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3. There wasn’t much traffi c when I was Read the passage again and answer the questions.
small. USE TO 1. When were The Oscars fi rst organised?
→ __________________________________.
2. What are the awards named after?
4. Although they were tired, they wanted 3. Who is Cedric Gibbons?
to watch the fi lm. IN SPITE OF 4. Who received the fi rst Oscar statuette?
→ __________________________________.
5. What is the Best Picture prize?
5. The festival took place in a remote area.
However, a lot of people attended it. Speaking
→ __________________________________. ALTHOUGH
Work in groups. Discuss the following questions.
Everyday English 1. Which actors and actresses you know have
been awarded an Oscar?
Put the lines of the dialogue in the correct 2. Why do you think The Oscars are important to
order (1-8). Then act out the conversation actors and actresses?
with a classmate.
___ Yeah. Things have changed. Oh, the most important Listening
thing before we forget … What will we see?
Mi and Nick visit Ms Hoa at home. Listen to
___ Ha ha. Look at this. I think this new animation their conversation. Write T (true) or F (false).
is interesting. Read these comments: ‘hilarious’,
‘exciting’ and ‘worth seeing’ … 1. Mi and Nick have been to Ms Hoa’s house before.
_1_ Mai, let’s go to the cinema this Saturday. 2. They saw some pictures in an album.
3. Nick has been to the Tulip Festival in Holland.
___ That’s fi ne. How far is it from your house to the Cinemax?
4. Ms Hoa went to the Tulip Festival last September.
___ It’s only two kilometres. You can cycle to my house, and
then we can walk there. Remember? Two years ago 5. Ms Hoa’s son is in Melbourne.
there didn’t use to be any cinemas near our house.
Listen to the conversation again. Who did the
___ Great idea, Mi. Which cinema shall we go to?
following things? Tick ( ) the appropriate
___ OK. That’s a good idea. I’ll be at your house at 5 column. Sometimes you may need to tick both.
and we’ll walk there. Remember to buy the tickets
beforehand.
Ms Hoa Nick
___ How about the Cinemax? It’s the newest one in Ha Noi.
1. tried Dutch foods and drinks
6.,//6 2. watched traditional Dutch dancing
Reading 3. watched parades
Read the passage. Match the headings ngs 4. listened to folk music
in the box with the paragraphs.
5. was interested in the festival
1. Diff erent awards in The Oscars
2. What are The Oscars?
3. The Oscar statuette Writing
Imagine that you and two friends are going to
A. __________
attend a festival 10 kilometres away. You are
The Academy Awards, commonly known as The Oscars, discussing what means of transport to use:
are the most famous fi lm awards in the world. They bus, bicycle or taxi. Read the e-mail from one
have been held since 1929. They are called The Oscars of your friends, Mai, and write a reply.
after the golden statuette awarded to the winners.
B. __________
The Oscar statuette is offi cially called the Academy mai@fastmail.com
Award of Merit. It is 13½ inches high and weighs
8½ pounds. The Oscar statuette was designed by Going to the festival
Cedric Gibbons and sculpted by George Stanley.
It is a knight holding a crusader’s sword, standing Hi there!
on a reel of fi lm. The fi rst Oscar was given to Emil I think we should go to the festival by bicycle. It’s only 10
Jannings on May 16, 1929. kilometres away. My father’s going to cycle there with
us. Do you remember last month we cycled to Phong’s
C. __________ house? It’s about six kilometres. Also, on the way
The most important Oscar is the ‘Best Picture’ prize, back from the festival, we can visit my grandmother.
which is given to the best fi lm. Two other important She lives near there.
awards are ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Best Actress’ in a leading Reply soon and let me know your opinion. How do you
role. There are lots of other prizes too, such as ‘Best want to travel there?
Director’, ‘Best Supporting Actor’ and ‘Best Supporting Cheers,
Actress’, ‘Best Costume Design’, ‘Best Film Editing’, etc. Mai

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