人教修订版高中一年级 ( 上 ) Unit 5

Pre-reading

1) What would the scene be like and what happens in it?2) Who are the main actors in that scene and what do they do?

While-reading

1. Listening What are the names of the five films? The five films are Jaws, ET, JurassicPark, Schindler’s list, and Saving Private Ryan.

2. Skimming1) What happened in the following years? In 1946 Steven Spielberg was born in America. In 1968 Spielberg made his first real film. In 1959 Spielberg won a prize for a short film.

In 1975 he made one of his first films Jaws. In 1982 Steven Spielberg made the film ET which was about creatures that came to the earth. In 1993 he made the film Jurassic Park.

Films Information of the film

Jaws (1975)

ET (1982)

Jaws is about... (a big shark that attacks and eats swimmers)

ET is about... （ a little creature that comes from outer space ）

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Films Information of the filmJurassic Park(1993)

Schindler’s List(1993)

Jurassic Park is about... (an island where a very rich man keeps of dinosaurs.)Schindler’s List is about... (the cruelty of war/a German who saves Jewish people from being killed in the war. )

Films Information of the film

Saving PrivateRyan (1998)

Saving Private Ryan is about... (the cruelty of war/an American led his team to search for a soldier named Ryan.)

3. Scanning Part one (Paragragh 1) — about Spielberg’s childhood. Part two( Paragragh 2) — about Spielberg’s beginning of his career as a film director. Part three (Paragragh 3-6) — about his famous films.

Part four (Paragragh 7) — about his secret of success—his family.

4. Retell Steven Spielberg is one of the most f

amous directors in the world. He was born in America in 1946. He showed

great interest in films when he was a boy. He made his first own film when he was 12. After studying English, he worked as a film director and then his career took off. He loves his family and owes his success to his wife and

children. Some of his films such as Jaws and Jurassic Park are full of horror. His later films such as Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan are about the cruelty of war and love in life.

5. Explanation 1. Many people who saw the film were afraid to swim in the sea… afraid 的用法如下： 1 ） be afraid of sb/sth 2 ） be afraid to do sth/of doing sth 3 ） be afraid of doing sth / be afraid +that clause

4 ） I’m afraid…e.g.1). He seldom stands on the river bank because he is afraid that he might fall into the river.2). I’m afraid I can’t agree with you.

2.This was the moment when Spielberg’s career really took off. 这就是斯皮尔伯格的事业真正腾飞的时刻。 This is an attributive clause, and the word “when” refers to the phrase “the Moment”. “Took off” here means became successful.

3. Steven Spielberg said that he owes much of his success and happiness to his wife and children. 史蒂芬 · 斯皮尔伯格把他的成功与幸福归功于他的妻子和孩子。 Happiness here is a noun. The meaning of “owe... to...” is: be indebted to person, thing, etc.

4. After that it still took seven years before they finally got married.Before….( 以后 ) 才 ; 不等…就 ; （不多久）就e.g. 1) 会议还没结束，他就离开了会场 He left before the meeting ended.

2) 我们没等多久，汽车就来了 We hadn’t wait long before the bus came.

Post-reading

1. Why did Spielberg study English instead of film? Because his grade was not good enough to go to the Film Academy.2. Why were people who saw the film Jaws afraid to swim in the sea?

People who saw Jaws were afraid to swim when they remembered the scenes in which swimmers were attacked or eaten by the shark.3. How important is his family to Spielberg’s career? Spielberg says that he owes much of his career to his family.

4. What was Spielberg’s dream? When Steven Spielberg was young, his dream was to go to the Film Academy.5. What have you learnt from reading about Spielberg? Working hard and believing in your dream will make your dreams come true.

What can we learn from the text? Steven Spielberg is a great man. From this article we know that people should have their own dreams when they are young so that they can work hard accord-ing to their dreams. Because interest is the best teacher, and love makes one fit for any work (George Herbert).

Homework1. Review the story and get more information of the director on the computer, try to write or digest some information from the Internet.2. Preview the next part—word study, and do the exercises on page 32.