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INSTITUTO DO EMPREGO E DA FORMAO PROFISSIONAL, I.P. Delegao Regional do Centro Centro de Formao Profissional de Aveiro

CRASH
1. Complete the synopsis below with the words from the table:
attorney blacks brother fear interrogation race white collide girlfriend locksmith strangers colour gun producer wife

customers detective insensitivity party

shopkeeper

Issues of ________________ and gender cause a group of ________________ in Los Angeles to physically and emotionally ________________ in this drama from director and screenwriter Paul Haggis. Graham (Don Cheadle) is a police ________________ whose ________________ is a street criminal, and it hurts him to know his mother cares more about his neer-do-well brother than him. Grahams partner is Ria (Jennifer Esposito), who is also his ________________, though she has begun to bristle at his emotional distance, as well as his occasional ________________ over the fact hes African-American and shes Hispanic. Rick (Brendan Fraser) is an L.A. district ________________ whose ________________, Jean (Sandra Bullock), makes little secret of her ________________ and hatred of people unlike herself. Jeans worst imaginings about people of ________________ are confirmed when her SUV is carjacked by two African-American men Anthony (Chris Bridges), who dislikes ________________ people as much as Jean hates ________________, and Peter (Larenz Tate), who is more open minded. Cameron (Terrence Howard) is a well-to-do African-American television ________________ with a beautiful wife, Christine (Thandie Newton). While coming home from a ________________, Cameron and Christine are pulled over by Officer Ryan (Matt Dillon), who subjects them to a humiliating ________________ (and her to an inappropriate search) while his new partner, Officer Hansen (Ryan Philippe), looks on. Daniel (Michael Pena) is a hard-working ________________ and dedicated father who discovers that his looks dont lead many of his ________________ to trust him. And Farhaad (Shaun Taub) is a Middle Eastern ________________ who is
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so constantly threatened in the wake of the 9/11 attacks that he decided he needs a ________________ to defend his family. 2. Match the characters of the film with their names.

Rick Cabot ______ Graham ______ Christine ______ Farhaad ______ Thayer Waters

Daniel Ruiz______ John Ryan ______ Anthony ______

Jean Cabot ______ Tommy ______ Cameron ______ Thayer Hansen

3. Identify the characters described below. a) Who was about to shot a little _______________________________

girl

by

mistake?

b) Who molests a black woman after pulling over her vehicle? _____________________ c) Who realizes that the producers of his television show propagate racist stereotypes about black people? _______________________________ d) Who has a criminal younger brother? _______________________________ e) Who is trapped in an overturned car? _______________________________ f) Who is trying to save his political career by showing that he is not racist? _______________________________
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g) Who looks like a thief but is actually a devoted family man? ____________________ h) Who finds i) Who j) Who k) Who l) Who out that her best friend vehicles his his even for a to to after is her Hispanic shop maid? owner? partners? a woman? carjacked? _______________________ steals asks chop _______________________________ Lieutenant own more life racist change save being _______________________________ endangers becomes _______________________________ ________________________ 4. Answer with direct answers. a) In which city does the action take place? __________________________________ b) Why is the salesperson from the gunshop angry with the man and his daughter? ____________________________________________________________________ c) Where does Farhaad actually come from? __________________________________ d) Why does Christine react badly when she sees who is helping her? ____________________________________________________________________ e) Why does Tommy kill the man to whom he gives a lift? Anthony:____________________________________________________________________ Come on now! This is America. Time is money. f) Why does not the little girl who is shot by Farhaad die? Jean: [Yelling] ... and it is my fault because I knew it was gonna happen. But if ____________________________________________________________________ a whiteg) Who is the boy found dead attowards her of the film? and person sees two black men walking the end and she turns ____________________________________________________________________ walks in the other direction, shes a racist, right? h) Why do you think the film is titled Crash? Anthony;__________________________________ You wanna get killed, nigger? ________________________________________________________________________ Graham: Come on, Maria. Youre just pissed cause I answered the phone.

Anthony:Read the following quotes from Crash: You think white go around 5. Listen to it man. Nigga this, Nigga that. callin each other honky all day, man? Hey, honky, hows business? Going great, cracker, were diversifying! Flanagan: I mean, I know all the sociological reasons why, per capita eight times more black men are incarcerated than white men... Schools are a disgrace, lack Ana Daniela Fonseca bias in the judicial system all the stuff... But of opportunity, Formadora: 3 still... but still, its... its gotta get to you, I mean, on a level, as a black man. They just cant keep their hands out of the cookie jar.

Now try to find: a) A saying which means something is valuable and should not be wasted ___________________________________________________________________________ b) An idiomatic expression which means They cant avoid doing something that is illegal or dishonest ___________________________________________________________________________ c) Two offensive words (NAm E slang) used to refer to a white person ___________________________________________________________________________ d) A word (NAm E slang) which means very angry and annoyed __________________________________________________________________________ e) a very informal way of saying is going to ___________________________________________________________________________

6. You are going to present one of the characters. Prepare in your group what you can say to describe him/ her (physical appearance, attitudes, feelings...) without referring to his/ her name. The other group will try to guess who your character is. You can find some useful information about the characters on this address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash(2004 _film) 7. WRITING Imagine you are one of the characters of the film; write a memoir of something that has happened in your life.

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Use the information below to write your essay (120-150 words).

TEXT TYPE A Memoir Its a retelling of something that has happened in your life; while you are writing about your life, you are choosing a particular event; its a way to express a personal view of your experiences.

TYPICAL FEATURE LANGUAGE FOCUS Present and past tenses Comparative and superlative Time sequencers Direct/ reported speech Adjectives, nouns, adverbs A story structure A chronological account of events (What? When?) The use of descriptive details of people and places (Who? Where?) A personal view (Why? How?)

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