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“First conditionals ” versus “second conditionals
”
In this month’s grammar fun section we’ll be looking at the difference between “first conditionals” and ond conditionals”
“sec-Conditionals in general
Conditionals are formed with two clauses: one clause with “if”;
and the other clause with a variety of verb forms We can use
conditionals to express cause and effect, to talk about hypotheses,
and to express probability or certainty The choice of conditional
depends entirely on the speaker, and how he or she sees a
particular situation There are no fixed rules for when you have to
use a conditional It is important to remember this
The First Conditional
First conditional sentences are formed by using a present tense verb
with the “if clause”, and another clause with “will”, or any other
modal verb such as “may”, “might”, “could”, “should”, “must”, etc
For example:
a) If she leaves early, she will catch the train
b) If you are thirsty, you must drink some water
c) If I find Janie’s keys, I might give them back to her.
d) If we don’t hurry up, we may arrive late
We use the first conditional to talk about things that will probably
happen For example:
“I will help you, if you tell me the answer.”
We can place the “if” clause at the end or at the beginning of the
sentence In these cases, notice how there is a comma after the “if”
clause For example:
“If you tell me the answer, I will help you.”
Second Conditional
We form the second conditional with if + a past tense, and would +
an infinitive For example:
“If you left now, you would arrive on time.”
We use the second conditional to talk about situations in the
future Notice how we use a past tense verb even though we are expressing things about the future The use of the past makes the probability more remote and less likely
It is also possible to use a different modal verb such as “might” and
“could”, etc For example:
“If we knew where Eric lived, we could visit him.”
In the “if” clause, it is possible to use “were” in place of “was” for the first and third person singular For example:
a) If I were/was you, I wouldn’t speak to him today – he’s in a
bad mood
b) If she were/was richer, she would live in Paris.
Zero, First and Second Conditionals - A ComparisonCompare the following sentences:
a) If Tom comes, I leave.
b) If Tom comes, I will leave
c) If Tom came, I would leave
The meanings are similar, but there are subtle differences
In sentence “a” the speaker is referring to something that always happens
In sentence “b” the speaker is referring to a future action that will probably happen if something else does
And in sentence “c” the speaker is referring to a future situation that is not so certain or probable
And remember, in many cases it is the speaker who decides which conditional to use
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Now, let’s try an exercise First, pause the CD and look at the list of
words below See if you can say the word correctly with the omitted
syllable or letters Write the word with the missing syllables or
letters in the space provided Then, play the CD and check your
Now let’s look at something different: inter-word elision In
ordinary speech, you can sometimes hear how two words join
together, and one of the sounds gets “eaten” For example,
“mashed potato” becomes “mash potato” This is a common
feature of spoken English, and you will often hear examples of
this in conversations where people speak fast and there is lots of
connected speech
Below there are some examples of the elided forms of two words
Listen and repeat
Two Words Elided Form Going to Gonna = I’m gonna go tomorrow Want to Wanna = I wanna take you out Must have Musta = It musta been them Would have Woulda = I woulda done it if I’d had
Lots of Lotsa = We had lotsa food
Have to Hafta = I hafta go
Has to Hasta = She hasta tell me the answer Had to Hadda = I hadda tell her
An ExerciseNow, let’s try an exercise Listen to the following sentences and see
if you can write down the words you hear This is difficult as there are some examples of inter-word elision Write the words in their complete form (not the abbreviated version) We’ve done the first one for you
1 We had lots of food last night
INNER-WORD ELISION IN ENGLISH
Last month we looked at elision in English, and how some words have syllables that are not pronounced, or that have syllables that are replaced by the schwa sound We looked at a variety of examples, including the word “chocolate”, which appears to have four
syllables: “cho” + “co” + “la” + “te”; but in fact only has two syllables when it is spoken: “choclet” (Answers on page 46.)
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hot outside What do you do?
a) I rest under a tree and have a siesta
b) I go for a swim
c) I go for a run, then go to play a game of tennis
2 You are going to the beach What clothes do you wear?
a) I put on my leopard skin tanga, my favourite gold medallion,
and my Armani flip flops I am so cool
b) A pair of swimming trunks
c) A nicely-ironed shirt, a pair of khaki shorts, thick white socks
pulled up to the knees, and a pair of black sandals
3 You are with your family in a restaurant Your children are:
a) Running around, playing with the waiter and entertaining the
other guests
b) Eating
c) Sitting at their seats with straight backs, politely eating and
not saying a word
4 As you are walking along the street, you see a man whipping a
dog with his belt What do you do?
a) I run over to the man, take off my belt and join in the fun
b) I report the incident to the police
c) I thrash the scoundrel How dare he treat a dog that way!
5 It’s Saturday night What are you gong to do?
a) I’m going out with some friends to have a couple of drinks
Later, we’ll go dancing in a club until six in the morning
b) I’m going to go to the cinema
c) I’m going to get blind drunk, then I’m going to have a curry
Later, I’ll collapse on my bed at home The next day I won’t
remember a thing
6 It’s time for breakfast What are you going to have?
a) A croissant, a strong cup of coffee and four cigarettes b) Some toast and marmalade
c) Eggs, bacon, beans, tomato, sausages and lots of toast To drink I’ll have a cup of tea
7 Someone holds the door open for you What do you say?
a) Nothing – I didn’t notice
b) What? I don’t understand the question?
c) I say, “thank you”
8 You are at a disco What are you doing?
a) I’m dancing with lots of rhythm and style
b) I’m sitting at the bar having a drink
c) I’m making large circular movements with my arms, and
thrusting my hips backwards and forwards more or less in rhythm
to the music It’s great fun
how dare he… exp
people use this to express their anger
blind drunk n
very drunk
I won’t remember a thing exp
I won’t remember anything
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This month we are looking at some deliberately funny signs See if you can explain the humour behind the message Then, check our “Humour Analysis” section for a full explanation
writing for blind people (people who can’t see)
1 On the door of a computer store (New York City, USA):
“Out for a quick byte.”
2 Inside a bowling alley (Southampton, England):
“Please be quiet, we need to hear a pin drop.”
3 On a sign in a funeral home (Wisconsin, USA):
“Drive carefully We’ll wait.”
4 On a display of Valentine cards that read “I only love you”
(Michigan, USA):
“Now available in multi-packs.”
5 On a highway (California, USA):
“Caution, state correctional facility ahead Do not pick up
hitch-hikers.”
6 A sign outside a furniture store (West Virginia, USA):
“Antique Tables Made Here Daily.”
7 On a sign with Braille writing (The British Museum,
London, England):
“Please do not touch this exhibit.”
Humour Analysis
1 If you are “out for a quick bite”, you have left the office to get
something to eat “Byte” (a unit of computing data) is nounced the same as “bite”
pro-2 This is a play on words based around the word “pin”
a) If you can “hear a pin drop”, there is total silence
b) In bowling alleys, you throw a ball towards the bowling pins (the
10 objects you try to hit as you are bowling)
3 “Drive carefully We’ll wait for you to die.”
4 Only a Don Juan would buy a multi-pack of cards saying “I only
love you”
5 The implication here is that any hitch-hiker may be an escaped
convict So, you should be careful
6 As you know, it is impossible to make “authentic antiques” on a
daily basis
7 How are they going to know that they can’t touch the exhibit
without touching it?
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What a strange day I had last week I put on my clothes and favourite vest and took the baby for a walk in the stroller Later, I went to work on the subway Once I was out of the subway, I stopped at a store to buy some suspenders for my brother – it was his birthday in two weeks How-ever, as I was waiting to pay, this robber came in with a gun I just jumped on the guy, and the store owner called the police She said, “Thanks, buddy Can I get you a drink?” And I said, “Yes, I’ll have a straight whisky.”
Push-chair
6. Subway (an underground train system)
Underground
7. Suspenders (objects you wear
to hold your trousers
in place)
Braces
8. Two weeks (14 days)
Fortnight
1 Vest (a jacket
with no arms that
you wear under an
(some-thing you say to
someone when you
are content)
Cheers
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Technician: Installing a firewall
Rufus: What’s that?
Technician: It’ll limit your internet access and protect you
from in-coming e-mails that potentially harm your computer
Rufus: How does it work?
Technician: It’s simple The screening of the e-mails takes place
automatically Aside from that, you have to run the
virus checker every couple of weeks to make sure
you aren’t infected Also, you’ll need to regularly
download any new anti-virus programmes
Rufus: And how do I do that?
Technician: A message box will pop up every now and then
warning you that your computer is potentially unsafe
You just click on the button, and the programme will take you through the procedure It’s so simple – even you can do it
Rufus: Thanks
Technician: I mean, with an ADSL line the whole downloading
process will take about five minutes
Rufus: What?
Technician: You know, broadband, as opposed to a dial-up
connection
Rufus: I don’t know what kind of line we have here
Technician: Well, you should Whatever, I’ll have to change your
POP3 server, and your SMTP numbers
Rufus: I haven’t got a clue what you’re talking about, but
please, be my guest
(Five minutes later.)
Technician: So, that’s it then Just re-boot your computer and
the firewall will be activated automatically
Rufus: And that means?
Technician: That means you’ll be safe against worms, viruses
or any other form of technological attack from
unsolicited sites
Rufus: Oh, right (The computer makes a frizzling noise.)
Technician: What the… ? Rufus: What’s that? The computer screen has gone all
blank
Technician: I don’t know (The computer makes a frizzling noise.)
We seem to be under some sort of virus attack.Rufus: So, what are you going to do about that?
Technician: I don’t know Just let me think (The computer
explodes.) Oh, God I hate my job.
AUDIO
Listen to this dialogue and learn lots of useful business vocabulary and expressions The answers are on page 46
In this dialogue, Rufus comes into the office to find a computer technician working on
Rufus’ computer Rufus wants to know what’s happening to his computer Listen to the
dialogue and answer these two questions
1 What level of computer knowledge does Rufus have?
2 How would you describe the technician’s attitude?
G L O S S A R Y
a firewall n
a computer programme that protects your computer from viruses
the screening of the e-mails exp
checking e-mails in order to eliminate viruses
to run a virus checker exp
to start a programme that looks for viruses
to download vb
to take a programme from the internet and
to put it onto your computer
a POP3 server abbr
Post Office Protocol A mailbox on your server where messages arrive for you to read
an SMTP number abbr
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol The area on your server that takes your mail and sends
it to other people
I haven’t got a clue exp
I really don’t know
a screen n
the flat object you look at while you are working on a computer
to go all blank exp
if a screen “goes all blank”, all the information on it suddenly disappears
Part II - Exercise
Now listen to some extracts from the conversation again You will notice there are some missing words and a beeping sound See if you can write the missing word The answers are on the CD
1 It’ll limit your internet access and protect you incoming e-mails
2 A message box will pop _ every now and then
3 The programme will take you _ the procedure
4 That means that you’ll be safe _ worms
5 We seem to be _ some sort of virus attack
6 So, what are you going to do that?
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Crank Calls
Telephone conversations to help improve your listening skills.
Crank Call I: The Gun
For this call, we put in a classified ad to sell an old gun It didn’t
take long before someone called us asking about the gun Listen to
the conversation and answer this question:
What does the gun owner pretend has happened at the end?
Victim: Hello, I was calling about the gun
Hot: Oh, yes, the gun
Victim: Er, can you tell me something about it?
Hot: Yeah, well, it’s a gun
Victim: Right, what make is it?
Hot: Oh, a bit of an expert, are you?
Victim: No, no, I was just wondering what, erm…
Hot: … it’s a Winchester
Victim: A Winchester Could I see it?
Hot: Yes, but I’m not giving it away It’ll cost you
Victim: Well, I do need to see it
Hot: Look, I need a bit of commitment here
Victim: OK, what kind of condition is it in?
Hot: Perfect Well, it’s a bit rusty, and it hasn’t been fired
for a while, but, erm… (bang)
Victim: Hello, hello
Hot: Ah…
Victim: Are you all right?
Crank Call II: The Record Company
For this call, we phoned up a record company to inform them of the arrival of a very important person Listen to the conversation and answer this question:
What mistake does the caller make regarding the song?
Victim: Boney Music, how can I help you?
Hot: Hello, this is Brian I’m calling from Dum’s Management
Agency
Victim: Yes
Hot: Just to inform you that Michael will be arriving later… Victim: Michael?
Hot: Yes, he’ll be arriving round noon…
Victim: Michael who?
Hot: Michael Mick Mick Jagger
Victim: Oh
Hot: So, make sure everything is just the way he likes it Victim: Excuse me…
Hot: Have you got the bowl of M & Ms? And get rid of the
red ones He doesn’t like them
Hot: Look I’m a busy man Just use your head I don’t
know, slap on a copy of “Yellow Submarine” or
something like that
Victim: “Yellow…” that’s a Beatles song, isn’t it?
Hot: What?
Victim: It’s not a Stones song It’s the Beatles
Hot: Beatles? Oh, right Well, whatever.
to give something away exp
to give something to someone for free
it’ll cost you exp
you will have to pay for it
I need a bit of commitment here exp
I need you to convince me you are going to buy it
rusty adj
metal that is “rusty” has a layer of red powder
on it because it has been exposed to water and air
a plate that is used to eat soup
to get rid of something exp
to throw something away
gotta abbr
(have) got to
busy adj
if you are “busy”, you have many things to do
use your head exp
think
to slap on phr vb
to put on
whatever exp
do what you want
Here are some more crank calls - those funny telephone calls that are designed to wind people up Have fun listening to these two (Answers on page 46.)
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Our monthly song from new
artists and bands
HOT SONG
“Hallelujah – Hai”
by Rescue Party (British band)
Here’s another song by one of Hot English’s favourite
bands: Rescue Party For more information and more
songs, please visit www.rescueparty.net or contact:
gerald@geraldmasters.com
Music and lyrics by Rescue Party Copyright 2005 Used by Permission.
Just like water dropping on sand, you can’t hold the
time in your hand,
It is here – then it’s gone, Hallelujah – Hai It is here –
then it’s gone, Hallelujah – Hai
A tiny world, a million suns, everything goes and
everything comes,
We are near – we are one, Hallelujah – Hai We are near
– we are one, Hallelujah – Hai
Chorus
You will find us here one day, will you leave or will you
stay?
We’re not alone now, on our now now, Hallelujah – Hai
If the stars are born from you, we must be your children
too,
We’re not alone now, on our own now, Hallelujah – Hai
Floating through the deep blue space, who will find this
human race?
We are here! We belong, Hallelujah – Hai We are here!
We are one, Hallelujah – Hai
(repeat chorus)
Flowing out of you,
Flowing into me,
Let it rise up through,
Let our spirit free (repeat chorus)
Computer Care
How to look after your computer
Test your computer RAM by loading lots of Playstation games onto your computer and trying to run them all at the same time
See how long you can balance a cup of copy on the edge of your hard
drive When the cup falls, spend the rest of the day soaking up the
liquid with a sponge
Test your anti-virus programme by opening suspicious looking e-mails and seeing if your system gets infected
When your computer breaks down, call in a technician and watch as she
spends hours reloading programmes onto your computer Later, pay a
bill that is more than double the price of a new computer
Printer jam? Just pull the paper out with one hard, violent movement
See how much information your computer will store before it crashes, and you lose all the files you haven’t been backing up
if there is a “printer jam”, there is paper trapped
in the printer (the machine that prints pages from a computer) and it won’t work
the yellow substance that consists
of small pieces of stone It can be
to flow out of you exp
if something “flows out of you”,
it leaves you in a continuous movement
to let vb
to permit
to rise up phr vb
to go to a higher level
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God Speaks
There’s this really religious man called Jim, who lives near a river One
day, the river rises over the banks and floods the town As a result,
Jim is forced to climb onto his roof While he’s sitting there, a man
in a boat comes along and tells Jim to get in the boat with him
“No, that’s OK,” Jim says, “God will take care of me.”
So, the man in the boat goes away
An hour later, another boat comes along, and the person in the boat
tells Jim to get in
“No, that’s OK,” Jim says, “God will take care of me.”
The person in the boat then leaves
The water rises even more, and Jim climbs onto his chimney A few
minutes later, a helicopter comes along and lowers a ladder for Jim
The woman in the helicopter tells Jim to climb up the ladder and
get in
“No, that’s OK,” Jim says, “God will take care of me.”
Finally, the water rises too high and Jim drowns
Later, when Jim goes to heaven, he finds himself face to face
with God
Jim says to God, “You told me that you would take care of me! What
happened?”
God replies, “Well, I sent you two boats and a helicopter What else
did you want?”
Punishment
A blind man is walking down the street with his guide dog one day
when they come to a busy intersection Normally the dog stops
and waits for the lights to change, but this time he just leads the
blind man right out into the thick of the traffic This is followed
by the screech of tyres and horns blaring as panicked drivers try
desperately not to run the pair down
The blind man and the dog finally reach the pavement on the other
side of the street One minute later, the blind man takes out a biscuit
from his coat pocket, and offers it to the dog Amazed, a
passer-by says to the blind man, “Why on earth are you giving your dog a
biscuit? He nearly got you killed!”
And the blind man replies, “I want to find out where his head is, so I
can kick his backside.”
The Phone Call
A man and his pregnant partner are at home when her
contractions suddenly start The man grabs the phone and
frantically dials the number for the hospital “Hey, my wife is
pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!” he
screams down the phone
“Is this her first child?” the doctor asks
“No, you idiot!” the man shouts “This is her husband!”
to take care of someone exp
to look after someone
he finds himself face to face with God exp
he discovers he is in front of God
into the thick of the traffic exp
into the busy road
a screech of tyres n
a noise made when cars suddenly stop The
“tyres” are the rubber objects around the wheel
to scream down the phone exp
to shout at someone who you are talking to
on the phone
Story time
Jokes, stories and anecdotes as told by native English speakers
In this section you can hear native English speakers telling each other jokes.
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Trang 20Do you want to sound more fluent in English? In this lesson, we’ll help you improve your spoken English with some
really useful expressions All of them consist of two main words And many of them rhyme or start with the same
sounds* This makes them easier to learn and remember Best of all, native speakers use these expressions a lot, so
they’re really useful OK? Let’s start!
4 Black and blue
If you’re “black and blue”, you have
bruises on your skin because you’ve
been hit or injured
Example: I was all black and blue
after falling off the electric scooter.
5 Dribs and drabs
If something happens in “dribs and drabs”, it happens slowly, and in small amounts
Example: Guests to the party arrived
in dribs and drabs.
6 Fair and square
If something such as a competition, game or decision is “fair and
square”, it’s honest, fair and
transparent
Example: I think I won that game fair and square, even though Pete would probably disagree with that.
1 Bit by bit
If something happens “bit by bit”,
it happens slowly and gradually
Example: They’re renovating the
house bit by bit as they can’t afford
to do it all at once.
2 Bright and early
If you get up “bright and early”, you get up very early in the morning
Example: I like to get up bright and early every day on holiday so I can
go for a swim before breakfast.
3 Spick and span
If an area, room or house is “spick and span”, it’s very clean
Example: I cleaned the whole house and it’s all spick and span now.
12 USEFUL EXPRESSIONS TO
SPOKEN ENGLISH!
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If you’re “high and dry”, you’re trapped
in a place without any help, equipment,
resources…
Example: There wasn’t another flight until
the following day, so we were left high and
dry in the airport with nowhere to stay.
Sick and tired
If you’re “sick and tired” of something, you’re angry about it, and you don’t want
it to happen anymore
Example: I’m sick and tired of having to explain the rules to them every day!
9 Back and forth
If you go “back and forth”, you travel to
and from a place a lot
Example: I’m tired of having to drive
50km back and forth to London every day
I think I’ll just move to the centre.
10Alive and well
If someone is “alive and well”, they’re finally safe after being in danger
Example: We eventually found the lost climbers and I’m pleased to report that they’re all alive and well.
11First and foremost
We use “first and foremost” before
we refer to the most important part
of something; it’s like saying “most
importantly”
Example: First and foremost, I’d just like to
thank everybody for helping me get this
far in my career.
12Far and wide
If things (such as buildings, restaurants, petrol stations…) are “far and wide”, there aren’t many of them, or they’re
spread over a big distance
Example: Restaurants are far and wide in this area
If people come from “far and wide”, they come from many different and distant countries or places
Example: Visitors came from far and wide
to attend the concert.
GLOSSARY
to renovate vb
if you “renovate” a building or house, you repair, fix, paint it, etc and make it look good
can’t afford exp
if you “can’t afford” something, you don’t have money for it
to remember
• In some cases, the words start with the same consonant sound For example:
The / f / sound: first and
dry
The / eə / sound: fair and
square.
*THE SAME SOUNDS
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Complete the sentences with the words from below
1 I cleaned the whole house and it’s all spick and
5 First and , I’d like to thank everybody
for all their help
6 I’m sick and of having to do the same
thing every day!
2 Sentence completion
Complete the sentences with the correct words
1 I like to get up bright and every day on holiday
2 I’m tired of having to drive 50km back and
to London every day
3 I think I won that game fair and
4 They’re renovating the house bit by
5 Guests to the party arrived in dribs and
6 I was all black and after falling off the electric scooter
dry span tired wide well foremost
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Trang 24Legolas in The Lord of the Rings trilogy
He’s also had major roles in the Pirates of
the Caribbean film series and the movie Troy Orlando was born in Canterbury,
England For many years he thought his father was Harry Bloom, a South African lawyer But in his teens, he discovered that his biological father was in fact a family friend called Colin Stone
Fry and Wilde
Orlando went to St Edmunds School in Canterbury, but struggled
because of his dyslexia In 1993, he moved to London and joined
the National Youth Theatre He had a few television roles and made
his film debut in Wilde (1997) with Stephen Fry That same year
he started studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in
London, the same place where British actors Ewan McGregor and Jude
Law have studied
Hospital
In 1998, Bloom broke his back after a fall from a three-storey building
At the time, they thought he would never walk again; however, he made
a complete recovery and walked out of the hospital twelve days later
It was while he was at drama school that he landed his first
major role as Legolas in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003)
This turned Bloom from an unknown actor into one of the world’s
hottest celebrities The same year that The Lord of the Rings: The
Fellowship of the Ring was released, he was chosen as one of Teen
People Magazine’s “25 Hottest Stars Under 25” He was named People
Magazine’s hottest Hollywood bachelor in the magazine’s 2004 list
He recently starred in the film The Outpost, and is currently starring
in the TV show Carnival Row
An Orlando Bloom Quote
“When you start to live your dream, it’s not quite what you thought it was because there is a lot of overwhelming stuff that comes on top of it, and you have
to figure it out I wish I could just be in the movies, and
still enjoy everything else like a normal person.”
Orlando Bloom
Orlando Bloom is one of Hollywood’s hottest actors at the moment Bloom starred in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and the Pirates of the Caribbean film series Let’s find out more about him
Kirsten Dunst
American actress Kirsten Dunst is famous for her
role in Sofia Coppola’s film The Virgin Suicides, and
Elizabethtown, which she starred in alongside British
actor Orlando Bloom Let’s find out more about her
Woody
Kirsten Caroline Dunst was born on 30th April 1982 in New
Jersey, USA Her father is Klaus Dunst, a German, and her mother
is Inez Dunst, a former art-gallery owner Kirsten started out in
showbiz at the age of three, where she began filming television
commercials (a grand total of more than 70) She made her
film debut in the Woody Allen film New York Stories (1989) In
the same year her family moved to Los Angeles, where her film
career took off
Vampires
In 1994 she made her breakthrough in the film Interview with
the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) with stars such
as Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise Her performance earned her a
Golden Globe nomination, the MTV Award for Best Breakthrough
Performance and the Saturn award for Best Young Actress In
1995, she was named one of People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful
People Over the next few years she made a string of hit movies
including Little Women (1994), Jumanji (1995) and Small Soldiers
(1998)
2000 was a big year for Kirsten: she received rave reviews for
her role in Sofia Coppola’s independent film The Virgin Suicides
(1999); and she proved her status as a leading actress in the
comedy hit Bring It On (2000) Some of her recent work includes starring in the comedy series On Becoming a God in Central
Florida
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he landed his first major role exp
he was given his first big part
a bachelor n
a man who is not married
to figure something out exp
to understand a problem, or to find the tion to a problem
solu-showbiz n
showbusiness - the world of film, music and theatre
a commercial n
a piece of publicity on the television
to make your film debut exp
to appear in a film for the first time
to make a breakthrough exp
to act in a film that suddenly makes you famous
a woman who stars in a film
to get on with someone exp
to have a good relationship with someone
to make your way to a place exp
to go to a place
to deal with something exp
to give your attention to a problem in order
to find a solution to that thing
to handle a funeral exp
Elizabethtown tells the story of Drew Baylor He’s a shoe
designer, and he creates the world’s worst shoe, losing the
company about a billion dollars There seems to be only one
option open to him: suicide However, his life is saved by a
phone call from his sister She’s calling to tell him that their
father died while visiting the family in Elizabethtown So,
rather than killing himself, Drew decides to go to Kentucky to
prepare for the funeral
While he’s on the airplane to Louisville (en-route to
Elizabethtown), he meets a flight attendant called Claire
(Kirsten Dunst), and they get on really well Later, Drew makes
his way to Elizabethtown, and has to deal with his father’s
side of the family, all with different ideas on how to handle
the funeral (burial or cremation) That night, Drew is desperate
for somebody to talk to, so he calls Claire and the two share
an all-night telephone call A short while after, they meet up,
and the rest of the movie is all about Drew and Claire’s budding
romance.
Film Tri via
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