Tim Burton Born: 25 August 1958 in Burbank, California
The man who brought us such fantasy classics as Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Alice in Wonderland grew up in Burbank, California, as the youngest of three brothers. He was an unsettled child, often watching horror and low-budget films to escape from reality. Twice he got into trouble for staging an axe murder that looked so real it prompted people to call the police.
Creatively stifled
After graduating from high school, he won a Disney scholarship to the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. He studied there for three years before becoming an animator apprentice at Walt Disney Studios, a job he found creatively stifling. In the 1980s Burton started making films of his own, primarily horror and fantasy. His early works include a short film called Vincent, about a boy who dreams of being actor Vincent Price, and a Japanese-style version of Hansel and Gretel. In 1984 Burton made Frankenweenie, a spin-off of Frankenstein about a boy who brings his dog back to life, which he remade in 2012.
Crucial collaborations Burton's career gained momentum in the mid-1980s when he directed a string of successful films, most notably Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Beetlejuice and Batman. But it wasn’t until he started working with actor Johnny Depp in the 1990s that he made his real mark in the fantasy genre.
No Tim Burton bio would be complete without mention of his collaboration with Depp. When those two get together, magic happens... every time! Their quirky outlook is ideally suited to the fantasy genre and has resulted in many amazing fantasy films.
Burton's other regular collaborators include the musician Danny Elfman, who composed the soundtrack for several of his biggest films, and his domestic partner, Helena Bonham Carter, who often plays a lead role in his productions. Source: http://www.fantasybooksandmovies.com/tim-burton-biography.html
Read the text and do the following exercises 1. Find the following information Topic of the text: ………………………………………… Burton’s birthday: ………………………………………… Place where he was born and lived when he was young: ………………………………………… Where was this text taken from: ………………………………………
2. Say if these sentences are true (T) or false (F) and justify by quoting from the text a) Burton had two brothers. T F b) Burton lived a peaceful childhood. T F c) Burton directed Frankenweenie in 2012. T F d) Helena Bonham Carter is Tim Burton’s wife. T F
3) Answer the questions in 2)
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Vocabulary worksheet. Illness
Match the illness with the pictures Backache Break an arm Cold Cough Headache High temperature Rest Sore throat X ray
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Vocabulary worksheet. Food Match the food with the correct picture Apple Bananas Beefsteak Biscuits Broccoli Cabbage Cake Carrots Cheese Chicken Coffee Corn Courgettes Cream Cucumbers Duck Fish Fizzy drink Garlic Grapefruit Grapes Icecream Jelly Kiwi fruit Leg of lamb lemon Lettuce Lobster Mango Melon Milk Mussels Oats Onion Orange Orange juice Peas Pineapple Plums Potatoes Shrimps Soya Spinach Tea Watermelon Wheat Yoghurt
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Vocabulary worksheet Facilities Bookshop Cafetería classroom Lecture hall Library Photocopying room Registration desk Stationery shop
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Vocabulary worksheet Animals Bear butterfly camel chimpanzee cow crocodile dolphin Eagle elephant fly gorilla leopard lion monkey ostrich penguin pigeon snake spider tiger whale
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Vocabulary worksheet- Geographical features Coastline Desert Glacier Lake Mountain range
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Vocabulary- Crime
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Vocabulary worksheet- Cities Match the words with the pictures. beautiful buildings clean streets crime crowded friendly and polite people nice parks and green spaces nightlife polluted shopping terrible public transport system traffic
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Vocabulary worksheets- Internet terms Match the words with the pictures blog message board music download site online news photo sharing site search engine social networking site travel website video sharing site
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Vocabulary worksheet. Films action film comedy documentary fantasy film historical drama horror film musical science fiction film thriller western
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Writing: Eating habits 1. My name is Fernanda and I always have coffee for breakfast. 2. I love it and it is very delicious. 3. I sometimes have mashed potatoes with my meals. 4. Mashed potatoes is a typical side dish in Uruguay. 5. I love fruits. I cannot live without my tangerines and tea with lemon.
1. My name is ______and I ______(adverb of frequency) have ______(food/drink) for ______(meal). 2. I love it and it is very ______(adjective to describe food). 3. I ______(adverb of frequency) have ______(food/drink) with my meals. 4. ______(food/drink) is a typical ______(kind of food) in Uruguay. 5. I love ______(group of food). I cannot live without my ______(example of group of food) and ______(example of group of food).
Adjectives of frequency:Always, usually, often, sometimes, never Meals:Breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner Adjectives to describe food:delicious, superb, tasty, healthy Kinds of food:Dish, side dish, drink, dessert Groups of food:Fruit, Vegetables, Dairy products, meat, sweets, desserts
Writing: Biographies
1)Read George VI’s biography George VI was king of England from 1936 until 1952. His full name was Albert Frederick Arthur George. He was often called Bertie, because his family didn’t like his first name. He was born on December 14th, 1895, in Norfolk, in England. He got married to Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923 and had two daughters. They were called Elizabeth and Margaret. He died in 1952. He was 56 years old.
Write Marie Antoinette’s biography. Full name: Maria Antonia Josephine Johanna Country: Austria Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria Queen: 1774-1793 Nickname: Madame Deficit Reason for nickname: She spent a lot of money during famine times Birth: 2nd November 1755 Death: 16th October 1793 (37 years old) Husband: Louis XVI (married 1770) Children: 4. 2 boys (Louis Charles, Louis Joseph) 2 girls (Marie Therese, Sophie)
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