绿野仙踪--英语.ppt

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz A children’s novel written by L. Frank Baum . Originally published in Chicago in 1900. The story tells the adventures of a young girl named Dorothy Gale in the Land of Oz, after being swept away from her home in a tornado. 1939 MGM（美国米高梅电影制片公司 ) movie One of the best-known stories in American popular culture and has been widely translated. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Its popularity and the success of the popular 1902 Broadway musical led Baum to write thirteen more Oz books. The most popular one we read in China is the first of Oz books. And it is also called the Pilgrimage to the west(西游记) of America. L. Frank Baum 1856-1919 The father of American childrens literature Born in 1856 ,in New York In 1897, he published his first book Mother Goose in Prose . Plot Summary Dorothy is a young girl lives in Kansas（堪萨斯州） Little black dog Toto Farmhouse is caught up in a cyclone Landed in Munchkin Country, the eastern Land of Oz. Kills the evil ruler of the Munchkins--The Wicked Witch of the East. Plot Summary The Good Witch of the North Silver shoes (believed to have magical properties) Go to the “Emerald City” (翡翠城） Ask the Wizard of Oz to help her. Plot Summary Scarecrow(稻草人） Tin Woodman（铁皮人） Cowardly（胆小的） Lion The Scarecrow wants to get a brain, The Tin Woodman a heart, The Cowardly Lion, courage. All believe that the Wizard can solve their troubles. Plot Summary One of them kills the Wicked Witch of the West who rules over the western Winkie Country. Plot Summary The Wicked Witch sees them coming and attempts various ways of killing them. Finally, the Wicked Witch of the West captures them Plot Summary Dorothy’s silver shoes, a bucket of water is threw on the Wicked Witch. The Witch melts away. Plot Summary The Wizard provides them brain, heart and courage. Because of their faith in the Wizards power, these useless items only provide a focus for their desires. Plot Summa