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1 Kinds of film Match the films and film types. action film comedy horror filmy musical science fiction thriller western 2 People and things Match the words and definitions. ‘audience 'o:dions) east director extra plot scene /siza/ script sequel 'sikkwa/ soundtrack special effects star _ subtitles 1 cast all the people who actin a film 2 the most important actor or actress ina film 3. director. the person who makes a film 4) soundtzack the music ofa fm 5 the story ofa flm a 6 ——__. apartof a film happening in one place 7. the people who watch a film in a cinema 8 _— a film which continues the story of | an cacler film 9 images, often created by @ computer 10 the words of the film 11. person in a fim who bas a small, unimportant part eg. in a crowd scene n teanslation ofthe dialogue of « lm into another language 3 Verbs and phrases Match the sentences 1-6 with the sentences a-f 1 The film was set in 19th century Italy and England. 2 Iwas based on a novel by EM Forster. 3 Twas filmed / shot on location in Florence. 4 Tewas directed by James Ivory. 5 Helena Bonharn-Carter played the part of Lucy. 6 Itwas dubbed into other languages. Can you remember the words on this page? Test yourself ora partner. © ps0 He was the director. Te was situated in that place at that time. This was her role in the film, ‘The actors originally spoke in English Tt was an adaptation of the book. It was filmed in the real place, not in a studio. EXELD MultikoM www oup.com/elt/englishfile/intermediate The Japanese fm director Hayao Mijazal is one of the greatest animators in modern cinema Films like ‘Heidi and Marc, 3000 miles in search of mother have made him famous al over the word. Cota wizaa let Tosi Douge Animation and | Worked with several other companies He made Heidi, and Marco, 3000 miles in search of mother which ‘were shown as TV series all over the ward, Zin 1952 they moved bac to Tolyo, When Hayao wes at secondary school he saw his ist cartoon fi, The Legend of the White Snake. He fl n ove withthe heroine, Patnyan and cid all night It was ths fm which started his interest in animation, (L]In 1985 he and hs end and coleague Takahata stored a fim studio called Studio Ghibli Since then ‘Miyacali hes dtected, writer and prodeced many other fms with Tekahata. Alo these fms have been mejor successes, patclry Princess Mononoke and the recent Spinted Avay, (C1 Bate stil ioved cartoons. After he left university in 1965 he started work at Toei Douge Animation and he became very successful While he was working there be met anther arts, Aker Ot, Thay got maried in 1965 and they have two sons. They five in Tokyo. (Ci But when he tried to draw he found he could only raw panes not people. So when he let school he Aecied to study economies ad politcal science at ives, (Cy Hiayao tiyazaki was bom in Totyo on January 5, 1941. His aiy had 2 company which made parts for planes, and when he was young Hayao spent a lot of time drawing panes. After the wa, the family moved to Ussunomiy Cy a Read the text about Miyazald. Order the paragraphs 1-7, b Circle the correct verb form in the questions. 1 When (yag)/ has been Hayzo Miyazaki born? 2 When did his family move / have his family moved back to Tokyo? 3 When did he se /has he seen his first cartoon film? 4 How long did he work / has he worked for Toei Douga ‘Animation? 5 How long was he married / has he been married? ¢ Read the text again and answer the questions in b. More Words to Learn ‘Write translations and try to remember the words, Word Pronunciation | Translation career noun drugs now entrance noun entrans! spisode fiom Peprsoadl parking ticket noun | /'porkup ‘tat! | prison nown role noun violence nowt yaclons! nominate verb Poomuet play (the part of) verb | (plev’ Can you answer these questions? 4 IBF When did you srt school Ey Where id you go to primar schoo? =] How long have you hed inthis town? How od were you when you went to secondary schol? How many es have you been abroad? tation 5 READING ‘a Read the article once and mark the sentences TT (true) or F (false). 1 Imagine was a hit three times. 2 Yoko Ono helped to write Imagine, 3 Ono wrote poems for John Lennon. 4 Lennon never said that Yoko helped him with the song, 5 Imagine was writen in two places. 6 John Lennon opened the new Liverpool Airport b Read the article again. Number the sentences in the order that things happened. ‘A John Lennon read Ono's poems. B John Lennon wrote Imagine. C Yoko Ono helped her little brother. o D John Lennon spoke about the song in an interview. E Liverpool Airport was renamed John Lennon Airport. F Yoko Ono spoke about the song on a TV programme. G The song became a hit again when Lennon died. H The song became popular agin after September 11th 2001 6 «21 SONG 2 Imagine Who wrote Imagine? Imagine, John Lennon's most famous song, was recently voted ‘Britain's favourite song of alltime. t's an idealistic song about peace and the hope for a better world, “Imagine all the people living life in peace.’ The song was ‘aig hit in 1971, and again in 1980 when Lennon was ‘murdered in New York. It became a hit fora third time after the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, But who really wrote the song? Until recently the answer to this question was always John Lennon. But on a TV programme this week Lennon's wife, Yoko Ono, spoke for the frst time: ‘about how she, infact, helped to write the song, ‘Ono said thatthe idea and inspiration for Imagine came from some of er poems that John Lennon was reading at that time. ‘The poems began with the word ‘Imagine’ tmagine a raindrop, Imagine a goldfish’ Ono said, When Iwasa child in Japan during the Second World War my brother and | were terribly hungry. imagined delicious menus or him and he began to smile. f you think something is impossible, you ‘an imagine it and make it happen Inn interview just before he died, Lennon admitted that ‘Yoko deserved credit for Imagine. He said, ‘Alot of it~ the Irics and the concept — came from her, from her book of ‘poems, imagine this, imagine that.’ Lennon said that he ‘was ‘too macho’ to share the credit with her atthe time. ‘Ono sad that some ofthe song was written when they were flying across the Atlantic and the rest was written onthe piano in their bedroom a their home in England. Ono said, "The song speaks about John’s dream for the world. It was something he really wanted to sy.’ Imagine became a Popular song for peace activists everywhere. {In March 2002 the airport in his home town of Liverpool ‘was renamed John Lennon Airport. sign above the main entrance has a line from Imagine: ‘Above us only sky’ LiverpoolJohn ecu i ty above u Aa ‘New English File Teacher's Book Pre-ntermediate Le ens Imagine Potcopble © Orford Unwesty Press 2005 e Match the words with the defimtuons. A religion oO 1 Things that are yours, which belong to you. B heaven oO 2 The place where some religions believe that good people go when they die. Chell (J 3 A feeling of community and great friendship between people. D hunger oO 4 A person who dreams. E peace oO 5 Wanting more than you need, F possessions [_] 6 The place where some religions believe that bad people go when they die. Gbrotherhood [_] 7 The place where you can see the sun, moon and stars. Hgreed oO 8 The noun from hungry I dreamer (J 9 The opposite of war. J sky (J 10 For example, Christiamty, Hinduism, Islam, etc. © Listen and complete the song with the words from a, Imagine Imagine there's no" It’s easy f you try, No?_____belowus, Above us only > imagine all the people living for today Imagine there's no countres, Itisn’t hard to do, Nothing to kill or die for, Ando _ t00, Imagine all the people living life in § You may say 'm a Glossary but I'm not the only one, there’s no countries = there aren't any Ihope some day youll join us, And the world will be as one wonder = ask yourself share = divide between ‘two or more people Imagine no?_ jon = become a | wonder f you can, member eof No need for ®_ or? : club or organization A of man, Imagine all the people sharing all the world Song facts Imagine was ongnally recorded by the ex Beatle John Lennon m 1875 and became his most, famous and popular song. It became ag ht agan after Lennon's deathn 1980 and ag ater the atacks on the World Trade Centre m 2001 I was recently voted the UK's mos popular song ofall ime Youmay say !'m a"! but 'm not the only one, hope some day you'll oin us, And the world will live as one 21 Entertainment GRADE 5 Wi 7 } By , Vocabulary Music ‘Ta Match these instruments (1-10) to the b Do you know the names for the people who pletures (A-J). play these instruments? Put them in the right 1 actordion 6 trumpet columns below. 2 keyboard 7 trombone ‘st “er player 3 violin 8 drums ‘accordionist | uumpeter | Keyboard ployer 4 plano 9 guitar 5 o1gan 10 saxophone « Work with a partner and take turns to ask and answer these questions. 1 Can you play a musical instrument? If so, which one? 2. Does any of your family or friends play an instrument? hich instrument do you like listening to? 4 Doyou prefer ng music oF listening to d Work with a partner and talk about music using the following example to help you. A: Do you play a musical instrument? 8: No, | don’t but my sister'/father’s/cousin’sa guitarist/planist/keyboard player/violinist. And how about you? Do you play an instrument? B: Yes, Ido. | play the piano, And how about you? Do you play an instrument? ‘A: No, don’t =I haven't got the patience to practise! 2a Do you know all these different types of music? Match the type with the musician. 1 C1) hiphop A Beethoven 27 rap B Lady Gags 3 O classical © Linkin Park 4 pop D Shakira 5 (1 folk E Eminem 6 C) newmetal F Bob Marley 7 CD reggae G Bob Dylan 8 CI dance H The Black Eyed Peas b Now talk about music with your partner. Ask and answer the following questions. 1) What kind of music do you like? 2. Doyou ever listen toa y of the musicians When do you usually listen to music? 4 Have you ever been toa live concert or a nusie fe ‘White cars are safer than ‘one-sylible adjectives: add -er yellow cars. juitoes are more “adjectives ending one vowel + one consonant: double consonant addr ‘dangerous than sharks. ret are better swimmers. cats. ‘one- or two-syllable adjectives ending consonant + y > ~ir two- or more syllable adjectives: more + adjective 4 Write the comparative form of these adjectives. hot ——hotter __ 1 short 2 difficult 3 beautifull 4 noisy 5 thin 6 near 7 easy 8 rich 8B 4 Write the opposite superlative adjectives. thehottest the coldest _ 1 the biggest 2 the lowest 3 the cheapest 4 the youngest at 5 the easiest 6 the wettest 7 the ugliest 8 the richest 'b Write comparative sentences. ‘The Nile/ the Amazon (long) The Nile is longer than the Amazon, 1 Canada / Brazil (big) 2 ‘Tessa / Deborah (pretty) 3 Driving / ying (dangerous) 4 My English / your English (bad) 5 This chair / that chair (comfortable) 6 Her husband / her (young) 7 Buses / trains (cheap) '8 French wine / English wine (good) 'b Complete the sentences with a superlative, Use the adjectives in brackets. I's the most dangerous country in the world, (dangerous) 11am in my family. (tall) 2 That house is in the street. (old) 3 The Scots make whisky in the world. (good) 4 Thi part of the country. (hot) ~ building in the city. (famous) student in the class. (bad) —— languages to learn. (difficult) dress in the shop. (pretty) ‘one of ‘one sylable: +er Regular ‘one vowel + one consonant quickly double final consonant. slowly ‘consonant + y+ ier ‘two of moi more + adjecti Treguar ac ; a Write comparative sentences. ‘ 'b Rewrite the sentences so they mean the same. Use as... as. London is / expensive / Manchester. Mike is stronger than Jim, Jim isn't as strong as Mike, London is more expensive than Manchester. 1 Cindy is taller than Kelly. Kelly isn’t 1 my sister is / thin / me. 2 Your case is heavier than mine. My case isn't 2 I'm / busy? this week / last week. 3 Mexico City is bigger than London. London isn't 3. Cambridge is / far from London / Oxford. 4 Football is more popular ; than tennis, ‘Tennis isn’t 41 did the second exam / bad / the first. * 5 Chelsea played / well / Arsenal. Gnas gies 5 themen in my ofie work/ hard/ the women. ¢ You work harder than me. 1 don't 6 my new job is / boring / my old one. oe ieee tact maT 4D a Complete the sentences with a superlative. b Write sentences with ever. Is this the moses city inthe world? (noisy) it hot country /1be to 1 Yesterday was __ day of the year. (hot) php ae lala ao fie wo drive through the cy centre, (bad) ef untiendly person /1/ meet 3 She's person inthe class. (fiendly) oo 4 This is ___partof the exam. (important) Dic aeb eens ik 5 The ‘month to visit is September. (good) Hammam 6 Its city the world. (polluted) 6 she / eautifal gel /1/ see 7 The ____ I've ever flown is to Australia. (far) 7 it/ bad meal /1/ have

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