Unit5 The Silver Screen
saving private ryan (1998) (saving private ryan is about the cruelty of war/an american captain who led his team to search for a soldier named ryan.)
c. play the tape and ask students to go through the whole passage, then divide it into several parts and summarize the main idea of each part.
para1: spielberg’s childhood
para2: spielberg’s beginning of his career as a film director
para3-6: his famous films
para7: his secret of success- his family
d. explain some important words and difficult language points.
script: n. text of a play, film, broadcast, talk, etc e.g. a script editor
v. write a script for (a film, play etc) e.g. a film scripted by a famous novelist
win a prize e.g. she won first prize in the 100 meters race.
the reason why… is that… e.g. the reason why many people want to buy it is that the price is low.
studio: place where cinema films are acted and photographed
pl studios
take off: 1)suddenly become successful or popular eg. the new dictionary has really taken off.
2)(of a plane) leave the ground and begin to fly
3)leave hurriedly or suddenly eg. when he saw the police coming he took off in the opposite direction
blockbuster: book or film strongly promoted by its producers to increase sales
afraid be afraid of sb/sth
be afraid to do sth / be afraid of doing sth
be afraid of ding sth / be afraid+ that clause
i’m afraid…
go wrong: experience trouble eg. the experience went disastrously wrong
make a mistakes eg. if you read the instructions, you’ll see where you went wrong.
(of a machine) stop working properly
when asked about the secret of his success, steven spielberg said that he owes much of his success and happiness to his wife and children.
when asked about…=when he was asked about…
owe…to…:1)recognize sb/sth as the cause or source of sth; be indebted to sb/sth for sth
eg. he owes his success more to luck than to ability.
2）be in debt to sb eg. i owe ten dollars to my father.