Meryl

1. Meryl Streep female In a small village in America 1949 Drama school actress Julia, Kramer vs Kramer, Sophie’s Choice Out of Africa, Music of the Heart Theater World Award, Oscar as the Best Actress and many more prizes

2. Keanu Reeves MALE 1964 Lebanon High school without a degree Actor Wolfboy, Speed, The Matrix, Sweet November, Hardball Don’t know

3. Unit 5 The silver screen

4. Reading: Getting To Know Steven Spielberg

5. Listening: Steven Spielberg’s childhood Steven Spielberg, _____ mother was a _____ teacher, was born in ____ in a small town in _______. He started making ____ ____ when he was still a _____ boy. He made his first ___ film when he was__. This is a film __ _____ Spielberg used ___ actors instead of ___. He wrote the _____ for the films himself. In ____ Spielberg won a ____ for a short film _____ he made when he was __ years old. A few years later, when he was __, he made a film _____ Firelight. When Spielberg was young, his _____ was to go to the ____ ________, but he couldn’t. The ______ why he could not go there was that his ______ were too ___. After ________ _______, he got a small job at a film _____. Here he worked on a short film, _____ won him a job as the ________ film _______ in the world. This was the _______ _____ Spielberg’s _____ really ____ ___. whose music 1946 America short films real young in which real 12 scripts 1959 toys 13 prize which 16 called Film dream Academy reason grades low studying English studio which director youngest when career took off moment

6. The title The year General idea A big white shark that attacks and eats swimmers who are spending their holidays in a small village by the sea. Jaws 1975 A young boy called Elliot who makes friends with a little creature that comes from outer space and wants to go home. ET 1982 A park where a very rich man keeps different all kinds of dinosaurs. Jurassic Park 1993 Schindler’s List In the years that followed The cruelty of war. Saving Private Ryan

9. Read the text again and answer the following questions: Why did Spielberg study English instead of film? Why were people who saw the film Jaws afraid to swim in the sea? What was Spielberg’s dream? How important is his family to Spielberg’s career? What have you learnt from reading about Spielberg?

12. Zhang Yimou : 1) 1951年出生于陕西西安. 2) 1968年陕西一家工厂工人. 3) 1978年到北京电影学院学习. 4) 1992年广西一名摄影师(cameraman). 成名作: 红高粱 (Red Sorghum) (1987) 秋菊打官司 (the Story of Qiu Ju) (1992)… 执导作品: 一个也不能少 (Not One Less) (1998)… 我的父亲母亲 (My Father and Mother) (1999)… 英雄 (Hero) (2002)… Feng Xiaogang : 1) 1958年出生于北京 2) 高中毕业 (graduate v.) 后参军 3) 1986年到北京广播学院学习(Beijing Broadcasting Academy) 成名作: 北京人在纽约 (A Native of Beijing in New York) (1993) 执导作品: 甲方乙方 (Dream Factory) (1998) 不见不散 ( Be There or Be Square) (1999) 没完没了 (Do Not Stop) (2000) 大腕 ( Big Shot’s Funeral) (2001)

14. School Art Festival is coming How would you make a play? What would the scene be like and what happens in it? Who are the main actors in that scene and what do they do? Write a short dialogue and act it out.

15. Homework: 1) To finish writing the dialogue; 2) To review the text and underline the useful words and expressions.