【26版步步高英语人教版必修三学习笔记Unit 5同题异文拓展阅读

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(选自译林版必修第二册 Unit 1)

Behind the scenes

Hello，everyone! Let me start by asking you a question: what’s the first thing you notice about a film? The acting? The music? Maybe the amazing sets? Whatever your answer is，there’s always a lot more to it than first meets the eye.Actually，the film you see on the screen is the product of a huge amount of hard work，most of which takes place behind the scenes.Today，I’ll give you a brief introduction to some aspects of film-making you might not be familiar with.

To begin with，I’d like to draw your attention to an important factor of a film—sound effects.These are often added after a scene has been shot and might not be made in the way you would expect.For example，in JurassicPark，the sounds of different animals，including a baby elephant and a tiger，were mixed by a computer to make a dinosaur roar.The sound of the doors opening in the StarTrek films was made simply by pulling a sheet of paper out of an envelope.

Another aspect I attach great importance to is visual special effects.CGI has been frequently used in film-making as a special effects technology.Generally，scenes requiring CGI are filmed in front of a green screen in the studio.As green doesn’t match any natural hair or skin colour，actors can be easily separated from the background.This enables CGI effects to be added later.The Quidditch scenes in the Harry Potter films were made in this way with the actors jumping up and down in front of a green screen.However，the aid of computers isn’t always preferred.Peter Jackson，director of TheLordoftheRings films，took a creative approach—he used clever camera angles to make characters seem bigger or smaller than they really were.

Props also contribute to a film’s success.To make a film look real，great effort must sometimes be made to research，find and build objects.Director James Cameron spent six months looking at and revising plans of the Titanic in order to build a full-sized model for his 1997 film.He talked to historians to ensure that the details were correct and even went down to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to see what was left of the ship for himself.It took 500 workers 100 days to build the fine model，not to mention the thousands of props inside.

My lecture today may not be able to do justice to all the work people have done behind the scenes.Just as the poor passengers on the real Titanic saw the tip of the iceberg，what we see on the cinema screen is just the tip of the huge iceberg of film-making.Hopefully，next time you go to the cinema，you’ll spare a thought for all those talented people behind the scenes.They have worked for months and even years so that you can have two hours of enjoyment!

1．What is the text mainly about?

A．Some methods of film-making.

B．Some aspects of film-making behind the scenes.

C．Some scenes of film-making.

D．The procedure of film-making.

2．Why does the author ask a question in paragraph 1?

A．To tell readers more.B．To arouse readers’ interest.

C．To introduce the topic to discuss.D．To cause readers to think.

3．What can we infer from paragraph 2?

A．A film’s sound effects are never added later.

B．A film’s sound effects might be made in an unexpected way.

C．A film’s sound effects draw readers’ attention.

D．A film’s sound effects are mixed by a computer.

4．Which of the following aspects does the film critic mainly focus on in his lecture?

①scripts　②acting　③music　④sets　⑤props　⑥sound effects　⑦camera angles　⑧visual special effects

A．①③⑥B．②④⑧C．⑥⑦⑧D．⑤⑥⑧

5．What does the author mean by saying “what we see on the cinema screen is just the tip of the huge iceberg of film-making” in the last paragraph?

A．We know nothing about film-making.

B．We should pay more attention to film-making.

C．Film-making is like an iceberg.

D．There is a lot of hard work that we don’t know in film-making.

答案精析

1．B　2.C　3.B　4.D　5.D

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