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1、Section A Focused Activities,Section B Extended Activities,Introduction to Disaster Films (1),Unit 7 The Day After Tomorrow,Introduction to Disaster Films (1),Introduction to Disaster Films (1),Section A Focused Activities,Part 1 Lead-in,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Part 3 Fun Time,Unit 7 The Day Aft
2、er Tomorrow,Director: Roland Emmerich Run Time: 124 minutes Release Time: 2004 Awards & Nominations Won: BAFTA Awards: Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects,Background Information,Part 1 Lead-in,Section A, Visual Effects Society Awards(VES Award) 2005 Golden Trailer Awards(Golden Trailer) 2005
3、BMI Film & TV Awards 2005 BMI Film Music Award Best Single Visual Effect of the Year 2005,Nominated: Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA(Golden Reel Award) 2005 Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 2005 Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture,Part 1 Lead-in,Section A,Plot Sum
4、mary,Part 1 Lead-in,Section A,The Day After Tomorrow shows a disastrous and abrupt climate change. Paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is at a research station in Antarctica when an ice block as big as a state breaks off the continental shelf. Jack senses that wild weather patterns (huge typhoons, large ha
5、ilstorms in Japan and other temperate zones) might signal a coming ice age tripped off by global warming. Now identify the natural disasters according to the following pictures.,Task,Part 1 Lead-in,Section A,Part 1 Lead-in,Section A,1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,landslide,_,volcano eruption,_,lightening,_,flood
6、,_,earthquake,_,fire,_,Part 1 Lead-in,Section A,7.,8.,9.,tornado,_,avalanche,_,tsunami,_,Directions: In this part, youre going to watch six clips from the movie The Day After Tomorrow. After watching each clip, please complete the tasks following it.,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Clip 1 UN C
7、onference on global warming in New Delhi. (158),Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Task 1,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Watch the clip and fill in the blanks with the words you get from the clip.,Professor Hall: What we have found locked in these ice cores is 1) of a cataclysmic climate s
8、hift, which occurred around ten thousand years ago. The concentration of these natural greenhouse gases in the ice cores indicates that runaway warming pushed the planet into an ice age, which lasted two centuries. Arabian Reporter: Im 2) . I thought you were talking about global warming, not an ice
9、 age.,evidence,_,confused,_,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Professor Hall: Yes, it is a paradox, but, global warming can 3) a cooling trend. Let me explain. The Northern Hemisphere owes its temperate climate to the North Atlantic current. Heat from the sun arrives at the 4) and is carried nor
10、th by the ocean. But, global warming is melting the polar ice caps and 5) this flow. Eventually it will shut down, and when that occurs, there goes our warm climate. British Reporter: Excuse me. When do you think this could happen, professor? When?,trigger,_,equator,_,disrupting,_,Part 2 Watching &
11、Listening,Section A,Professor Hall: I dont know. May in a hundred years, maybe in a thousand. But what I do know is that if we do not act soon, it is our children and our 6) who will have to pay the price. Vice President: And whos going to pay the price of the Kyoto Accord? It will cost the worlds e
12、conomy hundreds of billions of dollars. Professor Hall: 7) , Mr. Vice President, the cost of doing nothing could be even higher. Our climate is fragile. 8) were burning fossil fuels and polluting the environment, the ice caps will soon disappear.,grandchildren,_,With all due respect,_,At the rate,_,
13、Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Vice President: Professor, uh, Hall. Our economy is every bit as fragile as the environment. Perhaps you should keep that in mind before making sensationalist 9) . Professor Hall: Well, the last chunk of ice that 10) was about the size of the State of Rhode Isla
14、nd. Some people might call that pretty sensational.,claims,_,broke off,_,1. According the Professor Hall, ice age has been around for centuries. 2. North Atlantic current could have a strong influence on climate at the equator. 3. Professor Hall calls for immediate actions to prevent climate shift.
15、4. Some people think Professor Halls speech goes too far. 5. Vice president agrees with Professor Hall to a certain extent.,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Watch the movie clip again and then decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for true and F for false.,Task 2,T,
16、_,F,_,T,_,T,_,F,_,Following is the script of Clip 1:,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Clip 2 Dr. Jack Halls son Sam is in New York with his favorite girl to participate in a national high school quiz competition. (207),Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,
17、1. When does Terry Rapson make the call? A) Early in the morning. B) Late in the afternoon. C) At midnight. D) Late in the morning. 2. What might disrupt the North Atlantic Current? A) Global warming. B) Polar melting. C) Ice age. D) Sun heat.,Watch the clip and then some questions will be asked abo
18、ut it. Choose the best answer to each question from the four choices given below.,Task 1,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,3. How many buoys register a 13-degree drop? A) Four. B) Five. C) Three. D) One. 4. How many years ago did such a disaster happen? A) 1
19、00. B) 1,000. C) 10,000. D) 100,000. 5. Which of the following hurricanes are people suffering from? A) Hurricane Noel. B) Hurricane Nana. C) Hurricane Nicholas. D) Hurricane Noelani.,Watch the clip again and pay attention to what Rapson and Hall have been discussing. Put the following statements in
20、to order according to their discussion.,Task 2,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,At first we thought it was a malfunction. Nothing like this has ever happened before. Well, weve found something extraordinary. These waves are even bigger than I imagined. Yes, but not in our lifetime. This is too
21、fast.,2,_,4,_,1,_,5,_,3,_,Following is the script of Clip 2:,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Clip 3 Followed by the tsunami swallowing up Manhattan, people in the city streets, including Sam and their friends, raced into the library. (227),Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Watch the clip a
22、nd then some questions will be asked about it. Choose the best answer to each question from the four choices given below.,Task 1,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,1. What is pulling super-cooled air all the way down from the upper troposphere? A) The bigger hurricane. B) The increasing climate.
23、C) The storms rotation. D) The melting polar ice.,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,2. What shocked Rapson and Hall? A) The airs descending too rapidly. B) The waves strong movements. C) The disasters horrible destructions. D) The family members separation. 3. How many supercells do they locate?
24、 A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four.,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,4. How long is the storm predicted to change the face of our planet? A) 7-10 days. B) 1-3 years. C) 4-6 months. D) 6-8 weeks. 5. What could they do in the face of the disaster? A) Wait as long as possible. B) Save as many as t
25、hey can. C) Flee as soon as possible. D) Warn people as quickly as possible.,Watch the clip once again and fill in the dialogue with the phrases in the box.,Task 2,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Dennis: Ive got Jack Hall on the phone. Theyve 1) weve sent them. Here it is. Terry Rapson: Jack,
26、were you able to recreate the thermal cycle? Jack Hall: Yes. The storms rotation. is pulling super-cooled air 2) down from the upper troposphere.,run the data,_,all the way,_,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Terry Rapson: But shouldnt the air 3) before it reaches ground level? Jack Hall: It sho
27、uld. But it doesnt. The airs descending too rapidly. Terry Rapson: Is this an isolated incident? Jack Hall: Im afraid not. Weve located two supercells 4) the one over Scotland. One over Northern Canada. and another one over Siberia. Terry Rapson: And do we know their projected paths?,warm up,_,in ad
28、dition to,_,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Jack Hall: Yes. Our 5) of six to eight weeks werent even close. This one storm is going to change the face of our planet. Heres a projection of 24 hours out. Jack Hall: This is 48 hours out. Terry Rapson: And in seven to ten days. When this storm is
29、over. well be in 6) . My God. Jack Hall: Professor. its time you 7) there.,previous estimates,_,a new ice age,_,got out of,_,Terry Rapson: Im afraid that time has 8) , my friend. Jack Hall: What can we do? Terry Rapson: Save as many as you can. A man: Jack. somethings happened in New York.,Part 2 Wa
30、tching & Listening,Section A,come and gone,_,Following is the script of Clip 3:,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Clip 4 Sam and his friends are trapped in the New York Public Library in Manhattan. Jack decides to go to Manhattan to rescue them. Before his departure he is asked to explain his re
31、search results to the administration. He goes to a meeting and gives a brief report directly to president and vice president. (303),Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Watch the clip and then some questions will be asked about it. Choose the best answer to eac
32、h question from the four choices given below.,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Task 1,1. How many days will this super storm last? A) 3 to 7 days. B) 4 to 7 days. C) 5 to 10 days. D) 7 to 10 days.,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,2. Which of the following places is the best one to stay dur
33、ing the storm? A) Texas. B) Florida. C) Miami. D) Mexico. 3. What does Jack suggest people in the north should do during the storm? A) They should escape to the south. B) They should stay inside. C) They should take trains to escape. D) They should ask for help.,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A
34、,4. According to the General what is necessary sometimes on the battlefield? A) To evacuate from a place. B) To use certain tactics. C) To make difficult choices. D) To stay away from enemy. 5. Why does the vice president think its easy for Jack to suggest the plan? A) Because Jack has made research
35、 and knows what to do. B) Because Jack himself is safely here in Washington. C) Because Jack understands the situation very well. D) Because Jack has already discussed it with other experts.,Watch the clip again and then decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for true and
36、 F for false.,Task 2,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,1. When the storm is over, ice and snow will cover the entire globe. 2. The average temperature will be close to that of the last Ice Age. 3. The vice president wants Jack to help with making policy. 4. Jack suggests evacuating everyone nort
37、h of that line to warmer places.,F,_,T,_,F,_,F,_,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,5. According to the Madam Secretary every minutes delay is costing lives. 6. According to the Madam Secretary sending troops north may help. 7. The vice president agrees with Jacks evacuation plan. 8. The presiden
38、t finally decides to evacuate Southern states.,T,_,F,_,F,_,T,_,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Debate: Two students work together. One acts as Jack and the other acts as the vice president. They have different ideas about the evacuation plan. Have a debate about the plan and you can refer to t
39、he following chart for help.,Task 3,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Following is the script of Clip 4:,Clip 5 Jack and his team are now on their way to Manhattan to find his sons group. Following his fathers instruction, Sam and his friends and a few other
40、s remain inside the library and they burn books to stay warm and alive. (349),Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Watch the clip and then answer the following questions with the information from the clip.,Task 1,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,1. Accordi
41、ng to Brian, how deep is Europe buried? 2. Does Brian think Jacks father can make it to Manhattan to rescue them? 3. How will Jacks team get to Manhattan after their car breaks down?,Under 15 feet of snow.,_,No, he doesnt think so.,_,They will walk.,_,4. According to the tramp, what can you learn if
42、 you spend some years on the streets? 5. Who once hung out for 10 days in one research trip?,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,How to keep warm.,_,Sam and his father.,_,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Watch the clip again and pay special attention to the radio news announcement. Then fill
43、in the blanks with the information you hear. After that work together and dub the last part of the clip. Blank Filling:,Task 2,The White House has ordered the following national disaster 1) for all Northern states: Continued exposure to the approaching storm is 2) . Remain indoors and take all 3) me
44、asures to stay warm, burning any 4) sources until the storm is over. Roads are 5) across New York State as far south as Pennsylvania.,alert,_,deadly,_,fuel,_,impassable,_,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Movie Dubbing: J.D.: What are you doing? Tramp: Insulating. Newspapers best, but thisll do.
45、 You know, you spend some years on the streets and you learn how to keep warm. Hey. J.D.: Thanks. Laura: I got one. Your favorite vacation. Sam: Besides this one? All right. I went to Greenland with my dad on one of his research trips a few years ago.and the ship broke down, and we got stuck. And it
46、 rained constantly. Laura: That sounds really boring. Sam: But actually really nice, you know? Just me and my dad hanging out for 10 days.,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Task 3,Sum up the story in this clip by referring to the following words and expressions.,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Secti
47、on A,Summary (for reference):,Following is the script of Clip 5:,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Clip 6 Reports show that the storm is disappearing from North America. Finally its over. The vice president (now president) of USA is giving a TV announcement. A helicopter comes for Jack, Sam and his friends. They and a lot of other people are finally rescued. (353),Part 2 Watching & Listening,Section A,Part 2 Watching & Listening,Se