Intermediate 2 – Week
11 – Mr Nice Guy (Student B)
I)
Reading
1) Read this web report of an interview with Tom
Hanks. Why is he known as 'Mr Nice Guy'?
Mr Nice Guy
In an online interview for Contactmusic.com, Hollywood
actor, Tom Hanks, has revealed that he's happy being known as 'Mr Nice Guy'.
When they asked him how he felt about his 'nice guy'
persona, he told them that he was happy with it and that he felt confident that
he lived up to his reputation.
They asked him where this reputation had come from, and
he told them that he thought it was because he had always cooperated with the
press. They asked him whether he had ever had problems with the paparazzi, and
he told them that he hadn't because he respected people, even when he didn't
like them.
Brisbanetimes.com asked the Forrest Gump star why he
always played the part of the nice guy in films and never the villain. He
reminded them that he had played the part of an executioner in The Green Mile,
but, because of his nice guy image, the media had reported that he was a 'nice
executioner'!
Finally, Chinadaily.com asked him what his current plans
were, and he said that he wanted to direct again, but that he couldn't do that
at the moment, because it would take him away from his children. What a nice guy!
2)
What are
the actual questions that were used in the interview?
Underline the five reported questions in the report and
rewrite them in direct speech.
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II)
Grammar: Reported questions
1)
Consider the following examples:
'How do you feel?' We
asked him how he felt.
'Have you ever had problems?' We asked him whether/ if he had ever had
problems.
2)
Look at the examples in Exercises I-2 and II-1 and
decide if the following statements are true or false when you report questions.
a) The tense usually moves back in a reported question
(present simple -+ past simple).
b) Whether or if are used to report yes/no questions. (Did
you go out? -+ She asked me if I'd been out.)
c) The word order changes to subject + verb (Who are you? -+
He asked me who I was.).
3)
Exercise: a funny story
You’re going to complete a funny story with student A’s
help. You have parts of the story already completed, and student A has other
parts.
-
Dictate alternate lines of the story to student A,
and write down the sentences that student A dictates to you.
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Compare your completed stories, which should be
identical.
A woman was playing golf when she hit the ball into the
woods. She went to look for it and found a frog in a trap.
a)
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b)
The frog told her that he would grant her three
wishes.
c)
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d)
He explained that she could have three wishes,
but whatever she wished for, her husband would have ten times more.
e)
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f)
The woman said that for her first wish she
wanted to be the most beautiful woman in the world.
g)
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h)
The insisted that that was fine, because she
would be the most beautiful in the world, and he would only have eyes for her.
i)
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j)
The frog warned her that her husband would be
ten ties richer than her.
k)
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l)
The frog then asked her what she wanted her third
wish to be.
m) _______________________________________________________________
III)
Listening: anecdote
1)
Listen to Alice talking about a film she
enjoyed.
Read the questions and tick the answers that are correct.
a) What's the title of the film?
Forrest Gump.
b) When and where did you see it?
The other night at the cinema.
c) Who's in it? Tom Hanks, Robin
Wright and Sally Field.
d) Who directed it? I can't
remember.
e) What is it based on? A true
story.
f) What type of film is it? A
thriller.
g) What's the main story? It's
about the life of Forrest Gump.
h) What do you particularly like
about it? The bits where he meets famous people.
i) What was the soundtrack like?
Great.
j) What kind of ending does it
have? A happy ending.
k) Would you recommend this film?
No, I wouldn't.
2) Tell your partner about a film
you enjoyed.
IV)
Homework:
a) ‘It’s
too late to cancel the wedding.’
She said that
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b) ‘Carmen
is still going out with John.’
She said that
_________________________________________________________
c) ‘Mum,
there’s something you should know.’
She told her mum
that __________________________________________________
d) ‘The
speech went really badly.’
She said that
_________________________________________________________
e) ‘They
were holding hands!’
She said that
_________________________________________________________
f) ‘We
had a terrible day.’
She said that
_________________________________________________________
g) ‘She’ll
never speak to him again.’
She said that _________________________________________________________
h) ‘I’ve
got a problem I want to discuss.’
She told him that
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