【自学天地--课前预习】(15')

【Background】

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a 2000 wuxia film. An American-Chinese-Hong Kong-Taiwanese co-production, the film was directed by Ang Lee and featured an international cast of ethnic Chinese actors, including Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and Chang Chen. The film was based on the fourth novel in a pentalogy, known in China as the Crane Iron Pentalogy, by wuxia novelist Wang Dulu. The martial arts and action sequences were choreographed by Yuen Wo Ping.

Made on a mere US$17 million budget, with dialogue in Mandarin, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon became a surprise international success, grossing $213.5 million. It grossed US$128 million in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing foreign-language film in American history. It has won over 40 awards. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Taiwan) and three other Academy Awards, and was nominated for six other Academy Awards, including Best Picture.[2] The film also won four BAFTAs and two Golden Globe Awards, one for Best Foreign Film. Along with its awards success, Crouching Tiger continues to be hailed as one of the greatest and most influential foreign language films in the United States, especially coming out of China. It has been praised for its martial arts sequences, story, and cinematography.

【自主学习】

Task1. Read the passage and tell whether the statements are true or false.

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a masterpiece of martial arts films.

2. Now wuxia films are well received only in China.

3. The story is mainly about how Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian tried to get back a stolen sword.

4. Chow Yun-Fat played wonderfully in the film and the part Li Mubai interests the audience most.

5. Jiaolong and Xiulian are fighting together to get the sword back.

Task2. Read the passage and fill in the blanks.

_____ _____ _____ are often enjoyable but they are _____ great art. Now _____ _____ _____, Ang Lee,

_____ of a number of excellent films, had made one called Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which is a _____. The film _____ _____ a type of Chinese story called wuxia. These stories _____ _____ martial arts masters in the19th. The story _____ _____ in the early 1800s in China.. Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian are _____ _____ _____ each other. Because Xiulian's fiancé was a good friend of Mubai, he cannot _____ Xiulian. As in the old wuxia stories, _____ leap through the air _____ _____ _____ _____, which audiences shout _____ _____. Unusually, _____ _____ the female characters _____ interest us most. Brave, good and strong, Xiulian is the character we _____ _____ most. Beautiful Zhang Ziyi _____ _____ _____ _____ Yu Jiaolong. But one cannot forget the wonderful Chow YunFat, who is _____ good with a sword _____ he is with a gun. His romantic _____ with Yu Xiulian are very _____, _____ their eyes show all the love that must not _____ _____ _____. Films like this _____ reach the cinema. Go and see it. It will make your heart leap _____ excitement at its beauty.

　　　　　　　　　　【挑战乐园--课内探究】

Task1. Read the passage carefully and find out the main idea of each paragraph.

Para1. ________________________________________________________________________

Para2. ________________________________________________________________________

Para3. ________________________________________________________________________

Para4. ________________________________________________________________________

Para5. ________________________________________________________________________

Task2. Try to retell the review according to the key words below.

This story takes place....

It tells of...

They fell in love with each other, but...

Later, someone steals ... and they try to...

The action takes place ... and the characters leap through...

Unusually, it is ... that...

The most romantic scene is ...

Task3. Find out the following expressions.

1. 属于 _____________ 2. 提及，描述 _______________ 3. 发生 __________________

4. 喜欢，迷恋 ______________ 5. 有时，不时 __________________________

6. 关心，在乎 _____________ 7. 强调句______________________________________________

8. 频率副词 _______________________________________________

【灵学活用--课后练习】

Translate the following sentences into English.

1.没人知道这个装满了书的箱子到底属于谁。(belong to)

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2.你还记得上次校运会是什么时候举行的吗？ (take place)

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3. 每天晚上这个孩子都在他的卧室里玩的很开心。（注意状语顺序）

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4. 我到家的时间是7点。（强调句）

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【巩固落实，反刍整理】

【我的疑问】_______________________________________________________________

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【我的收获】_______________________________________________________________

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