Unit 4 Film and film events

Reading---教案

Teaching Aims: Teaching procedures:

(1) Encourage the Ss to grasp the main topics of the article.

(2) Stimulate the Ss' interest in learning English by talking about their own

opinions.

(3) Students are expected to gain some knowledge about film festival and reinforce

their reading comprehension.

(4) Develop the students' reading ability---how to express the ideas which are

different from the others..

Important points & difficult points:

(1) Find the main points in the each section and express them.

(2) Understanding the text.

Procedure:

Step 1 Lead-in

1. Can you name some famous film festivals held around the world? Where are they held?

Cannes Film Festival, France; Venice International Film Festival, Italy; Berlin International Film Festival, Germany; Toronto International Film Festival, Canada; Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan; Shanghai International Film Festival, China.

2. In a film, an actor or actress, or a director wins awards in a film festival, do you think it means the film, the actor or actress, or the director is good?

3. Share some pictures: What are the two pictures about?

Step 2: Reading

　Besides the Oscar Award, there are many other film festivals both at home and abroad.

1. True or False

Movie Magic is a weekly programme. (true)

The Venice Film Festival is the youngest film festival in the world. (false)

The Sundance Film Festival includes those financed by Hollywood studios. (false)

Cannes can make films famous. (true)