Unit2 Lesson4

Discuss Discuss

the Effect ofthe Effect of

Violence Violence

on Viewerson Viewers

The effect of violence on viewersparagraph 1 第一段

The Wild Bunch Bonnie & Clyde• effect =result / influence• violent(a.)

violence(n.) = blood, killing in movies• viewer= audience / people who watch movies• entertainment = some activities that people like

to do to make themselves happy• graphic violence

= visual violence/ the violence that you can see

The effect of violence on viewers paragraph 1 第一段

• occur = happen• screen= on TV, movie• victim = the person who get hurt• perhaps = maybe• suffering = feel pain• filmmaker = movie maker• audience = viewer• horrible = serious/ bad /unpleasant

Paragraph 1: 第一段

1. Describe 描述 graphic violence in movies before the 1960s.

2. Describe 描述 graphic violence in movies after the 1960s.

3. What two movies in the 1960s had a lot of graphic violence?

4. Why did they want to show graphic violence in movies after the 1960s?

5. Which word from paragraph 1 means…

a) people watching movies

b) action, blood, killing in movies

c) a person who get hurt

The effect of violence on viewersparagraph 2 第二段

orphan wanted• special effect = technologies we use in movies• technology = some science discovery• realistic = real in our life• image = picture• bloodshed (n.) = blood • because of + N.• bloody = full of blood

Paragraph 2: 第二段

1.The main idea 主題 of paragraph 2 says that special effects technology is why movies now are more violent and bloody. What is the meaning of special effects technology?

2.Do you like violent movies?

3.What violent movies do you know?

The effect of violence on viewersparagraph 3 第三段

• seem = to be• normal = common/ usual• cause = make/ result in• imitate = copy/ do what others do• behavior = actions• honest = telling the truth

1.The main idea of paragraph 3 says that violence in movies and video games is (good/bad).

2.Why is it bad? Give me two reasons 原因 ?

The effect of violence on viewersparagraph 4 第四段

• a people = people from the same country• conquer = take a control of foreign land by force• well-known = famous• against = to do in opposition to

1. A popular filmmaker asks why violence on the screen is a problem. What are the two examples he gives to us?

2. Many filmmakers make violent movies because…

a. They like violence

b. They want to send a message.

c. Violent movies make them rich.