Section B 1a-1d
To learn to talk about
TV shows and movies.
To
learn new words:
meaningless, cartoon, action movie…
Objectives
Do you like watching movies?
Do you know the kinds of movies?
Which kind do you like best? Why?
Warming up
The kinds of the movies:
action movie
[
'ækʃ(ə)n
]
动作片
sitcom
情景喜剧
comedy
喜剧
cartoon
scary movie
恐怖片
Other kinds of movies:
science fiction
科幻电影
documentary
纪录片
war movie
战争片
Beijing opera
京剧
What do you think of these TV shows and movies? Choose words from the box and write them under the pictures. Each picture can have more than one word.
educational serious wonderful relaxing meaningless enjoyable exciting boring
1a
talk show
___________
soap opera
_________
sports show
—————
News
_______
game show
__________
exciting
serious
educational
enjoyable
boring
talent show
___________
comedy
_________
action movie
—————
scary movie
____________
cartoon
__________
relaxing
enjoyable
educational
exciting
meaningless
Listen and circle the description words you hear in the box in 1a.
educational serious wonderful
relaxing meaningless enjoyable
exciting boring
1
b
John
Mary
Action movies
exciting
Scary movie
Game shows
sitcoms
Talk shows
Listen again. Write down the words John and Mary use to describe the TV shows or movies.
exciting
meaningless
meaningless
relaxing
relaxing
enjoyable
boring
boring
wonderful
1c
Show the answers like this:
John thinks action movies are exciting,
but Mary thinks they are meaningless.
...
Tell your partner what John and Mary like to watch and why. Then tell your partner what you like to watch and why.
John wants to watch talk shows because they’re enjoyable. I
like
to watch action movies because they’re exciting.
1d
Make a survey
Scary movie
Action
movie
comedy
documentary
Jimmy
Sandy
...
Jimmy expects to watch action movies because they’re exciting.
Sandy doesn’t like to watch scary movies because they’re meaningless.
...
Discribe your friend’s favorite movies and write the sentences.
Ⅰ. 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. People like documentaries, because he thinks
they are ____________ (enjoy).
2.
I think talk shows are _________________
(education) than soap operas.
3.
Don
’
t do the ______________ (
mean
) things
again. We don
’
t have enough time.
enjoyable
more edcational
meaningless
Exercises
1. The story is very i _______
___
_.The children
likes reading it.
2. Speed is a very successful action movie. I think
it’s e ________.
3. I think thrillers are s ________. I don’t want to
see them.
xciting
cary
nteresting
II.
根据首字母填空。
Homework
Make sentences with the description words.
2.Practice the sentences in 2b on P
37
.