现代大学英语听力3原文及题目答案unit3文档格式.docx

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Mary:

Ididn'

tknowshehadone.

Well,it'

sjustapart-timejob.HelgatakescareoftheJotmsons'

childrenwhentheirmotherissick.Mrs.Johnsonhasn'

tbeenwelllately.

Whathappened?

WhydidHelgaalmostloseherjob?

Well,therewasachildren'

smovieadvertisedattheneighborhoodtheaterlastSaturday.ItwasoneofthoseGmovies,forgeneralaudiences.

IsupposeHelgatooktheJohnsonchildrentothemovie.Wasn'

tthatallright?

Yes,buthereiswhathappened.Whentheygottothetheater,theyfoundthattheGmoviewasn'

tthereanymore.ThetheaterwasshowinganX-ratedmoviecalledGIRLS.

X-ratedmoviesarereallybad,aren'

tthey?

They'

reevenworsethanR-ratedoneswhichteenagersaren'

tsupposedtosee.ButHelgadidn'

tknowwhatXmeant,andshethoughtamovieabout"

Didthetheaterletherin?

No,butHelgatriedtomakethemletherin.ThemanagerhadtocallMrs.Johnson.That'

showshealmostlostherjob.

Task2

A.1）F2）T3）T4）F5）F6）F

JudywatchedabitofTVlastnight.Beforethefootballcameon,sheswitchedoverjusttoprotest,forshecouldn’tbearfootball,andthusshesawtheendofthefilmTheGraduate.Whenthefootballcameon,sheturnedovertoaprogrammeonfoxes.Afterthefoxes,sheturnedoverbacktoseewhowonthefootball,butonlysawthebeginningoftheNews.Thenshepackedupandwenttobed.

Stuart:

Whatdidyoudolastnightthen?

Didyouworkallnight?

Judy:

Yes,Ididsomework,butIwatchedabitofTV...Gottorelax,youknow.

Didyouwatchthefootball?

No,noIdidn'

t.Ican'

tbearfootball.

Really?

Yes.Ireallyhateit.Well,actually,justbeforethefootballcameon,Iswitchedoverjustto...justtoprotest.

Whatdidyouseethen?

Well,Isawtheprogrammebefore...justtheendofafilmthatwasonbeforethefootball.Itlookedquite

goodactually.It'

sashameIdidn'

tswitchonearlier.Itwassomekindoflovestory...withDustinHoffman,youknow,Theerm...

TheGraduate?

That'

sit.TheGraduate.

Yes.Iknow.I'

veseenthat.Yes,goodfilm.

Yes,andnicemusic.Andthen,whenthefootballcameonIturnedover.

Terrible,terrible!

Ihateit!

Ireallycan'

tstandit.

Itwasagreatgame!

Yes?

Whowasplaying?

England,ofcourse.Whatdidyouseethen,thatwasmoreimportantthanfootball?

Foxes.Yes,agoodprogrammeonfoxes.Yes,theyspentageswatchingthesefoxesinahouse.Theywere

watchingthemallnightandtheselittlebabyfoxes.Itwastremendous.

Yes,soundsallright.

Yes,itwasgood—betterthanfootball...andthen,thenIturnedover,backtotheotherchanneltoseewho

wonthefootball,butImisseditandIjustsawthebeginningofthenewsandpackedupandwenttobed.

Well,I'

msorryyoumissedit.Itwasagoodgame.

Whodidwin?

England,ofcourse.Whodoyouthink?

Sixnil.Yes.

Musthavebeenquitegoodthen!

Yes,itwasgood,actually.Itwasverygood.

Task3

A.1）b）2）c）

B.1）F2）F3）F

C.

Topic:

Howthemoviesareproduced

Thesis:

Therearesixbasicstepsthatarenormallyfollowedintheproductionofafull-lengthfilm.

Steps:

Firststep—findingaproperty;

twotypesofproperties

1）Anoriginalstory

e.g.StarWars,BacktotheFuture,Rocky

2）Apropertyfromanovel,play,ormusical

e.g.TheSoundofMusic,Tess,TheGodfather

Secondstep—writingthescript;

twooptions

1）Theoriginalwritertakespartintheproductionofthescript

2）Directorswritethescriptsthemselves

Goodmorning,ladiesandgentlemen!

Let'

sstartthisintroductiontofilmmakingwithasimplequestion:

Howmanyofyouhaveseenamoviethisweek?

Itdoesn'

tmatterifitwasatthetheaterorjustonyourownTV...Uhhuh,justasIthought,almostallofyouhave.

Ofcourse,mostofuslovethemovies—themagic,theescapethattheyprovide,butmostofusrarelystoptothinkabouttheprocessofmakingamovie.Justwhatdoesittaketogetthatmoviefromtheideastagetothefinalproduct?

Whatarethedecisionsthatmustbemade?

Whatproblemsareencountered?

Exactlyhowdoesamoviestudiogoaboutmakingamovie?

Thesearepreciselythetopicsthatwewillbeexploringtoday.

Therearesixbasicstepsthatarenormallyfollowedintheproductionofafull-lengthfilm.I'

lloutlinethemforyou.

Thefirststepisratherobvious--tomakeafilmyoumusthaveanidea..,astory...sometopicfortheproject.Thestudiomustfindaproperty.That'

sakeyword,folks—property,p-r-o-p-e-r-t-y.Youallknowthecommonmeaningofthisword,ofcourse,butinfilmmakingtheword"

property"

hasaveryspecificmeaning.Apropertyisthestoryonwhichthemoviewillbebased.Okay,it'

sthestoryonwhichthemovieisbased.Youareprobablywonderingwhywecallitaproperty.Well,itbelongstosomeone;

itisthatperson'

s"

andmustbeacquiredbythestudio,sometimesforquitealargesumofmoney.

Therearebasicallytwokindsofproperties.Thefirstisanoriginalstorythathasneverappearedanywherebefore—neverbeeninabook,ormagazine,oranotherfilm.Inotherwords,thestoryisintendedfromtheverybeginningtobemadeintoamovie.

StarWarsisonegoodexampleofthistypeofproperty—youdorememberthatfamoussciencefictionfilm,don'

tyou?

AnotherexampleisBacktotheFuture—oh,andalsoRocky.Allofthesewerebasedonastorywrittenonlyforthepurposeofmakingamovie.

Actuallythough,themajorityofproperties,forfamousfilmsatleast,comefromnovels,plays,ormusicalsthatarealreadypublished.ExamplesofthistypeofpropertyincludeTheSoundofMusic,whichwasoriginallyaplay,Tess,afamousnovel,andTheGodfather,whichwasalsofirstanovel.

Okay,that'

sstepnumberone—findingaproperty.

Well,nowwehavetheproperty.Thenextstepistoprepareascriptfromthatproperty.Thispartoftheprocesscantakeseveralmonthsorsometimesevenayearormore.It'

squitealengthyandtime-consumingprocess.Duringthistime,thescriptwriter,producer,anddirectorusuallyworkverycloselywitheachother.

Recently,therehasbeenatrendtoalsohavetheoriginalwriter—theoriginalpropertyowner—takepartintheproductionofthescript.Thismeansthatifthepropertyistakenfromabookorplay,theoriginalauthorofthebookorplayisinvolvedinwritingthescript.Thisisagoodtrend,Ithink.Whocouldpossiblyknowthestorybetterorunderstanditmoreclearlythanitsoriginalcreator?

Anotheroption,however,isfordirectorstowritescriptsthemselves.Thisoftenoccursbecausescriptwritersarenotonlyresponsibleforthedialog,buttheyalsomustspecifywhatkindofcamerashotstheywantused.Forinstance,inallscenes,andespeciallylongscenesthatdon'

thaveanydialog,thescriptwritermustdescribewhatthecamerashouldfocuson,whatshouldbeinthecenteroftheshot,whatmoodtheimageshouldpresent.Directorshavemuchmoreexperiencewithcameraworkandoftenprefertowritethescriptthemselvesforthisreason.

Sothat'

sstepnumbertwo—writingthescript.

Task4

A.1）a）2）a）

B.1）F2）F3）T

Howmoviesareproduced

Thirdstep—castingthefilm;

twotypesofcasting

1）Buildingthemoviearoundafamousstar

Advantages:

Afamousstarisagreatassettothefilm.Itattractsfansautomatically.Financialsuccessofthemoviedependsonhowmanypeoplecometoseeit.

Disadvantages:

Famousstarareveryexpensive.Theytakeattentionawayfromthestoryitself.Theydistracttheaudience.

2）Castingmovieswithunknownactorsandactresses

Moviecentersaroundthestoryitself.Makethemoviemorebelievable.

Fourthstep—filmingthemovie;

doneintwotypesofplaces

1）Soundstages—bothpicturesanddialogsarerecorded.

2）Partiallyfilmedonlocation—inarealsetting.

Note:

allthesceneswithabigstarcandonefirst,orallthescenesshotatthesamelocationcanbefilmedatthesametime.

Okay,nowthescriptisfinishedandapproved,andwearereadyforthenextstep—averycriticalstepindeed—thecastingofthefilm.

Thesuccessorfailureofamoviecandependontheabilityoftheactorsandactressestoconvinceusthattheyreallyarethecharactersthattheyareportraying.Theproducerandthedirectormustchoosethecastvery,verycarefully.Thisstepofchoosingtheactorsandactressesiscalledcasting.Gotit?

Castingischoosingtheactorsandactresses,thecastofthemovie.

Thereare,ingeneral,twotypesofcasting.Thefirstandthemostcommonapproachistobuildthemoviearoundafamousstar.Itisobviousthathavingawell-recognizednameinthecastisagreatassettothefilm.Havingsomeone,likeTomCruise,MerylStreep,orHarrisonFordwillautomaticallyattractlargenumbersoftheirfanstothemovie.Andofcourse,thefinancialsuccessofthemoviedependsonhowmanypeoplecometoseeit.

Now,thereisalsoasecondt