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1、Unit4课时跟踪练(一)Welcometotheunit&ReadingPre-readingⅠ.阅读理解AIfyouneverreadtheclassicF.ScottFitzgerald'snovelTheGreatGatsby,nowisyourchancetocatchup—bywatchingthelatestfilmadaptation.Becauseifthere'sonesentencetosumupthefilm,itwouldbe,asFoxNewssaysinitsreview
2、,“It'sjustlikethebook.”DirectorBazLuhrmann'smainchallengewas“eithertofindavisualequivalent(相等物)forFitzgerald'selegantessay—theopensecretofthebook'sstayingpower—ortobendthematerialtohisownexotic(异国的)strengths，”aTimemagazinereviewsays.Hetriesitbothways,wi
3、thvaryingdegreesofsuccess.ConsideredtobeFitzgerald'srepresentativework,TheGreatGatsbyexploresthemesofidealism,resistancetochange,socialchange,andexcess,creatingaportraitoftheJazzAgeortheRoaringTwentiesthathasbeendescribedasacautionarytaleregardingtheAme
4、ricanDream.Nick,thenarrator,movestoNewYorkforthesummertovisithiscousinDaisy.HisnextdoorneighborisJayGatsby(LeonardoDiCaprio),whorarelycontactswithothersandisrumoredtobeaherooftheGreatWar.GatsbyclaimstohaveattendedOxfordUniversity,buttheevidenceissuspect
5、.AsNicklearnsmoreaboutGatsby,everydetailabouthimseemsquestionable,excepthisloveforDaisy.ThoughDaisyismarried,Gatsbystilladoresherashis“goldengirl”.Theyfirstmetwhenshewasayoungladyfromawealthyfamilyandhewasaworkingclassmilitaryofficer.Daisypromisedtowait
6、forhisreturnfromthewar.However,shemarriedTom,aclassmateofNick.Havingobtainedagreatfortune,Gatsbysetsouttowinherbackagain.“AllofFitzgerald'soriginalcreationfindsitswayintothisfilm,evengoingasfarastoincludequiteabitoftheoriginaldialogue，”USfilmcriticJusti
7、nTaroliwritesinhisreview.“Thecastisbeautifulasisthescript,andthescenesareavisualfeast，”Taroliadds.DiCapriodoesagoodandprofessionaljobasthesocialitebyrecreatingFitzgerald'sdescriptionofGatsby'scharm.“Hecanlookatsomeoneforaninstantandunderstandhowperfectl
8、yheorshewantstobeseen，”DavidDenby,afilmcritic非常感谢上级领导对我的信任，这次安排我向股份公司述职，既是对我履行职责的监督，也是对我个人的关心和爱护，更是对**百联东方商厦有限公司工作的高度重视和支持。forTheNewYorker,saysinhisreview.Theuseofmusicisalmostreasonenoughtoseethefilm.“Luhrmannisathisbestmixingvi
