Skills • Reading

Young, Famous and British!Not all film stars are American! Read about these two film stars – they’re young, famous and British!

His name is Daniel Jacob Radcliffe. His date of birth is 23rd July 1989 and he’s from Fulham, in south-west London. His father’s name is Alan Radcliffe and his mother’s name is Marcia Gresham. His father is a literary agent and his mother is a casting agent. The family has got two dogs. Their names are Binka and Nugget. Daniel is famous for his part as Harry Potter in the films of the books, including Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Daniel, or Dan to his friends, is now very rich. He’s got about £23 million and now he gets about £8 million for every new film. Dan gives a lot of money to charities. In his free time Dan likes playing the bass guitar – his guitar teacher is Gary Oldman, another famous actor. He’s a rock music enthusiast and his favourite bands are The Beatles and Arctic Monkeys. His hobbies are watching Formula 1 racing and playing table tennis and video games and he’s a fan of Fulham Football Club.

Kiera Knightley is her real name and her date of birth is 22nd of March, 1985. She’s from Teddington in south-west London. Now she’s a Hollywood actress and her name is Keira (the spelling is different!). Her father’s name is Will Knightley. He’s an actor in the theatre and her mother is Sharman MacDonald. She’s also an actress and an author. Keira has got one brother. His name’s Caleb and he’s five years older than Keira. She’s famous for her roles in the films Bend it like Beckham and the three Pirates of the Caribbean films: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man’s Chest and At World’s End. In her free time Keira is a fan of West Ham United Football Club. She’s also a painter and her house in Richmond is full of her paintings. Her friends are the Italian actor Andrea Logiudice and the American actress Sienna Miller.

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Grammar, functions and vocabularyUNIT 12

UNITS 1-2

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Comprehension 1 Tutti e due sono giovani, famosi e inglesi ma

hanno anche altre due cose in comune. Leggi i testi e scrivi le due cose negli spazi.

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Comprehension 2 Rileggi i testi e scrivi Daniel o Keira negli

spazi.

1 ______’s mother is an actress.

2 ______ is very, very rich.

3 ______ has got two dogs.

4 ______ has got an Italian friend.

5 ______ has got a guitar.

6 ______ is an artist.

Vocabulary 3 Abbina le parole dal testo alle loro traduzioni

in italiano.

1 literary agent a teatro

2 casting agent b ricco

3 including c piena di

4 rich d agente letterario

5 gets e autrice

6 charities f compresi

7 spelling g dipinti

8 theatre h agente del casting

9 author i guadagna

10 older j enti di benefi cenza

11 full of k ortografi a

12 paintings l più vecchio

Comprehension 4 Leggi di nuovo i testi e cerchia la risposta

corretta: a, b o c. K

1 Daniel Radcliffe is from a East London. b Fulham. c South London.

2 Daniel’s mother is a an actress. b a singer. c a casting agent.

3 Daniel is famous for his role as a Darth Vader. b Bilbo Baggins. c Harry Potter.

4 Keira Knightley’s real name is a Keira. b Kiera. c Kiara.

5 Keira’s favourite football club is a Liverpool. b Fulham. c West Ham.

6 Keira has got a house in a Richmond. b Fulham. c Teddington.

Comprehension 5 Rispondi alle domande.

1 Who are Binka and Nugget?

2 What are Daniel Radcliffe’s hobbies?

3 What are the names of two of Daniel’s fi lms?

4 What are Keira Knightley’s hobbies?

5 Has Keira got any brothers or sisters?

6 What are the names of two of Keira’s fi lms?

Culture J.K.Rowling, l’autrice dei libri Harry Potter,

è terza nella lista delle donne più ricche del

mondo. La donna più ricca è Zhang Yin,

un’imprenditrice cinese e la seconda è Oprah

Winfrey, la presentatrice americana.

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Skills and Culture UNITS 1–2

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Skills • ListeningComprehension

6 02 Ascolta il primo dialogo. Scrivi il numero 1 sotto i dati menzionati durante questo dialogo. P

Comprehension 7 03 Ascolta il secondo dialogo. Questa volta

scrivi il numero 2 sotto i dati menzionati durante questo dialogo. P

Comprehension 8 02, 03 Ascolta i due dialoghi ancora una

volta. Rispondi alle domande.

1 Where’s the fi rst girl from?

2 What’s her dad’s job?

3 What are her hobbies?

4 Where’s the second girl from?

5 What’s her dad’s job?

6 What are her hobbies?

Dictation 9 04 Ascolta e scrivi le frasi che senti.

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2

3

4

5

6

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Nigel 36

Tom 40

Mike 38

Tim 42

Dave 41

BirkenheadCollege

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UNITS 1–2 Skills and Culture

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Skills • Writing 10 Marcia Morgan è una giovane attrice inglese.

Completa le domande dell’intervista.

You 1 ?

Marcia My name’s Marcia, Marcia Morgan.

You 2 ?

Marcia I’m eighteen years old.

You 3 ?

Marcia I’m from York, in the north of England.

You 4 ?

Marcia I’m an actress.

You 5 ?

Marcia Yes, I have. I’ve got one sister.

You 6 ?

Marcia Her name’s Daisy.

You 7 ?

Marcia She’s thirteen.

You 8 ?

Marcia My hobbies are cycling and swimming.

11 Immagina di essere una star del cinema. Qualcuno ti intervista usando le domande dell’esercizio 9. Scrivi il dialogo.

1 What’s your name?

My name’s…

2 ?

3 ?

4 ?

5 ?

6 ?

7 ?

8 ?

12 Scrivi un breve testo (75–100 parole) sul tuo attore/cantante/personaggio sportivo preferito. Usa i testi su Daniel Radcliffe e Keira Knightley (pag. 8) come modello. Includi le seguenti informazioni: K T

• nome • cognome • età • data di nascita • da dove viene • nome, età e professione di sua madre • nome età e professione di suo padre • hobby • titoli dei suoi fi lm, dischi ecc. • informazioni sui suoi amici, il suo ragazzo/

la sua ragazza ecc.

Inizia così:

My favourite actor is...

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UNITS 1–2 Skills and Culture

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