An Integrated English Course Book 2

1
An Integrated English Course Book 2
Shi Xiuhua 84724483 Shixiuhuadalian_at_163.com
2
Unit 10Gregory PeckAn American Master
3
Teaching Points

• Pre-reading Questions
• Snapshots of Gregory Peck
• Reference to Special Names
• Structural Analysis
• Useful Words and Phrases

4
Pre-reading Questions

• Who is your favorite actor/actress? Why?
• 2. What do you know about Gregory Peck?

5
Snapshots of Gregory Peck
6
(No Transcript)
7
(No Transcript)
8










9
Reference to Special Names
10

• The celebrated pantheon of Hollywood royalty
  ??????
• 2. General MacArthur
• an American general, he commended the American
  defense of the Philippines and defeated the
  Japanese in the Pacific (1944-1945). He was the
  commander (1950-1951) of the UN forces in the
  Korean War, until recalled by Truman because of
  different policies. Peck played the role of
  General MacArthur in the film MacArthur.

11

• 3. Melvilles Captain Ahab
• the main character in the film Moby Dick (1956)
  based on a novel of the same name by the famous
  American novelist Herman Melville.
• 4. Atticus Finch the main character in To Kill a
  Mockingbird (1962)

12

• 5. Broadway
• a street in New York City famous for its
  theatres. Peck made his debut on Broadway with
  The Morning Star.

13

• 6. Days of Glory
• a film about a group of partisans fighting off
  the Nazi invasion in Russia. Fresh from Broadway,
  Gregory Peck made his film debut as the
  idealistic but hardened guerrilla leader.

14

• 7. Father Francis Chisholm
• in the Keys of the Kingdom The Keys of the
  Kingdom tells the story of Father Francis
  Chisholm, a Scottish orphan who becomes a priest
  and spends most of his life as a missionary in
  China.

15

• 8. Oscar
• It is a trademark used especially for any number
  of golden statuettes awarded annually by the
  Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for
  noticeable achievements in motion pictures.

16

• In the spring of 1929, the Academy made its
  first presentation of annual award for excellence
  in motion pictures, giving the awards that year
  for pictures released in the 1927-1928 season. Up
  to that time,
• the award, a ten-inch gold-plated bronze statue
  of a man with his arms in front of him resting on
  the handle of a sword, was known as the
  statuette

17

• 9. Alfred Hitchcock
• He is known to his audience as the master of
  suspense. He was the director of such works as
  Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds and The Red Window.
  Hitchcock told his stories through intelligent
  plots, witty dialogues and a spoonful of mystery
  and murder.

18

• King Vidor(1894-1982)
• A famous American film director, he made his
  debut in 1913. He was nominated five times for an
  Oscar and received an honorable award in 1979. He
  directed 28 films including Japanese War Bride
  (1952), Man Without a Star, War and Peace, and
  Solomon and Sheba.

19

• 11. Elia Kazan (1909-2003)
• He was once a director and a writer. Between
  1945 and 1957 he directed 10 critically acclaimed
  motion pictures. He won Academy Awards as best
  director for Gentlemans Agreement (1947) and On
  the Waterfront (1954).

20

• He was nominated for best director for two other
  films during that period, A Streetcar Named
  Desire (1951) and East of Eden (1955). Kazan also
  directed two of the most profound and influential
  dramas in Broadway history, A Streetcar Named
  Desire (1947) and The Death of A Salesman
  (1948). His novel The Arrangement, published in
  1967, was a best seller.

21

• 12. Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)
• She was born to a Dutch Baroness and a wealthy
  English banker. In her first film Roman Holiday,
  she was given the role of Princess Anne starring
  opposite Gregory Peck. This film gave her the
  Oscar Prize for Best Actress that year.

22

• From 1953 to 1967 Audrey Hepburn starred in
  several more successful films and was nominated 4
  times for an Oscar for her work in Sabrina(1954),
  The Nuns Story(1959), Breakfast at
  Tiffanys(1961) and Wait Until Dark (1967). In
  1980 she was officially appointed as the Goodwill
  Ambassador for United Nations International
  Childrens Emergency Fund.

23

• 13. Harper Lee(1926)
• Born in 1926 in Alabama, she is the youngest of
  the 4 children of the family. She published her
  book To Kill a Mocking Bird in 1960. In June
  1966, Harper Lee was one of the two persons named
  by President Johnson to the National Council of
  Arts.

24

• 14. The good-looking romantic lead across from
  Audrey Hepborn
• the good-looking romantic hero opposite Audrey
  Hepborn in Roman Holiday. Here across from
  means opposite.

25
Structural Analysis

• As a biography, the passage is chronologically
  structured from Gregory Pecks early years to his
  last days. Though each paragraph tells of Pecks
  experience during a particular time in his life,
  some paragraphs introduce his status in American
  movie industry, his major accomplishments and his
  life philosophy.

26
Words and Phrases
27

• celebrated famous
• Miss Green was a celebrated society hostess and
  her parties are remembered to this day.
• adore to love deeply and feel proud of
• She adores her grandchildren and is always
  buying them presents.

28

• at ones best the greatest effort or highest
  achievement that he/she can make
• At his best, Peter is one of the most exciting
  tennis players in the world to watch.
• 4. compelling being very exciting and
  interesting
• His recent film is a compelling account of life
  under British colonial rule.

29

• 5. destined intended, esp.by fate, for some
  special purpose
• Hollywood is the ultimate destination for those
  destined to become stars
• She was convinced that her little boy was
  destined to become President.

30

• concern worry anxiety
• There is growing concern over the effect of
  video games on childrens behavior.
• He desperately tried to hide his deep concern
  for the lost child.

31

• 7. meditation the act of thinking deeply
• He was lost in meditation
• meditate v.
• Once safely abroad, Molly meditated on the
  condition of his own country.
• As a young man, he had spent a lot of time
  meditating upon the purpose of life.

32

• portray to act the part of a particular
  character in a play or film
• He portrayed James Bond as a man of action who
  can be both ruthless and compassionate.

33

• demeanor behavior towards others
• ?????
• He was only in his early thirties, but already
  had the demeanor and failing constitution of an
  aging invalid.
• his gentle demeanor ?????????
• her arrogant demeanor ???????

34

• 10. assertion a forceful statement
• ?????
• She could provide no evidence to back up her
  assertion.
• Their policies on education are really just a
  set of ill-informed assertion.

35

• 11. breathe life into to give life to to make
  something exciting or full of life
• His enthusiasm breathed new life into the
  firm, which was about to fail.
• It is readers who breathe life into a
  newspaper with their letters.

36

• 12. shed light on to make something clearer
  to clarify
• The discoveries may shed light on the origins
  of the universe
• New light has been shed on the behavior of
  the animal, as a result of this discovery.