死亡诗社电影英语演讲.ppt

World s famous Movie
s Dead poets
Society
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Chinese name:
死亡诗社/春风化雨
航天航室学院408
蔡龑东(314376003)
Components
o Overview
y. Background Information
Main characters
PLOT Summary多
y. Further Thinking
overview
Director Peter Weir
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He was their inspiration. He made ther lMes extraordinary
Starring: Robin Williams
Ethan Hawk
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Robert Sean Leonard
Awards
Nominated for 4 Oscars
(year of 1990, but beaten
by Driving Miss Daisy
Screenwriter
Tom Schulman
个享
the play is adapted from Tom
Schulman's real life in
Montgomery Bell College(蒙哥马利
贝尔学院
Mti
Background Information
o The goals of american education
Since dead Poets Society is a movie set on campus,
a glimpse into american education will definitely
enable us to keep track of certain Western cultural
notions
American education is an indispensible part of the
American Dream. Not only does it determine the
individuals social status and economic prospects, but
it also brings general social benefits such as
elimination of poverty and improvement of
citizenship.
Background information
e Prep school
A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory
school is a secondary higher education. Some schools will
school, usually private, designed to
prepare students for hi
also include a junior or elementary school
In a sense, american education before universit
shown by the movie, is similar with Chinese high
schools educational system, which places a strong
emphasis on examination and score, Regardless of
personality and interest of students
Background information
Welton Academy 1959
The students are told which courses to take
by parents and headmasters
Personal interests do not matter
Strict
● Foretold way of life
Try to build a kind of elite
Foretold development
Main characters
John Keating
.. nolan
●1 Neil perr
●2 Todd anderson
°3 Charlie dalton,
4. Steven Meeks
5. Gerald Pitts,
●6 Richard cameron
°7 Knox Overstreet
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