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Vocabulary Listening Part 2

Describing entertainment

1 Complete the crossword puzzle. Use the clues to help you. You will hear the individual words
you need to put in the gaps, but
1 2 3
R T P you won’t hear the sentences
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P exactly as they are written.
5 6 7 These sentences follow the
G P P
same order as the information
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S
given by the speaker.
9 10 11
A S B 9 You will hear a woman called Margie Levine
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A talking about her job as a Hollywood agent.
For questions 1–10, complete the sentences
with a word or short phrase.
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H
14
F
Working in Hollywood
W
Margie was discouraged from getting
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H into the entertainment business by
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E O Y S her (1) .
Margie was told that work as a talent agent
would suit her due to her strong
17 (2) skills.
S
18 Margie says she learnt a lot about the
M
business because she worked at every
Across in her irst company.
(3)
4 Entertainment that is performed in a theatre.
Margie decided to start her own
5 When a story is very interesting and intense.
company so she could take on actors who
8 The actors perform on this in a theatre.
didn’t suit the (4) of her
12 The people in the seats in a cinema or theatre.
current employer.
14 Some actors become rich and .
16 What you are on when a ilm is exciting. (4, 2, 4, 4) Margie quickly became successful because
17 Part of a ilm or play set in one place. of the number of (5) she had.
18 A play or a ilm that is based on songs or dancing. The more actors Margie sent on to
casting directors, the more her
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(6) grew.
1 When an old TV show is repeated.
2 An unexpected direction in the plot of a ilm, play or book. Margie gives enthusiastic actors several
(7) for becoming successful.
3 Another word for role.
6 When the end of the story is easy to guess. Margie suggests that actors can prepare
7 He went to every of the play! for future auditions by reading the
9 What a performer does in a play or ilm. latest (8) .
10 People watching a sporting event. Margie believes that being (9)
11 Watch multiple episodes without a break. (5, 5) is the key to getting work.
12 What an actor has to do to get a role. Margie recommends actors get their
13 A word to describe a ilm that is very funny.
photos done by a (10) .
15 Another word for addicted.

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