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新视野大学英语读写教程第四册unit2预习资料

Unit2sectionA

1995worldwidesurveyoffilmcritics,Chaplinwasvotedthe

greatestactorinmoviehistory.Hewasthefirst,andtodatethe

last,persontocontroleveryaspectofthefilmmakingprocess.

2.Backgroundinformation

1.CharlieChaplin(1889-1977)

CharlieChaplinwasaBritishcomedyactor,becomingthe

mostfamousactorintheearlytomidHollywoodcinemaera,and

alsoanotabledirector.Hisprincipalcharacterwas“theTramp”:

avagrantwiththerefinedmannersanddignityofagentleman

whowearsatightcoat,oversizedtrousersandshoes,abowler

hat,abamboocane,andhissignaturetoothbrushmoustache.

Chaplinwasoneofthemostcreativeandinfluentialpersonalities

inthesilentfilmera:Heactedin,directed,scripted,produced,

andeventuallyevenscoredhisownfilms.Hisworkinglifein

entertainmentspannedover70years,fromtheBritishVictorian

stageandMusicHallinEnglandasachildperformer,almostuntil

hisdeathattheageof88.Heledoneofthemostremarkable

andcolorfullivesofthe20thcentury,fromaDickens-likeLondon

childhoodtothepinnacleofworldfameinthefilmindustryand

asaculturalicon.Hishigh-profilepublicandprivatelife

encompassedhighsandlowsofbothadulationandcontroversy.

2.MonsieurVerdoux

MonsieurVerdouxisacharacterin

thefilmentitledthesame.Heisanunemployedbanker.

Whilebeingbothloyalandcompetentinhiswork,Verdouxis

laid-off.Tosupporthisfamily,heperiodicallyheadsoutofthe

town,marrieswealthywidowsandthenmurdersthem.This

behavioreventuallyworksagainsthimwhentwoparticular

widowsbreakhisnormalroutine.

3.ModernTimes

ModernTimesisa1936filmbyCharlieChaplinthathashis

famousLittleTrampcharacterstrugglingtosurviveinthe