2019-2020学年度第33-38期总第787-791期
Warm family fantasy (P22-23)
河北师大附中  赵乃平

Lead-in
What did you do in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Skimming and scanning
What is the article mainly about?
Newly released cartoon movie Onward.
 

Structure
 

Detail reading

Part 1 (Para 1-2) Brief introduction of Onward

1. When and where was Onward released?
It was released on March 6  in US cinemas, and on April 3 on the Disney Plus channel.

2. What do people think of the movie?
It has received positive reviews with an 88 percent approval rating from critics on the online film review platform Rotten Tomatoes.

Part 2 (Para 3-7)
The plot of the movie

1. What kind of world is the story set in?
 

2. What is the theme of the story?
Celebration of love and family.

3. Who are the heroes of the story?
Ian, a fearful kid, and Barley, an earnest but overconfident teenager.

4. What kind of relationship do they develop?
· hating and loving each other
· uniting together and encouraging each other

Part 3 (Para 8)
Review of the movie

It is a story about ___________ and ________.

Language focus
1. The reality mirrored in the setting can “echo with (产生共鸣) the audiences,” according to LA Weekly.

释义：据洛杉矶周刊报道，场景中反映的现实可以“与观众产生共鸣”。

分析：
mirrored in the setting为过去分词短语做后置短语，在此表被动“被反映”，修饰reality。

mirror
n.    镜子；写照 ；反映某种情况的事物      
v.    反映；映照；反射
He absent-mindedly looked at himself in the mirror.
他心不在焉地看着镜中的自己。
This newspaper is a mirror of society.
报纸如实地反映了社会。
Some contents mirror the historical progress, thus forming the spirit
of the times.
文化中的有些内容可以反映历史进步的方向，因此形成时代精神。

2. ... they decide to set aside their differences to search for a magical item that will allow them to bring their father back from death in order to  spend one last day with him.

释义：他们决定撇开分歧，寻找一种神奇的东西，让他们能把父亲从死亡中带回来，和他共度最后一天。

分析：that引导定语从句，修饰a magical item。

set aside  留出；放一边；搁置
 
100 million pounds will be set aside for repairs to schools.
将划拨1.3亿英镑用于学校的修缮。

They set aside one evening a week to have dinner all together.
他们每周都会留出一个晚上与家人讨论有关孩子的话题。

set 相关短语

set about 出发；开始（set about doing）
set out 启程；开始（set out to do）
set apart 留出；使分离；区别
set down 写下，记下；制定
set off 引起爆炸；出发