英语北师大版必修4 Unit11 The Media-Communication Workshop(ppt).ppt

* * Listen to the talk about Britain’s main newspapers, Classify them “tabloid” or quality” Comparing Cultures tabloid the Sun太阳报 quality the Times泰晤士报 the Mirror镜报 the Daily Mail每日邮报 the Daily Telegraph每日电信报 the Guardian卫报 the Financial Times金融时报 Marilyn Monroe Birthday: June 1, 1926 Birth Place: Los Angeles, U.S.Original name: ?Norma Jean Mysterious Death: on August 5, 1962, 36-year-old Marilyn died in her sleep at her home in LA.Her death was due to “presumed suicide caused by an overdose of barbiturates” (过量服食镇静类药物).But it was also reported that her death was related with John Kennedy, who had an affair with her. Career: one of the most successful American actress of the 20th century. she made 30 films . Comment: She was a major sex symbol Hollywood icon in the 1950s. Yet Marilyn was more than a movie star or glamour queen or 50s sex goddess. Today, the name Marilyn Monroe is synonymous with beauty, sensuality and effervescence. Listen to the song Candle in the Wind and answer the questions Did the singer ever meet Norma Jean (Marilyn Monroe)? Why not? 2. How did the singer think about her? 3.Why was she a “candle in the Wind”? No. Because he was only a boy when she was a film star. He sees her as someone more than a sexual symbol. He admires her. Because the candle is burned out by the wind and her life was destroyed by those around her. Goodbye Norma Jean;Though I never knew you at all.You had the grace to hold yourselfWhile those around you crawled.They crawled out of the woodwork,And they whispered into your brain.They set you on the treadmill, And they made you change your name.And it seems to me you lived your lifelike a candle in the wind:Never knowing who to cling towhen the rain set in.And I would have liked to have known you , But I was just a kid;Your candle burned out long beforeyour lege