2. • What’s the last book you’ve read?
• What’s your favorite book?
3. Good books that madeGood books that made
very bad moviesvery bad movies
• 1. "The Sound and the Fury."
Martin Ritt's 1959 version of Faulkner's
incomparable novel is long, painful -- simply
unwatchableThe only relief was a young,
striving Joanne Woodward. It's sad to think
that a whole generation judged an
extraordinary book by this film.
4. • 2. "The Great Gatsby."
Jack Clayton's 1974 movie of this literary
masterpiece was a critical and financial flop.
And with reason: Mia Farrow made a very
wan Buchanan. And Robert Redford was no
match for the amoral enigma of Jay Gatsby.
5. • 3. "The House of the Spirits."
The house of spirits was a film starring Jeremy Irons,
Meryl Streep, Glenn Close and Winona Ryder. The
only Latino actor I remember crossing the screen
was Antonio Banderas, and, speaking quite frankly
as a Latina: He made me cringe.
7. • 5. "The Name of the Rose."
Dense and rich as Italian chocolate, Umberto Eco's
book was stripped of all its vitality, strangely
enough, in this all-action movie, a 1986
collaboration among French, German and Italian
filmmakers. Even the wizardly Sean Connery, as
Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, couldn't
resuscitate the corpse.
• What favorite books pleased or disappointed you in
their film versions?
8. Good books that madeGood books that made
good moviesgood movies
• Bridget Jones Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary is a 1996
novel by Helen Fielding. Written in
the form of a personal diary, the
novel chronicles a year in the life of
Bridget Jones, a thirty-something
single working woman living in
London. She writes (often
humorously) about her career, self-
image, vices, family, friends, and
romantic relationships.
9. • A Walk to Remember.
Nicholas Sparks begins his new
book, A WALK TO REMEMBER,
by promising that "first you will
smile, and then you will cry ---
don't say that you haven't been
warned.
Nicholas Sparks writes about a
young man and woman in 1958 on
the coast in Morehead City in
Beaufort, North Carolina. This is
the story of their first love.
10. The lord of the rings
The Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by a
University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story
began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's
fantasy novel The Hobbit (1937), but eventually developed
into a much larger work. It was written in stages between
1937 and 1949, much of it during the Second World War.
11. Fight club
Fight Club is a 1996 novel by
Chuck Palahniuk. It follows the
experiences of an unnamed
protagonist struggling with
insomnia. Inspired by his doctor's
exasperated remark that insomnia
is not suffering, he finds relief by
impersonating a seriously ill
person in several support groups.
Then he meets a mysterious man
named Tyler Durden and
establishes an underground
fighting club as radical
psychotherapy.
12. The Other Boleyn Girl
The Other Boleyn Girl is a
historical fiction novel written by
British author Philippa Gregory,
loosely based on the life of 16th-
century aristocrat Mary Boleyn.
Reviews were mixed; some said it
was a brilliantly claustrophobic
look at palace life in Tudor
England, while others have
consistently pointed out the lack
of historical accuracy. Even so, it
has enjoyed phenomenal success
and popularity since its
publication in 2002.
14. Present participle Past participle
Jr. Tolkien’s novels are
fascinating
I’m fascinated by Jr.
Tolkien’s novels
The last Bridget Jones
Diary film was boring
I was bored by the last
Bridget Jones Diary film
The new Halle Berry
movie sounds
interesting
I’m interested in the new
Halle Berry movie
Ashton Kutcher is a
very amazing actor
I find comedy films
amusing.
15. • This movie is interesting. Present participles
• I’m interested in this movie. Past participles
• Mathematics is interesting. Present participles
• My friends are interested in sports. Past
participles
• I am fascinated by my children. Past participles
• My children are fascinating. Present participles
28. 1. Subject and Object1. Subject and Object
Relative clauses give extra information about a nounRelative clauses give extra information about a noun
in the main clause. They can refer to this as subject orin the main clause. They can refer to this as subject or
object.object.
“That’s the woman“That’s the woman whowho bought my car”bought my car”
“That’s the flat“That’s the flat thatthat I was looking for”I was looking for”
2. Combining sentences2. Combining sentences
Note how sentences are combined.Note how sentences are combined.
Subject :Subject :
“This is Sofia. She bought my car”“This is Sofia. She bought my car”
““Sofia is the person who bought my car”Sofia is the person who bought my car”
Object :Object :
“That is the flat. I was looking for it”“That is the flat. I was looking for it”
““That is the flat that I was looking for”That is the flat that I was looking for”
RELATIVE CLAUSES
Subject
Object
29. RELATIVE CLAUSES
1. Defining Clauses
Defining clauses tell us which person or thing, or which
kind of person or thing, is meant.
“ Paris is a city I’ve always wanted to visit”
2. Non-Defining Clauses
Non-defining clauses add extra information,
separated by commas in writing, and intonation
in speaking.
“ Tom’s mother, who is 78, goes swimming
every day”
30. RELATIVE CLAUSES
Which, Who and That
1. That instead of which
That is often used instead of which in speech.
“ Is this the house that you bought?”
2. That instead of who
That can also refer to people in everyday speech.
“ Have you met the boy that Sue is going to marry?”
3. Which in non-defining clauses
That cannot be used to introduce a non-defining
clause.
“ The hotel, which was a hundred years old, was very
comfortable”
4. Prepositions
That cannot be used after a preposition.
“ This is the car (that/which) I paid £ 2000”
(everyday speech)
“ This is the car for which I paid £ 2000”
(formal)
43. • We use 'might' to suggest a small
possibility of something. Often we read
that 'might' suggests a smaller
possibility that 'may', there is in fact
little difference and 'might is more
usual than 'may' in spoken English.
• She might be at home by now but it's
not sure at all.
• It might rain this afternoon.
• I might not have time to go to the
shops for you.
• I might not go.
44. • "Could" is used to express possibility or
past ability as well as to make
suggestions and requests.
• You could see a movie or go out to
dinner.
• This gesture could mean he is
impatient.
45. • "Must" is most commonly used to express certainty. It
can also be used to express necessity or strong
recommendation, although native speakers prefer
the more flexible form "have to.“
• This must be the right address! certainty
• Students must pass an entrance examination to
study at this school. necessity
• You must take some medicine for that cough.
strong recommendation
• That must mean he agrees with you
46. • Maybe and perhaps mean the same thing.
• You can use them interchangeably. The only
difference is that "perhaps" is used more often in
England and it is also considered a little bit more
formal than “maybe”.
• Maybe/Perhaps she remembers me.
• There are perhaps/maybe forty people here.
48. • Possibly & Probably
• unequivocally; positively.
• I will do my homework possibly once or twice
• It probably means that he’s cheating you
• It possibly means he’s annoyed.
49. Permission, obligationPermission, obligation
and prohibitionand prohibition
• permission
• Students can smoke in the garden.
• Students can go home after 4.00 pm.
• You can recycle this material.
Students are allowed to use the internet from 9.00 am until
5.15 pm.
Students are allowed to download programs from the
internet.
50. Permission, obligationPermission, obligation
and prohibitionand prohibition
obligation
•Students have to attend all classes.
•I have got to be at work by 8:30 AM.
Obligation
•You have got to be there on time
tonight
51. • Have gotta
• Gotta = got + to
• Drivers have gotta/ got to get a license to drive a
car in the US. Necessity
• I have gotta/ got to be at work by 8:30 AM.
obligation
52. Permission, obligationPermission, obligation
and prohibitionand prohibition
prohibition
Students aren’t allowed to use the internet from 9.00
am until 5.15 pm.
Students aren’t allowed to download programs
from the internet.
You can’t camp here.
You can’t smoke here.