Trousers (1993) and A Close Shave (1995). His most famous characters are Wallace and Gromit, a man and his dog madÄ™ from plasticine. His first feature-length film was Chicken Run (2000).
Time markers: when, while/as Vocabulary Jobs
Read
*1 13 Read the article. Why was it a day to
remember for Nick Park?
<2 Answer the queshoos.
1 What good news did Nick Park hear?
His film was a big hit.
2 What bad news did he hear?
3 How did he hear the news?
4 What did the tire destroy?
5 Where were Wallace and Gromit when the tire broke out?
1 1.13 Ss make suggestions about why it was a day to remember. Ss then read the text. They compare their ideas to the real story and decide who was closest.
2 Ss read the text again. They can work in pairs to answer the guestions.
Nick Park, director of the Wallace and Gromit anlmated fiims, talks about his ...
2 His warehouse was on fire.
3 His manager told him. 4 Most of the items in the warehouse, including the pie machinÄ™.
5 They were travelling with Nick Park (in his suitcase).
EXAM IDEA
You may want to use the Photo to create a vanation on an exam-like exercise. In pairs Ss use the information from the text in Exercise 1 and prepare a description of the photo. Explain to Ss that their description must include one mistake. Then each pair reads their description and the rest of the class has to spot the mistake.
I remember it well - if was October 2005.
I was on a world tour, and I one of the
managers of our company, Aardman Animafions, because l to talk about our latest film, The
Curse of the Were Rabbit. He me some good news. The film was a big hit. But he also some terrible news - our v/arehouse was on fire! At that moment, we on the phone, a
huge fire !
It was awful. There was a big collection of Wallace and Gromit models and drawings in there. The building to collapse the fire fighters
to save *hem. The last man out the whole building down. We
nearly all of our models, including the pie machinÄ™ from the film Chicken Run.
At the time, of course, we abo
that - we about our workers.
Fortunately, there were no casualties, and the original Wallace and Gromit models were safe too the fire , they were
with me, so fhey were in my suilcasel And anyway, our artisfs soon morÄ™ models.
It wasn t the end of the world.^
3 a Recall Write Nick Park’s jobs on the board: cartoonist, animator, director. Ask Ss to indicate the suffix in each job. Ask them to suggest morę jobs that end this way.
Ss complete the words in Exercise 3a with a suffix, then check their ariswers in the Word bank on page 131.
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2 artist 3 director 4 electrician 5 farmer 6 firefighter 7 journalist 8 musician 9 shop assistant 10 receptionist 11 model 12 builder 13 detective 14 manager
b Ss can work in pairs to answer the questions. Point out that there are several possible answers. Check their answers, then Ss can transfer new words to the table.
2 a beautician 3 a hairdresser 4 a ski instructor 5 a mechanic 6 a pilot 7 a dentist 8 a chef 9 a waiter/waitress 10 a vet
On the board write job-related prompts, e.g. well-paid/badly paid, protessional. important, interesting/boring, creative, outdoors, in an Office. Students work in pairs one describes the features of a job on the list in the Word bank and the other asks guestions and guesses the job.
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