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1、Unit 5 HollywoodSection One Pre-reading ActivitiesI.Lead-inDraw your mind map with the headword“Hollywood”.What does the word Hollywood“suggest to you?What words is it associated with in your mind?Write down as many as possible.Show your mind map to the class after you have finished it.This is an op

2、en question.Answers to the question may vary.While talking about variousassociations,both the teacher and the students are expected to use some key words in the text.Forexample,they are supposed to use“studio and shoot motion pictures at the mention ofUniversal Studio Theme Park,“amphitheatre“at the

3、 mention of Hollywood Bowl,“starlet and“immortal at the mention of the Hollywood Walk of Fame,“luxurious and glamour at themention of Beverley Hills,motion picture corporation at the mention of Paramount or WarnerBros,or MGM,etc.Note these are key words in the text and most of them turn up in the“Li

4、st ofwords and expressions focused on in the exercises below”.Il.Cultural information1.QuoteFred Allen:You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood,place it in the navel of a firefly and stillhave room enough for three caraway seeds and a producers heart.2.HollywoodHollywood is a neighborhood in Los

5、Angeles,California-situated west-northwest ofDowntown Los Angeles.Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of moviestudios and movie stars,the word Hollywood is often used as a metonymy of American cinema,and is often interchangeably used to refer to the greater Los Angeles are

6、a in general.Thenicknames StarStruck Town and Tinseltown refer to Hollywood and its movie industry.Today,much of the movie industry has dispersed into surrounding areas such as the Westside1neighborhood,but significant auxiliary industries,such as editing,effects,props,post-productionand lighting co

7、mpanies remain in Hollywood,as does the backlot of Paramount Pictures.Many historic Hollywood theaters are used as venues and concert stages to premiere majortheatrical releases and host the Academy Awards.It is a popular destination for nightlife,tourism,and is home to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.3.

8、Black-and-White MovieBlack and white,often abbreviated B/W or B&W,and hyphenated black-and-white when used as an adjective,is any of several monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white images are not usually starkly contrasted black and white.They combine black and white in a continuum producing

9、 a range of shades of gray.Further,many prints,especially those produced earlier in the development of photography,were in sepia(mainly for archival stability),which yielded richer,subtlershading than reproductions in plain black-and-white.Color photography provides a much greaterrange of shade,but

10、part of the appeal of black-and-white photography is its more subdued monochromatic character.4.Beverley HillsBeverly Hills,located in Los Angeles,USA,has the title of uthe most prestigious residentialarea in the world and is regarded as the representative and symbol of wealth and fame.It islocated

11、on the cool Pacific coast at the foot of the Beverly Hills.Beverly Hills is the dreamland in the mind of the world-famous rich people in the world.Asthe most famous city within the city of Los Angeles,there are the most upscale commercial streetsin the world,as well as numerous mansions of Hollywood

12、 stars;it also serves as the holy land ofthe world movie circle.Every year,Beverly Hills attracts millions of tourists from all over theworld.There is a collection of the worlds top fashion brands.Each store is resplendent,carvedmarble with brass doors.Arch fountain makes this street suddenly look m

13、ore imposing andextraordinary.Now it is the worlds most expensive shopping center.4.Hollywood BowlHollywood Bowl,a modem amphitheater at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood,California,was originally the music performance venue.It officially opened in 1922 in the naturaltheater space known as Dai

14、sy Dell and has been a summer venue for the Los Angelesphilharmonic ever since.The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra is also the venue for a small local band,the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.The most famous feature of the Hollywood amphitheater is its band shell,a concentric archthat has graced the theater since

15、 1929.Popular artists such as Cher,Frank Sinatra,The Beatles,Pink Floyd and Judy Garland have all performed on stage.At the end of some Warner cartoons,pig says,Look.View.People,to.More than just.Ifs all,and cartoon fans may notice thatpigs stage setting resembles the Hollywood Bowl;Whether this was

16、 intentional is debatable(however,the amphitheater did appear in many of Warners cartoon skits,at least once in thenaughty Pink Panther cartoon and once in the Tom and Jerry cartoon).The famous HollywoodSign,visible a few miles to the northeast,also adds to the atmosphere.2III.Audiovisual supplement

17、sWatch a video clip and answer the following questions.1.Do you know the actor in the video?How do you think his performance?2.Nowadays in the show business,stars were often typecast according to the audiences,preference.How do you think the stars should behave in their daily lives?Answers to the Qu

18、estions:1.Yes,he is Mr.Bean.I mean the character in the opera.The actor?s name is Rowan Atkinson.Hisperformance is very fanny and exquisite.2.Open.Video Script:Teacher:Ladies and gentlemen,you may open the envelopes containing your papers.The examstarts.now.3Section Two Global ReadingI.Main idea1.Wh

19、at information does the text present?The text provides information about the past and the present of Hollywood.A.Movies were first made in Hollywood before World War I.B.Hollywoods fame and fortune reached its peak in the 1930s and 1940s,the golden days ofblack and white movies.C.Today most of the H

20、ollywood studios have been leased to television networks.D.There is also the attractive Hollywood Bowl.The old Hollywood movies will be shownagain and again in movie houses and television screens all over the world.2.List a few sentences from the text that present the major information of the text.1

21、)Hollywood suggests glamour,a place where the young star-struck teenagers could,with abit of luck,fulfill their dreams.(Paragraph I)2)The constant sunshine and mild climate of southern California made it an ideal site forshooting motion pictures.Hollywoods fame and fortune reached its peak in the 19

22、30s and1940s,the golden days of black and white movies.(Paragraph 2)3)In those days Hollywood was like a magnet,drawing ambitious young men and womenfrom all over the world.(Paragraph 3)4)As for the stars themselves,they were held on a tight rein by the studio chiefs who couldmake or break all but t

23、he stars with really big appeal.(Paragraph 4)5)Hollywood,above all,has the glamour of the past.It is a name which will always beassociated with motion picture-making.(Paragraph 9)II.Structural analysis1.The text begins with the sentence Hollywood suggests glamour,”This idea is echoedtowards the end

24、of the text,i.e.in Paragraphs 7-9.Can you explain how this is done?The first sentence of Paragraph 7,“Hollywood is no longer the heart of the words motionpicture industry,seems to suggest that the glamour of Hollywood no longer exists.But the firstword of Paragraph 8,Yet,suggests that this is not en

25、tirely true.And the last paragraph stronglyasserts that Hollywood is still a glamourous place.2.Work out the structure of the text by completing the table.Paragraph(s)Main idea1It provides a brief introduction to Hollywood.2-8It provides readers with some major facts about Hollywood.9Hollywood,above

26、 all,has the glamour of the past.4Section Three Detailed ReadingText IHollywood11 Hollywood suggests glamour,a place where young star-struck teenagers2 could,with abit of luck,fulfill their dreams.Hollywood suggests luxurious houses with vast palm-fringedswimming pools,cocktail bars and furnishings

27、fit for a millionaire.And the big movie starswere millionaires.Many spent their fortunes on yachts,Rolls-Royces3 and diamonds.A fewof them lost their glamour quite suddenly and were left with nothing but emptiness andcolossal debts.2 Movies were first made in Hollywood before World War I.The constan

28、t sunshine andmild climate of southern California4 made it an ideal site for shooting motion pictures.Hollywoods fame and fortune reached its peak in the 1930s and 1940s,the golden days ofblack and white movies.Most of the famous motion picture corporations of those days,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer5,Columbi

29、a and Warner Brothers6,are still very much in businessand great stars like Greta Garbo7,Marlene Dietrich8,Charlie Chaplin,9 Gary Cooper10,andmany others besides,have become immortal.3 In those days Hollywood was like a magnet,drawing ambitious young men and womenfrom all over the world.Most of them

30、had only their good looks to recommend them andhad no acting experience-or ability-whatsoever.Occasionally they got jobs,if they werelucky enough to be noticed.Gary Cooper was one of the few who was noticed.He started asa stunt rider11,and from there rose to be one of the great stars of the early We

31、sterns12.Manyof the girls got jobs in cafes or gas stations,and as they served their customers they tossedtheir heads and swung their hips,hoping to attract the attention of some important personconnected with the movies.Most of them hoped in vain.4 As for the stars themselves,they were held on a ti

32、ght rein by the studio chiefs whocould make or break all but the stars with really big appeal.The stars were persuaded to signseven-year contracts,during which time the studios built up their images.4 Under theircontracts the stars did not have the right to choose their parts.Their studios decidedev

33、erything.5 No country in the world has developed so expertly the skill of advertising as theAmericans.5 They advertise everything,from ice cream to candidates for the presidency.TheHollywood studios,by means of advertising,turned starlets into superstars.Many studiochiefs were tyrants,determined to

34、get their own way at all costs,no matter howunscrupulous the means.6 Stars were often typecast and if he or she appealed to the public as a lover,then he orshe always played the part of a lover.A star who was a hit as a cowboy or a bad guy got thesame kind of role again and again.There was little ar

35、guing,youre the perfect dumb blond13,baby,and thats how youre going to stay,“they would say.They even tried to interfere intheir stars private lives:No,sugar14!You just cant marry Mel Billigan.Hes too intellectual.5Hed destroy your image.Only when they ceased to be stars did some of them discover th

36、atthey were also good actors!Movie stars like Bette Davis15,Katherine Hepburn16,SpencerTracy17 and James Mason18 gave distinguished performances in character parts as well asleading roles.7 Hollywood is no longer the heart of the worlds motion picture industry.Most moviestoday are filmed on location

37、,that is to say,in the cities,in the countryside and in any part ofthe world that the script demands.The Hollywood studios are still standing,but most ofthem have been leased to television networks.About 80%of all American TV entertainmentcomes from Hollywood.8 Yet Hollywood has not lost all its gla

38、mour.Movie stars still live there,or in neighboringBeverley Hills19,and so do many of the famous and wealthy people who have made theirhomes in southern California.There is also the attractive Holly-wood Bow20,the hugeoutdoor amphitheater where every summer since 1922 t6Sym-phonies under the Stars”a

39、replayed by Americas best orchestras before packed audiences.9 Hollywood,above all,has the glamour of the past.It is a name which will always beassociated with motion picture making,and for many years to come the old Hollywoodmovies will be shown again and again in movie houses and television screen

40、s all over theworld.Paragraph XQuestions1)What main facts are mentioned in the first paragraph?Hollywood suggests a glamorous place where to young star-struck teenagers,while a luxuryplace to big movie stars who are millionaires.2)Please point out the contrast mentioned in the first paragraph.Many o

41、f the big movie stars became millionaires,living in luxurious houses with vastpalm-fringed swimming pools,spending their fortunes on yachts,Rolls-Royces and diamonds.Buta few of them lost their glamour suddenly and were left with nothing but emptiness and colossaldebts.3)There are many words used in

42、 this paragraph to build an image of Hollywood.Please find themout,and think about why the author uses these words?Those words are:glamour,luxurious,vast,palm-fringed,cocktail,furnishings,yachts,Rolls-Royces,diamonds.All these words may vividly build an extravagant image ofHollywood life.Words and E

43、xpressions1.glamour:几，1)the exciting and charming quality of sth.unusual or special,with a magical power of attractione.g.Foreign travel has never lost its glamour for me.对我来说，出国旅游从未失去它的魅力.She is always attracted by the glamour of a job in the pop music business.她总是被流行音乐行业的魅力所吸引。2)strong personal at

44、traction,esp.sexually exciting beauty,which excites admiration6e.g.Sophia added a touch of glamour by wearing a beautiful dress.索菲亚换了一件漂亮的裙子，更增添了一份魅力。Derivations:glamorous:adj.glamorize:vt.Synonyms:attractiveness,charm2.fulfill:vt.1)carry out a promise;satisfy a desire,prayer,etc.e.g.That man often

45、fails to fulfill his promise,so he is not trusted.那个人经常不履行诺言，所以失去了信任。If he is lazy,he will never fulfill his ambition to be a doctor.如果他懒惰，将永远不会实现成为一名医生的抱负。2)perform or carry out a duty,task,etc.;answer or satisfy a need or purposee.g.The conditions of the contract must be fulfilled exactly.合同的条件必须严

46、格履行。A nurse has many duties to fulfill in caring for the sick.护士在照顾病人方面要履行许多职责。3)finish or complete a period or piece of worke.g.They fulfilled their project 30 days ahead of time.他们提前30天完成了项目。Derivations:fulfilled:adj.fulfillment:n.Comparison:fulfill,realizerealize:make actual or real something tha

47、t has previously existed only as a plan or desireCollocation:fulfill oneself:fully develop ones abilities and charactere.g.He was able to fulfill himself through music.他能通过音乐充分发挥自己的才能。Exercise:Choose the proper word in its appropriate form to fill each blank in the followingsentences.fulfill realize

48、1)They all the bosss demands just to please him.(fulfilled)2)It was really disheartening that our worst fears we r e.(realized)3)The travelling library an important need fbr people who live in country areas,(fulfills)3.colossal:adj.extremely large;of immense size;remarkable;splendide.g.It requires g

49、overnment spending on a colossal scale.它需要政府大规模支出。Derivation:7colossus:n.Synonyms:remarkable;splendidAntonym:smallSentence1.Hollywood suggests glamour,a place where the young star-struck teenagers could,with abit of luck,fulfill their dreams.(Paragraph 1)Explanation:To most people,Hollywood means ex

50、citement and attraction,a place where youngteenagers,deeply fascinated by big stars,could,with a bit of luck,realize their dreams.Translation.好莱坞意味着魅力，是那些憧憬靠小运气就能成为大明星的少男少女们美梦成真的地方。Activity:Making a StoryDirection:Make a short story by group discussion.Use the words“glamour,fulfill,colossal”inParagr