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1、Garfield-Garfield- A A tailtail ofof twotwo kittieskitties加菲猫加菲猫-2-2 （20062006）Director:Tim HillScreenplays:Alec SokolowJoel CohenJim DavisProducers:Michele Imperato-StabileBrian D. ManisAwards:Nominated for two Golden RaspberryAwards in 2006Main Characters：Breckin MeyerJon ArbuckleBill MurrayVoice

2、of GarfieldLucy DavisAbby WestminsterBilly ConnollyLord DargisIan AbercrombieSmitheeSection 1 Before watching the moviePre-viewing Questions:Before watching the movie , think about the following questions and talk about them in pairsfor 5 to 10 minutes.1. People hold different attitudes towards life

3、, some positive, some negative. What about yours?2. Have you come across any surprising change in life, and what is it?Synopsis /Plot SummaryWhen Garfield follows his owner, Jon Arbuckle, to England, the U.K. maynever recover, as Garfield is mistaken for a look-alike, regal cat whohas inherited a ca

4、stle. Garfield savors the royal treatment afforded byhis loyal four-legged subjects, but his reign is in jeopardy. Thenefarious Lord Dargis is determined to do away with Garfield, so he canturn the castle into a resort. Garfields bigger, better, more purr-fectworld is soon turned upside down in this

5、 tale of two kitties.Section 2After watching the movieOral PracticePartADiscuss with your classmates and give answers to the following questions:1.What does Jon go to London for?2. How does Garfield manage to arrive in London?3. Why does Garfield get a castle ?4. What is Garfelds life like in the ca

6、stle?5. What does Garfield like to do every day?6. Why does Lord Dargis want to kill Prince ?7. How do Odie and Garfield help each others?8.What do you think the friendship between Odie and Garfield ?Part B Post-viewing discussion questions1. How do you understand the following quotations ?a. “Your

7、future depends on your dreams. So go to sleep.”b. “Oh,did I mention that Prince was a cat?”2. How do you understand the relationship between Garfield and Jon ? What makes Jon tired ofGarfield sometimes?3. Do you agree to the lazy and dozy life Garfield lives?4. Do you think whether Garfiels image ha

8、ve any change in the movie, and how?5. Odie represents quite a different personality from Garfiels. Which personality do you prefer tohave, Odies or Garfiels? .Listening DrillsA. Watch the segment on Princes speech after he is announced as the heir of the castle . Fillin the blanks in the following

9、passage with the words you hear .To (1)_, I pledge, from (2) _ forward, to (3) _ mykingdom (4) _ and valor.And (5) _ I reign, ou shall (6) _have safe haven here on the bountiful (7) _ of Carlyle.Thank you. That is all.B.Watch the segment on the declaration of the last will of Lady Eleanor Carlyle. F

10、ill in themissing words of the dialogue and then dub the voice for Characters while the video isplayed again without the sound .Rabbit: Keep (1)_. Theyre reading Lady Eleanors will.Goose: Ive got a bad (2) _ about this.Ducks: I cant watch. If Lord Dargis gets the estate, were done for.Weredoomed!Rab

11、bit: Shh! (3)_.Lawyer: To my devoted Smithee, I make thee caretaker of my estate.Care for mybeloved (4)_ _ as you have in the past and you will alwayshave a homeat Carlyle Castle.Smithee: Thank you, Madame.Dargis: Shes (5) _, Smithee. You can stop sucking up.Lawyer: The (6) _of my worldly possession

12、s, my castle andsurrounding grounds, I leave to the love of my life, (7) _ who waslike a son to me.Dargis: Thank you, Aunt Eleanor. Oh, thank you.Lawyer: Please let me finish, Mr. Dargis.Dargis: Im sorry. I always get a little (8) _ myself.Lawyer: Like a son to me, I leave all my worldly possessions

13、 to (9)_ _ _, Prince the 12th.Man: Thats (10) _.C.Watch the segment of the first conversation between Jon and Garfield. Take down Jonswords.“_”Plot keywords1.pamperedadj. 娇惯的2.personagen. 名人3. logn.原木4. domainn. 领域5. imcompleteadj. 不完整的6. spousen. 配偶7. torturev. 折磨8. duden. 男人9. mulletn. 鲱鲤10. fund-

14、raisern. 基金捐助人11. conservancyn. 管理机构12. petaln.花瓣13. wishbonen. （鸡、鸭等）叉骨14. kenneln.狗窝15.ripv.撕开16. soakv. 浸泡17. solicitorn. 诉方律师18. estaten. 庄园19. stipendn. 生活津贴20. medievaladj. 中世纪的21. bountifuladj. 大量的22.misjudgev. 误判23. quarantinen 隔离期24. congregatev. 集合25. peelv. 去皮26.leftovern. 残留物27. mincedad

15、j.绞碎的28. disorientingadj 误导的29.barnyardn. 仓院30. dumpv. 倾倒Useful Phrases and expressions1. Done for意思是“Doomed to death or destruction 死定了，完蛋了”，例如 Before he went to thehospital itseemed as if he was done for.2. Suck up“拍马屁， 献媚”， 例如： Now that hes the boss theyre all sucking up to him, hoping to get big

16、raises. 这种行为可真是够讨厌的。Suck-up 连写则表示“拍马屁/献媚的人”，例如：Hes such a suck-up.3. Get ahead of oneselfTo get ahead of oneself is to plan or do something which is not yet appropriate. Otherthings usually need to happen first. 例如比赛还没有结束，球迷们就开始庆祝胜利， 这就是 getahead of themselves。我们来看一个例子：- After I win the first prize

17、in the essay contest, Im going to rent a new apartment, buy a newcar, start dating Cozette, and tell the boss to shove it where- Sounds like youre getting a little ahead of yourself.- Well, a guy can dream, cant he?4. My word和 My dear，My God，Jesus 之类的词一样，my word 或者 or upon my word 都是用来表示感叹或是惊讶的。例如：Oh, my word! Youve changed so much!5. Good show和 nice doing，well done 类似，good show 也是