- •Module 2. Movies. Tv.
- •1. Read texts a-l and match each genre with its description. Compare your answers with a partner.
- •2. Listen to people talking about movies. What type of film does each person describe? Listen and circle the correct answer.
- •3. Match the film in the film poster to its genre. Compare your answers with a partner.
- •4. Listen to people calling for information about films. What type of film is it? Listen and write the correct answer.
- •5. Match the words from column a with the words from column b.
- •6. Read the sentences and fill in the gap with a necessary preposition.
- •7. In pairs discuss types of films that you like and dislike. Use the alternative language for liking / disliking from the box. Use the Essential Strategy Language.
- •8. In pairs discuss the following questions. Use the Essential Strategy language.
- •9. Look at the film posters. What do the films have in common? At what age should young people be allowed to see films like these?
- •10. A) Read the sentences below and fill in the gap with a phrase from the box.
- •11. In pairs discuss the following questions. Use the Essential Strategy language.
- •12. How many other jobs do you know related to the film industry? Match the jobs to their definitions.
- •13. A) Read the text and underline all kinds of stunts stuntmen perform in films. Which do you think they least like to do?
- •14. A) Complete these sentences with the correct word from the box.
- •15. A) Listen to the conversation about a film and underline the correct word.
- •16. A) Listen to four people talking about films. Does each person recommend or disapprove of the film? Put down the reason.
- •17. Listen to the interview and match the films with the opinions.
- •18. Listen to people talking in 8 different situations. For questions 1-8, circle the best answer, a, b or c.
- •19. A) Read the text and find three advantages and three disadvantages of being an extra.
- •20. A) Listen to the speaker talking about the famous trilogy Star Wars and fill
- •In the gap. Write no more than four words.
- •22. Read the sentences below. Listen to a tv program about Sofia Coppola and extend the sentences to give the information that has something to do with her.
- •23. Read the text and match paragraphs a-f with the main ideas 1-7.
- •24. Exam link. Work in pairs to speak about your favourite film director.
- •25. Listen to an interview with a Hollywood star. Are these statements about Liza Minnelli, the singer and actor, true (t) or false (f)?
- •26. A) Listen to part 1 of the interview. Correct the false statements in Exercise 25. Answer the questions.
- •27. Read the text. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.
- •28. A) In pairs discuss what you know about Orlando Bloom. Why do you think he has become so successful?
- •30. A) Fill in the gaps with a word or a phrase from the box.
- •31. Exam link. Work in pairs to speak about your favourite actor or actress.
- •32. A) Read the short extract from a film review and then replace the underlined expressions with the given words:
- •33. Listen to a conversation about the film Big Night and complete the notes below.
- •34. A) Read the following film review and fill in the gaps with verbs from the box. What tenses do we normally use when we write a film review?
- •35. Read the table below. Listen to the speaker and tick the correct variant.
- •38. A) Think of a film that you have watched recently. Fill in the relevant information in note form.
- •Introduction
- •39. Exam link. Work in pairs to speak about the film you have watched recently.
- •40. The following text contains ten mistakes. Read the text and underline examples of the following:
- •Writing film review
- •41. Using the plan below, write a review of a film you have really enjoyed. Write 200 words.
- •Introduction
- •Imperfections:
- •Tv habits
- •42. A) Choose types of programs from the box to match the definition below.
- •43. Choose a program from the box of Exercise 42 to match it with the extract from a tv listing below.
- •45. Listen to people talking about tv. What kind of program did each person watch? Listen and circle the correct answer.
- •46. A) Listen to the tape and tick tv programs the woman likes and the expressions she uses to talk about the programs she likes and doesn’t like.
- •47. A) Listen to announcers talking about tonight’s television programs. Listen and write the correct number in the tv program guide. Tonight’s Highlights
- •48. A) You will hear part of a radio program giving information about a festival of wildlife films. Before you listen, study the task and answer the questions.
- •The film festival
- •49. A) In pairs discuss which of the following things from the box pets would like to watch on tv? Why/ Why not?
- •Pets get their own tv show
- •50. A) Listen to the radio program about Pet tv and underline the things from the box that you hear.
- •51. A) In pairs discuss the following questions.
- •52. A) In pairs discuss if it is possible to cheat on tv quiz show. How?
- •Reality tv
- •53. A) Look at the photo and read the text. What is the program Frontier House about? f rontier House
- •55. A) In pairs discuss the questions. Use the Essential Strategy language.
- •56. Exam link. Work in pairs to speak about the tv program you like or dislike.
- •57. A) Read the text and decide which would be an accurate title for the text.
- •58. Read the text and answer the questions below.
- •59. A) Write a list of advantages and disadvantages of television. Compare it with other students.
- •60. Write for and against essay “The impact of tv”. Write 200 words.
- •61. In pairs discuss the questions. Use the Essential Strategy language.
- •62. Write an essay suggesting solutions to the problem of the adverse influence of tv on children. Write about 200 words.
Reality tv
53. A) Look at the photo and read the text. What is the program Frontier House about? f rontier House
Channel 4. 7.30 pm
Can modern people cope with nineteenth-century life?
The Clune family from California decided to find out. Fox six months the parents and their four children lived like Americans in the Wild West 100 years ago.
What did they find difficult? How did the experience change them? Watch Frontier House and find out how modern people cope with old-fashioned life.
b) In pairs try and predict three ideas about what each family member will find difficult about being in Frontier House.
Father –
Mother –
Teenage girls –
Boys (aged nine and eleven) –
Example:
It’s quite possible that boys may miss computers. It will be difficult for girls to do without mobile phones. The father is likely to miss his car.
c) Listen to two people talking about Frontier House and check if your predictions in Exercise 53b were correct.
d) Listen again and circle the correct alternatives.
1) They lived in the style of people in about 1818 / 1880.
2) The nearest shop was six / sixteen kilometers.
3) The father became thinner / ill.
4) The mother missed / didn’t miss her makeup.
5) At first, the children liked / didn’t like having so much to do.
6) The girls missed shopping / TV the most.
7) At the end of the experience, Tracy said her clothes were more / less important to her.
e) Write three ideas about what happened to them when they came home? Listen and check your ideas.
Example:
It’s quite possible that boys and girls may have become closer to each other. It’s probable that the mother has lost some weight. It’s likely that the father has learned new skills.
54. Here is a description of the world's first truly interactive TV program Big Brother. Read the description and then in pairs discuss the questions that follow.
BIG BROTHER
Ten people. Ten weeks. One house. Big Brother is probably the world's most successful real life TV show. In this 24-hour online soap opera ten contestants are chosen from tens of thousands of hopefuls. They live together for two and a half months in a house completely cut off from the rest of the world, with no access to TV, radio or newspapers and no means of contacting their family and friends. Mobile phones are banned and the contestants' every movement is recorded by dozens of television cameras and microphones placed throughout the house. From the kitchen to the garden. From the bedrooms to the bathroom. The program places the people in the house in an interesting, if difficult, position. They must get on together or the ten weeks could turn into a living hell, but they must also compete against each other to win the votes and support of the viewing public. Every week the viewers decide which one of the candidates will be evicted from the house. At the end of the ten weeks there is only one winner. So far, all the winners, and in fact many of the losing contestants, have won themselves a place in the hearts of the viewing public and have gone on to star in their own TV shows, or to be offered modeling or acting contracts.
1) Hundreds of thousands of people applied to take part in the program. Why do you think they wanted to take part? Would you like to take part in a similar program? Why? Why not?
2) What do you think the contestants miss from the outside world? What would you miss most of all?
3) The program has been watched by millions all over the world. Why do you think reality TV shows have become so popular lately?
4) What kinds of interactive programs are there in your country?
5) What kind of programs will there be in the future?