CHAPTER 7

UNIT 7A: MOVIE MAKERS



7A Vocabulary & Phrases

humid	balding	swirl	Folk festival/tale/..	temple	mansion
root	Rustic man	glamorous	plot	contribution	Draw audience
appeal	wholesome	Hero-heroine	expatriate	Genuine-genuinely	embrace
overseas	ritual	bet	Prominent star	rank	prejudice
theme	Stress-emphasize	exotic

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words.

likewise          practitioner     theme     rustic     frivolous     inhabit (x2)     folk     prosperous  overseas        prejudice         plot         bald        exotic          rhythm           bet       grieve (x2)

1. In the 1980s, some members of Parliament raised the issue of whether films have a bad impact on children. This was a popular ………………at that time.

2. Unlike ballet or European …………….. dances, many Asian dances employ a gestural vocabulary, or symbolic system.

3. Dance is an art form that generally refers to ………………movement of the body, and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction, or presented in a spiritual or performance setting.

4. The whole country, and the worlds of television and entertainment are united in ……………… today at the announcement of the tragic passing of D. J. Foster at just 32 years old.

5. Linda had been diagnosed with breast cancer several months ago, and she was being given chemotherapy – she was nearly ………………. as a side effect of the treatments.

6. Abraham Lincoln, who was President of the United States during their Civil War, grew up in a poor and simple home with ........................... handmade furniture and clothes.

7. It is not our intention to argue how and if the ………………. of "Avatar" could have been made better or more original. After all, it is, at heart, an old-fashioned fairytale. 

8. Throughout the course of the fantasy novel, the main character …………… the body of a cat (just as in Avatar) and grows to support the natives against the military.

9. More than thirty years ago, Russian science fiction writers Arkady and Boris Strogatsky introduced us to the wild jungle planet of Pandora, full of thrilling ………………. predators.

10. Although I have not tested this, I suspect you could even make Internet phone calls ……………… with Wi-Fi, using applications like Line2 or Skype.

11. Women still face ……………… in the workplace; it will take a long time to overcome this problem.

12. For a ……………….. , he once tried to ride his bicycle 200 miles in nine hours.

13. Nanny put on a shawl and told the girls to do ………………… .

14. A basic issue for the future of all the world's ……………….... is human-induced climate change.

15. Why do women occupy so much ıf their time in ……………… conversation about love and marriage?

16. It has almost been 50 years since the death of its main ………..…….. , but the ideas of Organic Architecture did not die with Frank Lloyd Wright.

17. The Wall Street Journal journalist Fatima Adel and her husband …………………… over the loss of their eldest daughter, 13-year-old Hadir, who was shot and killed on Jan. 28, the deadliest night of Egypt's protests.

18. Most economists agree that one of the best ways for Turkey to ………………. is to rely less on domestic consumer spending, less on housing, less on borrowing from abroad—and more on exporting.

Answer Key: 1. theme        2. folk         3. rhythmic       4. grief / grieving       5. bald         6. rustic         7. plot        8. inhabits        9. exotic       10. overseas          11. prejudice           12. bet         13. likewise        14. inhabitants             15. frivolous         16. practitioner         17. grieved / have been grieving / are grieving      18. prosper  

UNIT 7B:  LET’S DANCE





Vocabulary and Phrases 

High heels	Step aside	Head down	marble	eager	evoke
Pair off	likewise	firmly	squeeze	Straighten up	Figure out
inhabitant	essence	abused	renewed	poverty	struggle
frivolous	odd	enrich	racy	enduring	lament
grieve-grieving	refined	Exhale-exhalation	mourn	coincide	prosperous
practitioner	lyrical	severe	inspiring	melodic	chronic

1. The word “evokes” on line 17 is closest in meaning to:

a. stimulates

b. resembles

c. wants

d. loves

2. What is the main purpose of paragraph II?

a. to describe Copello

b. to give a general idea about a tango class

c. to help the reader picture a typical day in Argentina

d. to describe tango

3. The word “that” in paragraph III refers to:

a. a dance

b. new meaning in a music

c. a type of music

d. people finding new meaning in a music

4. Which of the following statements about tango is NOT true?

a. Its form changed through time.

b. Economy of the country made a big impact on tango.

c. In the late 1800’s, Argentina hosted immigrants from Europe who made a good change on tango.

d. Tango is a pure Argentinean dance for a century.

5. Which places took part in the change of tango?

       (Give three continents/countries.)

6. In paragraph VII, we can understand that…

a. Gardel had good times in his career in the 1900s.

b. The economy was in good condition in the mid-1900s.

c. People lived in prosperity in the 19^th century in Argentina.

d. Gardel had success in his career due to the good economic times in Argentina.

7. Which paragraph(s) do not contain information on the history of the dance?

a. 1, 2

b. 1, 2, 4

c. 1, 2, 11

d. 1

8. Why does the writer use a citation?

a. to support his ideas

b. to object some points

c. to prove a point

d. to enrich the topic by using a witness

9. Why was there a sharp decrease in the interest of tango after World War II? (Give three reasons.)

Answer Key

1. a         2.b       3.a        4.d (a-lines 60,75)  (b-line 100) (c-line 60)

     

5. Africa, Italy, Germany   

6.b        7.b        8.d         

9.unemployment, unstable government, the popularity of rock and roll