Getting to Know Steven Spielberg

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Getting to Know Steven Spielberg
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director
Steven Spielberg
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I. Scan the text and fill in the form
Name Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg
Year of Birth Year of Birth Year of Birth Year of Birth
Place of Birth Place of Birth Place of Birth Place of Birth
Occupation Occupation ______ ,producer and screenwriter ______ ,producer and screenwriter ______ ,producer and screenwriter ______ ,producer and screenwriter ______ ,producer and screenwriter ______ ,producer and screenwriter
Education Education California State University at Long Beach California State University at Long Beach California State University at Long Beach California State University at Long Beach California State University at Long Beach California State University at Long Beach
Father Electrical engineer Electrical engineer Electrical engineer Electrical engineer Mother
Name of his wife Name of his wife Name of his wife
Wife occupation Wife occupation Wife occupation
1946
A small town in America
director
A music teacher
Cate Capshaw
An actress
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II. Match each part with the best heading.
Part 1 (para.1) Part 2 (para.2) Part 3
(para.3-6) Part 4 (para.7)
famous films
childhood
family
Youth
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Listen to Part 1
What happened in the following years?
born
1946 1958 1959 1962
made his first real film
won a prize for a short film
make a film called Firelight
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Listen to Part 2
Answer these questions
1. What was his dream? 2. Did he realize it?
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Para 3 Jaws
It is about a big white shark that attacks and
eats swimmers.
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Para 4 ET
a little creature that comes from outer space and
wants to go home
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1982 creature outer space
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Elliott ET
Make friends
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friendship and love
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Para 5 Jurassic Park
a park where a very rich man keeps all kinds of
dinosaurs
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Para.6 his later films
Academy Award (Oscar) best director
They are about the cruelty of war.
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The last para. Secret of success

• He owes much of his success and happiness to his
  wife and children.
• It took seven years before they finally got
  married.

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Discussion
support from the family
his gift for film
his passion for film
his interest for film
what makes Steven Spielberg successful?
his love for life
his hate of war
his dream of film
his perseverance
work hard by heart
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Information about the films
Jaws(1975) E.T.(1982) Jurassic
Park(1993) Schindlers List(1993) Saving
Private Ryan(1998)
Jaws is about a big shark that attacks and eats
swimmers
E.T. is about a little creature that comes from
outer Space and wants to go home.
Its about an island where a very rich man keeps
all kinds of dinosaurs
Its about the cruelty of war/a German who saved
thousands of Jewish people from being killed.
Its about an American captain who led his team
to search for a soldier named Ryan.
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Jaws (1975) Its about a big ______ that ______ and eats swimmers.
ET(1982) Its about a small ______that comes from __________and wants to go home.
Jurassic Park(1993) Its about a ______ where a very rich man keeps all kinds of ________.
Schindlers List (1993) Its about the ______of the war and a German who _____ thousands of Jewish people from being killed in the war.
Saving Private Ryan(1998) Its also about the ______ of the war and an American captain who led his team to search for a solider named _____ .
shark
attacks
creature
outer space
park
dinosaurs
cruelty
saved
cruelty
Ryan
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Some famous films of Spielberg 1. Jaws(1975) is
about a big shark________
attacks and eats swimmers. 2. ET(1982) is
about a little creature _______
comes from outer space and wants to go
home. 3. Jurassic Park(1993) is about an island
_____ a very rich man keeps all
kinds of dinosaurs. 4. Schindlers List(1993) is
about the cruelty of war/a German
saved thousands of Jewish people from being
killed in the war. 5. Saving Private Ryan(1998)
is also about the cruelty of war/an American
captain led his team to search for a
soldier named Ryan.
that /which
that
where
who
who
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God helps those who help themselves When God
close a door, he will open another windows for
you. Do nothing by halves. No cross, no
crown. Everyman is the architect of his own
fortune.
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Reading
the second period
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1. get to know
get to ????
??????????.
I get to like what I hated.
????????????????
How did you get to know each other.
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2. He won a prize for a short film.
win ??, ?? ??, ?. (???????????, ??, ?, ??)
???????????.
John won the game in the end.
??????????????????????.
Spielberg won the friendship with an actress by
making films.
Win sb sth??????? Her performance won her the
best supporting award. Win over sb/sth ??,??..
???????, ????, ????win sb. , ???? beat/ defeat
sb.
??????????????.
we beat a famous football team.
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3. His dream was to go to the Film Academy.
?. ones dream is to do sth. ??????????
?.dream ? ????,????,??about ?????
????,???,??of ?????.
?????????????.
I had a dream about some monkeys last night.
?????????????.
His dream of becoming the leader of village has
come true.
?.dream????,????,??.??????????????
??of?about ?????????that ??.
He dreamed a bad dream last night.
I often dreamed of (about) you.
I dreamed that I could fly.
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4.This was the moment when Spielbergs career
really took off.
take off 1) suddenly become successful and
popular.??/?,??? ???,????
e.g. The new dictionary has really taken off.
2)(of plane) leave the ground and begin to
fly?? e.g. Our plane took off from the airport
and headed north. 3)remove(an item of
clothing)from one body??(??) e.g. He took of his
clothed and looked up. 4)leave hurriedly or
suddenly.??????? e.g. When he saw the police
coming, he took off in the opposite direction
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5.The were afraid to swim in the sea.
be afraid to do
?????(??????)
?????? (?????????)
be afraid of sth/doing sth
He was afraid __________(go) back home alone in
the evening. I am afraid__________ dogs. He was
afraid __________(fail) in the exam. Tom was
afraid__________ (go) home, because he was
afraid ___________ (hit) by his father.
to go
of
of failing
to go
of being hit
be afraid that ??,????,??,???????? ??????????.
?????????.
I am afraid that we cant come.
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6. Things start going wrong.
go wrong ?????????????
???????????.
Something has gone wrong with my watch.
??go?????,????????,??bad, mad, blind, red?.
???????,??????.
Fish goes bad easily in hot weather.
Her face went red.
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7. He owes much of his success and happiness to
his wife and children.
?.owe ????,
???????100??.
He owes his father 100 dollars.
?. owe sth to sb/sth.????
????????????.
He owes his success of the exam to luck.
I owe my success to him./I owe him my success.
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7. before. conj. (1)??...?( ??????can could??)
He went out before I had a chance to tell him
the good news. He rang off before I could answer
the phone. (2).???????... It was a long time
before I got to sleep last night. It will be a
long time before we write a perfect
composition. (3)???...? We hadnt wait long
before the bus came. (4) ????? The newspaper
deliverers have to start their work get before
people get up every day. (5)??...?? He'd die of
hunger before he would steal. ???????????






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?????????(betray)?????. ???????????? We had
scarcely reach the school when it began to rain
?????????????? The children are advised to get
home before dark. ????????????? We'll finish the
work before long.




.(6) before? since ???????????????????. E.g. It
wasnt long ____ he got a chance to go abroad.
It wont long______ the conceptual
mobiles become real ones
It is years ______ we enjoyed ourselves
before
before

since
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How to Make Comments on a film 1.First , tell the
story in your own words. 2.Next, make comments on
different things about the film, for Example How
do you feel about the story? Why? Are the
actors/actresses very good or not? Why do you
think so? Is there a lot of action in the
film? How do you feel about the ending of the
film? 3.Finally, you have to give your opinion
about the whole of the film. If you think highly
of the film you may encourage other people to go
and see it.
TIPS
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Homework Preview the reading comprehension of
Unit 5.