雅思阅读UNIT2Media分析和总结.pdf

UNIT 2 Media W a r m u p - T h i n k i n g a b o u t t h e T o p i c Look at the three images. 1 Where would you find creatures like these? Have you seen any of these creatures or similar creatures before? 1 Talk about them with your partner: a. Do any of them look like real people? b. How were these creatures made? c. Think of some words to describe each picture. 2 Now, work together with a partner to make some sentences about the images. Speak, do not write. They all have ... They look ... Beginning to Read Skinning to Identify the Writer ’s Purpose It is very important to gain an overall idea of the reading passage structure and the writers purpose BEFORE you try to complete the IELTS reading exercises. Computer Generation of Animated Characters 1 Ask any young person to tell you the names of some famous movies and the A chances are that many of those mentioned will be popular because of computer-generatedspecial effects. Movies such as Star‘ Wars , the Matrix and; Harry Potter rely heavily on computers to create special fantasy and space effects. Others, such as the famous Lord of the Rings movies, created surprisingly lifelike humanoid characters using sophisticated computer-generated techniques. The creative effort that lies behind these creatures is amazing. However, genuinely human characters, indistinguishable from real actors, are still not quite possible, although we are getting very close to this elusive goal. The process of imagining and developing a computer-generatedcharacter is Bcomplex, involving many stages. The first stage is to design the