Module4TheMagicofFilmPartTwoTeachingResourcesSection1AtextstructureanalysisofTheOscar–SuperficialSpectacle?1.TypeofwritingandsummaryofthetextTypeofwritingThisisapieceofexpositorywriting.MainideaofthepassageThispassageisabouttheceremonyoftheOscars.Onceayear,theactorswhowintheOscarswillbepresentedtheawardsonaneveninginMarchinAmerica.Mainideaofthe1stparagraphTheAcademyAwardceremonyisoccasionswhenwecanwatchthosefilmstarsbehavelikehumanbeings.Mainideaofthe2ndparagraphForthestars,theOscarsareachancetoappearattheirmostglamorous.Mainideaofthe3rdparagraphTheoriginalintentionoftheOscarsMainideaofthe4thparagraphThesymbolicvalueofthelittlestatuesisfargreater.Mainideaofthe5thparagraphTheimportanceoftheOscarstothepeopleinthefilmindustryMainideaofthe6thparagraphNoteveryOscarwinnerhaswontheirawardontheirability.2.Aboxgraphofthetext3.AretoldversiontothetextOnceayear,onaneveninginMarch,theAcademyAwardceremonyisheldinHollywood.About500millionpeoplefromallovertheworldturnontheirtelevisiontowatchtheceremony.Itisanoccasionwhenwecanwatchthosecreaturesofourfantasies,filmstars,behavelikehumanbeings.Femalestarsareexpectedtospendalargeamountofmoneyontheirgowns,foritisagoodchanceforthemtoshowthemselvestothewholeworld.WinninganOscarmeansyouhavetherespectofyourpeers.Totheproducers,itmeanslargeamountsofmoney,asmillionsmorepeoplewillwanttoseeit.TheoriginalintentionoftheOscarswasto“raisethecultural,educationalandscientificstandardsoffilm”.Thereareawardsinmanydifferentcategories,themostimportantofwhichareBestFilm,BestDirector,BestActor,BestActress,BestSupportingActor,andBestSupportingActress.TheOscarwascalledOscarprobablybecauseofthewordsoftheAcademylibrarianMargaretHernick,whoseunclewasnamedOscar.Itisoftenbelievedthattheawardisbecausethefilmproducershavespenthugeamountsofmoneyonpublicity,inordertoinfluenceAcademymemberstovotefortheirfilm.Thewinnersgettheawardsforotherreasonsratherthanfortheir用心爱心专心116号编辑starsredcarpetintentiontheOscarsabilityofperformanceinaparticularfilm.Toalotofpeople,TheOscarsareanenjoyablespectacle.Nothingmore.用心爱心专心116号编辑
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