Class
1) Speaking Sills - CPE part 3
Theme: Conflict and co-operation
I'll grant you that = concede that paricular point
To win (someone) over
To acquiesce - note pronunciation /ækwies/
To be in accord with each other
To do something in concert
To have a set to with someone = a brief disagreement or fight
To make a concerted effort
2) Listening Skills - Amy Adams Interview
Vocabulary
in with a shout
to give a shout out to someone
to give something/it all away
an original take on something
tuned into the same elements
I don't want to go there
to age out of a role
to go back _ years with someone
Listening – Amy Adams Interview 11/11/2016 (interview starts at 43:45 on the podcast link below or use the Youtube video)
1. Was the film based on an original screenplay or some other source?
2. What attracted Amy Adams to the project?
3. Describe the character she plays.
4. What does she mean when she says it’s hard to talk about and not talk about?
5. What similarities does the new film share with Contact (1997)?
6. How did her assumptions about linguistics change while making the film?
7. What contradictory adjectives does the interviewer use to describe the film?
8. What does Amy Adams think when she sees herself on screen?
9. Which British idiom does she have a problem understanding? What does it mean?
10. In her opinion what is the best thing about being nominated for an Oscar?
Homework
Listen to the podcast again ticking off the 8 phrases in the vocabulary section as you hear them.
Going Further
1) Listen to Mark Kermode's review of Arrival (starts at 56:00 on the podcast link). How is the theme of conflict and co-operation alluded to?
2) Read Ted Chiang's short story, Story of Your Life, on which the film is based. Go to https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Ted_Chiang_Stories_of_Your_Life_and_Others?id=WTBA-wzX7cwC to download the ebook.
3) Arrival is currently screening at the Nuovo Olympia in English. For screening times go to: http://www.mymovies.it/cinema/roma/4910/
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