死亡诗社3.ppt

Seize the day, and make your life extrordinary. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery, only today is present. so please seize the day. Cherish now, work hard and pursue your dreams. Let today become eternity. Life is to make a difference! Discussions 1. What’s your opinion about the essence of the colleage education. 2. Many parents let their children attend some training classes,especially in the city.What do you think of this phenomenon? Actors * * Introduction Set in 1959 at a conservative and autocratic boys prep school, it tells us the story of an English and poetry professor who inspires his students to change their lives of conformity through his teaching of poetry and literature. The script was written based on the authors life at Montgomery Bell Academy, an all boys preparatory school in Nashville, Tennessee. A novelization by Nancy H. Kleinbaum based on the movies script has also been published. Writer : Tom Schulman The story is set at the fictional Welton Academy in Vermont and was filmed at St. Andrews School in Middletown, Delaware. Background Sources and inspirations The inspiration for the Keating character is University of Connecticut English professor Samuel F. Pickering Jr., a former teacher of author Thomas Schulman at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, TN. Robin Williams, however, partly based his portrayal of the character on the late John C. Campbell , his history teacher at Detroit Country Day School. In reality, the teacher died from leukemia. On the first day of class it was customary for Campbell to dump the American History textbook in the trash and to commence lecturing extempore. The film was also inspired by the book Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton, which has been adapted for television or film at least four times. In the Kitchen debate against Russian leader, President Richard Nixon was believed by most Americans that he had won the debate. In some extent, the victor