(1) Who directs it?
(2) Who stars in it?
(3) When did it come out?
Answers:
(1) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
(2) Chris Columbus
(3) Daniel Radcliffe , Emma Watson ,Rupert Grint
(4) 2001
3. Read through the words in the box while the students listen and follow .Have the students repeat them. Make sure they understand the meanings. Show some posters to the students , and ask them to tell the types( Romantic film , martial arts film , comedy , tragedy , thriller , adventure film , horror film.)
Step 2. Pre-reading
1. Read the words in the box and have the students repeat them after the teacher. Make sure they know what they all mean. Ask them to do the activity individually and then check with a partner.. Collect the answers from the whole class.
2. Have the students appreciate a moving plot of Crouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon. Show some pictures about the famous film and introduce the main plot to the students.
Step 3. Reading
1.Read the film review .Have the students decide which is the best summary of the film.
Answer: 2 is the best. It is a martial arts film that tells the story of a stolen sword and the fight to get it back..
2.Fast-reading.
Skim the passage and find the answers to each question .
(1) Who is the director of it ? (Ang Lee)
(2) What's the relationship between Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian ? (They are friends. Xiulian's fiancé was a good friend of Mubai.)
(3) Who plays the part of Yu Jiaolong ? What do you think of her performance?(Zhang Ziyi , a young woman who is not as good as she seems.)
3.Further- reading .
Read the passage carefully and decide if these statements are true or false.
The story takes place in the 18th century.