Rozumíte filmové angličtině?
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Přivedla vás pandemie k častějšímu sledování filmů a seriálů v anglickém jazyce? V následujícím testu určeném středně pokročilým mluvčím si vyzkoušíte, jak dokážete porozumět angličtině spojené se světem filmu a streamu. Pro Lidové noviny ho vypracovala jazyková škola Jipka, která mimo jiné nabízí i individuální online kurzy angličtiny. V testu si společně s Lily, Davidem a Stellou projdete např. slovní zásobu či fráze z oblíbených seriálů nebo si zkusíte přeložit anglické názvy filmů do češtiny. Za každou správně zodpovězenou otázku si započítáte 1 bod, pouze u cvičení č. 4 je každá správná věta za 2 body.
Lily and David live in Prague with their daughter Stella. David works as a sales manager, Lily has just started a job as an assistant and Stella is a student. Currently they are working and studying from home and they are spending most of their free time at home as well. As they are watching a lot of television, they have decided to improve their English watching TV. Have a look at their favourite TV shows in our test.
David decides to subscribe to a streaming service. He explains to Lily why it is a good idea. After reading the reasons why watching TV is good for improving English decide whether the sentences below are true or false:
• English from films and series is natural and it is close to everyday English.
• Our listening skills will benefit greatly.
• We will be able to hear many different accents.
• We will become more familiar with the sounds of English and the rhythm of the language.
• We can hear how things are really said and improve our pronunciation skills.
• We will remember new words better when they are associated with something engaging.
• As we hear the same words and expressions again and again, we will be able to deduce the meaning of the word without having to look it up in a dictionary.
• We can use English subtitles to improve our spelling and reading while we watch.
• Watching films and series in English will help our conversational skills.
1. English language in films and series is quite stylized. 2. Watching in English will be good for our listening skills. 3. We will only listen to one type of English, the British English. 4. We will recognise English sounds easily.
5. Our pronunciation skills will not get better.
6. We will not remember new words, because we will focus on a story.
7. We will hear every word or expression only once.
8. Czech subtitles will help improve our spelling and reading. 9. Watching in English will improve our conversational skills.
David’s friend Hugo is a huge fan of watching TV. He will help David choose the right streaming service. Read a short text about Hugo and answer the questions below.
Hugo is in his early forties. He works as a graphic designer. He is tall and slim and very handsome. When he was younger, he used to work as an underwear model. Hugo is smart, quick-witted and he has a dry sense of humor. When it comes to friends, he is very loyal and caring. Hugo loves pizza and sandwiches and he drinks a lot of coke. He is single and has no children. His girlfriend has recently left him because he spends most of his free time watching television. He is a great fan of streaming services and he has become a binge-watcher; that means he watches many episodes of a TV show one after another over a short period of time.
1. How old is Hugo?
2. Does Hugo work as an underwear designer?
3. Why has Hugo’s girlfriend left him?
4. Who is a binge-watcher? 5. What is Hugo’s favourite food?
David has finally chosen a streaming service and he is ready to start binge-watching his favourite series called ‘Peaky Blinders’. It is a drama series which is a gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham and centred on a gang and their ambitions. The story centres on the Romani/Irish gang and their boss Tommy Shelby. The gang comes to the attention of Chief Inspector Major Chester, who was sent from Belfast to take down the gang.
Look at the words and phrases from the series and try to match them with their definitions. You can watch the series before completing the exercise, or you can use a dictionary to help you match the words with their definitions. 1. witchcraft 2. cave 3. slum 4. mansion 5. powder 6. race 7. council 8. bribe 9. munitions 10. suspect 11. whizz 12. reward 13. sacrifice 14. factory hand 15. beggar
a) a large house b) a competition between horses c) a dry substance in the form of very small grains d) a person thought to be guilty of a crime e) the act of giving up something important or valuable f) a natural underground chamber g) a thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement h) a meeting for consultation and advice i) a district inhabited by very poor people j) the practice of magic k) worker in a factory l) a whistling or buzzing sound made by something moving fast through the air m) military weapons such as guns, bullets n) money given to somebody so that they will help you by doing something dishonest or illegal o) a homeless person who lives by asking for money or food
With ‘Peaky Blinders’, David is brushing up on his conditionals. Conditionals, or ‘if clauses’, describe the result of something that will or might happen in the present or future or might have happened, but didn’t, in the past. They are made using different English verb tenses. Let’s have a look at The First and The Second Conditionals:
The First Conditional for real situations:
If + present simple, ... will + infinitive; here we think that the result is really possible:
If I let the Italians do this, Danny, they’ll cut off your manhood and let you drain.
The Second Conditional for hypothetical situations:
If + past simple, ... would + infinitive; these are unreal or imaginary situations:
If I knew, I’d buy the cure from Compton’s Chemists.
Now put each verb in brackets into the appropriate verb form.
1. We … (keep) this between ourselves if you … (swear) not to leave guns lying around.
2. If they … (come) for us, we … (cut) them a smile each.
3. If it … (be) common criminals, I … (find) them and find the guns.
4. If they … (want) them back this bad, they … (have) to pay. 5. You sure this isn’t heaven? If it … (be) heaven, what … I … (do) here?
Lily loves food very much, so she finds any shows about cooking really interesting. She has just started watching Chef’s Table, a documentary which presents a different chef in each episode. After watching the first episode Lily decides to prepare grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner tonight.
Check the recipe for ingredients and decide which three ingredients are missing on Lily’s shopping list. Grilled Cheese Sandwich Chef’s Table: Ingredients: 2 slices bread
a` la 1 slice Gruye`re cheese
1 slice Parmesan cheese
1 slice yellow cheddar
1 slice white cheddar softened butter olive oil
Lily’s shopping list:
1 kilo tomatoes; olive oil; basil; white cheddar cheese; Parmesan cheese; Gruye`re cheese; milk; 1 kilo apples; chicken; sausages; potatoes; 2 bottles red wine
The three things missing on Lily’s shopping list are: ...
Read the directions on how to make Grilled Cheese Sandwich `a la Chef’s Table and put the sentences below in the correct order.
Directions:
First, butter the bread slices on one side. Then drizzle olive oil on a medium-hot griddle. Put buttered bread slices on the griddle, butter side down. Add cheeses on one bread slice and move bread around on the griddle as cheese melts. Check the colour of bread slices; when golden brown, place one slice of bread on the other, cheese down. Butter the top of the sandwich lightly again, flip and butter a new top of the sandwich. Move the sandwich around on the griddle for 4–5 minutes. Keep checking for the bread colour, it is easy to burn. Put more butter on the bread and serve with fresh vegetables.
a) Flip the bread. b) Put the slices of bread on the griddle. c) Grill for another 5 minutes. d) Butter the bread slices on one side. e) Let the cheese melt. f) Prepare the griddle: pre-heat and oil it. g) Put more butter on top of the bread. h) Put more butter on a new top of the sandwich. i) Add cheese on one slice of the bread. j) Link the two slices of bread.
The family want to watch a movie in the evening. They would like to choose a film together. They are reading film reviews on the internet. Unfortunately, the names of the films have been translated into Czech. Help them find the original English title.
Match the Czech name of the movie with its English original. 1. Ledové království
2. Kokain
3. Zkus mě rozesmát
4. Než si pro nás přijde
5. Fotr je lotr
6. Počátek
7. Gauneři
8. Blbý a blbější
9. Ajťáci
10. Dannyho parťáci
a) Ocean’s Eleven b) The Bucket List c) Dumb & Dumber d) Meet the Parents e) Reservoir Dogs f) Frozen g) The IT Crowd h) Just Go with It i) Blow j) Inception
They decided to watch Frozen as it is one of Stella’s favourite movies. Read the beginning of the story and put the verbs in brackets in a correct tense, past simple or past continuous.
Once upon a time, there 1. ………. (be) two princesses, sisters named Anna and Elsa. Elsa 2. ……... (have) magic ice powers. One day, while they 3. …… (play), Elsa hit Anna in the head with her ice magic. Anna started to get very cold and weak. Elsa 4. ……… (not want) to hurt her sister again, so she stayed in her room. Anna tried to get Elsa to come out and play, but Elsa’s powers 5. ……… (grow) stronger. She didn’t want to hurt her sister, so she didn’t go out of her room. Even after the King and Queen were lost in a storm at sea, Elsa 6. …… (not come out). Years 7. …… (pass), and it was time for Elsa to be crowned the Queen. After the ceremony there was a big party in the ballroom, where all guests 8. ……. (dance) and the sisters spoke for the first time in many years. Suddenly, Elsa lost control of her emotions and ice 9. ..…. (shoot) from her hands into the ballroom floor. Then everything 10. ..…(freeze).
Lily and Stella are big fans of Gilmore Girls, an American series about the relationship between a single mother, Lorelai Gilmore, and her super smart daughter Rory, who live
in Stars Hollow, a charming town populated by odd people. Read the dialogue between Lorelei, her fiancé Max, Rory and her boyfriend Dean and then choose the best answer for each sentence.
[It’s nighttime. Lorelai, Rory, Max, and Dean are walking along the sidewalk.]
MAX: Ugh, I can barely walk. LORELAI: Bad shoes?
MAX: I ate a cow.
LORELAI: You had a steak.
MAX: Plus the sides. Four people, six baked potatoes.
LORELAI: Uh, you exaggerate.
MAX: Am I exaggerating?
DEAN: Nope.
RORY: Ooh, ice cream! [RUNS OFF]
LORELAI: Ooh, I’m right behind you! [RUNS OFF]
MAX: How can they possibly eat more?
DEAN: Kind of surprised.
MAX: I know. They’re bottomless pits.
DEAN: I mean at you. You’ve known them long enough not to be so confused.
[They both sit on a bench.]
MAX: Oh, I’m not confused. I’m just... what do you mean?
DEAN: Their eating habits are just the start of what you’re gonna have to get used to. There’s tons of stuff you should be aware of. MAX: Really?
DEAN: Oh yeah. Like, don’t ever use the last of the Parmesan cheese. And never get into a heavy discussion late at night ’cause that’s when they’re at their crankiest. Oh, and uh, go with their bits.
MAX: Their bits?
DEAN: Yeah, like, if you’re eating pizza with them and Lorelai decides that the pepperoni is angry at the mushrooms because the mushrooms have an attitude and then she holds up a pepperoni and the pepperoni asks for your opinion... don’t just laugh. Answer the pepperoni.
MAX: Answer the pepperoni. DEAN: Oh, and uh, here’s a big one. If you ever think that they’re doing something crazy, they’re not. You see, after a while, their thinking becomes clear, but by the time it’s clear, they’ve already done two other totally crazy things that you can’t figure out. So there’s no catching up.
MAX: You have much knowledge. DEAN: You got that from Rory. MAX: Right.
DEAN: Oh, and hey, does Lorelai know what kind of ice cream you like?
MAX: Yeah, chocolate chip. But I already told her that I... LORELAI: Hey, chocolate chip. [hands him an ice cream cone] always
1. Max cannot walk, because... a) he ate a cow b) he is wearing bad shoes c) he ate too much
2. How many baked potatoes did they have for dinner: a) ten b) six c) four
3. What should you be aware of when you’re with Gilmore Girls? a) Don’t talk about Emily Gilmore b) Don’t drink coffee c) Don’t use the last piece of the Parmesan cheese caffeine-free
4. What do you do when pepperoni is angry at mushrooms on your pizza and pepperoni asks for your opinion? a) Answer the pepperoni b) Start laughing c) Just eat the pizza
5. What kind of ice-cream does Lorelei like? a) don’t know b) don’t care c) chocolate chip