UNIT 8

F i l m and the movies
reporting orders and requests; wou/d and used to; reporting what people say; reporting what people said
GRAMMAR:
VOCABULARY:
FUNCTION:
jobs in the movies, adjectives to describe character; statistics; jobs and actions
giving good and bad news
You f,rstl
How often do you go to the movies?
What's your favorite k i n d of fi l m ?
1.
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2.
O
3.
What i s t h e c o n n e c t i o n
4.
L i s t e n a g a i n . Match t h e
2.25
What d o you t h i n k makes
Listen a n d
Cate Blanchett
The Return
The Return
between
of
Charlton Heston
Match words from A a n d
Elijah Wood
6.
B to
block
leading
camera
makeup
lan McKellen
James Cameron
Peter Jackson
make c o m p o u n d
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fue
l(ate Winslet
Leonardo DiCaprio
1 7 . 5 m i l l i o n dollars
Viggo Mortensen
William Wyler
n o u n s c o n n e c t e d with
movies.You
can
u s e s o rn e w o r d s
co-
sound
actor
fi l m
1
story
extra
artist
board
movie
lady
buster
operator
critic
set
engineer
star
writer
What was the last movie you saw? Make a note of these things.Then talk about your movie.
type
the
E X P I _ ( ) IU::
character
script
fue
(4)
movies.
once.
action
I
the King, Ben Hur, a n d Titanic?
n a m e s a n d figures with the t h r e e
200 m i l l i o n dollars
m o r e than
the King u n i q u e / s p e c i a l ?
check your ideas.
Orlando Bloom
5.
of
+í+le
of fue
of movie
plot
/
(U� I _ I N E
movie
(c.-omedy,
slAbjed
Find
the
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of the
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movie
film,
fue
o.nimo.ted
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opinion
out m o r e a b o u t o n e of the m o v i e s
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film,
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on t h i s
movie
page.
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Lesson 1 Who does what i n the movie b u s i n e s s ?
You first!
Would you rather be i n front of or
b e h i n d the camera on a fi l m set?
1.
They are in charge of the whole movie and decide how the money is spent.
2.
They film the scene.
3.
They are in charge of the cameras and the lighting. They advise the director
4.
They take ali the different parts of the movie and, together with the director,
and tell him or her what is possible.
they put them in the right sequence to tell the story.
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5.
6.
They look far the right actors far the movie.
They supervise a team of artists and construction workers to make the sets
where the movie will be shot.
7.
They create the special sounds, like faotsteps, breaking glass, etc., that go into
a movie.
8.
They help the director and make sure the script, the actors, the cameras, etc.
are ready and sometimes they may direct small scenes.
9.
10.
They set up the lighting and position the cameras.
He or she helps the director find good places to film.
*
Did you know? Foley artists are narned
after Jack Foley. He and his crew were
the first people to record s p e c i a l s o u n d s
(like footsteps) on a sepa1·ate a u d i o track
for a movie (Showboat in
VOCABULARY 1
1.
L o o k at the
2.
W h o does what to
are
1929).
J o b s i n the movies
p h o t o of a f i l m set a b o v e . What different
make a m o v i e h a p p e n ?
jobs
can you
see?
Match the p e o p l e with t h e d e s c r i p t i o n s above. W h i c h
jobs
not d e s c r i b e d ?
assistant director
camera operator
casting director
composer
costume designer
director
1
director of photography
editor
scriptwriter
3.
Which
job
w o u l d you
like ! not
like
to
foley artist
set designer
d o ? Why?
gaffer
location scout
sound designer
producer
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Adjectives to d e s c r i b e character
VOCABULARY 2
4.
Work i n p a i r s . Put t h e s e w or ds in th e cor r e ct category: p o s i t i v e o r negative.
calm
clean
decisive
knowledgeable
S.
easy-going
lazy
messy
friendly
moody
smairt
6.
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7.
Take t u r n s to c h o o s e th ree words from
rude
ignorant
shy
smart
indecisive
stupid
intelligent
unintelligent
-
intelli0er,t
b) have opposite meanings
smairt I
stvpid
is the most negative wo rd, in y o u r o p i n i o n , in E x e r c i s e 4 ?
E x e r c i s e 4 to m i m e or draw. T h e n g u e s s t he w o r d .
I n p a i r s , you have two m i n u t e s to c h o o s e two j o b s from
write a s e n t e n c e for each j o b . T h e n
9.
hard-working
polite
F i n d p a i r s of words that . . .
a) mean more or less the same t h i n g
8.
grumpy
nervous
E x e r c i s e 2 and two adjectives from
Exercise 4 and
read y o u r s e n t e n c e s for o t h e r s to g u e s s the j o b s .
Read t h e paragraph a b o u t a DP ( d i r e c t o r of photography). What adjectives w o u l d you us e to d e s c r i b e h e r ?
She couldn't decide what to do, but when, finally, she did decide, she kept making stupid mistakes, and she shouted at
people and swore at them when she realized. She didn't really do much work, and she never talked to people ( except
when she was shouting at them! ) .
And
she never loo ked very happy.
GRAMMAR
10.
O
L is t e n
2.26
to th re e
c o nv e r s a ti o n s
with
people
F e rnand o :
Mari<:___
.
1 1
Look
at
L isten
the t a b l e to s e e how t h i s r e q u e s t and
R eporting
"Would
ORDERS AND
are r e p o r t e d . T h e n report the s e n t e n c e s
1
r eq uests
you write a
The
the battle scene.
He
or else !"
-
to l d
me
to
somethin g soon
C ould
2.
l'd
b)
D
ask / tell
D
infinitive
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(e.g .,
give)
li k e you to make dresses for the b a l l room
g ive
-
hi m
3.
P lease don't
4.
D on ' t
the
paintings.
use bright co l ors.
be difficult!
or else !
Put t h e s e parts of a re p orted s e n t e n c e in t he correct order .
Q)
the right .
you come up with a good tune for
scene li k e the ones in
orders
me something
.
producer as ked me
battle scene ?"
a)
on
the battle scene ?
to write a new version of
soon
_
REQUESTS
new version of the
R e p o r t in g
12.
arder
Tiffany:
agai n if you nee d to.
REPORTING
"Give
w o r k i n g on a m o v i e . What are t h e i r j o b s ?
e)
D
(not)
d)
D
object
p ron oun
we us e the verb say in the s a m e way ?
C an
( e.g. ,
him, them)
e)
D
subject pronoun
f)
D
to
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SPEAKING
13
.
Complete
the p e o p l e
what
said.
a)
_
marry me ?
14.
Choose
He
15.
0ot
T a lk
o n e of t he p e o p l e i n E x e r c i s e
down
on
his
knees
a b o u t two m o v i e s .
and
he
13
. E x p l a i n what the p e r s o n s a i d and say what h a p p e n e d next.
asked
me
S T U D E N T A: L oo k at
to
mairr
page
1
1 3 1
.
h i m,
and
I
STUDENT
said
no!
He
B: L o o k at
vtos:
page
heairtbiroken!
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(
e.g.,
/,
he)
Lesson l YouTubers
You firstl
Have you ever shared
your own video o n l i n e ?
V l o g m e d i a superstar: H e ' s b r a n c h i n g o u t !
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videos because they wanted to. "We ali used to
was a teenager at the right t i m e , " says
Chris B i n g h a m , known to thousands of
h e l p each other," says C h r i s . "Nobody got paid.
his fans as Bing. Thousands means about
In
the
We would make our videos just for the fun of it."
early
But things have c h a n g e d ! In recent years,
47,000 followers on his YouTube channel
days,
they
did
it
B i n g R a d i o and 1 5 4 , 0 0 0 on the Slomozovo
Chris is o n l y at n u m b e r 7 , 4 1 8 in the list of the
c h a n n e l . Chris is a YouTuber.
for
most p o p u l a r YouTubers! Compare that with
free.
When Chris started making comedy videos,
Zoe S u g g (Zoella), for example, a young British
he was 1 6 and still in h i g h s c h o o l . lt was just
w o m a n who g i v e s beauty a d v i c e a n d t a l k s
after YouTube started in 2005. He and his friend
about her life. She has 6 . 6 m i l l i o n followers
Tom used to upload his videos onto this new
and is sponsored by the beauty industry. She
platform, and suddenly he was famous. He
has even written a b e s t - s e l l i n g novel about
had hundreds and then thousands of fans.
b e i n g a vlogger. Money is everywhere on the
They were mostly teenagers, y o u n g e r than
internet, and that has changed everything.
Chris, but they would watch every video that
In the early days, g r o u p s of YouTubers
he u p l o a d e d , and they loved t h e m .
and t h e i r fans used to get together and have
One year, Chris started a project called
f u n . They d i d it for free because they liked it,
Past and Future Bing. In Year 1 , he made a
and the fans used to get really excited when
video every two days (say Monday, Wednesday,
they met t h e i r heroes and h e r o i n e s . But now,
Friday). He would just talk to the camera about
events like Summer in the City (London, UK)
how he was feeling and about the future. He
and
called this vlog (video log) Past Bing. The next
But
year, he made a vlog every second day (say
•
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) where Future Bing
But you have to pay to get there.
everythmg
talked back to Past Bing.
h
C
That's what YouTube v l o g g i n g used to be
Bing still makes videos, but he is b r a n c h i n g
has
out into talent management and c o a c h i n g . And
d
ange
Vidcon (California, US) attract thousands
and thousands of video viewers and creators.
now
•
he's just released a m u s i c a l b u m . "Let's see
like: young maverick filmmakers who made their
where that takes m e , " he says.
READING
1.
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2.
Read
the
article
and
3.
Read
the
article
again
1 .
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L o o k at the
2..
1 6
7,418
EXPI_() H E
What
can
you
photos. Who
check your
and
3.
O��
find
I_I
the
4.
NE
out about
it?
you
think "Bing"
is
and
what
does
he
do?
ideas.
explain
47,000
do
following
154,000
There
was
How
does
numbers.
5.
6.6
million
a controversy
it
make
you
a b o u t Zoe
feel
about
Sugg's
her?
book
Girl On/ine.
1
4.
F i n d words or phrases
i n t h e a r t i c l e that m e a n
...
h e l p i n g someone to do something better - like teaching
4.
starting to do something new or different
2.
made available for people to buy
5.
intended to make people laugh
3.
something that gives you an opportunity to express ideas or o p i n i o n s
6.
u n u s u a l , with a different way o f t h i n k i n g
1 .
S.
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6.
Work i n g r o u p s . C h o o s e o n e of these t a p i e s and t e l l t h e o t h e r s a b o u t it.
What, a c c o r d i n g to the a r t i c l e , has " c h a n g e d
a) When Chris started on You Tube and what it was like
7.
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1.
Answer the q u e s t i o n s about Bing. T h e n
VOCABULARY
8.
Past and Future Bing
read a n d c h e c k y o u r a n s w e r s .
3.
Is he more popular than Zoella?
Is he as popular as he used to be?
Statistics
30
3.3
3
300
309
3,000
326
3,500
3,509
3,500,000
Match t h e s e w o r d s with t h e n u m b e r s .
a half
a quarter
four-fifths
a third
®
1 O.
Do you agree?
How do we say t h e s e n u m b e r s ?
0.3
9.
2.
How p o p u l a r is B i n g on the Internet?
b)
everything"?
®
®
two-thirds
three-quarters
®
thirty-three and a quarter per cent
®
®
C o m p l e t e t h e s e n t e n c e s with the fractions or percentages that you t h i n k are a p p r o p r i a t e . T h e n
compare
y o u r i d e a s with a partner. T h e r e is n o o n e c o r r e c t answer.
__ of a l i the phone calls in the world are in English.
__ of all lostTV rernotes are found in the fridge.
of ali the food eaten in the world is "fast food".
__ of the world's population own a car.
of ali American rnen are six feet or taller.
__ of the world's population have a passport.
__ of ali pet owners allow their pets on the bed.
GRAMMAR
1 1 .
F i n d and
u n d e r l i n e p h r a s e s i n the a r t i c l e o n
12.
Read the i n f o r m a t i o n
WOULD A N D
page 74 with would a n d used to. Do they mean the same t h i n g ?
i n the table a n d talk a b o u t the difference between would a n d used to.
USED TO
But we don't usually say:
We can say:
We can also say:
I u s e d to bike to school. 1 u s e d to be
I w o u l d bike to school.
happy.
Q)
I v v o u l d be l
tmppy.
1 used to feel happy.
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WRITING
13.
What were you
l i k e w h e n you were
1 2 years o l d ?
Make notes o n t h e s e t a p i e s .
• how many h o u r s of TV (if any) you watched
• how you used to get to school
• the n u m b e r of vacations you used to have a y e a r
• what time you used to go to bed / wake up
• what you felt about school and different subjects (math, E n g l i s h , etc.)
14.
Now write a b o u t y o u r life w h e n you were 1 2 .
When
o..n'j
I
TV
wo..s
o..t
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on
I
used
the
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weekdo..'js.
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to
would
se,hool.
p;o to
I
bed
didn't
use
o..Y-ound
to
nine
wo..kh
oclock..
, a p p y
or I v v o u l d fe e l
Lesson 3 l ' m going to be a star!
You first!
Have you ever worked
i n a restaurant or i n a
coffee shop? Would you
like to? Why? / Why not?
LISTENING
1 .
Matt a n d T h e r e s e
(cfl)::J..�1
get a c a l l
from
2.
6) 2.27
3.
C h o o s e five
1.
Listen
a woman
and
in
work
the
c h e c k your
of t h e s e
in
a trendy
movie
coffee
3.
be
4. Therese wants to
5 . The
an
statements
and
write true, (T)
actor.
be an
manager wants to
At t h e
end
of the
in
you
Los A n g e l e s , C a l i f o r n i a . Matt
think
is
a b o u t to
happens?
ideas.
likes working in the coffee s h o p .
Matt wants to
shop
b u s i n e s s . What do
Matt likes working in the coffee s h o p .
2. Therese
4.
1
actor.
fa/se
(F)
or
don't know ( ? ) . C o r r e c t t h e false s t a t e m e n t s .
6.
Melanie
Ford
is an
actor.
7.
Matt listens
8.
Matt is really happy about the
9.
Matt w i l l
carefully to what M e l a n i e says.
p h o n e conversation.
regret h i s d e c i s i o n .
be an actor.
c o n v e r s a t i o n , Matt
says, " I
quit!"
What d o e s
he
mean?
Is
he
doing the
right t h i n g ?
GRAMMAR 1
TAK
S.
Look at
Matt's
words
and
a n s w e r the
questions.
R E P O R T I N G WHAT P E O P L E SAY
She says they want me for the part!
1 .
What are
2.
How do the words in
3.
Why does Matt use the present tense
when
6.
6)
2.28
what
he
M e l a n i e Ford's actual words?
is
bold
change?
(she soys)
reporting her words?
Listen
Melanie
to
four t h i n g s
actually said.
Matt
said
and
write
Imagine
with
know
Q)
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154
a
your
that
huge
keyboard
fingers.
people
Now
who
do
in
front
the
of
same
exercise
you
with
their
and
play
your
the
toes!
extremities
keys
Did
live
you
longer?
LISTENING 2
7.
'6
8.
Í
2.29 Matt a n d T h e r e s e meet again a few weeks la ter. Listen and fi n d out if Matt got the part. Why? / Why not?
Match t h e w o r d s i n A with t h e words
1.
lsn't there anything
in
B to make p h r a s e s from t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n
2. What's going on
3 . You c o u l d look h a p p i e r
1
4. We haven't seen each other
1
5 . You said
in
E x e r c i s e 7.
a)
for a long time!
c)
you wanted to see m e .
b)
d)
you can do?
e)
with you?
to see me.
GRAMMAR 2
9.
Look at Matt's words a n d answer the q u e s t i o n s .
R E P O R T I N G WHAT P E O P L E S A I D
S h e said they wanted me for the part.
1.
Is Matt reporting the original conversation with Melanie (the one he told Therese about in the restaurant)?
2.
What happens to the main verb (wont) this time?
3.
Why does Matt use the past tense (she soid) when he is reporting Melanie's words?
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1 O. Rewrite each s e n t e n c e i n
1.
reported s p e e c h . Start with the words g i v e n .
' 'l' m working on the script for a new show."
"
.
"
4
.
"Are you sure you can go to the a
5.
"
D
.
"
I
3
6
Will
y
o
me
2.
u
' e
We r
o
y
help
going
o
u
usuall
y
thin
to
k
wor
c
l ' m
k
fi n d
a
a
s
a
job
him
ll
1
.
C
o m p l e t e the
1.
1 2 .
L
1
j
o
b
t the
a
p
.
bi
hotos a g a i n .
co le
delivers letters and
ct s
people's
u
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ext
week
."
i
l ' rn
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not acting.
k
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garba e
g
h
e
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that
_
i
f
asked
_
if
me
told
_
if
said
asked
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_
that
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ho
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garbage
4.
_
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operator
security
wor
5.
k
er
grocery store
...
ks
k
.
guard
courier
l
3. wor
?
ac ages?
p
y
He
?
that
asked
The
dit on tomorrow "
id
Jobs a n d actions
2
.
l
n
job
s with t h e s e w o r d s .
.
2
"
ctor?
he
?
-
k
a
t
d o i n g the right thing "
call center
oo
n a
s
t
a waitress when
VOCABULARY
1
a
abou
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4.
in a
an wers
s
q
s
u ermar e ?
ue
p
st
k
ion
s
5.
t
om cu tomers
fr
s
watches monit
o
rs and
atrols buildings
p
?
SPEAKING
1 3 .
W
th
1
...
.
k
in
pairs.
C
h o o s e o n e of the o c c u p
L st the things that peo
.
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R
a
tions in
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erc se
i
1
1
(
or a n o t h e r s i m i l a r
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b
) and follow
instructions.
.
2
1 4
or
e
i
cript an interview
eport
back
a
b
out
p
le have to do i n the
for a T
(
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our
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show abo t
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)
3.
with a perso
o n v e r s a t i o n to a n o t h e r pair.
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wh
e
r
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d
ep
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o
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r
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ch .
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