沪教版（初中二年级）八年级英语下册：Unit 4 Cartoons and comic strips（Period 6）.ppt

Period 6 Unit 4 Cartoons and comic strips 1 More practice Watch the video clip of Tom and Jerry and answer the questions. Have you ever seen this cartoon? Do you like it? Why? 2 More practice Read the article on page 61 and match each paragraph with its general idea. the makers of the cartoons the characters and plot of the cartoons the cartoons success and the awards they have received Paragraph 1 is about ______. Paragraph 2 is about _____. Paragraphs 3 and 4 are about ______. b a c Read the first paragraph and answer the questions. Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse are two of the most popular cartoon characters in the world. In the short cartoons, Tom is always trying to catch Jerry, but he never has any success. Almost every cartoon ends with Tom in trouble and Jerry laughing at him. The stories are full of fun and have a long history. What are Tom and Jerry? What is Tom always doing? Does Tom ever catch Jerry? What always happens at the end of almost every cartoon? Tom is a cat and Jerry is a mouse. Tom is always trying to catch Jerry. No, he doesnt. At the end of almost every cartoon, Tom is in trouble and Jerry is laughing at him. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera both worked for MGM in the late 1930s. Their boss told them to make funny cartoons. Together they thought of the idea of a cat and a mouse. They thought it would be funny if the mouse was clever and always got the cat into trouble. Read the second paragraph and decide whether the statements on the following slide are True (T) or False (F). William Hanna and Joseph Barbera wanted to make funny cartoons. Their boss didnt like funny cartoons. They made the mouse clever and got the cat into trouble because they thought it might make people laugh. F F T Read the third and the fourth paragraphs and complete the table. The first Tom and Jerry cartoon was shown in cinemas in 1940. It was a great success. Over the next 17 years, they made many Tom and Jerry cartoons. Most of them are