MODULE 13

Good book, terrible movie!

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1. I can’t believe I saw it nine times! It’s a movie that stars Kate Winslet. It’s about an ocean liner which hits an iceberg and sinks.

2. He’s the actor who won an Academy Award two years in a row. He got the first Oscar for Philadelphia, and then he won again the very next year for Forrest Gump.

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3. I love this movie! It’s a comedy about a boy that gets left behind when his family goes on vacation. And there are some burglars who try to break into the house. It’s hilarious!

4. I love this movie! It’s a 2012 American 3D life-action adventure drama film directed by Ang Lee. It’s about a man who tells a novelist about his life story and how at 16 he survives a shipwreck in which his family dies, and is stranded in the sea on a lifeboat with a tiger!

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P. 89, Session 8, Exercise A

Fill one word in each blank to complete the sentences.

It’s a movie ……… stars Kate Winslet. It’s about an ocean liner ………. hits an

iceberg and sinks. He’s the actor ……… won an Academy

Award two years in a row. There are some burglars …………try to

break into the house. Use who or that for people.

Use which or that for things.

Grammar: Relative clauses

Main clause Relative clauseHe’s the actor that/who won two Academy

Awards.It’s a movie which / that stars Tom

Hanks.p.89, Session 9, Exercise A

Oral Practice: Interchange 13 Famous Faces

Interview your partner with the questions in the questionnaire.

Add two more questions with the same sentence structure.

Ask further questions like why & how Write down the answers and make notes for

your interview.

How many kinds of movies do you know?

Movie type

drama

science fiction

horror

fantasy

war

comedy

animation

actionromance

Discussion

What's your favorite movie? How many movies do you watch every

month? If you don't have one, what kind of movie

are you interested in? Can you use some adjectives to describe

your favorite (kind of ) movie? (i.e. outstanding, hilarious...)

Word Power (p.87, Session4)

Conversation What’s playing

Listen to the conversation and finish the following sentences.

The new James Bond film is .... . ..... was boring. Stephen King's books are ..... . The woman is ... the new Halle Berry movie. She is a …… actress.

ExcitingBoringFascinating interested

Grammar Participles as adjectives

Present participle: sth. make somebody feel…Past participle: somebody feel/is ……

Grammar Participles as adjectives

The different use of human and animals.

frightenThe movie Orphan is very ……I’m …… by the movie Orphan.The  …… dog runs after the cat.The …… cat runs away.

What’s playing now?

The Man from Macau

Caption America

Coming Home

The Great Hypnotist

Oral Practice: Make a survey about movie

You are an journalist who are going to make a survey on movies. The main purpose of the survey is to answer the following questions:

①What kind of movie do people prefer to see? Why?

②Which is the most popular movie? Why?

Task 1: Design a questionnaire

According to the purpose of the survey, write down a list of questions for it. Try to make it specific.

Example: Which movie are you most interested in? Why?

Task 2: Interview your partner

Interview your partner. Use the new words in WORD POWER and relative clauses to answer the questions.

Make notes and correct your partner's mistakes.

Example: I'm a big fan of classic movies that remind me of traditional romance. They are unusual but outstanding.

Task 3: Class Activity

Walk around the class and interview your classmates. Make notes and try to answer the following questions after the survey:

1. Which movie seems to be the most popular one? Why?

2. What kind of movie do your classmates prefer more than others? Why?

3. What kind of movie seems to be the least popular one?

Homework

p. 91, Session 14, Reading Exercise A, B &C

Choose one of the movies we’ve discussed today, watch the movie and make a 2 min-long talk about the movie.