新标准大学英语4unit6Active_reading_2.ppt

Films and photos on history 1. Watch the videos for discussion on history and other media. Video Clip 1: Queen Victoria who happened to be a queen as her Uncles William IV and George IV died childless. Films and photos on history Video Clip 2: Film Johnny English, based on an assumption that Queen Elizabeth II was forced to abdicate (逊位) in a plot led by the French prison entrepreneur Pascal Sauvage, a descendant of William the Conqueror. Films and photos on history 2. Work in pairs and answer the questions. 1. Can you think of photographs or films which show important historical events? 2. Which is more powerful in portraying historical events, the camera or the pen? 3. How accurately do you think films represent historical events? 4. Does it matter if a historical film is not factually accurate Films and photos on history 1. Can you think of photographs or films which show important historical events? Films and photos on history 1. Can you think of photographs or films which show important historical events? Films and photos on history 2. Which is more powerful in portraying historical events, the camera or the pen? Films and photos on history 3. How accurately do you think films represent historical events? in terms of clothes, weapons and background, but simplified story to make characters easier to understand Films and photos on history No, films are only for entertainment. Rose and Jack did not exist. The story of the Titanic is true, but we need a human interest story to make it attractive to viewers. Yes, important for a historical film to be factually accurate, especially when the events are not so long ago and involve human life and death – we owe it to victims to tell stories truthfully Historical fact and historian 1. What is a historical fact? (a) Anything that happened in the past. (b) Something significant that happened in the past. 2. What does a historian do? (a) Establish accurately what happen