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Love---Four Weddings and a Funeral

Preview 知识预测

1.Do you believe in “love at first sight”? Why or why not?

2.What is your interpretation of true love?

3.What makes a person get a happy marriage?

4.Have you attended any weddings? Describe a wedding which leaves you a deep impreion.5.What kind of wedding do you expect?

Overview 知识概述

Background Information

Release Year: 1994Running Time: 117 minutes Genres: Comedy/ Romance/ DramaDirector：Mike Newell

Screenwriter: Richard Curtis

Awards: Won 4 BAFTA Awards(1995): Best Film, Best Director(Mike Newell), Best Actor(Hugh Grant), Best Actre in a Supporting Role(Kristin Scott Thomas);Won Golden Globe Award(1994)for Best Actor(Hugh Grant).Main Characters

Hugh Grant as Charles: a bewildered, silver-tongued English fellow who is fearful of commitment yet fascinated by a breezy American girl, Carrie.Andie MacDowell as Carrie: a charming American girl who has had more of her share in the romance category and doesn’t like to play games.If she wants something, and that something wants her, then go for it.James Fleet as Tom: the wandering love-starved gent of the group, who desperately hopes to find love one day.Simon Callow as Gareth: a boisterous character who unofficially presides over the merrymaking.John Hannah as Matthew: Matthew and Gareth is a gay couple.Kristin Scott Thomas as Fiona: a young lady who is desperate to get on with her love life.She finds it hard to do so when the only love(Charles)she still thinks about is an old flame.David Bower as David : Charles’ disabled brother who supports Charles to get his true love.Charlotte Coleman as Scarlett: a frisk, hot-tempered personality who had some of the flashiest, funniest moments.Her character also showed a deeply emotional and centered look upon life.Rowan Atkinson as Gerald: a priest on probation.His performance at the second wedding is the most bellyaching laugh attack.Cultural Notes In UK, before the wedding ceremony starts, the ushers hand out the correct books, flowers and the order of service on the guests’ arrival.They also ensure the guests are seated in the correct places.Traditionally, the side on which people sit depends on whether they are friends or family of the bride or of the groom.The front rows are generally reserved for close family or friends, with the very first seats reserved for the bridal party.The groom and his best man wait inside the church for the arrival of the bride and her “entourage” who arrive in elegant cars or in horse-drawn coaches, specially hired for the occasion.The bride then proceeds down the aisle, escorted by her father, to the accompaniment of music,and the ceremony starts.During the ceremony the bride and groom make their marriage vows.Marriage vows are promises a couple makes to each other during a wedding ceremony.In western culture, these promises have traditionally included the notions of affection(“love, comfort, keep”), faithfulne(“forsaking all others”), unconditionality(“for richer or for poorer”, “in sickne and in health”), and permanence(“as long as we both shall live”, “until death do us part”).Most wedding vows are taken from traditional religious ceremonies.Touching love poems or lyrics from a love song can be revised as wedding vows, rather than relying on standard ones spoken by the celebrant(priest).It is traditional for a couple to exchange wedding rings after they say their vows.The ring exchange is often the part of the wedding that couples remember as the most meaningful.After the wedding ceremony, the bride, groom, officiant, and two witnees generally go off to a side room to sign the wedding register.Without this the marriage is not legal and a wedding certificate cannot be iued.Afterward, guests file out to throw petals, confetti, birdseed, or rice(uncooked)over the newly-married couple for good luck.Finally, a photographic seion ensues of the couple leaving the church.Wystan Hugh Auden is an English-born poet(US citizen)who published as W.H.Auden, widely considered among the greatest literary figures of the 20th century.His work is noted for its stylistic and technical achievements, its engagement with moral and political iues, and its variety of tone, form and content.The central themes of his poetry are love, politics and citizenship, religion and morals, and the relationship between couple of verses from his poem Funeral Blues(“Stop all the clocks......”)are recited in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral.An American actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist.He is best known for playing a TV character in the 1970s musical/ sitcom The Partridge Family named Keith Partridge, which turned David Caidy into the all-time teen idol in the 1970s.Singing on the records of this TV show made him become an international pop star.He enjoyed a succeful pop career in the 1970s and still performs today.In Four Weddings and a Funeral, Charles quotes the word of a song by David Caidy in The Partridge Family---I think I love you.Reinforcement 知识复习

Multiple Choice:

1.The genre of the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral is _______.A.AnimationB.DocumentaryC.HorrorD.Comedy

2.Four Weddings and a Funeral was filmed entirely in _________.A.LoveB.MarriageC.DisasterD.Friendship

3.Four Weddings and a Funeral was filmed entirely in ________.A.the USB.FranceC.the UKD.Japan

4.In the wedding ceremony in UK, the bride proceeds down the aisle, escoted by her ________, to the accompaniment of music, and the ceremony starts.A.MotherB.FatherC.BrotherD.Sister

5.Charles attended the first wedding as ______.A.BridegroomB.Best manC.PriestD.Guest

6.Charles falls in love with Carrie at the _______ sight.A.FirstB.SecondC.ThirdD.Fourth

7.Gerald is a priest on probation, whose performance at _______ is a most bellyaching laugh attack by making quite a few mistakes.A.The first weddingB.The second wedding

B.The third weddingD.The fourth wedding

8.In Four Weddings and a Funeral, to confe his love for Carrie, Charles quotes the word of a song by ________ in The Partridge Family----I think I love you.A.John LemonB.Elton John

C.Elvis PresleyD.David Caidy

9.A couple of verses from the poem Funeral Blues written by _______ are recited by Matthew in the film.A.HemingwayB.Shakespeare

C.W.H.AudenD.Mark Twain

10.“Bravo” is used to expre ________, especially of a performance.A.ApprovalB.Fear

C.DoubtD.Disappointment