Please form a group of 3 or 4 people with some classmates. Then look at the movies listed on eslnotes. Find a good movie that you want to watch together.
eslnotes 這個網站提供許多優良影片的學習資料：人物介紹、歷史背景、文化須知等等，還有單字片、語詳細解說。
1) Go to
http://www.eslnotes.com/synopses-a.html and click on "Movie Menu" to choose one of the movies. Here is an example using the movie
Amistad.
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| 許影片的步驟 |
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| 下載Microsoft Word格式最方便，可以剪輯自己需要的內容，也可以選擇自己需要的紙張（網站作者用美國紙張，同學複印之前最好改成世界標準 A4 紙張） |
2) The Microsoft
Word document starts with the Major Characters
(= most important people in the movie)
3) Some of the English is not very easy. You can use Google Translate to tell you the main idea. Be careful: some of this "translation" is
VERY wrong! 靠Google 翻譯可以了解大意，但要小心：Google 翻譯常常會錯得很離譜！
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| 如果作者寫的英文太深的話，可以用電腦翻譯了解大意 |
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| 請先選好 (1) 英文 翻成 (2) 中文，然後一小段一小段地貼在左邊的格子裡 (3) |
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| 原文：An African farmer of the Mende tribe, who is kidnapped from his West African home and sold into slavery 以上翻譯錯誤蠻多。注意，這裡的 who ≠〝誰〞，who 是關係代名詞（等於中文〝的〞）＝從家裡被綁架而販賣為奴隸的非洲西部農民 |
4) You can also use Wikipedia to find out if you like this movie.
Here is an example using
Amistad. Be sure to choose the movie, not the book.
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| 查英文版 Wikipedia 可以了解更多 |
5) English Wikipedia articles can help you find Chinese articles:
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| 英文版可以用來找中文版 |
6) Scripts are usually too long and too difficult. Use Google to see if you can find a movie transcript or subtitles online: "片名" & "subtitles" 或 "片名" & "transcript."
Everybody must
choose one movie before our next class on December 1, 2011. Use the form below to show me your choice:
