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1 The World of Avatar 电影 : 阿凡达 1

2 An Alien Language 外星人的语言 The World of Avatar 电影 : 阿凡达 Read the text below and do the activity that follows. 阅读下面的短文, 然后完成练习 : The blockbuster film Avatar has been a smash hit at the box office in the UK and around the world, becoming the fastest film ever to earn $1bn (7bn yuan) in ticket sales. But as well as being an entertaining feast for the eyes, the sci-fi epic also introduces movie-goers to a brand new language invented especially for the film. The movie is set on an alien planet called Pandora which is inhabited by many strange species. The most humanoid of the planet s inhabitants are the Na vi, and it is the struggle between the Na vi and human interlopers that forms the core narrative of the film. In order to add authenticity to his vision of an alien race the film s director James Cameron asked a professor of linguistics from the University of Southern California to invent a language for the Na vi. Professor Paul Frommer worked with James Cameron for four years to build upon the original 30 words or so that the director had already come up with for the language. According to Professor Frommer, the most important aspect of the Na vi language was that it could be articulated. "This is an alien language but obviously it has to be spoken by human actors," Professor Frommer told the BBC, "it has to be sounds that human beings are comfortable producing." The language currently has a lexicon of around 1,000 words but Professor Frommer hopes to expand it in possible sequels to the film and in video games. The professor hopes that one day his creation will become as sophisticated as the Klingon alien language from the Star Trek films. "There's a translation of Hamlet into Klingon," says Professor Frommer. "If anything happened like this with Na'vi I'd be delighted." 2

3 Glossary 词汇表 blockbuster 热门电影 feast for the eyes 视觉大餐 inhabited 居住 humanoid 具有人类特点的 core narrative 主要故事 alien race 外星人 come up with 想出 lexicon 词汇 sophisticated 高水平的 Star Trek 星际大战 smash hit 非常受欢迎的 sci-fi epic 科幻史诗 species 种类, 种族 interlopers 入侵者 add authenticity 增加真实性 linguistics 语言学 articulated 发音 sequels - 续集 Klingon - 克林贡帝国 ( 星际迷航中虚构的一个好战外星种族 ) Hamlet 哈姆雷特 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer. 以下句子哪句是真? 哪句是假? 请圈出正确答案 1. Avatar is the most profitable film ever made. True / False 2. The film introduces an alien race called the Pandora. True / False 3. The aliens come to Earth to make friends. True / False 4. It took four years to develop the alien language. True / False 5. There are about 1000 words in the language. True / False 3

4 2. Space Idioms 关于太空的成语 Match the phrase on the left with the definition on the right. 请把以下成语和其解释连线 1. out of this world a. naïve and over-enthusiastic 2. flying saucer b. to set high targets and goals 3. to reach for the stars c. an alien spaceship 4. starry-eyed d. fantastic, of the highest quality Now complete the sentences below using one of the idioms from above. 请用上题中的成语来完成下列句子 1. Some people believe they have seen in the night sky. 2. Have you seen the film Avatar yet? I loved it. It s really. 3. She s so - she really believes she will become a famous actress just by going to America. 4. You should always instead of thinking you can t achieve anything. 4

5 3. Label the Pictures 给图片填词 Look at the objects from Space. Can you write the name of the object under the picture? 看看下面这些属于太空中的东西, 你知道它们用英语怎么说么? space station planet UFO spacesuit extra-terrestrial satellite 5

6 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 Try to find the words associated with science-fiction in the puzzle below. There are ten words to find. Words can be written horizontally ( ), vertically ( ) or diagonally ( ) 请在下面的字谜游戏中, 找出与科幻有关的英语单词来共有 10 个单词, 其组成方式可能以水平的 ( ) 垂直的 ( ) 或对角的 ( ) 形式出现 b n g a l a x y h u m t l l k j u l g a b u v i i v i y u i n g h i d m g i n n y e b r t j u e h s v v i n o b b l u t t e a v b y j u s t a r y o d b h j u s u r n a e c e o s h i p b a v v a x t b y j i n o v l e r p r u f o c u b e x l p o i n h t u d w l o i x i u n i v e r s e l t star galaxy universe UFO alien light year travel invade ship time travel 6

7 Answers 答案 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer. 以下句子哪句是真? 哪句是假? 请圈出正确答案 1. Avatar is the most profitable film ever made. False 2. The film introduces an alien race called the Pandora. False 3. The aliens come to Earth to make friends. False 4. It took four years to develop the alien language. True 5. There are about 1000 words in the language. True 2. Space Idioms 关于太空的成语 Match the phrase on the left with the definition on the right. 请把以下成语和其解释连线 1. d 2. c 3. b 4. a Now complete the sentences below using one of the idioms from above. 请用上题中的成语来完成下列句子 1. Some people believe they have seen flying saucers in the night sky. 2. Have you seen the film Avatar yet? I loved it. It s really out of this world. 3. She s so starry-eyed - she really believes she will become a famous actress just by going to America. 4. You should always reach for the stars instead of thinking you can t achieve anything. 3. Label the Pictures 给图片填词 Look at the objects from Space. Can you write the name of the object under the picture? 看看下面这些属于太空中的东西, 你知道它们用英语怎么说么? 1. satellite 2. planet 3. UFO 4. space station 5. spacesuit 6. extra-terrestrial 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 g a l a x y t l l i i i i m g n e e h v n t t a s t a r y d r a e e s h i p a v a v e r u f o e l l u n i v e r s e 7

bbc_bond_is_back_worksheet.doc

bbc_bond_is_back_worksheet.doc Bond Is Back 邦德回来了 1 Bond Is Back 邦德回来了 Devil May Care New Bond Book 肆无忌惮, 不顾一切邦德新书 Read the text below and do the activity that follows. 阅读下面的短文, 然后完成练习 : Fans of James Bond