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Whats happening with

information today?

Can you relate the

following terms:

- Information-time

- Source-trust

- Internet-globalization

Media

Do you know what the media is? The media is

the means of public communication (i.e.

newspapers, magazines, television, radio,

internet, etc.) It provides basic information to a

large number of people at the same time.Media has changed our relation with time and

space. Now we can know what is happening at

the other end of the world in a split second. We

can watch a match or an event at the moment

it is taking place, even though it is far away.

The mass media has become one of the main

instruments of political campaigns. Politician use

the media to try to capture peoples attention,

supporters and votes.

The media reports on the issues and try to

give us the facts. But the information is not

always reliable. Sometimes the shows or the

information are influenced by the interests

of the owners of the network. Im sure youcan think of many examples, can you?

We have to realise that when we watch TV

we must use our critical thinking to review

the information and to reach our own

conclusions.

The media is part of our everyday life, so try

to be open-minded and think things through

when you are presented with information.

Do you think that society is over-influenced

by mass media?

Look at the words in bold in the text.Which word means:1. a careful way of thinking about things.2. a careful examination of a situation or process

3. someone who possesses something4. wanting to consider other people's ideas and opinions5. get to a particular point or situation6. that you can trust on it7. make an effort to do something8. a piece of information that is known to be true

Match the sentences:1. We read the news2. The mass media works at full3. Talk shows are very popular

4. Information affects us

a. on TV.b. during political campaigns.c. in the local newspapers.d. either directly or indirectly.


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Interview your parents, grandparents and partners.Where do they get their information from?

What is the media?

What does the mediagive us?

Where do you get yourinformation from?

Which is the most reliablemedium in your opinion?

What activity uses the massmedia to obtain peoplessupport?

Do you think TV influences

you? How?

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Relation Age Source

Add your results to your friends.Draw a chart.What means of communication is

the most used among your people?

Means of CommunicationRadio

TV

Internet

Newspapers


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Look at the film posters below. How would youclassify what kind of film they are? Have a look atthe list and write down your ideas.

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Go to www.imdb.com orwww.cuevana.comFind two movie titles for each genre

It is 83 years old this year.

It has the name of a man.

It is famous for its glamour and its long red carpet.

People see it in more than 100 countries.

It is in Los Angeles.

All the famous American actors and actresses will be there.

Guess: Who is this?

NOTE: : We generally use the term movie, which ismore common to American English. People in

Britain say film. At the Oscars Ceremony movies

are also called pictures.
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Movies matchMake and appropriatematch between the wordsin A and those in B.1. ____ Western

2. ____Cartoon3. ____Ghost movies4. ____comedy5. ____intelligent6. ____action movies7. ____Character8. ____movie theatre9. ____Adventure movies

a. funnyb. someone in a movie.c. cleverd. exciting

e. violentf. Cowboysg. place where we watchmovies.h. animation likeMickeymouse.i. frightening and full ofhorror.

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3Read the passage. Complete the gaps with the words below.

Last week, we went to see the new James Bond film. It was _____________ at the Odeon inthe city centre. We bought tickets at the ______________,and ________________ at the cinemashop. The ____________ looked at our tickets when we went in. We sat in the _____________.There were a lot of advertisements and _____________ for other films before the film started.

It was an exciting film, with lots of fantastic _____________ created by computers, anddangerous _____________, like people falling out of buildings. And because the Odeon has a

very big _______________, we felt we were in the film.

special effects - popcorn - stunts screen - box office cinema - usher - trailers - back row

Use the words below to answer the questions.

the latest release the soundtrack a trailer the credits

the rushes the titles a screen test a multiplex

1. What do you call the songs and background music to a film?2. What do you call a big cinema with lots of screens?3. What do you call the bit at the start of the film that tells you the name of the film, theactors and director? And what do you call the words on the screen at the end that tell you

who played who, and who was the cameraman, set designer, etc.?4. Which phrase means a new film?5. Which word means a short film made to advertise a new film?6. What do you call film before it is edited?7. What do you call a short scene filmed to find out if the actor is good in a particular part?

Answer the questions and then talk to a partner.

1. When did you last go to the cinema?

2. What did you see?3. What type of film was it?

4. Who directed it? Which film stars were in it?

5. What was it about?

6. Did you enjoy it? Why?

When making a film, in which orderdo you do the things in the list?

editing the film

filming

casting

releasing the film

writing the screenplay

finding locations

Match the people in A with thethings they do in B.Adirectorsproducers - film stars -co-stars - cameramen/women

B1. They provide the money tomake films.2. They make films. They tell theactors what to do.3. They control the camera.4. They are famous actors in films.5. They are actors in filmsbut notin the most important parts.


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Read the poster carefully.

Can you predict the story?


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Rescue Prostitution/Prostitute CIA: Central

Intelligence Agency Degradation Strangulation Determination Hit With A Fire

Extinguisher Attempted Murder Electrocution

Shot Multiple Times Thrown Off A Balcony Shot in the

Forehead/back/leg Abduction/Abducted Death Corpse Ex CIA Agent Car Crashes Into a

Building Handcuffed To A Pipe Kicked In The Face Stabbed In The

Leg/arm Secret Service Fight Gun Tape Recorder Brothel Sex Trafficking

Revenge Jumping Off A Bridge Teenage Daughter A Police Officer Hiding Under A Bed Government

Corruption Tied To A Bedpost Blood Spatter

Human Trafficking Knife Sex Trade Thong Screaming Politics Bodyguard Intravenous Violence Tortured To Death Murder

Disappearance Hit By a Truck Torture Jacket Explosion Teenage Girl Surveillance Bra And Panties Chase

Held At Gunpoint Syringe/Needle Drug Addiction/A Drug-

addict Immigrant Spit In The Face Slaughter Tough Guy Construction Site Car Crash Divorced Couple

Deception Blood Stealing A Car Virginity Kidnap/Kidnapper Extortion

Action scenesProstitutionand traffickingCharacters

Read the list and classify the words according to what they are related to.

Make sure you know what they mean.


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Try to connect as many words from the list onthe previous page to enlarge this mind map.How many connections did you get?

What does taken mean?

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Human trafficking is the topic of the movie,what does it involve?

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Bryan: I don't know _______ you are. I don't _________ what you

want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have

____________. But what I do have are a very particular set of

_____________; skills I have acquired over a very long career.

Skills that make me a ___________________ for people like you. If

you let my _____________ go now, that'll be the end of it. I will

not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look

for you, I will __________ you, and I will kill you.

Marko: [after a long pause] Good luck.

Nightmarewhofind

money skillsknow

daughter

Listen to the

telephone conversation

and complete the

dialogue with the

words from the box.

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What was Bryans job before he retired?_____________________________________________________________________Why did Bryan not want to sign the papers?______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________Why did the gang stop taking girls from Eastern Europe?______________________________________________________________________What strategies did Bryan use to know who was Marko?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Is this movie also about corruption, give examples?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Sam: The specialty of the groups coming out of this area is trafficking in girls/women.

Bryan: Keep going.

Sam: Okay. Their previous MO was to offer women from the emerging East-European

countries/nationslike Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria jobs in the west as maids and nannies.Once they smuggled them in, they'd addict them to drugs/narcoticsand turn them into prostitutes.Lately, however, they've decided that it's more economical just to kidnap traveling young women.Saves on transportation costs.

Lenore: [crying] Not my little baby.

Bryan: What else?

Sam: Based on what they know about the way these teams/groups operate, our analyst says youhave a sixty-nine/ninety-six hour window from the time she was grabbed.

Bryan: To what?

Sam: To never finding her.

Listen to the next telephone conversation and choose the right word in italics.


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Hi! What r u

doing?

Bored.

Wanna come?

Watching a

movie.

U come

Gr8!

Now?Yeah. B4 5

Ok.

See U

How often do you text yourfriends?

Do you always have somethingimportant to say?

What do you generally speakabout when you text?

Do you use contractions andshort forms to write faster?

Look at the text messages on theright. Can you decode them?

Bryan: I have a daughter who wants to be a singer.

I was wondering if you have any tips for her.

____________: Yeah, I do. Tell her pick another career.

____________: You have

sacrificed our marriage to

the service of the country,

you've made a mess of

your life in the service of

your country; can't you

sacrifice a little one time for

your own daughter?Kim: You don't have to worry.

_________: That's like telling water not to be wet, sweetie.

Look for all the verbs TO HAVE you can find and underline them.

1. Does it means the same in all the expressions?

2. Where does it make reference to an obligation/suggestion?

3. Where does it represent possession?

4. Where is it used as an auxiliary verb?

Set in motionFor this project, you will become part of the crew in the productionof a movie. In groups of 3, decide:

What kind of movie is it? Drama/Thriller/Action/Sci-Fi/etc.

Whats the tittle?

What is the main topic of the film?

Who are the main characters? Age/Gender/Nationality/profession

Exchange your first ideas withanother group.

Do you like your friends ideas?

What do you like the most?

What would you change?

Can you suggest any change?

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After reluctantly agreeing to let his17-year-old daughter, Kim (MaggieGrace), go to France with her bestfriend, Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) is

horrified to hear that she iskidnapped by an Albanian gangwhose specialty is prostitutionrings. With only 96 hours to gobefore he'll never find her again,Bryan rushes to France to save her.As a former CIA agent, he has all theskills necessary to rescue her - if he

can only find her.

Read the review carefully.

What information is included?

What information is not mentioned?

How many sentences has this review got?

Where can you read the review of a film?

What other things may be presented by a review?

Read this review on Life is Beautiful.Put the sentences in order.


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Liam Neeson was born in Northern Ireland, UK. He worked as

a factory operator, truck driver, assistant architect and an

amateur boxer. When he was young, he sought a career as

a teacher; however, in 1976, Neeson joined the Belfast Lyric

Players' Theatre and made his professional acting debut in

the play The Risen People. After two years, Neeson moved

to Dublin's Abbey Theatre where he performed the classics.

It was here that he was spotted by the director

of Excalibur(1981), which dealt with the legend of the King

Arthur.

From there, he acted in a number of average films and Television Mini-series until he gained

notice for his role as the mute in Suspect(1987). Neeson did not play the lead in a movie

until he appeared in Darkman (1990). However, his greatest role was Oskar

Schindler in Steven Spielberg's Schindlers List (1993). For this role, Neeson was nominated for

the Academy Award and the Golden Globe. In 1993, he made his Broadway debut inAnna

Christie. In the next 3 years, Neeson played characters close to his roots when he was the

eighteenth century Scottish Highlander Rob Roy (1995) and the Irish revolutionary

leaderMichael Collins (1996). He was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire

by Queen Elizabeth II twelve years ago.

In recent years, Neeson has very often taken roles in which he is a mentor/trainer/father

figure to a younger man, as in, for example, Batman Begins (2005), Gangs of New York

(2002), and Star Wars: Episode I Phantom Menace(1999). His character often must die

early in the movie or the student's life so that the young man can apply the Neeson

character's lessons to his own struggle.

True or false

1. Neeson is 59 years old.

2. He wanted to be a teacher.

3. He started his acting career in the theatre.

4. His first role in a movie was in a classic.

5. Liam was nominated for an Oscar thanks

to his acting in Schindlers List .

6. Neeson became Sir in 1996.

Complete the text with similar time expressions

from the text.

1.Last night / last _______ / last month /last year

2.Two days ago / three weeks ago / five

months ago / twelve ________ _______

3.In 2004 / in 1999 /____ 1993

4.When he went to school / when he ____ ____

5.________ two years / after three months.

6. Until he was 20 / _______ _____ appeared
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Complete with the right form of the verb

1. John Lennon and Paul McCartney, were (be) at school when they (meet)_________.

2. Bill Gates, head of Microsoft, _________(start) his first computer company when he

_____ (be) fourteen.

3. Michael Jordan, the world's best basketball player,____________(not like) basketball

as a child - he______________(prefer) baseball.

4. Beethoven _____________ (write) his first composition when he _________ (be) ten.

4. Pele _______________ (score) two goals for Brazil in the 1958 World Cup final when he

___________ (be) seventeen.

5. Albert Einstein___________(not pass) his physics exam at school.

Make questions about Maggie Grace's life.

Then answer the questions.

Example

1 Was Maggie born in Canada?

No,she wasnt. She was born in USA

1 Maggie/ born in Canada?

2 Launch her acting career / 1999?

3 when / appear in CSI?

4 Who / represent in LOST?

Write a paragraph with this data

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( )

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Study MAGGIE GRACE s biodata

and finish each sentence in four

different ways.

Example

Maggie was born in 1983.

She was born twenty-eight years ago.She wasnt born until 1983.

She launched her acting career...

Set in motionCharactersWho are the actors in your movie? Decide on a celebrity that mayfit in the role you need.Can you write the biography of one of the main characters.

Find the BIODATA of your actor/actress.

Write a paragraph with theinformation that you collected.

Do n t c o p y a n dp a s t e ! ! !

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Sexual Slavery is a harsh reality for millions of people all over the world. People are trapped in

an abusive system. Young women and girls are bought and sold like objects, and treated

with no dignity or human decency. They are victims of a perverse, violent and world-wide

trafficking network.

Slavery exists in a variety of forms, but all forms of slavery share some common

characteristics: slaves are forced to work; are owned or controlled by an "employer"; are

dehumanized and treated as commodities; and are physically constrained and unable to

move. For example, when they try to scape, they are beaten with metal objects and

handcuffed to a pole in caves; and when the victims refuse to work, they are burned with

cigarettes, tortured or beaten down.

Argentina is primarily a destination country for men, women and children trafficked for sexual

exploitation and labour. Most foreign victims are women and children trafficked from

Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic. They are taken to the country to

supply Argentinas sex trade. Argentine victims are similarly trafficked from rural to urban

areas. Kidnappers work in networks and rotate victims from province to province, too.

Generally, traffickers drug and abduct girls in broad day-light and in front of witnesses. But

the witnesses are generally too scared to talk. However, girls into prostitution are not always

kidnapped. Sometimes, they are lured with promises of a good-paid job to scape from the

poverty they grow up in.

Like in the movie Taken, these girls leave a family behind. In every city, in every province and

in every country there are mothers, fathers, sons and daughter trying desperately to find their

lost relatives in a constant and agonising search. However, this is a subject that the

government and media rarely talk about.

Slavery's New Face:

Sex Trafficking of Women and Girls


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Kidnapped or abducted

Forced to work

To beat someone down

Handcuffed to a pole

A witness / to witness

Refuse to work

World-wide network

Handcuffs

Owned or controlledby an employer

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Set in motionDVD cover

You are about to launch your movie into the market.You need to produce an appealing DVD cover.

Look at the examples in the previous pages.What information is provided?1

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