文档介绍：These chipmunks rap
山东省鄄城县第十二中学
冯庆华
Warming up
What do you think of cartoon movies?
Do you know anything about Alvin and the Chipmunks?
While reading
1. What does the text mainly talk about?
A. A cartoon movie. B. A joke.
C. A famous person.
2. Who are the main characters in the movie?
A. Dave Seville.
B. Ross Bagdasarian.
C. Three chipmunks.
While reading
3. Why do Alvin and his friends enter the office building?
People take the tree they live in into an office building
They hide in Dave’s bag and he takes them into the building.
They ask a poor songwriter to take them to that building.
D. None of these.
While reading
4. What does Dave do for Alvin and his friends?
He writes songs for them.
He sees their musical talent.
He turns them into pop stars.
All of these.
They behave so badly that Dave really gets fed up with them, especially Alvin.
5. What does the underlined phrase “gets fed up with” mean?
Have a big meal.
Feed sb with sth.
e angry with.
Feel hungry.
While reading
True (T) or False (F)
The characters of the movie started out as cartoons then branched out into music.
In 1958, Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. made a recording under the name of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
F
T
3. The song named Alvin and the Chipmunks became very popular.
4. Cartoonists started to draw pictures for the chipmunks before 1961.
T
T
Language points
1. Can three furry little things get to the top of the pop world?
讲解:在句子中,get to 的意思为“到达、达到”,与reach同义。但reach为及物动词,后面可直接跟宾语。例如:
I’ll phone you as soon as I reach the place. 一到达地点,我就给你打电话。
Language points
2 …a new cartoon movie called Alvin, Simon and Theodore.
讲解: called Alvin, Simon and Theodore
为过去分词短语作定语,其自身含有被动的意思。又如:So they hide themselves in the bag of a poor songwriter called Dave Seville.