[00:24.08]Dialogue
[00:39.94]1.What is this director planning to do next?
[00:52.61]He's planning to direct a comedy.
[01:00.55]2.What does a director usually do in the theatre?
[01:07.71]choose the actors;tell the actors where to stand and where to move;
[01:14.87]practise entrances nd exits;
[01:19.83]practise the lines;
[01:23.59]practise the timing,etc.
[01:27.95]3.How does the journalist ask the director about his future plan?
[01:35.03]What do you plan to do next?
[01:39.29]What are your plans for the future/the coming weekend/
[01:51.15]this winter holiday/this summer holiday/next year?
[01:56.48]What do you intend to do/plan to do/want to do/hope to do/expect to do?
[02:06.01]What would you like to do?
[02:09.57]What have you decided to do ?
[02:13.83]What are you going to do next?
[02:18.19]I hope it will be very successful
[02:32.45]It will certainly be very good/interesting.
[02:37.73]It sounds perfect to me.
[02:41.38]Language points
[02:48.15]1.Some of us do not know much about the theatre.
[03:07.40]His special interest is the theatre.
[03:14.66]The director gave us a lecture on the theatre.
[03:24.72]2.At the very beginning I choose a play and the actors.
[03:45.67]That is the very book I'm looking for.
[03:54.50]Tom is the very person I have decided to choose.
[04:04.48]at the beginning
[04:07.43]at the end of
[04:14.28]Doctor Herrold gave a speech at the end of the meeting.
[04:23.24]The organizer made an opening speech at the beginning of the conference:
[04:32.07]at the end the main speaker gave a summary talk.
[04:53.02]3.Then for a period of several weeks we practise doing the play
[05:03.67]practise sth./doing sth. We practise entrances and exits.
[05:19.92]My daughter practises the piano every day.
[05:26.16]practise v. practice n.
[05:36.61]4.The timing is very important,
[05:42.18]not only for the movements but also for the lines of the dialogue.
[06:18.33]No actor can do a play without memorizing the lines.
[06:39.99]5.I've chosen the main actors and we intend to put it on next January.
[06:54.25]intend to do
[07:01.90]What do you intend to do tomorrow?
[07:09.35]I intend to visit a friend.
[07:13.11]put on
[07:22.67]We put the play on in a theatre.
[07:36.02]Group One intends to put on a dance.
[07:43.96]The actors put on a fine play by Shake spear.
[07:55.64]We are going to put it on in the Capital Theatre.
[08:11.57]Charlie Chaplin
[08:32.52]Charlie Chaplin is an English film actor and director
[08:39.08]who did most of his work in the US.
[08:43.94]Most people consider him the greatest comic actor of the silent cinema.
[08:52.69]He appeared in many of his films as the best-known character he created
[09:00.94]a poor man with a small round hat,
[09:06.51]a small moustache and trousers and shoes that are too big ofr him,
[09:13.67]causing him to walk in a funny way.
[09:18.13]He made many films,such as Gold Rush,
[09:23.46]City Lights,Modern Times and The Great Dictator.
[09:31.01]He was awarded a special academy Award in 1973.
[09:40.08]Language points
[09:47.94]1.Charlie Chaplin,who died in 1977,is considered one of the greatest and funniest actors in the history of the cinema.
[10:08.39]consider sb./sth.(to be)....
[10:24.74]We can't consider him(to be)an honest man.
[10:33.60]=He can't be considered an honest man.
[10:50.27]everyone considers the meeting(to be) a success.
[11:00.01]Most countries in the world consider Taiwan(to be) a part of China.
[11:29.06]Are you interested in the cinema?
[11:37.23]The cinema is an improtant form of art.
[11:45.57]2.During his lifetime,he acted in 13 films,
[11:52.02]and he wrote,directed and acted in 69 other films.
[12:12.08]She was chosen to act in the TV play.
[12:17.33]3.At the age of eight,he joined a group of child dancers
[12:24.10]and at seventeen he set off for the USA with a group of comedy actors.
[12:37.94]at the age of....
[12:46.28]In China,children usualy start schooling at the age of seven.
[12:53.75]set off
[13:05.40]They set off as soon as they got the news
[13:11.28]set off for
[13:15.43]We set off for the seaside early in the morning.
[13:20.68]4.As a result,Chaplin got his first film part in the States.
[13:36.04]What part did he play?
[13:39.98]He played the part of Hamlet.
[13:48.06]5.As early as his second film,
[13:52.78]Chaplin had developed his own manner of acting,
[13:58.43]the one that was to become world-famous.
[14:12.79]He was later to regret his decision.
[14:31.65]The meeting was to be held the following week.
[14:38.81]6.Even his way of walking down the street and turning a corner
[14:45.16]could be recognized as his won.
[14:59.60]recognize as
[15:09.04]We recognize the man at he entrance as the thief.
[15:25.10]John is recognized as the best footballer in the school.
[15:31.06]7.After a short while he started directing films himself.
[15:43.80]after a (short) while
[15:49.86]After a while,he went on speaking.
[15:56.11]8.Chaplin's earliest films were silent,
[16:01.78]because the equipment for adding sound to film had not yet been developed
[16:20.72]add....to
[16:28.89]I added some more salt to soup and it tasted much better.
[16:40.65]It is necessary for the teachers to add art to their teaching.
[16:52.19]9.The development of films with sound became a probelem for Chaplin,
[17:00.13]as he was uncertain about making films with dialogue.
[17:15.68]be certain about/of....
[17:24.72]be uncertain about/of
[17:30.36]"Are you certain about the date?"
[17:34.51]"No,I'm uncertain about it".
[17:38.64]The students are still uncertain about the use of the phrase.
[17:47.47]10.Two of his greatest films,"City lights" and "Modern imes"were of his kind
[18:06.12]of...kind I don't like people of that kind.
[18:22.47]The books look the same,but they are of different kinds.
[18:28.43]11.chaplin's later films,however,were not well received.
[18:39.69]be well received
[18:48.23]The new textbooks are well received by teachers and students.
[18:57.37]12.Before he died,
[19:00.92]he was honoured in a number of ways for his contributions to the film industry
[19:13.65]be honoured for
[19:28.93]Miss Zhang was honoured for her excellent teaching.
[19:38.28]People remember him for his contributions to the country.
[19:57.17]13.The film was set in California in the middle of the nineteenth century
[20:11.32]be set in
[20:18.69]The novel is set in the 18th century England.
[20:28.43]14.People said gold could easily be picked up by washing sand from the river in a pan of water
[20:48.50]pick up
[20:56.05]Alice picked up a wallet on her way to school.
[21:01.92]by doing
[21:13.89]We learned english by listening to the radio.
[21:22.53]15.This was known as "panning for gold".
[21:32.88]be known as
[21:45.31]Lu Xun is known as "the Gorky in China".
[21:54.27]16.So far,they have been unlucky in their search for gold and hae no money at all
[22:10.52]in search for/of
[22:17.47]The boys went in search of something to eat.
[22:25.20]17.Chaplin and his friend are caught on the edge of a mountain
[22:32.96]in a snow strom in a small wooden house.
[22:45.11]be caught He was caught in a heavy rain.
[22:56.65]She had been caught in traffic jam.
[23:05.12]18.Chaplin sits down at the table
[23:11.05]and eats the shoe with a knife and fork,enjoying every mouthful
[23:25.00]mouthful
[23:33.75]a handful\a basketful
[23:44.22]The child gave me a handful of sweets with a smile.
[23:54.49]Grammar The Non-Restrictive Attributive Clause
[24:33.83]I have found a man who can help you.
[24:55.90]Yesterday I visited Mrs.Ma,who seemed to be very ill.
[25:56.38]I knocked at the door of the chemist's which immediutely opened.
[26:03.92]I'll fly to Toronto,where I plan to stay for four weeks |