建议的重点精听活动：Movie Clip 4-5

Part I Language through Movie Section 1 Before-class Activities B Extensive Listening Activities Movie Clip 1 Watch the scene on Mr. Tony Stark being interviewed by a reporter from Vanity Fair magazine and answer the following questions. 1. According to the reporter, what are the two nicknames of Mr. Stark? Why do people call him those names? What does Mr. Stark think of his nicknames? He is called ―the Da Vinci of our time‖, as he is a great genius in inventing weapons. But he thinks this nickname is ridiculous. He is also called ―the Merchant of Death‖, as he not only creates weapons but also promotes his weapons to countries all over the world, thus causing casualties in battles. He thinks this nickname is not bad, and he doesn’t take the nickname seriously.

2. According to Mr. Stark, what is the philosophy of his father? When being criticized as ―war-profiteering‖, how does Mr. Stark defend this philosophy? What do you think of this philosophy?

Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.

He defend this philosophy by showing that military fund benefits medical and agricultural technology. (Open question) This philosophy is reasonable. Having a bigger stick, i.e. stronger military force, allows you to achieve a sort of diplomacy through the threat of force. / This philosophy is ridiculous. Developing weapons definitely causes danger to world peace.

Movie Clip 1 00:07:37—00:08:48 -Christine: Mr. Stark! Excuse me! Mr. Stark! Christine Everheart, Vanity Fair magazine. Can I ask you a couple of questions? -Security: She's cute. -Tony: She's all right? Hi. -Christine: Hi.

-Tony: Yeah. Okay, go.

-Christine: You've been called the Da Vinci of our time. What do you say to that?

-Tony: Absolutely ridiculous. I don't paint.

-Christine: And what do you say to your other nickname, the Merchant of Death? -Tony: That's not bad. Let me guess... Berkeley? -Christine: Brown, actually.

-Tony: Well, Ms. Brown, It's an imperfect world, but it's the only one we've got.

I guarantee you the day weapons are no longer needed to keep the peace, I’ll start making bricks and beams for baby hospitals. -Christine: Rehearse that much?

-Tony: Every night in front of the mirror before bedtime. -Christine: I can see that.

-Tony: I'd like to show you first-hand. -Christine: All I want is a serious answer.

-Tony: Okay, here is serious. My old man had a philosophy: Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.

-Christine: That's a great line, coming from a guy selling the sticks.

-Tony: My father helped defeat Nazis. He worked on the Manhattan Project. A lot of people, including your professors at Brown would call that being a hero. -Christine: And a lot of people would also call that war-profiteering.

-Tony: Tell me, do you plan to report on the millions we've saved by advancing medical technology, or kept from starvation with our intelli-crops? All those breakthroughs, military funding, honey.

Movie Clip 2 Watch the scene on Mr. Tony Stark saving an Afghanistan village from the Ten Rings and answer the following questions. 1. Can you summarize what has been reported in the TV news in this scene?

The Ten Rings cause violence in the outskirts of Gulmira, driving villagers out of their home. Refugees need help from the outside. 2. After watching the news, how does Mr. Stark react? What does he do to help change the reported situation? What do you think of his behavior?

He is angry, and set out on his Iron Man suit to the place in the report immediately. There he saves the refugees from being kidnapped and battles with the ten rings. (Open question) His behavior is great and heroic. /He has no right to cross the country boundaries as he like./ He shouldn’t have intervened other countries’ affairs.

Movie Clip 2 01:13:34-01:15:59接01:17:20-01:18:00 -TV: The fifteen miles hike to the outskirts of Gulmira can only be described as a 'descent into Hell', into a modern day heart of darkness. Simple farmers and herders from peaceful villages have been driven from their homes, displaced from their lands by warlords emboldened by a newfound power. Villagers have been forced to take shelter in whatever crude dwellings they can find in the ruins of other villages or here, in the remnants of the old Soviet smelting plant. Recent violence has been attributed to a group of foreign fighters, referred to by locals as the Ten Rings. As you can see, these men are heavily armed and on a mission. A mission that could prove fatal to anyone who stands in their way. With no political will or international pressure, there's very little hope for these refugees. Around me, a woman begging for news on her husband, who was kidnapped by insurgents, either forced to join their militia... Desperate refugees clutch yellowed photographs, holding them up to anyone who will stop. A child's simple question: ―Where are my mother and father‖? There's very little hope for these refugees, refugees who can only wonder who, if anyone, will help.

Section 2 In-class Activities B Watch & Listen

Movie Watch the scene on an Award ceremony in which Tony Clip 3 Stark should have appeared.

Intensive Listening Activities

Task One General understanding of the main idea Directions: Answer the following questions according to your first impression of the characters depicted in this clip. 1. Who is the winner of the award? Who presents the award? Tony Stark is the winner. Liaison to Stark Industries-Colonel Rhodes presents the award. 2. Who makes a speech instead of the winner? Why is the winner absent from the award ceremony? The partner of Tony’s father- Obadiah Stane. According to the speaker, Tony is absent from the award ceremony because he is too busy working. Task Two Further understanding of details Directions：Listen again and work in groups of 4 or 5 to take notes. Share your notes with the group members, and work together to write a

CV for Mr. Stark.