八年级英语下册reading U4.ppt

Cartoons and comic strips Brainstorm What is needed to make a cartoon? First, you need to decide on some basic ideas for a story. This story is about a robot, Han. He always forgets things. One day, Han meets his friends Sarah and Tim at the underground station. He says, “I’m happy. I bought a new notebook. Now l won’t forget things.” Sarah says , “Yes. I have one too. Here it is .” Tim asks, “Where’s yours , Han?’ Han says “Oh, no! l forgot to bring it!” Place ________________ Characters ________ ________ ________ The story ___________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ What does Han look like? What does Tim look like? What does Sarah look like? In the second stage , think about the kinds of characters you want and what they will look like. Han is a tall robot. He has square eyes. They are actually video cameras. Tim wears glasses, so he looks clever. Sarah is a pleasant girl. She has straight black hair. Now make a rough sketch简要的概述 of the story. Next, use a computer to draw detailed[‘di?te?ld] adj.详细的；pictures and add colour. To make the characters and things appear [?’p??] v.看起来，显得. to move, each picture should be made a little different from the one before it. In the next stage, a computer program is used to put the pictures together as a film. F To make the characters and things appear to move, ... 为了让人物和事物看起来好像在动，…… appear 在本句意为“看来；似乎”，是系动词, 可接形容词/动词不定式 appear to be+ adj. appear to do 句型 It appears / appeared that.. “看起来……”。 例如： 他看起来很健康。 He ___ ___ ______healthy. 看起来似乎要下雨了。 It _________that it is going to rain. Finally, record the voices and sound effects. The actors[‘?kt?]n.演员 will do the characters’ voices. Their speech must match [m?t?]v.与…相配 the pictures. Sound effects, like the noise of the underground, must also be added separately [sep(?)r?tl?]adv.. After everything has been checked, the cartoon is ready to be played