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1、《英语电影视听说》Unit5Part1MovieExplorationTask3(forreference)1.Beckett'sbossesclaimhehasbeenfiredforincompetenceandmisplacinganimportantdocumentforanimportantclient,butBeckettissurethatit'sbecausehehasAIDS.Heconsidersthatheisavictimofprejudice,andisdeterminedtowinhiscaseevenashisownlifebeginstofade.2.Bec
2、ausethelawfirmissopowerfulandprestigious,andBeckettisagayinfectedwithAIDS,nootherlawyerswilltakethecase.Aftermanyrejections,withnooneelsetoturnto,AndrewBeckettconsultsJoeMillertohelphimpursuelitigation.3.JoeMillerrepresentsthe"everyman"whoharborshomophobictendencies.Hedoesn'tlikehomosexuals,whomak
3、ehisskincrawl.HealsohasextremefearofAIDS,andcanhardlykeephimselffromwipinghishandonhispantsaftershakingBeckett'shand.4.AchainofeventshasturnedMiller'semotionsinlinewithBeckett'scase.Hiswifehasababy,fromwhichhehaslearnedwhatbirthisallabout,andthenhehasfoundoutaboutdeathtoo.HecomesacrosstheailingBec
4、kettinthelibrary.SeeingthroughthefaceofAIDS,heseesthatthere'sadyingmanthere.Thenhehasachangeofheart,recognizingahintoffamiliardiscriminationinthewayBeckettisbeingtreated.Heisessentiallyhomophobicbutheisalsoagainstprejudice.Afterinitialreluctance,hetakesthecase.5.It'sabrilliantscenewhereBecketttrie
5、stogiveapassionatetranslationofthearia"LaMommaMorta"whileMillerlooksoninstunnedsilence.Millerisn'tanoperafan,butasthemusicplaysandBecketttalksoverit,passionatelyexplaininghisacceptanceofdeathinthemidstofdisplayinghiscontinuingpassionforlife,Millerundergoesaconversionofthesoul.Andfinally,whatMiller
6、seesisamanwholoveslifeanddoesnotwanttoleaveit.SectionCAReviewontheMovieTask4ThemoviePhiladelphiaisanexcellentexampleofthesevereprejudiceanddiscriminationmanypeoplewithAIDSareexposedto.Anditshowshoweverydaylife,workandmentalhealthcanbeaffectedbythiskindofsituation.Inthemovie,AndrewBeckett'semployer
7、sdismisshimfromtheircompanyjustbecausehe(1)isagaymaninfectedwithAIDS.It'sreallyveryfrighteningtorealize,asBeckettdoes,thatprejudiceanddiscriminationcanevencomefromthose(2)whoaresupposedtohelpprotectpeople'srights
