Step 3 Speaking

　　a. T: Awards are very important to those actors and actresses, which show the audience’s or experts’ acceptance and appreciation to their performances.

　　Q1 Can you tell me some famous awards to the films in the world?

　　Q2 Can you tell me some famous actors or actresses that have won the Oscar?

　　T: Today we will look at a famous actor and a famous actress who are very successful in their acting career.

　　b. Divide the whole class into 2 groups. Students in Group A read the biography of Merllly Streep while students in Group B read the biography of Keanu Reeves. Then fill in the table below respectively.

　　Name____________________ Schooling______________________

　　Beginning of the acting career__________________ Films____________________

　　Achievement________________________________

　　c. Check the information and explain some words and useful expressions in and below the biographies.

　　1) While still a student, she played roles in many plays.

　　While still a student= while she was still a student

　　Play a role in: play a part in

　　e.g. Telephones are playing an important role/part in our daily life.

　　2) Meryl Streep made her first film, called Julia in 1977.

　　called Julia: past participle phase used as the attribute to modify film

　　3) Academy Awards (Oscars): the main national film award in the USA. The Awards are granted annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Awards ceremony takes place in Hollywood every Match.

　　4) a. Interviewer can use following expressions to interview in good order

　　You studied/worked/acted at different…

　　First…, and then… Later on… Finally you found a job as…

　　b. Interviewer can pose such questions to the interviewee

　　What did you do next?

　　What made you decide to…?

　　What roles did you act?

　　How long have you been working as…?

　　c. Interview

　　Ask students to work in pairs and imitate CCTV’s interview program-----Life of Art, one acting as the host with suggested expressions in the text and questions When and where were you born? How many films have you acted? Which one is your favorite?

　　One acting as the guest---Merly Streep or Keanu Reeves with information in the short biography and in the Notes in the textbook.

　　Choose some pairs to act out the interview; while one pair is interviewing, the rest of the class act as the audience and can raise questions to the guest.

　　Step 4 Lead students to discuss following questions

　　Why ate they so popular and successful?

　　What is needed to be an actor or actress?

　　Would you like to be an actor or actress one day? Why?

　　Assignment: Look at talking exercise on P109 and have a discussion about the copy right.

　　Step 5 Homework

　　Finish off the reading in Unit 5