliest,mosthilariously（極有趣地）animatedfilmsofalltime.Therearesomanythingsaboutthisfilmthat,dependingonyoursensitivitylevel,couldevokeatearortwo.Dory’sfriendshipisbeautiful,themagicalunderwaterscenesareheart-achinglystunning,butintheendit’sgottobeatiebetweenthe“SPOILERALERT”endingsceneoffatherandsonbeinghappilyreunitedaftertheirjourney,andtheopeningscene,whereallofthefisheggsaredestroyedexceptforasinglesurvivor：NEMO.TheLionKingThecircleoflife！Itmovesusall！Forafilmthatwasmadeinthe90s-overtwentyyearsago!-TheLionKingstillhasthepowertomoveusall.Again,itishardtodictateastowherethepointisinsuchapowerfullyanimatedmoviethatisresponsibleforthewaterworks.However,itcouldverywellbewhenSimbagoesdowntofindMufasaandtriestopullhimtogetup,sotheycangohome.Plentyoftearscanbeseenstreamingdownanaudience’sfaceasSimbaissuddenlyallalone,callingoutforhelpwherenoonecanhearhim.Atimelesstragedy.LongliveSimba.Up!Thisbeautiful3Dcomputeranimatedfilmtouchesontheheartstringswhen,unliketheotheranimalfilmsabove,weareinvitedtothinkaboutthehumanconditionofescapism（逃避現(xiàn)實）.Thelessonsheretouchonhowtodealwithlifewhenitbecomeshard-orintheprotagonistscase,whenweloseourgreatlove.Inabeautifulcollageoftime,weseethemaincharacter,Carl,movedthroughhislife,reachedoldage,beforetenderlysayinggoodbyetothewomanhelovedhisentirelife.Allinall,animatedfilmshavearunningtheme：LOVE.Loveofaparent,spouse,childorhero；animatedfilmsshowusthatitistheonethingthatconnectsusandwarmsusallSo,whichoneisyourfavourite？ReadingComprehensionChoosethecorrectanswerforeachquestion1.Whichofthefollowingisoneofthegreatest,loveliest,mosthilariouslyanimatedfilmsofalltimeaccordingtothearticle?A.TheLionKing.B.FindingNemo.C.Transformers.D.Up!2.WhenwasTheLionKingmade?A.In1990.B.Inthe1980s.C.Overtwentyyearsago.D.Overthirtyyearsago.3.WhichofthefollowingmoviesisSimbafrom?A.TheLionKingB.FindingNemoC.TransformersD.Up!4.WhatisthemovieUp!tryingtotellus?A.HowtoadjustthementalitywhenlifebecomeshardB.HowtodealwithlifewhenitbecomeshardC.HowtostayhappywhenwegetoldD.Howtomakealivingwhenlifebecomeshard5.Whatistherunningthemeofanimatedfilmsaccordingtothisarticle?A.LoveB.LifeC.HappinessD.ContradictionVocabulary基礎(chǔ)詞memory n.記憶記詞根記憶memor（記憶）+y→記憶搭inmemoryof為了紀念childhood n.童年；幼年時代記詞根記憶chid（兒童）+hood（名詞后綴,時期）→童年eager adj.渴望的；熱切的；熱衷的英wanttodosth.verymuch,especiallysth.interestingorenjoyable記聯(lián)想記憶他渴望（eager）能像雄鷹（eagle）般翱翔天際搭be/feeleagertodosth.渴望做某事wonder n.奇跡；奇事記聯(lián)想記憶去流浪（wander）吧,途中會充滿奇跡（wonder）搭workwonders創(chuàng)造奇跡；產(chǎn)生良好的效果reunite v.（使）重逢,再相聚；（使）再結(jié)合,再聯(lián)合英tobringtogetheragain記詞根記憶re（重新）+unite（統(tǒng)一,聯(lián)合）再聯(lián)合；重達例Thelostchildwasreunitedwithhisparentsinthepolicestation.走失的孩子和他的父母在警察局重聚了。destroy vt.毀壞,摧毀英todamagesth.sobadlythatitnolongerexists,works,etc記詞根記憶de（相反）+stroy（=struct,建造）不建造反而破壞→毀壞例Anatombombwoulddestroyacity.一顆原子彈能摧毀一座城市。audience n.觀眾；聽眾；讀者記詞根記憶audi+（聽）ence（表名詞）→聽的人→聽眾character n.人物；角色；性格；特點；（書寫或印刷的）字,字體英apersonorananimalinabook,playorfilm記聯(lián)想記憶char+acter（看作actor,演員）→演員在劇中刻畫人物→角色entire adj.整個的；完全的；全部的英wholeorcomplete,withnothingmissing記聯(lián)想記憶en+tire（疲勞）身心俱?！康膖heme n.主題；題目；主旋律記聯(lián)想記憶the+me→就是我→我就是主題→主題搭themepark主題公園Vocabulary進階詞animated adj.動畫的英（ofpictures,drawings,etcinafilm）madetolookasiftheyaremovinganticipation n.預(yù)料,期望搭byanticipation預(yù)先,事先inanticipationof預(yù)料,預(yù)期embark v.上船（或飛機、汽車等）；著手,開始做記聯(lián)想記憶em+bark（犬吠聲）→狗在后面邊吠邊追,不得上船→上船例Whenyouembarkonadifficulttask,itisimportantthatyou’rewellprepared.當你開始一項艱難的任務(wù)時,做好準備工作很重要。sensitivity n.敏感；靈敏性；敏銳的感覺；悟性英theabilitytounderstandart,musicandliteratureandtoexpressyourselfthroughthemevoke vt.喚起,引起,激起記詞根記憶e（出）+vok（叫喊）+e→喊出來→喚起,引起,激起例Thepurposeofapoemneednotinformthereaderofanything,butrathertoevokefeelings.詩歌的目的不一定是要讓讀者了解什么,而是要激發(fā)情感。stunning adj.讓人驚嘆的；極好的,絕妙的英extremelybeautifulorattractivedictate v.口述；規(guī)定；指令,命令記詞根記憶dict（說；斷言）+ate（表動詞）口述；指示例Hedictatedalettertohissecretary.他向秘書口授信件的內(nèi)容。stream v.涌；流淌n.溪流；串,股記聯(lián)想記憶夢想（dream）是