Use the information in the box to tell each other about the film you have seen recently

The record books are full of great film trivia, but only gossip about stars is usually heard. I like the gossip, but what about the film trivia we aren't told about? Some film records are much more interesting. For example, did you know that Robert Downey Jr. was paid more than any other actor for his role as Iron Man in the Avengers films (the huge sum of eighty million US dollars)? And I bet you can't guess which film has the record for the most tickets sold. I was amazed! Well, apparently more cinema tickets were sold for Gone with the Wind, a 1930s romance, than for any other film. I haven't even seen it but it sounds terrible! The classic science fiction film Star Wars comes a close second, and I'm sure that it’s a much better movie.

One truly unbelievable film record was set by a man called Ashish Sharma in Mathura, India, in 2008. He sat in a cinema and watched films for an incredible 120 hours and twenty-three minutes - that’s forty-eight films in total.

Another film-related record from India is about the world’s largest film poster. It was made to advertise India’s biggest action film of 2015, Bahubali. The size of it is extraordinary! At nearly 5,000 square metres, it's more than half the size of a professional football pitch! It wasn’t made in the usual way. It was designed by the film's director ' S. S. Rajamouli and it was made by a team of thirty people who worked around the clock for three days. 

1. Quickly read the blog and find the author’s opinion on the following names?

(Đọc nhanh blog và tìm ý kiến ​​​​của tác giả về những cái tên sau?)

1. Robert Downey Jr

2. Gone with the Wind

3. Ashish Sharma

4. Bahubali

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2. Read and listen to the blog again. Choose the correct answers.

(Đọc và nghe lại blog. Chọn những đáp án đúng)

1. The writer believes that gossip about film stars ...

a. is usually only about awards that stars win.

b. is less interesting than some other film facts.

c. isn’t interesting.

2. Gone with the Wind ...

a. is not a modern film.

b. holds many film records.

c. made eighty million dollars.

3. Ashish Sharma ...

a. plans to watch the film that will be 120 hours long.

b. has watched forty-eight films in his lifetime.

c. has had a film record for several years.

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3. Read the Study Strategy. Practise reading the blog out loud.

(Đọc Chiến lược học tập. Thực hành đọc blog thành tiếng)

STUDY STRATEGY

Reading out loud

Reading out loud will improve your pronunciation and speaking.

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4. VOCABULARY PLUS Use a dictionary to check the meaning of the words in blue in the text.

(Sử dụng từ điển để tra nghĩa của những từ tô màu xanh trong đoạn văn)

huge          terrible          classic          unbelievable          incredible           extraordinary

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5. USE IT! Work in pairs. Which record did you find the most interesting? Why?

(Kỷ lục nào bạn thấy thú vị nhất? Tại sao?)

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2. Study the sentences in exercise 1. Complete rules a—c with the words in the box. Then find more passive sentences in the blog on page 80.

(Nghiên cứu các câu trong bài tập 1. Hoàn thành các quy tắc a—c với các từ trong hộp. Sau đó tìm thêm các câu bị động trong blog ở trang 80)

am (not)          are (not) / is (not)

by          was (not) / were (not)

We use the passive when we are more interested in the action, rather than the person doing the action.

a. In the present, we form the passive with the subject + _________ + the past participle.

b. In the past, we form the passive with the subject + _________ + the past participle.

c. We use __________ to talk about the person / thing that does an action in the passive.

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3. Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Then decide if they are true or false. Discuss your answers with a partner.

(Sửa lỗi sai trong câu. Sau đó quyết định xem chúng đúng hay sai. Thảo luận câu trả lời của bạn với một đối tác)

* More films are make in India than in any other country each year.

* In 1923, a sign is put up in the Hollywood hills which said ‘Hollywoodland’.

* The Academy Awards wasn’t called ‘Oscars’ until 1939.

* 'Mua len trau' is set in Northern Viet Nam.

* Mr. Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh was gave Best Director Award at Chicago Film Festival in 2006.

* Films aren’t seen their directors until the premiere.

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4. Complete the review with the correct passive form of the verbs in the box.

(Hoàn thành bài đánh giá với dạng bị động đúng của các động từ trong hộp)

direct          remind          release          award          play

Mua len trau - Buffalo Boy is a successful Vietnamese film which (1) _____________ in 2004, The film (2) ____________ by Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh. It was set in the Mekong River Delta during the 1940s, The land there for half the year is deep underwater. The main character, a 15-year-old farmer, Kim (3) ______________ by Le The Lu. Kim volunteers to take his family's buffatoes inland in search of food. On his journey, he witnesses first hand the rucetty of man. We also (4) ___________ of the constant hardship the Vietnamese had to face at that time.

In 2004, the film won a Special Award at Film Festival in Locarno in Switzerland, the Grand Prix at Amiens Film Festival, and the Special Award at Amazonas Film Festival in Brazil. Mr. Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh (5) ____________ Best Director Award at Chicago Film Festival in the same year.

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