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Unit Three Movie
In-classroom ActivityThe First Step Reading Skill:Context Clues to Word Meaning I-3
1. Review
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
What is an example clue?
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
What is an example clue?
An example clue refers to the information provided by the context by using examples or specific items to explain the word or expression in the same context.
2. Further Knowledge
Context signals (p.1)
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
1. What are context signals?
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
1. What are context signals?
Context signals are the signals in the context reminding the reader of the coming of the context that might provide context clues.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
2. What do context signals include?
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
2. What do context signals include?
Context signals include:1) Punctuations2) Certain empty words as well as full
words
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
3. The punctuations that might play the function of Context Signals
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
3. The punctuations that might play the function of Context Signals
comma (,); dash ( — ); semi-colon (;); full stop (.); parenthesis (())
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
4. The forms that punctuations appear to be the context signals
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
4. The forms that punctuations appear to be the context signals
1) comma – (, … ,); (, … .)
e. g. Freshmen, the first-grade university students, are usually from senior middle school directly.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
4. The forms that punctuations appear to be the context signals
2) dash – ( — … — ); ( — … ,); ( — … .)
e. g. A dictionary — a very useful tool for the language learners — was hard to buy in the 1970 in China.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
4. The forms that punctuations appear to be the context signals
3) parenthesis – ((…)); ((or … ))
e. g. Sophomores (second-grade students) are usually no longer confused about how to study in university.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
4. The forms that punctuations appear to be the context signals
4) semi-colon – (a clause + ; + another clause)
e. g. To help others willingly is encouraged in our society; to accept help when in difficulty is also encouraged.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
4. The forms that punctuations appear to be the context signals
5) full stop – (a sentence + . + another sentence)
e. g. The children of that kindergarten walked out of the classroom happily. Their teachers arranged them playing family.
3. Practice (p. 31)
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
1. Cartoon movies are produced by taking pictures of drawings. This kind of movie is called an animation.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
1. Cartoon movies are produced by taking pictures of thousands of drawings. This kind of movie is called an animation.
Context signal – the full-stop
Context clue – taking pictures of thousands of drawings
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
2. When he made Mickey Mouse talk on the movie screen, audiences --- people who saw the movie --- were delighted
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
2. When he made Mickey Mouse talk on the movie screen, audiences --- people who saw the movie --- were delighted
Context signal – the two dashes
Context clues – people who saw the movie
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
3. Disney was not sure people would like it, and the uncertainty worried him
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
3. Disney was not sure people would like it, and the uncertainty worried him
context signal – no punctuation is used alone to play the function of context signal
context clue – was not sure
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
4. One of Disney’s dreams was of creation of a new kind of amusement park --- a place where all the members of a family could go and have fun together.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
4. One of Disney’s dreams was of creation of a new kind of amusement park --- a place where all the members of a family could go and have fun together.
Context signal – the dash
Context clue – a place where all the members of a family could go and have fun together
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
5. The park is divided into five sections. In one section, the visitor walks along an American Main Street such as Disney remembered from his childhood. Another section, Tomorrowland, shows the world of the future.
Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-3
5. The park is divided into five sections. In one section, the visitor walks along an American Main Street such as Disney remembered from his childhood. Another section, Tomorrowland, shows the world of the future.
Context signal – the second comma
Context clue – show the world of the future
In-classroom ActivityThe Second Step Word Pretest (p. 29)
Word Pretest
1. Let’s go to the movies tonight.
A. move
B. the film
C. movement
D. exhibition
Word Pretest
movies – a showing of a film as in the threatre
A. move – changing the position; measures
B. the film – a sequence of photographs or drawings projected on a screen in such rapid succession that they create the optical illusion (because of the persistence of vision) of moving persons and objects
C. movement – change in position or from one place to another
D. exhibition – a public show of objects
Word Pretest
1. Let’s go to the movies tonight
A. move
B. the film
C. movement
D. exhibition
Word Pretest
2. The plane crashed shortly after take-off.
A. speed up
B. slow down
C. had an accidents and broke into pieces
D. had an accident and changed the direction
Word Pretest
crashed – to have an accident to a vehicle or to cause a vehicle to have an accident by heading to something violently, directly and suddenly
A. speeded up – to make sth. move faster B. slowed down – to make sth move slowerC. had an accident and broke in pieces – (a vehicle
which) was in piece because of the accident, (because of the original meaning of the verb ‘crash – to fall or to move suddenly by heading to sth violently and noisily.).
D. had an accident and changed its direction – (not corresponding to the word in the statement because of the original meaning).
Word Pretest
2. The plane crashed shortly after take-off.
A. speed up
B. slow down
C. had an accidents and broke into pieces
D. had an accident and changed the direction
Word Pretest
3. The town was destroyed by the floods after the storm.
A. fire
B. overflow of water
C. lightning
D. earthquake
Word Pretest
floods – a great overflow of water on to a place that is usually dry
A. fire – flames or flames that are out of control
B. overflow of water – water moving over the edges or in large quantity
C. lightning – a flash of bright light in the sky usu. followed by thunder in the summer raining day
D. earthquake – a sudden violent shaking of the earth’s surface
Word Pretest
3. The town was destroyed by the floods after the storm.
A. fire
B. overflow of water
C. lightning
D. earthquake
Word Pretest
4. It’s difficult to cross the desert by car, but not absolutely impossible.
A. nearly
B. often
C. always
D. completely
Word Pretest
absolutely – completely, totally
A. nearly – almost, not at all
B. often – frequently, many times
C. always – all the time or every time
D. completely – totally
Word Pretest
4. It’s difficult to cross the desert by car, but not absolutely impossible.
A. nearly
B. often
C. always
D. completely
Word Pretest
5. The whole building was in flames.
A. in confusing
B. on fire
C. in struggle
D. under control
Word Pretest
in flames – surrounded by flames in all directions
A. in confusion – in a situation in which people are uncertain about what to think or to do
B. on fire – burning and being damaged by fire
C. in struggle – in a state of a great effort to do sth. difficult
D. under control – in command
Word Pretest
5. The whole building was in flames.
A. in confusing
B. on fire
C. in struggle
D. under control
Word Pretest
6. The police came to my help instantly.
A. immediately
B. closely
C. happy
D. kindly
Word Pretest
instantly – at once
A. immediately – done or needed at once or without delay
B. closely – near,
C. happily – in a mood of great pleasure
D. kindly – good-heartedly
Word Pretest
6. The police came to my help instantly.
A. immediately
B. closely
C. happy
D. kindly
Word Pretest
7. The bomb consisted of explosive packed into a suitcase
A. things that explode
B. clothes
C. things that burns
D. metals
Word Pretest
explosive --- a substance that can explode such as gunpowder
A. things that explode
B. clothes
C. things that burns
D. metals
Word Pretest
7. The bomb consisted of explosive packed into a suitcase
A. things that explode
B. clothes
C. things that burns
D. metals
Word Pretest
8. My car has a device which opens the garage doors.
A. a brake
B. a design
C. a plan
D. an instrument
Word Pretest
device – a thing invented to fulfill a special purpose
A. a brake – the part of a vehicle which make it go slower or stop
B. a design – a drawing showing how sth. is to be made
C. a plan – an arrangement for some future activity
D. an instrument – an object which you use to help you in your work
Word Pretest
8. My car has a device which opens the garage doors.
A. a brake
B. a design
C. a plan
D. an instrument
In-classroom ActivityThe Third StepText, Section A
Text, Section AHow Do the Movies Do It?
Text-reading (p. 30)
Text, Section A
1. Try to finish the reading of the text within eight minutes and to get the basic idea of the story. (660/80wpm≈8 minutes)
2. After finishing the reading try to do Reading Comprehension on page 32
Reading Comprehension (p. 32)
Reading Comprehension
1. The special-effect men are those who ____.
A. burn houses quickly
B. make a train crash without harming the people
C. created special effects in the film
D. have the most important jobs in the film industry
Reading comprehension
1. C – But he may also be asked to create a special effect which is much less exciting, though just as important to the success of the film. (l. 3, para. 2)
Reading Comprehension
1. The special-effect men are those who ____.
A. burn houses quickly
B. make a train crash without harming the people
C. created special effects in the film
D. have the most important jobs in the film industry
Reading comprehension
2. In order to control the fish’s swimming in one film, the special-effect man ______
A. gave the fish something special to eat
B. used some fish which were not real
C. used special cameras
D. used electricity to control the fish
Reading comprehension
2. D – The result was an idea for controlling the fish with a harmless use of electricity. (l. 1, para. 4)
Reading comprehension
2. In order to control the fish’s swimming in one film, the special-effect man ______
A. gave the fish something special to eat
B. used some fish which were not real
C. used special cameras
D. used electricity to control the fish
Reading comprehension
3. A United States military airplane flew down near the copy of a real ship because ______.
A. the copy was too big
B. the copy was so real that the U.S. plane felt suspicious
C. the U.S. plane wanted to see the film being produced
D. the film was not allowed to be produced on the public sea.
Reading comprehension
3. B – … it seemed so real that a United States military airplane flew down near it, trying to discover which country owned it. L4, Para. 6
Reading comprehension
3. A United States military airplane flew down near the copy of a real ship because ______.
A. the copy was too big
B. the copy was so real that the U.S. plane felt suspicious
C. the U.S. plane wanted to see the film being produced
D. the film was not allowed to be produced on the public sea.
Reading comprehension
4. The special-effects man liked to use metal pipes in making fires for the following reasons except ____.
A. the burning of wood cannot have large flames at once
B. the gas fire can be easily controlled
C. wood was more expensive
D. the burning of other materials cannot be trusted
Reading comprehension
4. C – (the 7th paragraph explains A. B. and D.)
Reading comprehension
4. The special-effects man liked to use metal pipes in making fires for the following reasons EXCEPT ____.
A. the burning of wood cannot have large flames at once
B. the gas fire can be easily controlled
C. wood was more expensive
D. the burning of other materials cannot be trusted
Reading comprehension
5. When the explosives are used, special-effects men usually receive extra pay because ____.
A. there is a danger
B. there will be some accident
C. it takes a longer time
D. all of the above
Reading comprehension
5. D ( para. 8 )
Reading comprehension
5. When the explosives are used, special-effects men usually receive extra pay because ____.
A. there is a danger
B. there will be some accident
C. it takes a longer time
D. all of the above
Reading comprehension
6. The special-effects man causes explosions in the air by ______.
A. using plane to drop explosives
B. sending up bags full of explosives
C. using gas pipes to control the explosion
D. using wires to control electricity
Reading comprehension
6. B – … he causes explosions in the air by sending up large bags filled with explosives. L3, para. 9
Reading comprehension
6. The special-effects man causes explosions in the air by ______.
A. using plane to drop explosives
B. sending up bags full of explosives
C. using gas pipes to control the explosion
D. using wires to control electricity
Reading comprehension
7. If a church tower must seen to be hit by guns, the special-effects man ______.
A. uses the model of a church
B. uses explosives and put them on the roof of the church
C. puts explosives in some places in the tower
D. destroys the church first
Reading comprehension
7. C – … he puts explosives in several places in the tower. L5, para. 9
Reading comprehension
7. If a church tower must seen to be hit by guns, the special-effects man ______.
A. uses the model of a church
B. uses explosives and put them on the roof of the church
C. puts explosives in some places in the tower
D. destroys the church first
Reading comprehension
8. Many films are very expensive to make because ______.
A. the special-effects add a great deal to the expense
B. the special-effects men sometimes ask for extra pay
C. the burning of houses, churches, bridges, and ships costs a great deal
D. the crushing of planes and trains is costly
Reading comprehension
8. A – It also adds a great deal to the expense of producing the film. It helps to explain why so many movies are very expesive to make. L1, last para.
Reading comprehension
8. Many films are very expensive to make because ______.
A. the special-effects add a great deal to the expense
B. the special-effects men sometimes ask for extra pay
C. the burning of houses, churches, bridges, and ships costs a great deal
D. the crushing of planes and trains is costly
In-classroom ActivityThe Fourth StepVocabulary Building (p. 34)(2) suffixes
Vocabulary building, suffixes
Suffixes1. -ence / -ance verb + -ence / -ance = noun root + -ence / -ance = noune. g. emergence, reference, difference attendance, vigilance, resistance
Vocabulary building, suffixes
Suffixes:2. –ish root + -ish = adjective / noun noun + -ish = adjective e. g. Irish, Spanish, English, foolish. Womani
sh, finish, polish
Vocabulary building, suffixes
Key to the practice; (p. 34)1. confidence 2. distance3. devilish 4. presence5. importance 6. childish7. patience 8. appearance