Unit4 Reading
Teaching Aims
1．Train the students’ reading ability.
2．Get the students to learn about international film festivals.
3．To help students master Reading Strategy --- identifying objective views.
Teaching Important Points
1．Train the students’ reading ability.
2．Make the students understand the passage better.
3．Help the students finish all the exercises.
Teaching Difficult Points
How to help the students understand the text exactly.
Teaching Methods
1．Fast reading to get a general idea of the text.
2．Careful reading to get the detailed information.
3．Asking-and-answering to help the students understand the text exactly.
4．Pair or group work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Procedures
Step1 Greetings and lead in (5minutes)
Play a video about the 13th Shanghai International Film Festival.
Show some pictures of hot films at the present.
Show the irons of some famous Film Festivals.
Step2 Fast reading (scanning) (10minutes)
T: Today we’re going to read a passage “important film events around the world”. You will
know more about international film festivals. So please go through the passage as quickly as possible
and try to find answers to the questions.
1．How many film festival representatives appeared on the show?
2．Which film festivals are mentioned in the transcript?
Step3 detailed reading (20 minutes)
I. Answer the detailed questions
1．Which film festival’s representative views film as a type of contemporary art?
2．How did the Sundance Film Festival come to well known?
3．Why was the Cannes Film Festival started?
4．What is the difference between the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival?
5．What is the Golden Cup Award?
II. Read the text carefully and try to fill in the table
Film festival Started
in
Feature
Venice Film Festival 1932 oldest film festival; part of a larger festival
Sundance Film Festival 1．___ 2____________________________________
Cannes Film Festival 3．___ 4．__________________________________
Berlin International film Festival 5．___ 6．__________________________________
Toronto International Film Festival 7．___ 8．__________________________________
Shanghai International Film festival 9．___ 10．__________________________________
Answer:
1．1978.
2．only includes small, independent films, many of which are made by amateur directors and
star amateur actors; boycotts all Hollywood films.
3．1939.
4．can make films famous; give awards mostly to American films; films shown are often made
with large budgets and have well-known actors and directors.
5．1951.
6．one of the most international of all the film festivals; give awards to films from all around the
globe.
7．1975.
8．one of the main film festivals around the world; the second largest festival in the world; gives
some bonus awards to Canadian films.
9．1993.
10．the youngest film festival; has a good reputation worldwide; the only international festival in
China.
Step4 Group work (10minutes)
1．You are a reporter. Please have a talk between Maria and Kathy about the Film Festival.
2．You are a reporter. Please have a talk between Hanz and Isabel about the Film Festival.
Step5 Homework
1．Finish Part D and E.
2．Prepare the language points.
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