In this podcast, Chris who has never (ever) seen a Star Wars film, interviews movie goers as they leave the cinema after watching Star Wars – The Force Awakens, just to see what all the fuss is about. It’s a great way to hear people express their opinions too.
Star Wars; the Force Awakens
by English Podcasts formally known as the EFL PodBlog
Welcome back to English-Podcasts In this episode we go to the cinema, or more precisely Chris stands outside a cineam to ask movie goers their first impressions of the long awaited Star Wars film with the return of Luke Sky Walker.
Notes
Star Wars is a space opera set “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,” the film centers on Luke Skywalker—played by a then relatively unknown Mark Hamill—a young man who finds himself embroiled in an interplanetary war between an authoritarian empire and rebel forces. Skywalker meets two mechanical “droids” that set him on a quest to find Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), whom he knows as a desert hermit and mystic.
The film The Force Awakens finds Luke SkyWalker again, and all the old favourite characters. It seems that Star Wars fans can rest easy; director J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) clearly knows how to stay faithful to sci-fi classics. He focuses not just on fantastic action sequences, but on the heart of these stories: the characters, both new and old.
Have you seen the film? Are you a fan ? Or are you like Chris who has never seen a Star Wars film? If so, it seems that you aren’t the only one, there is even a BBC Radio 4 program called “I’ve never seen Star Wars.”. Check it out.
Recap & Takeaways
Get ready for a few jokes in this podcast, as Chris who has never seen Star Wars confuses it with some othe si-fi stories. Can you recognise them?
Listen out to what the movie goers say.
Who likes it?
Who doesn’t like it ?
Who’s indifferent?
What did they like?
May the Force Be With You!
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Many visitors coming to France head straight to Paris…. and why not, Paris is one of the most beautiful cities in the world with many outstanding sites.
But what is there to see outside the capital? Well, France is full of magical chateaux, castles and manor houses. All these residences have secrets and a fascinating history.
So be transported back to the past with this quiz about the secrets of French chateaux. You may even want to add visiting these sites to your Bucket List.
This quiz is a great way to find out about these architectural marvels AND learn new vocabulary at the same time.
Did you know that Shakespeare coined* over 1000 words, many of which we still use today and some of them we use everyday!
But WHY did he invent so many words ? This is a good question. He didn’t it simply to fit in with the rhythm of his text, he needed words with the right number of syllables to fit in with the meter rhythm of the line.
Indeed many of the words that Shakespeare coined came from adding suffixes and prefixes such as -ful, -able – fied. For example, laugh and able, un and dress, care and less. So if you find English adjectives confusing you know who to blame !
Sometimes he put 2 words together, for example bed and room. Thank you Shakespeare for that one! Plus, birth and place, farm and house.
In this podcast, Sue asks Chris to explain 10 Shakespearian inventions and then he “turns the tables” on her… you can thank Shakespeare for that one too !!!
The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry.
The big blockbusters are usually great films with very strong acting, special effects or a very engaging story line.
The origin of the Oscar statuette dates all the way back to 1927. That’s when members of the newly formed Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held a dinner in the Crystal Ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles to devise a way to honor outstanding achievements in cinema. MGM art director sketched the figure of a knight gripping a sword, standing in front of a reel of film. The five spokes of the reel stood for the original five branches of the Academy—actors, directors, producers, technicians, and writers—while the sword symbolized protection for the welfare of the industry.
It is said that the Academy librarian and future executive director Margaret Herrick noted that the bald figure resembled her Uncle Oscar, hence the nickname stuck…. and the rest is history as they say.
In this quiz we ask 10 questions to help you choose which Oscar winning film you should go and see. The questions cover the type of plot, the emotions you seek at the cinema and actors you enjoy watching.
The vocabulary focuses on all the words you need to talk about movies.
A one-hit wonder is any group or solo singer that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success.
The term is most commonly used in regard to music performerswith only one hit single that overshadows their other work.
Sometimes, artists dubbed “one-hit wonders” in a particular country have had great success in other countries.
Music artists with subsequent popular albums and hit listings are typically not considered a one-hit wonder.
One-hit wonders usually see their popularity decreasing after their hit listing and most often don’t return to hit listings with other songs or albums.
In this podcast, Chris turns the tables on Sue and asks her a question – listen out for it.
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