Steven Spielberg

Film Director

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Steven Spielberg

Listen to the text and answer the question

Which film of Steven Spielberg won an Oscar according to the text?

A. Sugarland B. Jaws

C. E.T. D. Schindler’s List

Schindler’s List

Schindler’s List is about the cruelty( 残酷 ) of war.

Schindler is a German businessman who saved thousands of Jewish （犹太的） people from being killed in the war.

The list is…… life. 名单就是生命An hour of life is still life.片刻的生命终究是生命Whoever saves one life saves the worl

d entire.拯救一个人的生命就是在拯救全世界。

Life is precious

Number Spielberg’s events in the order they happen

He made a 26-minute film called Amblin( 漫步前行 )

He made Jaws （大白鲨） He made a 15-minute home movie. He made Sugarland Express （横冲直撞大逃

亡） . He made a 135-minute home movie. He made Schindler’s List （辛德勒的名单） . He made E.T.—The Extra Terrestrial （外星人） He made Jurassic Park （侏罗纪公园） .

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A boy helps a creature find a way to go home

About the cruelty of war

世界大战

慕尼黑

Role-play: Imagine if you are a director, what kind of movie do you like to make?

And why? Science-fiction 科幻 Comedy 喜剧 Adventure 冒险 War 战争 Horror 恐怖 Action 动作 Music 音乐 Romance 爱情

Fill in the following blanks with proper words according to the text

Steven Spielberg has made more successful films than any other director in the west, so he is generally thought to be the g_______(1) American film director. Born in the state of Ohio in 1946, Spielberg showed u_________(2) abilities at a very early age. At 13, he completed his first 15-minute home movie. The 35-minute home movie Firelight he made at 16 was s______(3) at a cinema and brought him $100. When Spielberg was 24, he made a 26-minute film c________(4) Amblin. It was because of this film that a Hollywood film s_______(5) employed Spielberg to make a full-length film, Sugarland Express, which h__________(6)some success. Spielberg’s next film was Jaws, one of the most successful films of all time. Later Spielberg made some other w____________(7)films: E.T.----The Extra Terrestrial, The Indiana Jones Trilogy, Jurassic Park, and Schindler’s List, for which Spielberg won Hollywood’s highest p_________(8): an Oscar. Though some of his films have been less s___________(9)in the last fifteen years, people generally agree that nobody u__________(10)the meaning of the word “entertainment” better than Spielberg.

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hownalled

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Steven Spielberg’s life

Father: Engineer

Mother: music teacher

His wife: Kate Capshow

Children:7

Steven Spielberg’s achievements

He has won three Best Movie Oscars, and many other awards. Besides films, he has also ventured(冒险 ) into video game production. “Time” magazine listed him as one of the 100 greatest people of the 20th century.

Discuss in groups

Famous people, super stars like Steven Spielberg, Zhou Jielun what can we learn from them?

passion, love , interest , hard-working, etc.

张艺谋(Zhang Yimou)

1951出生陕西西安摄影师，导演，演员

曾在北京电影学院学习(the Beijing Film Academy)

山楂树之恋（ The love of the Hawthorn Tree ）

2010 纯美的爱情(pure and beautiful)

一个都不能少（ Not One Less ）

1999 中国山村小学，老师魏敏芝想办法寻找因为穷去城里打工的男孩

英雄（ Hero )

Achievements

2002

中国最负盛名的导演

三个侠客计划刺杀秦始皇 (the first emperor) 2005获终身成就奖

composition

You can use the key words

1.one of the best directors 2.be born in….. 3. a poor / rich family , an officer 4.pass the entrance exam for the Beijing

Film Academy 5.make a lot of famous films 6.the Lifetime Achievement Award

Homework

Write a composition about Zhang Yimou according to the chart above. Try to use the sentence patterns we use today .