FEBRUARY 06/11/2015 The Emotional Robot 1 of 13 24 2017 EPISODE 283 THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST FLASHBACK ENW 229: BOYCOTT OVER WHITE OSCARS? And the Winner One Big Mistake! ENW 283 Introduction This week s English News Weekly podcast reports on an extraordinary night at the Academy Awards Ceremony which saw protests against the president of the United States throughout the show. As well as an unprecedented mistake that ended that 4 hour show. What was the mistake? Who protested? English News Weekly will try to explain all HOMEPAGE http://pod.flare.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/cms/enw.php FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/enw1975 (c) Jaime Selwood ENW Episode 219 TECHNOLOGY TWITTER twitter.com/enwpodcast
Contents Pages Part 1 Warm Ups Odd-One-Out Page 1 Brainstorm Page 1 Which Movie? Page 1 / 2 Quiz This Week Page 2 Part 2 Before Listening / Reading Jumbled Words Page 3 True or False Page 3 Vocabulary Synonyms Page 3 Part 3 Listening / Reading The News Story 409 Words Page 4 What Do You Think..? Page 4 Part 4 After Listening / Reading Q & A Page 5 A & Q Page 5 Part 5 Extra Stuff Extra English I Page 6 7 to Chinwag Page 6 Writing Activity Page 7 And Finally. Did You Know? Page 7 TV Links Page 8 The Answers Pages 8-10 A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast. A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習
1 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 [201702-03] And the Winner is A Big Mistake! March 3 rd 2017 PART 1 Warm Ups Warm Up 1 Odd 1 Out Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) Pixar b) Lucasfilm c) Marvel d) Warner Bros. My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? Movies Warm Up 3 The Most Oscar Movies! Read the list of the most successful Oscar winning movies in history. Which movie has won the most Oscars? Go to page 2 and find the list of movies! Title Wins Title Wins 1 11 7 8 2 11 8 8 3 11 9 7 4 10 10 7 5 9 11 6 6 9 12 6
2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Popular Oscar Movies How Many Awards..? Read the list of countries and airport codes below. Match them with the correct airport on page 1 the airport code can sometimes help! Movie Title Year Movie Title Year A Ben Hur 1959 G LOTR: Return of the King 2003 B Gandhi 1982 H Schindler s List 1993 C Gigi 1958 I Star Wars IV 1977 D Going My Way 1944 J The English Patient 1996 E Gone with the Wind 1939 K Titanic 1997 F La La Land 1996 L West Side Story 1961 Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know use the internet to help or GUESS! 1: How many movies have won 11 Academy Awards? a: 3 b: 5 c: 7 2: At the 2017 Academy Award Ceremony, which movie won 6 Oscars? a: Moonlight b: La La Land c: Lion 3: Which of the Best Picture Nominees made the most money at the Box Office? a: Hidden Figures b: Arrival c: Manchester by the Sea 4: As of 2017 how many Academy Award ceremonies have there been? a: 69 b: 79 c: 89 5: Which two actors have won the most Best Actor Oscars with 3? (as of 2017) a: Walter Brennan b: Jack Nicholson c: Daniel Day-Lewis 6: Which actress has won the most Best Actress Oscars with 4? (as of 201) a: Meryl Streep b: Ingrid Bergman c: Katherine Hepburn E1: Adjusted for inflation, which movie has grossed the most? a: Gone with the Wind b: Avatar c: Titanic E2: Who was the host of the 2017 Academy Awards Ceremony a: Jimmy Kimmel b: Chris Rock c: Neil Patrick Harris E3: Which movie won Best Picture at the 2017 Academy Awards Ceremony? a: b: c: END OF PART 1
3 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 PART 2 Before Listening Pre-Listening / Reading 1 Jumbled Sentences The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story. Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order. with @ the tweeting Hey U.S. up during u the Donald the Trump live 45 th show Before real president question - 2 Protests and Mistakes Dominate Academy Awards Before tweeting Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ Protests & Mistakes Dominate Academy Awards Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1 2017 was the 89 th Academy Award Ceremony. [T] [F] 2 La La Land is a musical-comedy-drama film. [T] [F] 3 Chris Rock hosted the Oscar Award Ceremony. [T] [F] 4 PwC is an accounting company. [T] [F] 5 The Salesman is a Persian-language film. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Synonyms A synonym is a word with a similar meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their synonyms on the right. All the synonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1 Mired 6 Mistake A Publicise F Welcomed 2 Culmination 7 Wall B Tuneful G Texting 3 Serious 8 Boycotted C Stern H Error 4 Tweeting 9 Embraced D Shun I Conclusion 5 Announced 10 Musical E Stuck J Barrier END OF PART 2
4 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 PART 3 Listening Listening / Reading Listening Protests & Mistakes Dominate Academy Awards Which Word? Help Listen / Read the news story below and choose the correct word from the box A: tweeting C: boycotted E: mistake G: serious I: wall B: musical D: culmination F: embraced H: mired J: announced 283 Protests and Mistakes Dominate Academy Awards 1 Hollywood s annual big night didn t quite go as planned as the 89 th Academy Award Ceremony was 1: by mistakes and protests. The 2: of the show the announcement of the Best Picture Award saw the wrong movie name being read out, whilst many presenters during the 3 hour 49 minute ceremony took the opportunity to protest against the policies of US president Donald Trump. 2 The protests began in the opening monologue by the night s host, late night talk presenter Jimmy Kimmel who poked fun at Donald Trump by saying this show is being watched in 225 countries that now hate us. He continued by turning 3: and said that he hoped that everyone could make America great again if only people reached out to others who they disagreed with. Before 4: the 45 th US president live during the show with the question - Hey @realdonaldtrump u up? 3 However the biggest controversy of the evening came at the end of the ceremony when actors Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway who starred together in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. The pair 5: that La La Land was the winner of the Best Picture Award. As the cast and crew of the film celebrated on stage, PwC the accounting firm that handles results announced that there had been a 6: and in fact the actual Best Picture winner was the movie Moonlight. PwC issued a statement explaining that the presenters had been handed the wrong envelope. 4 Throughout the ceremony numerous presenters took the opportunity to protest against the policies of President Trump. Moonlight director Barry Jenkins said in his acceptance speech that Americans should look to the American Civil Liberties Union for support. Whilst Mexican actor Gael García Bernal said, I m against any form of 7: that wants to separate us. Rich Moore co-director of Zootopia which won Best Animated Film said, We are so grateful to audiences all over the world who 8: this film with this story of tolerance being more powerful than fear of the other. 5 One award winner who was unable to collect his award was Iranian director Asghar Farhadi. His movie The Salesman won the Best Foreign Language Film, but Mr Farhadi had 9: the ceremony in protest over the US travel ban imposed on citizens from seven Islamic-majority countries, including Iran. 6 And which picture won the most awards at the ceremony? That would be the 10: La La Land which won six awards although of course not Best Picture. END OF PART 3 [409 Words]
5 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 PART 4 After Listening Post-Listening / Reading 1 A3 Q & A How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can t remember any answers, guess! Q1 Who hosted the Academy Award ceremony? Q2 How many countries watched the Academy Award ceremony? Q3 What was the name of the Mexican actor? Q4 Who is the director of Moonlight? Q5 Which two people presented Best Picture Award? Q6 What movie won the Best Animated Film award? E1 What movie did Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway star in? E2 How many people are mentioned in the news story? Post-Reading 2 A & Q How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one! A1 The Salesman? A2 3 hrs 49 mins.? A3 Zootopia? A4 PwC? A5 6? END OF PART 4
English Extra I 6 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 PART 5 Extra Stuff English Idioms - Mistakes The English language has some interesting words and phrases that express whether something or someone is speedy. Examples: Back the wrong horse = When you support the losing team. Screw up = If you make a mistake, by doing a job badly. Can you match the phrase with the correct meaning? Mistake Expressions Meanings & Examples 1 Back the wrong horse A To make a mistake by misjudging something. 2 Bark up the wrong tree B To understand that what you are doing is wrong. 3 Freudian Slip C Something incorrect and not was expected. 4 Himalayan blunder D When you support a losing person/team/animal. 5 Overshoot the mark E If you make a mess of it, by doing a job badly. 6 See the error of your way F Achieve the best result after trying many others. 7 Screw up G Inappropriate comment in a social situation. 8 Swallow one s pride H Doing the wrong thing, because of mistaken idea. 9 Trial and error I A mistake made unintentionally or unknowingly 10 Wide of the mark J Be certain or to do something very carefully 11 An honest mistake K A mistake which is considered to reveal true feelings 12 Make no mistake! L An informal expression for an embarrassing mistake 13 A faux pas M If you stupidly make a serious mistake or error. 14 A flub N You accept something humiliating or embarrassing. 7 to Chinwag This Week s ENW Podcast ENW Podcast Topic Protests & Mistakes Dominate Academy Awards Ask / Answer the questions below on this week s ENW Podcast Topic! 1 What did you think of this week s podcast topic when you first read it? 2 What is your favourite movie of the last 12 months? Why? 3 Which movie of the last 12 months did you really dislike? Why? 4 What do you think is the greatest movie ever made? Why? 5 What is your favourite foreign language movie? Why? 6 What movie genre do you like to watch the most / least? Why? EX FREE QUESTION!
Writing 7 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 This Week What is your favourite / least favourite movie of the last 12 months? What are the movies about? Who are the actors? Where is the location? Genre? Write as much details and explanations as you can! END OF PART 5 And Finally X & Z A4 Did You Know? The End
8 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Visual TV Links You Tube (USA) 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe6mx3ksw_a [02:20] Oscar Mistake You Tube (USA) 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffoq4vumiks [03:23] Oscar Best Moments You Tube (USA) 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9njj12tjzqc [01:55] Moonlight Trailer Podcast Key A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast. Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Warm Up 1 Odd-1-Out D Warner Bros Warm Up 3 Most Oscar Win Movies A / B / C are all movie studios owned by Walt Disney Pictures 1 A 2 K 3 G 4 L 5 J 6 C 7 E 8 B 9 D 10 H 11 F 12 I A1 Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 A 2 B 3 A 4 B 5 C 6 C E1 A E2 A E3 A Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Sentences Before tweeting the 45 th US president live during the show with the question - Hey @realdonaldtrump u up? A2 True or False 1 T 2 T 3 F 4 T 5 T Synonyms 1 E 2 I 3 C 4 G 5 A 6 H 7 J 8 D 9 F 10 B
Answers Part 3 9 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Listening 283 Protests and Mistakes Dominate Academy Awards 1 Hollywood s annual big night didn t quite go as planned as the 89 th Academy Award Ceremony was mired by mistakes and protests. The culmination of the show the announcement of the Best Picture Award saw the wrong movie name being read out, whilst many presenters during the 3 hour 49 minute took the opportunity to protest against the policies of US president Donald Trump. 2 The protests began in the opening monologue by the night s host, late night talk show presenter Jimmy Kimmel who poked fun at Donald Trump by saying this show is being watched in 225 countries that now hate us. He continued by turning serious and said that he hoped that everyone could make America great again if only people reached out to others who they disagreed with. Before tweeting the 45 th US president live during the show with the question - Hey @realdonaldtrump u up? 3 However the biggest controversy of the evening came at the end of the ceremony when actors Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway who starred together in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. The pair announced that La La Land was the winner of the Best Picture Award. As the cast and crew of the film celebrated on stage, PwC the accounting firm that handles results announced that there had been a mistake and in fact the actual Best Picture winner was the movie Moonlight. PwC issued a statement explaining that the presenters had been handed the wrong envelope. 4 Throughout the ceremony numerous presenters took the opportunity to protest against the policies of President Trump. Moonlight director Barry Jenkins said in his acceptance speech that Americans should look to the American Civil Liberties Union for support. Whilst Mexican actor Gael García Bernal said, I m against any form of wall that wants to separate us. Rich Moore co-director of Zootopia which won Best Animated Film said, We are so grateful to audiences all over the world who embraced this film with this story of tolerance being more powerful than fear of the other. 5 One award winner who was unable to collect his award was Iranian director Asghar Farhadi. His movie The Salesman won the Best Foreign Language Film, but Mr Farhadi had boycotted the ceremony in protest over the US travel ban imposed on citizens from seven Islamic-majority countries, including Iran. 6 And which picture won the most awards at the ceremony? That would be the musical La La Land which won six awards although of course not Best Picture. Answers Part 4 A3 Q & A [409 Words] Post-Listening / Reading 1 Jimmy Kimmel 5 Warren Beatty / Faye Dunaway 2 225 6 Zootopia 3 Gael Garcia Bernia E1 Bonnie & Clyde. 4 Barry Jenkins E2 Eight (8) A & Q Example Questions A1 What is the name of the movie that won Best Foreign Language film? A2 How long did the awards ceremony last for? A3 Which movie did Rich Moore direct? A4 What accounting company organised the awards ceremony? A5 How many awards did La La Land win?
English Extra 10 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 1 D 4 M 7 E 10 C 13 G 2 H 5 A 8 N 11 I 14 L 3 K 6 B 9 F 12 J And Finally X & Z A4 X: British / Z: Warner (Warner Bros.) Extra Bit This Week s ENW Images
11 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Episode 283 MAIN PHOTO Still: http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/oscars-memorable-moments-academy-awards-1.4000465 LINKS: http://www.filmsite.org/oscars2.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4262718/kimmel-roasts-trump-oscars-bracepolitical-night.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/89th_academy_awards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/major_film_studio#current http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idiom-categories/mistakes/mistakeserrors.html http://www.english-idioms.com/articles/files/tag-idioms-describing-mistakes.html