Unit 5

The silver screen

Comedy

喜剧

Cartoon movie

卡通片

War movie

战争片

Action movie

动作片

Science fiction

科幻片

Some information about Steven Spielberg

year what he did

1946

1958

1959

1962

1975

1982

1993

1993

1998

Made his first real film

Won a prize for a short film

Made a film called Firelight

Jaws

ET

Jurassic Park

Saving Private Ryan

Schindler’s List

be born

•What was Spielberg’s dream?

•Did his dream come true?

•What did he study then?•What job did he get?

•When did his career take off?

1975

A real___________

A big white shark _______swimmers who are ________ their holidays in a village by the sea.

blockbuster

attacksspending

A young boy A young boy __________ Elliott who makes Elliott who makes __________ with a with a ______________ from from __________ space space and helps him find a way back home .and helps him find a way back home .

19821982calledcalled friendsfriends

creaturecreature outerouter

A park where a A park where a very rich man very rich man keeps different keeps different kinds of kinds of ________.________. And the meat-And the meat-eating ones eating ones __________ children when the children when the park park ____ ____ by a by a stormstorm

Jurassic ParkJurassic Park

19931993

dinosaursdinosaurs

hunthuntis hitis hit

19931993

19981998

1993 1993 Schindler’s ListSchindler’s List

1998 Saving Private Ryan1998 Saving Private Ryan

the the ____________ of war of war

________ and and __________ will win over will win over war in the endwar in the end

crueltycruelty

LoveLove peacepeace

• You are a reporter from CCTV. You are having an interview with Steven Spielberg. Make a dialogue with him.

When did you start…?

When did you make…?

What was your dream?

Why didn’t your dream …?

After studying English, you got a job at…

Which won you a job as…

When did… take off?

Which film do you like best?

Can you say something about that film?

What’s the secret of…?

What can you learn from reading about Steven Spielberg?

1)To write a short passage about what you have learnt from Steven Spielberg.

2) To review the text and underline the useful words and expressions.