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The Oscars

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The Oscars 奥斯卡金像奖

The biggest night of the year 好莱坞最隆重之夜

Read the text below and do the activity that follows.

阅读下面的短文，然后完成练习：

The Oscars are the biggest movie event of every year, and are always a star- studded, glamorous occasion. Their full title is ‘’, and the first awards took place in 1929, when had only just begun being ‘talkies’, and not silent movies. The famous golden ‘Oscar’ statuettes represent the greatest honour an or -maker can achieve.

This year’s event, the , was as fashionable as ever, with designer frocks and tuxedos parading up the red carpet. The awards this year were dominated by intimate, thought-provoking films, and there was a good spread of awards – no one film swept the board.

‘Crash’ was the surprise winner of the coveted best , as well as two other awards. The film is about racial tension in , and features an ensemble cast – lots of different characters with no one lead role.

Despite being tipped as ‘the hottest favourite ever to win best picture’, ‘’ only won three of its eight nominations, including a best director award for .

George Clooney won the best supporting actor award for ‘’, but was also nominated as a director for ‘Good Night and Good Luck’. He joked about why he likes directing, “You can get old and grey and they still let you do the job!”

British films had limited success, but a seven-months pregnant collected the best supporting actress award, and British-made ‘Six Shooter’ won in the best category.

British animators and were surprised and jubilant that their film ‘ in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit’ won the animated film award.

They collected their award wearing matching oversized stripy bow-ties. Steve Box commented, “We really didn't think we would win because a lot of the films were worthy and meaningful and deep and our film is just ridiculous.”

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1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验

Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer.

以下句子哪句是真?哪句是假？请圈出正确答案。

1. ‘Crash’ and ‘Brokeback Mountain’ won the same number of awards. True / False

2. won an Oscar for directing ‘Good Night and Good Luck’. True / False

3. Nick Park and Steve Box expected to win an Oscar. True / False

4. People wear very formal clothes at the Oscar ceremony. True / False

5. The Academy awards which are given out are made of glass. True / False

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2. Movies job titles 影片制作角色

See how much you know about the movies business! Match the job titles to their definitions. Write the correct letter next to each definition.

考一考你的电影知识.为下列1-9题从A-I中选出正确答案.

A. body double D. animator G. actor B. director E. producer H. -man C. camera-man F. grip I. casting director

1. Person who creates pictures or models which are used instead of filming .

2. Person who organises the money and administration for a film.

3. Person who performs dangerous action sequences in a film.

4. Person who decides who should play each character in a film.

5. Person who pretends to be a character in a film.

6. Person who is generally in charge of artistic aspects of a film and tells the actors how to behave in each scene.

7. Person who replaces an actor in a nude scene.

8. Person who helps to carry things and sets up lighting.

9. Person who records the action on film.

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3. Synonyms 同义词

Which of these words mean the same or similar to each other?

以下哪些词词义相同或相似?

1. dress

2. movie

3. role

4.

5. ridiculous

6. joyful

A. film B. cartoon C. jubilant

D. silly E. part F. frock

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4. Wordsearch 单词搜索

Try to find the words associated with the Oscars in the puzzle below.

There are ten words to find. Words can be written horizontally (g), vertically (i) or diagonally (m)

请在下面的字谜游戏中，找出与奥斯卡金像奖有关的英语单词来。

共有10个单词，其组成方式可能以水平的(g) 垂直的 (i) 或对角的 (m) 形式出现。

s z n t m j a c t u x b

t r h o l l y w o o d w

u p b e m a c v a l i m

x h f r o i l o n r r n

e h o g v b n d i f d g

d a b l a f t a y k q w

o m n d i r e c t o r r

l s j b n o m t k i x t

l r c y t c h o u a o f

g a w a o k y r z x w n

n m c k r i p m o v i e

a n i m a t o r l l b p

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Answers 答案

1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 2. Movies job titles 影片制作角色

1. ‘Crash’ and ‘Brokeback Mountain’ won the same 1. Person who creates pictures D. number of awards. or models which are used animator True – they each won 3. instead of filming actors. 2. Person who organises the E. 2. George Clooney won an Oscar for directing ‘Good money and administration for a producer Night and Good Luck’. film. False – he was nominated but did not win. 3. Person who performs H. dangerous action sequences in a stunt-man 3. Nick Park and Steve Box expected to win an Oscar. film. False – they said they were surprised. 4. Person who decides who I. should play each character in a casting director 4. People wear formal clothes at the Oscar film. ceremony. 5. Person who pretends to be a G. True – they wear tuxedos or evening dresses. character in a film. actor 6. Person who is generally in B. 5. The Academy awards which are given out are made charge of artistic aspects of a director of glass. film and tells the actors how to False – the awards are golden statuettes. behave in each scene. 7. Person who replaces an actor A. in a nude scene. body double 8. Person who helps to carry F. things and sets up lighting. grip 9. Person who records the action C. on film. camera-man

3. Synonyms 同义词 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索

1. dress F. frock n a 2. movie A. film 3. role E. part t h o l l y w o o d 4. animation B. cartoon 5. ridiculous D. silly u m a 6. joyful C. jubilant x i r

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