Week 27 – Intermediate 1 – Oscars and Raspberries
I)
Speaking :
Answer the questions :
1.
How often do you go to the cinema?
2.
When was the last time you went?
3.
Whom did you go with?
4.
What did you see?
5.
What did you think of the film?
II)
Vocabulary :
films
1) Read
the information about Avatar
Avatar: Written and
directed by James Cameron, Avatar is set on a distant planet in the 22nd century. It stars Sam Worthington, Zoe
Saldana and Sigourney Weaver. One of the most successful films of all time.
Avatar was nominated for
9 Oscars including: BEST FILM - BEST DIRECTOR - BEST SOUNDTRACK - BEST SPECIAL
EFFECTS
2)
Find words or phrases that match these
definitions.
1.
music that is played during a film
2.
takes place
3.
the main actors are
4.
the person in charge of making a film
5.
unusual images that are made for a film
3)
discuss these questions:
1.
which films can you see at the moment?
2.
What do you know about the stars, the director,
the soundtrack, the setting and the story of these films?
III)
Reading :
Oscars night
1) Read
the article : Channel 1 / 22.00 This year’s Razzies/ 22.30 This year’s
Oscar nominees/ 23.30 The stars arrive/ 24.00 The Oscars ceremony – live
Tonight is the night that all Hollywood is waiting for.
The stars are wearing their best designer cloths and some of them are thinking
about the speech they are hoping to make later. The limousines arrive at the red-carpeted
entrance to the luxury Kodak Theatre and the stars are photographed by hundreds
of hungry paparazzi. There are thousands
in the audience, and the ceremony is watched by millions of TV viewers around
the world. The winners are instant celebrities and they will earn mega-bucks with
more tickets sales and new contracts. Yes, folks, it’s Oscars time.
The Academy Awards started back in I929 and the first
ceremony was attended by 250 people, who paid $10 for a dimer ticket. The winners’
names were published by the newspapers earlier that evening, so there were no
surprises. Two years later, a librarian at the American Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and sciences said that the statue awards looked like her Uncle
Oscar. The Academy Awards became Oscars and now, over 75 years later, TV
companies pay more than $20 million for the rights to the show. For the
advertisers and designers, the record companies and the film studios, for the investors
and businessmen, and for the stars themselves, the Oscars is big business.
Meanwhile, on the other side of town in a Santa Monica hotel,
the winners of the Golden Raspberry Awards (the Razzies) are announced. The
ceremony is shown on cable TV channels and CNN report the winners. The show
costs only $5.000 to produce and the awards are never collected. The Razzies —
in their 25th year — are given to actors and film directors for
being bad, really bad, and worse than bad. They were started by john Wilson, who
says that most Hollywood films are rubbish. There are prizes fur Worst Actor and
Actress, and Worst Film. Worst Actress of the 20th century was won
by Madonna, with Sylvester Stallone making the men's prize. ‘Some of these people
are so bad,' said Wilson, ‘they should take up knitting.'
Find out who gets this year’s Razzies‘ (22.00), and stay
tuned for this year's Oscars ceremony (24.00). Who will get Best Film? Who will
make this year's most embarrassing speech? Who will wear the most ridiculous
dress? It's all good fun and
It’s unmissable television.
2)
Say if the sentences below refer to the
Oscars" (0) or the Golden Raspberries (R).
1.
A ticket for the ceremony cost $10.
2.
This ceremony takes place first.
3.
Madonna won a top award for acting.
4.
They started 25 years ago.
5.
The winners make speeches when they get their
award.
6.
Millions of people watch the ceremony on TV.
7.
The ceremony takes place in a Santa Monica hotel.
8.
They are named after someone’s uncle.
What are the best and worst films you have ever seen? Why?
IV)
Grammar: Passive with agent
In passive sentences, we often don't include the agent of an
action.
On the other side of town, the winners of the Golden
Raspberries are announced.
Sometimes we want or need to include the agent. We use by to
include the agent.
The ceremony is watched by millions of TV viewers around
the world.
The stars are photographed by hundreds of hungry
paparazzi.
The first ceremony was attended by 250 people.
Exercise: Rewrite the sentences beginning with the words
that are given.
An iceberg hits a ship.
A ship ____________________________________________________________
Andy’s mother throws away most of his toys.
Most of Andy’s toys __________________________________________________
Nicole Kidman plays the role of the cabaret singer.
The role of the cabaret singer
__________________________________________
A boy and his friends help an alien to return home.
An alien ___________________________________________________________
The director used the most advanced technology.
The most advanced technology _________________________________________
The producers divided this film into two parts.
This film
___________________________________________________________
Ridley Scott directed this story of ancient Rome.
This story of ancient Rome
____________________________________________
V)
Homework:
Complete the sentences. Put the verbs in brackets into the
past simple passive.
An early form of cinema ___________________ [invent] by the
Lumière brothers in the 13905. Their first film ___________________ [see] by 35
people in a Parisian café.
The first talking movie, The Jazz Singer, _____________________
[make] by Warner Brothers“ in 1927. In the same year, the world's biggest
cinema ________________ [open] by Samuel Rothapfel with seats for 6,000 people.
The first James Bond in the cinema _________________________ [play] by Sean
Connery. The James Bond books ___________________________ (write) by Ian Fleming,
a British spy. The 1981 American presidential election ______________________ [win]
by Ronald Reagan, a movie actor. For a short time, Fidel Castro ___________________
[employ]
by Hollywood studios as an extra.
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