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● Reading Important film events around the world
Step 1: Lead-in

T: What are the two pictures about?
S: They are posters of the Oscar Award.
T: How much do you know about the Oscar Award?
S: It is an international award with full name “Academy of motion picture arts and science”. It is held in Los Angeles every year since it was founded in 1927.
T: How many kinds of award does it have?
S: BEST FILM AWARD (最佳影片奖)
BEST PERFOMANCE AWARD (最佳表演奖)
BEST DIRECTOR AWARD (最佳导演奖)
BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD (最佳剧本奖)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD (最佳摄影奖)
BEST SOUND AWARD (最佳音响奖)
BEST SCORE AWARD (最佳音乐奖)
BEST ART DIRECTION-SET DECORATION AWARD (最佳美工奖)
T: Besides the Oscar Award, there are many other film festivals both at home and abroad. Let’s have a look.
1. Cannes Film Festival A .Germany
2. Berlin International Festival B. Japan
3. Sundance Film Festival C. the USA
4. Venice Film Festival D. China
5. Toronto International Film Festival E. Canada
6. Shanghai International Film Festival F. England
7. Edinburgh International Film Festival G. France
8. Tokyo International Film Festival H. Italy
Match the film festivals with the countries in which they are held.
Answers
1—G; 2—A; 3—C; 4—H; 5—E; 6—D; 7—F; 8—B
T: What do people usually do during a film festival?
S: During a film festival, many films that were produced in the past year will be shown. Usually, these are films that have been voted for and will be awarded as the best film, the best animation or best musical, etc., of the year. It is a good forum for film-makers to communicate with others and exchanges ideas. Many young directors, actors and actresses have become famous because their films won awards at film festivals. Sometimes, a film festival will focus on a specific genre or subject of films, e.g., black-and-white films or independent films. Most film festivals are held annually.
T: Good! Today we’ll learn a passage which is about the important film events around the world.
Let’s come to the books together.
Step 2: Fast Reading for general ideas
Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in Part A. While reading, just focus on and identify the information needed to answer these questions.
1. How many film festival representatives appeared on the show?
2. Which film festivals are mentioned in the transcript?
3. At which festival are you not likely to find Hollywood films?
Answers
1. Six
2. The Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, the Sundance Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival and the Shanghai International Film Festival
3. The Sundance Film Festival.
Step 3: Careful reading for detailed information
1. Let’s read the passage more carefully again and try to answer the questions of Part C1.
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?
Answers
C1 1) The representative of the Venice Film Festival Maria views film as a type of contemporary art.
2) In 1981, Robert Redford, who has acted in and directed many big Hollywood films, took over the festival and changed the focus to saluting independent films. Since then it has been well known.

3) Because many people feel the Venice Film Festival was giving awards to only German and Italian films.
4) Films shown at the Cannes Film Festival are often made with large budgets and have well-known actors and directors, while films from smaller countries have a real chance of winning in the Berlin Film Festival.
5) It is the highlight of the Shanghai international Film Festival.
2. Now listen to the tape and try to fill in the table of Part C2.
Answers
C2
Film festival
Started in
Feature
Venice Film Festival
1932
oldest film festival; part of a larger festival
Sundance Film Festival
1978
only includes small, independent films, many of which are made by amateur directors and star amateur actors; boycotts all Hollywood films
Cannes Film Festival
1939
can make films famous; give awards to mostly American films; films shown are often madder with large budgets and have well-known actors and directors
Berlin International film Festival
1951
one of the most international of all the film festivals; give awards to films from all over the globe
Toronto International Film Festival
1975
one of he main film festivals around the world; the second largest festival in the world; gives some bonus awards to Canadian films
Shanghai International Film festival
1993
The youngest film festival; has a good reputation worldwide; the only international festival in China

Step 4: Practice
1. Part D
Find these words in the text and try to guess their meanings according to the context, and then match the new words with their definitions.
Answers
D 1 e 2 a 3 g 4 f 5 b 6 h 7 d 8 c
2. Part E
Yu Peng attended a lecture about the Academy Awards. Use the words in the box below to help him complete his notes.
Answers
E 1. award 2. director 3. reputation 4. countries
5. focus 6. minority 7. festival 8. contemporary
3. Translate the following sentences.
(1) 我们的政策是囊括所有高质量的电影，而不在乎是谁制作了它们。
(2) 我们电影节的概念孕育于1978年，当时它被称为犹他州美国电影节。
(3) 考虑到我们电影节的历史，我们觉得不偏向某一国家的电影是非常重要的。
(4) 尽管存在的时间短，我们的电影节却在全世界享有很好的声誉。
(5) 许多演员和导演在制作不为公众所知的好电影。
Answers
(1) Our policy is to include high-quality films, regardless of who makes them.
(2) The idea for our festival was hatched back in 1978, when it was known as the Utah/US Film Festival.
(3) Considering the history of our festival, we feel it is important not to favor films from any one country.
(4) Even though we have only existed a short time, our festival has a good reputation worldwide.
(5) Many actors and directors were making good films unknown to the public.

Step 5: Post-reading activities.
1. Discuss the following questions in groups, then role-play the dialogues and act out before the class.
Do you like films from a specific country? If so, explain which country, and why.
What is your favorite film? What do you like about it?
What kind of film do you think is most likely to win the best film award at a film festival?
2. Go on to discuss the following questions:
What are your opinions on Chinese films?
In your opinion, what makes a film successful?
How do you think important film events contribute to the development of the film industry?
After your discussion, you can exchange your opinions with other groups. Then some group members will be asked to the front to express your opinions.
Step 6: Language Points

Vocabulary

Words

weekly, magic, representative, spokeswoman, spokesman, view, finance, amateur, interrupt, defence, policy, high-quality, distinguish, boycott, foresee, hatch, salute, rename, victory, fair, contradict, backwards, resemble, reject, angle, favor, globe, bonus, highlight, reward, rank, restriction, entry, rarely garment, normally, shadow, lighting, edit, crew, admission
Useful expressions

in defence of, regardless of, as long as, win a victory, in the minority, part of, that is, point out, hatch back, take over, pay attention to, have difficulty in doing

Sentence patterns
1. Our policy is to include high-quality films, regardless of who makes them.
2. The idea for our festival was hatched back in 1978, when it was known as the Utah/US Film Festival.
3. Considering the history of our festival, we feel it is important not to favor films from any one country.
4. Even though we have only existed a short time, our festival has a good reputation worldwide.
5. Many actors and directors were making good films unknown to the public.
Step 7: Homework
1. Finish Parts A and B on page 128 and page 129 of the Workbook.
2. Prepare the Word Power part.

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