Tom Ottway
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From Hoffenheim to Hollywood …
By Kate Leeson
GO Magazine speaks to Jack Dagg, the film director, about his new life in the USA. He lives in a house in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
K Who’s your favourite actor?
J My favourite actor is Robert de Niro. I like Gwyneth Paltrow too.
K What’s your favourite film?
J I love ‘A Touch of Evil’ by Orson Wells. The actors are great.
K Where are you from in Germany?
J A small town called Hoffenheim.
K What do you like about living here in the USA?
J Well, the weather is the number one thing; I play a lot of tennis here!
K What don’t you like about living here in the USA?
J I miss my family; they are Polish but live in Germany. I don’t see them often. It’s difficult.
1 Yes or No? Read the text and answer the questions.
1 Is Jack Dagg an actor?
No.
2 Does he live in a flat?
________________________________________
3 Does he have a favourite actor?
________________________________________
4 Does Jack come from a big city?
________________________________________
5 Are his family German?
________________________________________
6 Do Jack’s family live in Germany?
________________________________________
2 Read again. Answer the questions.
1 What is Jack’s job?
He’s a film director.
2 Where does he live?
________________________________________
3 Which actors does Jack like?
________________________________________
4 What film does he really like?
________________________________________
5 Where is he from?
________________________________________
6 What’s the number one thing about living in Hollywood?
________________________________________
Vocabulary __ / 20
1 Match the words to the sports in the box.
skiing cycling swimming horse riding football
1 snow - skiing
2 water - _________________
3 ball - _________________
4 bicycle - _________________
5 animal - _________________
2 Find ten favourite things.
|C |L |
|Live: |Madrid |
|Location |in centre of Spain |
|Population: |5,000,000 |
|Good things about home city vs. bad |Good weather in summer vs. very cold in winter |
|things about home city: |near to mountains for skiing vs. long way from |
| |sea |
Hi Marlon,
My name’s Marianne. I’m twelve. I come from Hong Kong and/but I live in 1Madrid. It is in the 2_________ of Spain and/but it has a population of 3_________.
Madrid has good weather in the 4_________ and/but it is 5_________ in the winter. Also, it is near to the 6_________ and/but it is a long way from the sea.
Bye!
Marianne
Total (including Speaking) __ / 100
|Speaking _ / 10 |
|Student A |
|You are Jack. Ask Student B, Louise, questions. You start the conversation. |
|Name: Jack Jennings |
|Nationality: English |
|Gender: Male |
|Age: 14 |
|Home town/city: Brighton, England. |
|Population: 200,000 |
|Location in country: South East |
|Favourite sport: tennis |
|Favourite thing: MP3 player |
| |
|You can use these expressions: |
|What part of the country…? How many people…? What’s your favourite…? |
| |
|A Hi Louise, I’m Jack. How old are you? |
|B Hi Jack, I’m 13. What about you? |
|Speaking _ / 10 |
|Student B |
|You are Louise. Ask Student A, Jack, questions. Jack starts the conversation. |
|Name: Louise Noir |
|Nationality: French |
|Gender: Female |
|Age: 13 |
|Home town/city: La Rochelle, France. |
|Population: 100,000 |
|Location in country: West |
|Favourite sport: basketball |
|Favourite thing: clothes |
| |
|You can use these expressions: |
|What part of the country…? How many people…? What’s your favourite…? |
| |
|A Hi Louise, I’m Jack. How old are you? |
|B Hi Jack, I’m 13. What about you? |
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