高中英语必修二 Module 6 Films and TV Programmes Period 1 Warm up Re

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People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944 , when she starred in National Velvet—the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl本 课 栏 目 开 关

who wins first place in a famous horse race.At first,the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet.However,they waited for her for a few months as she exercised and trained—and added three inches to her height in four months!Her acting in National Velvet is still considered the best by a child actress.

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Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932.Her parents,both Americans,had moved there for business本 课 栏 目 开 关

reasons. When World War Ⅱ started,the Taylors moved to Beverly Hills , California , and there Elizabeth started acting in movies.After her success as a child star,Taylor had no trouble moving into adult(成人) roles and won twice for Best Actress:Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966).

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Taylor’s fame(名声) and popularity gave her a lot of本 课 栏 目 开 关

power with the movie industry,so she was able to demand very high pay for her movies.In 1963,she received $1 million for her part in Cleopatra—the highest pay received by any star up to that time.

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Elizabeth Taylor is a legend( 传 奇 人 物 ) of our time.Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet,she has been本 课 栏 目 开 关

lucky.She has beauty,fame and wealth.But she is also a hard worker.Taylor seldom acts in movies any more.Instead , she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others—several years ago, she founded an organization that has raised more than $40 million for research and education.

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根据上文完成下列各题 1 . What Elizabeth Taylor and Velvet Brown had in本 课 栏 目 开 关

common was that they were both A.popular all their lives B.famous actresses C.successful when very young D.rich and kindhearted

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2.Taylor became Best Actress at the age of A.12 B.28 C.31 D.34

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3. In her later life, Elizabeth Taylor devoted herself to A .本 课 栏 目 开 关

A.doing business and helping others B.turning herself into a legend C.collecting money for the poor D.going about research and education work

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4. Why did the producers not let Taylor play the part of本 课 栏 目 开 关

Velvet at first?Because they thought she was small in size.

5. Why was Elizabeth Taylor able to demand very high pay for her movies?Because Taylor’s fame and popularity gave her a lot of power with the movie industry.

Period One

Warmup & Reading Language Focus

本 As in the old wuxia stories,characters leap through the 课 1. 栏 air every now and then , with beautiful , graceful 目 开 movements,while audiences shout in surprise.正

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古代武侠故事中一样， 影片中的人物们不时在空中跳跃 并做出许多优美的动作，观众看到这些时都发出了惊 叫。

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look before you leap 三思而后行 leap at 赶紧抓住，急不可待地接受(机会) leap out (of)跳出来 leap with joy 高兴地跳起来 注意 leap 的过去式和过去分词有两种形式，即： leap—leaped—leaped 或 leap—leapt—leapt

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(1)Jordan leapt and shot a basketball. 乔丹跳起来投篮。 (2)My heart leapt with joy at the news. 听到这个消息，我万分激动。

[题组训练] (1)I leapt at the chance to go to France. 我立刻抓住了去法国的机会。本 课 栏 目 开 关

(2)A dolphin

leapt out of the water.

海豚跃出水面。 (3)When you do something , you should look before you A.leap

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解析 look before you leap 三思而后行，为固定谚语。

2.Unusually,it is the female characters that interest us most.不同寻常的是，片中女主角令我们最感兴趣。 [归纳拓展]本 课 栏 目 开 关

interest vt.使感兴趣；n.兴趣；利息(率);[pl.]利益 interest sb. in sth.使某人对 感兴趣 develop one’s interest in 培养某人 方面的兴趣 have/take an/no interest in 对 有/没有兴趣 show/lose interest in 表现出/失去对 的兴趣 interesting adj.有趣的 interested adj.感兴趣的 be interested in 对 感兴趣

[语境助记] (1)Are you interested in history?你喜欢历史吗？本 课 栏 目 开 关

(2)Having lost his job, he began to interest himself in local voluntary work. 他失业后便开始关注地方的志愿工作了。 (3)Ben has shown an interest in learning French. 本表现出对学法语的兴趣。 (4)I borrowed the money at 5% interest. 我以 5%的利息借了那笔钱。