GLOSSARY
*. to overshadow: eclipsar
2. forthcoming: pròxim
3. no-nonsense: sensat
4. firefighter: bomber
5. source: font
6. to release: estrenar
7. turn: gir
8. ambassador at large: ambaixador extraordinari
9. relief: ajuda
10. to shuttle: anar i venir
11. to turn out: acabar
12. slice: porció
13. set: plató
14. rush: escena acabada de filmar
15. to dazzle: enlluernar
16. to book end: fer caber una activitat entre dues altres activitats
17. to delve: furgar
18. injury: lesió
19. threat: amenaça
20. to break through: superar
21. stuff: coses
22. to squeeze out: anar sortint a poc a poc
EXERCISE 1
Find the following cinema related words in the text.
1. The name for film in American English.
2. A biographical movie.
3. First showing of a film.
4. The part an actor plays in a film or play
5. To show a film in a cinema.
EXERCISE 2
In these sentences taken from the text, put the word in brackets in the correct form.
1. Mr. Penn accepted the part a day after ....................... (read) the script.
2. I wanted ...................... (be) surprised by the overall look of the movie.
3. I had ............................ (be) single-parenting after a divorce for about eight months.
4. You look behind you and the train is ............................. (come).
ANSWERS
1. movie / 2. biopic / 3. premiere /
4. role / 5. to screen
1. reading / 2. to be / 3. been /
4. coming