1. Look at the words and phrases below. Translate them using a dictionary if necessary. Then listen and repeat.

(Nhìn vào các từ và cụm từ dưới đây. Dịch chúng bằng từ điển nếu cần thiết. Sau đó nghe và lặp lại.)

1 blizzard = ______

2 drought = ______

3 earthquake = ______

4 hurricane = ______

5 tsunami = ______

6 wildfire = ______

. Fill in the gaps with the words in Exercise 1 and then finish each piece of news with your own words.

(Điền từ vào chỗ trống trong Bài tập 1 rồi hoàn thành mỗi tin tức bằng từ của chính bạn.)

1 The ________, measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale, lasted for seven seconds, but…

2 Roofs were blown off and cars overturned in the latest ________ to hit the coast of...

3 It has already been fifteen weeks since the ________ began. All the water noises have end up and...

4 Fishing villages were destroyed by the latest _______ as a thirty-metre wall of water...

5 Firefighters are trying to prevent the ________ from spreading any further by...

6 Not only drivers had problems during yesterday's _________. A group of young hikers from the local college lost their way in the snow due to poor visibility and...

3. Look at the photos in the film blog and discuss the questions.

(Nhìn vào các bức ảnh trong blog phim và thảo luận các câu hỏi.)

1 Which of these films, if any, have you seen?

(Bạn đã xem bộ phim nào trong số này?)

2 What is each film about and what do they have in common?

(Mỗi bộ phim nói về điều gì và chúng có điểm gì chung?)

3 Which words in Exercise 1 would you associate with each film?

(Những từ nào trong Bài tập 1 bạn sẽ liên tưởng đến mỗi bộ phim?)

4. Read the reviews again. Match texts A-B with statements 1-4. Two texts have two matching statements.

(Đọc lại các nhận xét. Nối văn bản A-B với câu 1-4. Hai văn bản có hai câu phù hợp.)

FILM BLOG

THIS WEEK'S THEME:

DISASTER MOVIES BASED ON TRUE STORIES

A THE IMPOSSIBLE

The film is based on the story of a Spanish family who went on a Christmas holiday to Khao Lak in Thailand in 2004 and were caught up in the tsunami that hit Southeast Asia, killing 230,000 people in fourteen countries.

The filming of the tsunami itself is spectacular and uses a mixture of digital effects and real waves filmed in slow motion in a water tank.

Most of the film deals with the aftermath of the tsunami and the agony suffered by the family when they are split up and have no idea whether the others have survived.

In the film, the family are British, with Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor giving honest and compassionate performances as the parents of three young boys. The director, Juan Antonio Bayona, wanted the film to be as realistic as possible, so the actors had to spend five weeks of physically demanding filming in a massive water tank.

The Impossible tells a captivating true story in which survival, society, family ties and human kindness all shine through.

The Impossible is an amazing film, but it made me question how sensible it is to develop tourism in areas that are likely to suffer natural disasters. Isn't it too risky?

John

B THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND

Set in Africa, the film tells story of Malawian inventor William Kamkwamba. When he was just fourteen years old, he saved his family and village from famine by building an electricity-generating windmill from spare parts, working from rough plans he found in a library book. The film explores a community facing extreme poverty and hunger. Although the Kamkwamba family is struggling to survive, the parents do their best to focus. on their children's education, but William is forced to leave school when the family can no longer afford the school fees. The film is directed by and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor who spent a decade getting to know the Malawi people and learning their language. He uses subtitles so that the characters in the film mostly speak Chichewa, the Malawian language, and this is one of the reasons why the characters are so believable,

Drought and the underlying issues of deforestation, colonialism and climate change are dealt with in detail. But the movie ends on a positive note, with science-obsessed William Kamkwamba saving his village, bringing them electricity and more importantly, water.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind shows yet again how unfair life is and how important it is for rich countries to help people in poor countries to survive.

Jessica

In this film

(Trong phim này)

1 the special effects led to difficult filming conditions for the actors.

(các hiệu ứng đặc biệt đã dẫn đến điều kiện quay phim khó khăn cho các diễn viên.)

2 the director gave the characters their own voice.

(đạo diễn đã lồng tiếng cho các nhân vật.)

3 the characters are not expecting disaster.

(nhân vật đều không lường trước được thảm họa.)

4 the characters are starving due to man-made problems.

(các nhân vật đang chết đói do các vấn đề do con người gây ra.)

5. Complete the list with the words in blue in the reviews. Then listen, check and repeat.

(Hoàn thành danh sách với các từ màu xanh lam trong phần đánh giá. Sau đó nghe, kiểm tra và lặp lại.)

1 ____________ poverty/hunger

2 physically _________

3 on a __________ note

4 suffer ____________

6. Answer the questions about the blog reviews using the collocations in Exercise 5.

(Trả lời các câu hỏi về bài đánh giá blog bằng cách sử dụng các cụm từ trong Bài tập 5.)

A

1 What does a large part of the film focus on?

(Phần lớn bộ phim tập trung vào điều gì?)

2 How does the reviewer describe the conditions in which the actors had to perform?

(Người đánh giá mô tả các điều kiện mà các diễn viên phải thực hiện như thế nào?)

B

1 What problems confronting William's village does the the film investigate?

(Bộ phim điều tra những vấn đề gì mà ngôi làng của William phải đối mặt?)

2 Despite the problems, how does the film end and why?

(Bất chấp những vấn đề, bộ phim kết thúc như thế nào và tại sao?)

7. Read the two comments under the reviews and discuss whether you agree with the views. Give reasons for your answers.

(Đọc hai nhận xét bên dưới phần đánh giá và thảo luận xem bạn có đồng ý với quan điểm đó hay không. Đưa ra lý do cho câu trả lời của bạn.)