新目标八年级英语Unit5Do_you_want_to_watch_a_game_show.ppt

Other kinds of movies: science fiction 科幻电影 documentary 纪录片 [d?kjument?r?] romance 爱情片 war movie 战争片 Beijing opera 京剧 educational relaxing educational relaxing boring meaningless serious exciting enjoyable exciting wonderful boring 1b Listen and circle the description words you hear in the box in 1a. educational serious wonderful relaxing meaningless enjoyable exciting boring John Mary Action movies exciting Scary movie Game shows sitcoms Talk shows 1c 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 1d 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. Ilike to watch action movies because they’re exciting. 2a Discuss the following questions with a partner. Do you like to watch cartoons? What is your favorite cartoon? Why do you like it? When people say “culture”, we think of art and history. But one very famous symbol in American culture is a cartoon. We all know and love the black mouse with two large round ears-Mickey Mouse. Over 80 years ago, he first appeared in the cartoon Steamboat Willie. 2b Read the passage and complete the time line on the next page. When this cartoon came out in New York on November 18, 1928, it was the first cartoon with sound and music. The man behind Mickey was Walt Disney. He became very rich and successful. In the 1930s, he made 87 cartoons with Mickey. Some people might ask how this cartoon animal became so popular. One of the main reasons is that Mickey was like a common man, but he always tried to face any danger. In his early films, Mickey was unlucky and had many problems such as losing his house or girlfriend, Minnie. However, he was always ready to try his best. People went to the cinema to see t