Adventure in Literature Module 3 Adventure in Literature and the Cinema

Function

Function---indirect speech He said to his son, “I’ll check your homework tonight.” He said to his son that he would check his homework that night. ___ ____ _________ How can we do it? 人称 时态 时间状语

1.时态的变化. 引语中的谓语与句子主要谓语在时态上要一致。 1.时态的变化. 引语中的谓语与句子主要谓语在时态上要一致。 一般过去时 一般现在时→ 现在进行时→ 一般过去时→ 现在完成时→ 过去完成时→ 一般将来时→ 过去进行时 过去完成时 过去完成时 过去完成时（不变） 过去将来时

2.在把直接引语改成间接引语的时候，请注意以下变化： Direct speech Indirect speech this that these those now then today that day this week (month) that week( month) yesterday the day before

Direct speech Indirect speech a year ago a year before last week the week before next week (month) the next week (month) here there come go tomorrow the next (following) day Two months ago two months before

He said, “don’t do that again.” He told me not to do that again. 祈使句的直接引语变间接引语就是把祈使句变成一个不定式作宾语补足语的句子。在这种句子中用什么作谓语，要根据所引句子的口气来决定：ask, tell, order, advise sb. (not) to do sth, suggest doing For example: “ I am leaving for Beijing next week,” he said. He told me he was leaving for Beijing the next week.

(P27)rewrite the sentences in indirect speech. Keys:1.Billy said it was raining. 2.Vanessa suggested going to see a film. 3.Vanessa said that Billy and she hadn’t been to the cinema. 4.Vanessa said that there were some good films on the evening. 5.Vanessa said that Master and Commander sounded interesting.

6.Billy said that he had read the book. 7.Billy said that he didn’t want to see the film. 8.Billy suggested going to see the Emperor and the Assassin.

Writing Lead-in: There are l lot o famous works in the world. We can’t read all of them, but we can get the general ideas of them by reading the summary of them. Now let’s read two summaries of famous works on P.28 and finish the exercises below it.

Writing Group work: Work in groups and choose a well-known Chinese story or film and discusses it. Then write a summary. Here are some tips on how to write a successful summary:

Writing tips: Write the title of your story or film on the first sentence; Keep your summary as short as possible; Check the summary for spelling errors and other mistakes; Include “where the story is set”, “when it’s set”, “who the main characters are”, “what happens” and “how the story ends”.

A World Without Thieves Sample Writing A World Without Thieves Chinese director Feng Xiaogang’s New Year film “A World Without Thieves” has been on for a period. It’s Feng’s sixth New Year film since the first one in 1997. The story takes place on a train. It is about two groups of thieves and a country boy. One group is moved by the boy and tries to protect the boy from being stolen.

Sample Writing Wang Bo (played by Andy Lau) and Wang Li (played by Rene Liu)k two master thieves, swindle their way across China, until they meet Fu Gen, who does not know abut life and believes that he lives in a world without thieves, Having saved a lot of money, after years of work, he is going to build a house and marry a girl, Moved by his good nature, Wang Li (played by Rene Liu) wants to protect him from Uncle Bill

Sample Writing (played by Ge You) who tries to steal from Fu Gen. Wang Bo, who tries to stop her at first, finally becomes kind and helps he protect the country boy. Andy Lau has a hard time being ugly in the movie, He plays very well, so does Rene Liu. Ge You keeps his special humor in the film. What’s more, the country boy plays naturally.

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