Using Movies to Learn English-2 看電影學英文-2

Here are your classmates' choices.

If other people have chosen a movie before you,
you should choose another one.
每一組要選不同的影片

Using Movies to Learn English-1 看電影學英文-1

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.

許影片的步驟

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！

如果作者寫的英文太深的話，可以用電腦翻譯了解大意

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)

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.

查英文版 Wikipedia 可以了解更多

5) English Wikipedia articles can help you find Chinese articles:

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: