ALL ABOUT THE CINEMA

Ainhoa Soriano Fernández

1BAC

PRE-READING ACTIVITIES

1.-
1) careers
2) reviews
3) placed
4) be worth
5) a great deal
6) prize
7) getting lost

2.-
1) No, it is true that the actors are the ones who are going to interpret the role, but to archive this, it
is need to have more people behind to construct the lines, the set…
2) It depends, it’s obviously not the same, but some people do prefer watching films at home than
paying for watching them.
3) I don’t know
4) Yes, what I mean, is a way of entertainment, but there are so many films with so many different
genders, so not all of them have to me specially educational.
5) No, not everyone has the same tastes, maybe in a couple each one has different taste from each
other.

CHAPTERS 1-3 ACTIVITIES

1.-
1) dusty
2) realised
3) spy
4) refused
5) replace

2.-
1) spoil
2) well-known
3) thrill
4) hit
5) defeat

3.-
1) b
2) d
3) e
4) a
5) c

4.-

5.-
1) Because now they had to learn complicated scripts for the first time.
2) They had to learn to operate phonographs, and match the action with the sound perfectly.
3) The bright colors.
4) They showed a battle between good and evil.
5) Because of the feelings it makes us feel.

CHAPTERS 4-6 ACTIVITIES

1.-
1) drunken
2) influential
3) pursued
4) middle-class
5) imprisoned

2.-
1) believe me
2) about what he was thinking yesterday
3) but you have to work hard for it
4) lot of money
5) and gave a speech
6)

3.-
1)
2) Leonardo Dicaprio
3)
4) Jaws
5) the lion king
6) stars wars

4.-
1) he was imprisoned for stealing bread to feed his starving family
2) the beauty of this films comes from the relationship between the characters
3) Middle East
4) because the original film already has lots of devoted fans, who are guaranteed to see the next one
5) they do agar positive messages, and the main characters have very heroic qualities
6) the characters star out as enemies and soon become friends

CHAPTERS 7-9 ACTIVITIES

1.-
1) e
2) d
3) f
4) a
5) c
6) b

2.-
1) available
2) grew up
3) view
4) getting on
5) turned into
6) recognition

3.-
1) True
2) False
3) True
4) False
5) True
6) True

4.-
1) to made him seem enormous in comparison
2) because the technology wasn’t advanced enough
3) this means that if people see their names on the cast list, they will go and see their films
4) Pitt first gained recognition as an actor in 1991 playing the handsome cowboy hitchhiker in
Thelma & Louise
5)
6) he often uses airports in his films, dressing rooms of theatres or nightclubs with mirrors

CHAPTERS 10-12 ACTIVITIES

1.-
1) happy
2) became hysterical
3) arrive
4) worrying
5) save

2.-
1) guest
2) loss
3) sting
4) warning
5) gift
6) scent

3.-
1) b
2) f
3) d
4) e
5) c
6) a

4.-
1) because they made a mistake when they said the winner of the Oscar who really wasn’t the
winner
2) Ben-Hur
3) India, music, romance, song, drama, comedy, action
4) A snake blinks, snakes can’t blink
5) In 2013, it’s a mobile app featuring 360° animated films
6) Now people can watch films in their houses without the need of going to the cinema anymore