Speaking () Unit 5

Warming up Stephen Chow()Talk about your favorite actors or actresses.

Birthday and Place: Hong Kong in June 1962 (be born)Childhood: Deeply attracted by Bruce Lee (), study martial art()Education: After high school, join Hong Kongs TBV acting school, 1982

Way of Success: play a role in Final Justice, 1988, Journey to the West, Shaolin Soccer, More than 50 films, 1990nowPrizes: become No.1 Hong Kong film actor, 1990s become Asian Hero chosen by Time Magazine

Maggie Cheung ()

Mini Biography: Born on September 20, 1964 in Hong Kong. Moved at the age of 8 with her family to England, UK. Upon finishing secondary school she returned to Hong Kong where she began modeling and appearing in commercials.

In 1983 she participated in the Miss Hong Kong pageant for which she was awarded first runner-up. This proved not to be a detriment as she went on to become a star of both HK television and film.

Look at the pictures on page 29

Questions: (1) What is happening in this scene?(2) What do you think happened before this scene?(3) What do you think will happen after this scene?(4) What kind of film do you think this is?

Scene 1 is a science fiction film, we see a young girl with a tall man walking along the beach. The man looks a bit strange; he looks half human and half like a robot. Scene 2 is a science fiction film, its a film about the future, too. We see the head of a large, meat-eating dinosaur. It has very big teeth.

Scene 3 is a film made of drawings, and its a film based on history. Scene 4 is an animation film. And its also a historical film. It was directed by the famous director Zhang Yimou.

Explanation 1. After graduating, she went to New York, where she started working as an actress and won the Theater World Award for her role in a play

(1)where she started working as an actress and won the in a play, New Yorke. g. Before long he moved to Americawhere he lived for ten years

(2)as, e. g. He worked as a teacher (3)win , , , , , succeed,fail

e. g. In the competitionwe have won , , e. g. He won the Nobel prize for physics

[]We won them. We beat them. win, , , 2. During the 1980s and 1990s she won many more prizes while playing in famous films such as Sophies choice

, (1) the l980s and l990ss, , the l870s, the nineteen seventies, the l870s,

e. g. In the 1990s, he often went abroad. , (2) while+-inge. g. How do you feel while standing on your head. , ?

(3) such as e. g. Many of the programmes are well receivedsuch as Follow Me []such assuchas

such ase. g. Things such as chairs, curtains, cooking potsdrinking cupsbird cages can all be made of bamboo

such as such as. . . likee. g. Such languages as ChineseRussianJapanese and German are difficult to learn wellLanguages such as

ChineseRussianJapanese and German are difficult to learn well Languages like ChineseRussianJapanese and German are difficult to learn well

Speaking Sentence structures: You studied /worked/ acted at different... What did you do next? What made you decide to...? What roles did you act? (Interviewing Meryl Streep.)

(R: Reporter M: Meryl Streep)R: Welcome to join our wonderful programme. Today in our programme, our guest is the famous actress Meryl Streep. How are you, Mrs. Streep?M: Fine, thank you.R: Mrs. Streep, would you mind me asking some questions about your life?

M: Of course not.R: Okey, so could you tell us something about the place where you grew up?M: Actually, I was born in a really small village in America in 1949.R: I know that you studied at different art schools. Could you please tell us something about the time when you

were young? Did you have any dreams about the future? And what made you decide to become an actress? M: I think Ive always wanted to become an actress since I was a little girl. Thats why first I went to drama school after graduating from high school. And then, as a student I

enjoyed acting in theatre plays.R: What did you do after that? Were there any special reasons why you started working in film?M: I enjoy being an actress. Film is very interesting, because you can reach so many people around the world. I also still enjoy acting in the theatre,

though most of my work is for the film. Anyway, I like this job. R: I see. Can you tell us a little bit more about your career as a film star? What roles did you act? M: My first film was called Julia, back in 1997. Some of my favorite films were Sophies Choice, later on Out of

Africa, and more recently, the film called The Music of the Heart. R: Mrs Streep, thank you for this interesting talk. We hope that you can act more films. M: I hope so, and Ill try my best. Thank you.

(Interviewing Keanu Reeves.) (R: the reporter K: Keanu Reeves)R: We will be talking to Mr. Keanu Reeves in todays show. Welcome to our talk show, Mr. Reeves.K: Its my pleasure.

R: Mr. Reeves, I think many people are interested in knowing the place where you grew up? Could you tell us something about that.K: Sure. First, let me say that Ive been very lucky with my parents. When I was born, we lived in Lebanon, where I spent my early years, after that

moved to Toronto, a big city in Canada, where I grew up and went to high school.R: How about your childhood? Please tell us something more about the time when you were young.K: Toronto is a big city. I didnt like to go to school, so I left high school

without a degree when I was 17. I started doing all kinds of small jobs to make money.R: What made you decide to become an actor? And how did you get success?K: I went from one small job to another. Finally, after about two years, I was asked to act in a film called Woof-

Boy.R: I know. So what made you stay in the film world?K: Thats because of my stepfather. He is a film director. I had very much enjoyed acting in WolfBoy, and two years later I moved to Hollywood, where my stepfather lived. I hoped he

could help me start a career in film.R: Can you tell us a bit more about your career? What kind of roles did you act?K: Well, I think it wasnt easy. I acted in many cheap films for a few years, until I was asked for a film called Speed. That was in 1994. The film was a big success and since then I have acted in

more than 12 films, such as The Matrix and Hardball.R: Mr. Reeves, thank you for this interview, and good luck with your career.K: Thats my pleasure. Thanks.

Talking on page 109TV talk show Role A: an actorA Role B: a fanF Role C: a shopkeeperS Role D: a policemanP Role E: the hostH

H: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our talk show tonight. This time we are going to talk about copyrights in China. As we all know, for many years many people are used to buying cheap CDs, VCDs and DVDs. Especially since China joined the WTO, there has been growing

concern to protect the rights of artists. Cheap DVDs often cost only six to twelve yuan, but the official price in the shops is around 65 to 70 yuan. Many people are worried that if prices are getting higher in the shops, some people will no longer be able to afford buying CDs and VCDs. F, whats your

opinion in this matter?F: Well, Im a film fan and I really try to keep up with all the films that come out. It usually takes some time before new films are shown on TV and cinema tickets are also getting more and more expensive. I think that DVDs should be much cheaper,

because many people, like me, dont have so much money to buy them when they are 70 yuan each.A: Im afraid, I dont agree with you. Artists have to make a living, and our income comes from selling DVDs. DVDs should be sold at high prices to give some money to those who have

worked hard to make the DVDs. People forget that it costs money to make the discs, the boxes, the covers and so on. Besides, not only the artist, but also the studio, the producer and the musicians must be paid. If you think about all that, then in fact, DVDs are not very expensive.

F: Well, thats not true of course. 70 yuan is a lot of money. I have heard from my key pals that DVDs in the West cost about the same price. But of course it is much cheaper to make them in China, so that means a lot of money disappears into somebodys packet.A: You may be right. But I can tell you

that thats not the artists pocket. A lot of money goes to the shopkeepers.H: S, you are a shopkeeper. What do you think about this?S: Well, I disagree with A. Of course, shopkeepers need to make some money on the sales of discs. We have to make a living as well. A should be

happy that we sell his/her work, because without our shops everywhere in China, people would not buy their discs at all. But of course I agree with F. DVDs should not be too expensive for people. I sell cheap DVDs because I know that many people would not buy them if they were much more expensive and also

because it is good for my shop. If nobody can afford expensive discs, and nobody buys, I have to close my shop and I lose my job. I dont think DVDs should be sold at higher prices because people will stop buying and perhaps start to make their own copies on their computers.

H: OK, next lets listen to Ps opinion?P: Well, Im a policeman, and of course what I personally think is not so important. We have made laws in our country and there are rules and agreements that we must all follow in the world. Selling cheap DVDs should

be stopped because it is against the law and its like stealing money from the artists.A: Exactly!P: Besides, making and selling illegal copies of CD/DVDs of foreign artists, many foreigners think in a bad way

about China, so its important that we live by the law and international rules and agreements such as the WTO. On the other hand, the police dont have enough time to check out all the shops in every part of China. F: Well, of course I know that both foreign and Chinese artists should

make their money, but the point is that DVDs are much too expensive. Perhaps discs should be more than ten yuan, but 70 yuan is really much too expen-sive. I dont believe it is so expensive to make the discs. Many books that are published in China are also much cheaper than abroad.

S: I agree with F. I dont think DVDs should be sold at higher prices because there are many people in China. Its better to sell 500 discs for 20 yuan than to sell 100 for 70, isnt it? Everybody can make much more money.

H: Very well. I think well have to round off the discussion. As P has explained, both Chinese law and international rules for copyrights and the WTO say that only legal copies can be sold. F and S agree that DVDs should not be sold at higher prices. They also think

that more discs can be sold if the price of discs is lower because there are many people in China, and it is better to sell 500 discs for 20 yuan than to sell 100 for 70. Perhaps a price of around 25 yuan would be possible. When the prices are lower, there wont be as many illegal

copies and that is better for the society and also for economy. In fact, lower prices are good for everybody. I want to thank everybody for their contri-bution to this interesting discussion. Thank you, thats all for today.

Homework1. Practise talking on page 109 after class, and each group should write a conclusion about your opinion of copyright.2. Preview: Search some information on the internet about Malcolm Langland.