IEC class. Quiz on Nov. 21/22

Please, be reminded that you will have a vocabulary quiz next week, Tuesday Nov. 21st (day class) and Wed., Nov. 22nd (night class).

What to study: Units 17, 19, 20, 21.
Halloween handouts (both) and movie handout (cloze activity).
The format will similar to the format of previous quizes: supplying the expression to the given definition, or using a word in context. To prepare, do all the activites in your workbook.

IEC. Nov. 7th. Unit 20

Questions:
1. What has Michael just written?

2. What's Michael's all-time favourite movie?

3. What's his favourite action movie?

4. Which movie made the most money of all movies ever made?

5. What's one of the most fascinating parts of Michael's book?

6. What's the mistake in the LOTR?

7. What do many actors forget to do while making movies?
8. What was one of the people jumping into the life boat in Titanic wearing?

1.fascinating (adj.) : very very interesting and surprising/unusual
*The LOTR is a fascinating movie.
2. all-time (adj.): ever done/made/experienced.
* My all-time favourite drama is Hamlet by Shakespeare.
3. original (adj). appeared first in a series. I like the original Harry Potter movie the most.
original (adj), genuine, 'the real thing'.
*My bag is original Prada, not a Dongdaemun rip-off.
4.tough (adj): tough means hard or dificult.
a tough question
*Nobody knows what will happen in Iraq in the future - it's a tough question.
a tough decision: a decision difficult to make. *Coming to Korea was a tough decision.



























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Script:
Interviewer = I
M= Michael
I: Our guest today is Michael Marksman, who has just written a fascinating book, Movie Facts for Movie Fans. You're a movie fan, Michael... so, what's your favourite movie?

M: Hmm. That's a tough question. I can't really answer that.

I: You know what? I can't answer that question either! OK. Let me be more specific: What's your favourite action movie?

M: That's easy! The original Star Wars movie. I think it's one of the best action movies ever made.

I: Really? I do, too. I loved it!

M: A lot of people love that movie. But guess what the biggest money-making movie of all times is?

I: Was it Star Wars? Or maybe E.T.?

M: No, it was Titanic. It made over 600 million dollars, more than any other film.

I: Really, and what about the most expensive movie ever made?

M: Titanic, again... at least, to date. It was both the most expensive movie to make and the one that made the most money. I was really surprised.

I: Me, too! Unbelievable! Michael, one of the most fascinating parts of your book was about mistakes that are not caught.

M: Yeah, it's impossible to make a perfect movie. (many mistakes are made)

I: O.K. Like what? Could you give as an example?

M: Sure. Did you know that in one scene of the LOTR, there's a car in the field in the distance?

I: You're kidding. No, I didn't know that, and neither did a lot of the LOTR fans, I suspect. And in your book you talk about watches - it seems a lot of actors and extras forget to take off their watches in movies.

M: Yes, that's true. In fact, the biggest mistake you'll see - if you watch very carefully - is that actors are wearing watches in scenes when they shouldn't.

I: Wow! The editors must be very upset when they see it later.

M: They are definitely upset... and so are the directors! In Titanic for example, when people were jumping into life boats, one of them was wearing a digital watch!

I: A digital watch? That's amazing! ...
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GRAMMAR: Neither/nor
For a really detailed look at this sometimes confusing grammatical feature, click on:
http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/either_and_neither_lessons.htm

So, too/ neither,nor
See:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv78.shtml