Unit 10 Hollywood

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Unit 10Hollywood
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An Overview

• Background information
• Pre-reading questions
• Words and expressions
• Detailed study of Text I
• Practices Homework

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Background information
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• The name Hollywood is the embodiment of
  glamour, success and money it is the place where
  films are made, television shows are recorded and
  stars take up residence.

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• The famous Hollywood sign on the hills above the
  city has become the enduring symbol of the movie
  industry and of Los Angeles itself the
  50ft-high (15m) white letters can be seen from
  miles away. The historic heart of the movie
  industry is centered on Hollywood Boulevard where
  millions of visitors flock to see landmark
  attractions and museums.

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Walk of Fame
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Walk of Fame Schwarzenegger
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Theme park
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Sleepless Hollywood
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Logo

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Nicole Kidman
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Tom cruise
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Katie Holmes

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Tom hanks
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Meg Ryan
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Julia Roberts
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Angelina Julie
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Hollywood suggests glamour.

• the attractive and exciting quality that
  something has because it is connected with wealth
  and success
• 1) a touch of glamour
• 2) have / lack / add / give / lend glamour
• glamorous adj./glamorize v.

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Pre-reading questions

• Where is Hollywood located?
• What makes Hollywood famous?
• Do you enjoy Hollywood movies? Why?
• Name some of the Hollywood movie stars you are
  familiar with.
• What factors determine the success of an
  actor/actress?

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Words and expressions

• Turn to Page 151
• Ask individual students to read aloud some of the
  words and expressions
• Make comments, corrections and explanations on
  the pronunciation, meaning and usages of these
  words and expressions

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Glamour

• Adj. Glamorous
• Synonyms
• Appeal
• Attraction
• Charisma

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Luxurious

• Synonym Lavish
• Word Differentiation
• Luxurious vs. Luxuriant

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Fringed

• N. fringe
• Word Differentiation
• Fringe vs. finger

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Furnishings

• Synonym furniture

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Colossal

• Synonyms
• Big
• Huge
• Massive
• Gigantic

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Immortal

• Im-(??) mort(?) al(??)
• Antonym mortal

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Magnet

• Sample sentences
• Human beings have learned out to make magnet of
  cast iron.
• The West Lake in Hangzhou is a magnet for
  visitors.
• Adj. magnetic

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stunt

• Sample sentences
• He used to do circus stunts.
• The newspaper articles are part of a stunt to
  advertisers.

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Toss

• Sample sentences
• The little girl tossed her ball in the air.
• At the start of a game, how do they decide who
  should go first? They ___ a coin.
• A) pitch B) cast C) throw D) toss

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Swing

• Sample sentences
• Used as a verb
• The lamp swung in the breeze.
• He swings the club twice around his head.
• Used as a noun
• The swing of the ship made many people seasick.
• The meeting was in full swing when we arrived.

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Tyrant

• Synonym dictator
• Word differentiation
• Tyrant/dictator vs. monarch, king, queen

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Unscrupulous

• Synonyms Unrestrained, shameless

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Typecast

• Word differentiation
• Typecast vs. stereotype

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Hit

• Sample sentences
• Used as a verb
• Hit slap, punch, kick, whip
• I cant hit the high notes.
• In this way we hit upon over 20 useful methods of
  work.
• Used as a noun
• The film was quite a hit in New York.

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Intellectual

• Sample sentences
• Used as a noun
• These views were common among intellectuals.
• Used as an adjective
• He has made a lot of intellectual efforts.
• Word differentiation
• Intellectual vs. intelligent

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Script

• Sample sentence
• The ___ of the play was given to the director
  ahead of schedule.
• A) script B) compositions C) version D)
  writing
• Word differentiation
• Script vs. scripture

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Lease

• Sample sentences
• Its not in the lease.
• A tenant leases his land from the owner.
• Synonym rent
• Collocations
• By/on lease
• Lease/rent sth. From sb.
• Lease/rent sth. to sb.

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A Detailed Study of Text I

• Text introduction
• Text structure
• Close reading Paragraph ideas and language points

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Text introduction

• The text is an introduction about the
  history, the present situation and the future of
  Hollywood in a chronological order and on a
  point-by-point basis. Hollywood was once the
  center of world motion picture industry and
  attracted all the young men and women to try
  their luck there.

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• And in recent years Hollywood has lost its
  glamour. However, Hollywoods influence on movie
  industry will remain in the future and it will
  still be a very important part of the world
  entertainment industry in the years to come.

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Text structure

• Part 1 (Pa.1) It provides a brief introduction
  to Hollywood.
• Part 2 (Pa. 2-8) Some major facts or important
  information about H.
• Part 3 (Pa. 9) The author believes that for
  many years to come the old Hollywood movies will
  be shown again and again in movie houses and
  television screens all over the world.

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Para one

• Please point out the contrast mentioned in the
  first paragraph.
• When thinking changes your mind, thats
  philosophy. When God changes your mind, thats
  faith. When facts change your mind, thats
  science.

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suggest

• To bring or call to mind by logic or association
  evoke
• The thought of summer suggests swimming.
• ????, ?????????
• a cloud that suggests a mushroom

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fulfill

• to fulfill ones promise
• fulfill duties
• fulfill project
• fulfill the orders
• fulfill ones ambition
• fulfilled oneself as a mother/painter
• fulfillment n.

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• Hollywood reminds you of the exciting and
  charming quality of something unusual or special,
  with a magical power of attraction, a place where
  the young teenagers deeply impressed by stars
  could, with a bit of luck, realize their dreams.

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• Hollywood is associated with a magical power
  of attraction, and it is a place where the young
  teenagers profoundly influenced by stars could
  make their dreams come true if they are lucky.
• ???????????,?????????????,???????,??????????

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luxurious house
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a palm-fringed pool
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a palm-fringed swimming pool
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fringe

• v.?...?????, ??...???
• The road was fringed with willows.
• ?????????
• 2) n. ????,??
• 3)??, ?? ?(???)??, ?? (???)??, ?? ????
• the mere fringes of philosophy
• This is an enormous field of which l can here
  touch only the fringe.

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• being surrounded by palm trees at the edge
• border, margin, edge, rim, brim, fringe
• Border refers to the boundary of a surface and
  may imply the limiting
• line itself or the part of the surface
  immediately adjacent to it.
• Margin implies the empty space at the side of a
  page.
• Edge refers to the part of an object that is
  farthest from its center.

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• Rim is applied to the edge of a circular or
  curved surface.
• Brim refers to the top edge of a container.
• Fringe refers to the outer edge or border, which
  is often considered to be peripheral, extreme,
  or minor in relation to the main part.

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Cocktail bar
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furnishings

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• the furniture and other things in a room, such as
  curtains, baths, etc.
• Furnishings in my room are all made by myself.
• furnish v. furniture n.
• furnish somebody / something with
• adv. furnished

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yacht

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yacht

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Colossal adj. colossus n.

• extremely large
• People erected a colossal monument in memory of
  the hero.
• Enormous suggests a marked excess beyond the norm
  in size, amount, or degree.
• Immense refers to boundless or immeasurable size
  or extent.
• Colossal suggests a hugeness that elicits awe or
  taxes belief.
• Tremendous suggests awe-inspiring or fearsome
  size.

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Part Two (Paragraphs 2-8)

• These paragraphs constitute the body of the text.
  
• Each of these paragraphs tells us some major
  facts or important information about Hollywood.
• Para 2 tells briefly about the history of
  Hollywood and its great success in the past.

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• Para. 3 states the fact that Hollywood was like a
  magnet, drawing ambitious young men and women
  from all over the world and describe what they
  did there.
• Para. 4 points out that the stars were held on a
  tight rein by the studio chiefs.
• Para. 5 makes it clear that the Hollywood
  studios, by means of advertising, turned
  starlets into superstars and that many studio
  chiefs were tyrants.

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• Para. 6 mainly illustrates the fact that stars
  were often typecast.
• Para. 7 tells us that Hollywood is no longer the
  heart of the world's motion picture industry, and
  that it has turned into the American TV
  entertainment center.
• Para. 8 supports the statement that Hollywood has
  not lost all its glamour.

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1 shoot

• v. To record on film ??(??, ??)
• shot the scene in one take.
• ??????????
• n.?, ?,??
• winter bamboo shoot ??
• rice shoot ??
• a shoot of sunlight ????

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2 Hollywoods fame and fortune reached its peak

• Hollywoods fame and fortune reached its highest
  point in the 1930s and 1940s, when the best black
  and white movies were produced in abundance and
  became very popular.

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Greta Garbo
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Charlie Chaplin
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Gary Cooper
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Immortal im?tl   a. ??? n. ?????

• 1.The little girl is very interested in the old
  legend of immortal creatures.
• ??????????????????????
• 2.Beethoven is regarded as one of the immortals
  of classical music.
• ????????????????.
• 3.The soul is immortal.????.
• Antonym mortal
• All mortals must die.

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whatsoever

• ad. (???????????)??pron.a. ????1.Whatsoever
  nonsense the newspaper prints, some people always
  believe it.
• ??????????????,??????
• 2.Take whatsoever measures you consider best.
• ?????????????

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??,??

• rise to fame
• become famous
• make a name for oneself
• become well-known
• come to top
• become a household name
• become a celebrity
• become an outstanding figure

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toss

• 1)To move or lift (the head) with a sudden motion
• tossing their heads in sprightly dance (William
  Wordsworth)
• ???????????????
• (??????)
• 2) ????
• toss about in bed ???????
• 3) ???,??????????,?????????
• boats that were tossed by the storm
• ???????????

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Toss a coin
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rein ??

• The rider pulled on the reins, and the horse
  stopped. ????????,?????
• give rein to ????
• take the reins??????
• keep a tight rein on sb.
• give the reins to one's imagination????????

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at all costs

• ( at any cost)??????, ????
• at all risks/at all events
• ??????????????????
• Direct contact with the patients suffering from
  SARS must be avoided at all costs.

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appeal to

• .v. ?????
• ??????????
• Bright colors appeal to small children.
• appeal to another court
• ???????
• appeal to arms force
• ????

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cease to be ???

• To come to an end stop ????
• My joy shall never cease.
• The great man ceased to think.
• cease-fire n.??
• cease publication ??, ????
• cease to be in effect / force ??

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lease v. ??,??,??

• 1. I will lease you the house for one year.
• ????????????
• 2.The lease on our flat runs out in a few months.
• ????????????????

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Amphitheater and symphony
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packed

• packed lunch n. ????
• packed goods ?????
• packed like sardines
• ??????????, ?????

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packed
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Part Three (Paragraph 9)

• This paragraph is the last part of the text. The
  author believes that for many years to come the
  old Hollywood movies will be shown again and
  again in movie houses and television screens all
  over the world.

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• Q Which sentence of this part can be seen as the
  topic sentence?
• Its topic sentence is Hollywood, above all, has
  the glamour of the past.

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• Hollywood, above all, has the glamour of the
  past.
• Hollywood, most important of all, boasts the
  charming and exciting magical attraction of the
  past.

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Practices Homework

• Pronunciation practice
• Comprehension check
• Sentence explanation
• Translation
• Dictation
• Discussion

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Pronunciation practice

• Turn to Pages 158 and 159
• Ask individual students to read the words and
  sentences aloud
• Make comments and corrections
• Ask the entire class to read the words and
  sentences aloud

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Comprehension check

• Turn to Page 153
• Ask students to take turns to do Exercises I, II
  and III

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Sentence explanation

• Turn to Page 153
• Ask students to take turns to do Exercise IV

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Translation

• Turn to Pages 157 and 158
• Ask students to take turns to do the translation
  exercises
• Make comments and corrections

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Dictation

• Ask students to take down the short passage read
  to them

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• Its that time of the year again,/ when the
  entertainment world gets excited about the
  Oscars/ and the madness that surrounds
  Hollywoods biggest night of the year. /
  Everybody has an opinion/ on which film should
  take home the Best Picture prize/

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• and who should walk away with the statuette for
  Best Actor and Best Actress. / But its only
  after the ceremony is over/ that the real
  analysis begins. / people commented on the
  acceptance speeches,/ rate the host on his or her
  performance, / and examine each and every
  attendee closely,/ from their hairstyle right
  down to their socks.

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Discussion

• Turn to Page 159
• Ask students to take turns to discuss the topics
  given in Exercises I and II

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• Thank you!