Students Book

5 Speak
a Read the film descriptions. Have you
seen any of the films? What kind
of film do you think each one is?
Choose from the types in the box.
Avatar:
epic horror comedy fantasy
thriller romantic cartoon
science fiction
Sam Worthington
plays Jake, a
human who falls
in love with an
alien on a faraway
planet. Confl icts arise as the two worlds collide
and Jake must decide whose side he’s on.
Up:
After the death
of his wife, an
old man attaches
thousands of balloons to his house and takes
it high into the sky on the adventure he has
been waiting for all his life.
b Work with a partner. Read about these people
with problems. They want to try film therapy.
Which film would you recommend for each
person? Explain why.
Nathan lives only for himself. He does whatever he
likes whenever he likes and he never thinks about
how his actions might affect others. He is starting to
realise that he’s not as popular as he thought he was.
Dan is finding it difficult to balance what his parents
expect from him and who he is when he is with his
family. He’d be happier living with another family.
Jane has watched her three children grow up and
leave home. She feels there is nothing for her to do
any more and that her life has very little meaning or
purpose.
c What other films would you recommend to each
of these people?
6 Listen
a Look at the scene from the film The Beach. How
does it make you feel?
b
CD3 T26 Listen to the conversation between
two friends. Mark the sentences T (True) or
F (False).
The Box:
A couple find
a box
on their doorstep.
Inside is a button. If
they press it they will
get $1 million but someone they don’t know will
die. But what will the consequences be? Something
more terrible than they can imagine.
Where The Wild
Things Are:
After having an
argument with his
mother, nine-year-old Max runs away to an
island inhabited by large furry monsters who
decide to make him their king. But after a
while Max grows tired of his new friends
and all their fi ghting.
1 The story is about a girl who is 20.
2 Bernie suggested she watched The Beach.
3 It was one particular scene that made
the girl upset.
4 After watching the film, the girl felt
dissatisfied with her life.
5 The girl wanted to leave her boyfriend
and go to Thailand.
6 When Bernie asked why the film had affected
her so much, she couldn’t explain it at first.
7 The girl had gone straight from school
to university.
8 The girl went to Thailand for a holiday.
c What film have you seen that had a really powerful
effect on you? Tell your partner about it.
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