This is Hollywood!

This is Hollywood!
1. Do you recognise one of these two girls ?
Say as much as you can about her.
2. What do you think they are doing:
• getting ready for a race,
• advertising for bras or make-up,
• printing their hands into soft cement?
3. Using the text in italics, explain what happened at
the date mentioned in the picture below.
The Chinese Theatre in Hollywood is the most
famous movie theatre in the world. Millions of
visitors flock here each year, most of them drawn
by its legendary forecourt with its footprints
of the stars.
4. Do you recognize the man in the photo
below? What is he famous for?
5. What ceremony is he taking part in?
One of Hollywood’s most popular tourist attractions,
the Walk of Fame is the world’s most famous
sidewalk: five acres of bronze stars embedded in pink
and grey terrazzo. Each star contains the name of an
artist and an emblem showing to which category they
belong.
6. What categories are honored on the Walk of Fame?
7. Has your favourite artist got a star?
Where is it located?
Find the answers and many more details
on the official website:
www.hollywoodcoc.org/walkoffame
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emember Charles Boyer? Suave, dapper, handsome,
graceful. Lover of the most famous and beautiful ladies of the silver screen. That was on
camera and in the fan magazines. In real life, it was
different. There was only one woman. For forty-four
years. His wife, Patricia. Friends said it was a lifelong love affair. They were no less lovers and
friends and companions after forty-four years than
after the first year.
Then Patricia developed cancer of the liver.
And though the doctors told Charles, he could not
bear to tell her. And so he sat by her bedside to provide hope and cheer. Day and night for six months. He
could not change the inevitable. Nobody could. And Patricia
died in his arms. Two days later Charles Boyer was also dead. By
his own hand. He said he did not want to live without her. He said,
“Her love was life to me.”
This was no movie. It’s the real story – Charles Boyer’s story.
It’s not for me to pass judgment on how he handled his grief. But it is for me to say that I am
touched and comforted in a strange way. Touched by the depth of love behind the apparent sham of
Hollywood love life. Comforted to know that a man and woman can love each other that much that long.
I don’t know how I would handle my grief in similar circumstances. I pray I shall never have to
stand in his shoes. But there are moments when I look across the room – amid the daily ordinariness
of life – and see the person I call my wife and friend and companion. And I understand why Charles
Boyer did what he did. It is really possible to love someone that much. I know. I’m certain of it.
Robert Fulghum, “All I really need to know...”, 1986
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on your marks…
1- Look at the illustrations
on pages 40-41. Find the name and
profession of the man.
get set…
2- Read the first three sentences and
make links with the pictures.
3- Read the title. What do you suppose
we are going to learn about the man?
go…
4- Read the text quickly and find the
two main parts and their
characteristics.
5- Sum up what happened to Patricia
and how Charles reacted.
Pick out the similarities and
6- differences between his private life
and his profession.
What message does the narrator
want to put across?
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IALS
AMMAR ESSENT
Aspect
Sujet
Temps
Prédicat Modalité
GR
Je teste mes connaissances
en mettant les verbes entre parenthèses au temps et à la forme appropriée :
There (be) nothing interesting on television last night. As I (not want) to stay at home, I (follow) your
advice, I (go) and (see) Panic Room... You (know) that Jodie Foster (get) the role quite by chance
and that she (speak) fluent French. I wish we (have) more actresses like her.
E
LE PRETERIT SIMPL
Comment ?
Sujet
I / You / He
CC
Prédicat
push ed her.
N B Certains verbes ont un prétérit irrégulier (voir liste) :
knew her in L.A.
Forme affirmative :
Forme interrogative :
Did
Forme négative :
Sujet
I / you / he
Sujet
I / You / He
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X
did not / didn’t
Prédicat
push her?
know her in L.A.?
Prédicat
push her.
know her in L.A.
Quand ?
pour présenter :
– un événement appartenant au passé ( temps de la narration) :
They married in 1975.
(repère temporel explicite :
)
She died in his arms.
(repère temporel implicite)
– une propriété une caractéristique passée du sujet :
Charlie Chaplin wore a bowler hat and carried a cane.
– un événement qui se répétait une habitude du sujet (présence ou non d’un adverbe
de fréquence ou de toute autre expression marquant la répétition) :
Night and day, he sat by her bedside.
– un état un sentiment une opinion une perception à un moment du passé
(cf think, like, want, consider, etc) : When he was young, he wondered if love existed.
– une supposition un souhait contraire à la réalité présente ou à venir :
If I were (was) a star, I could buy a house in Beverley Hills.
Je m’entraîne
en mettant les verbes entre parenthèses à la forme appropriée :
He (leave) France twelve years ago when he (be) 18. Where... he (go)? Why, to America of course.
He (not get) a job immediately but then he (find) one as an actor, and he soon (become) famous.
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