General English Level 3 GELEV3 Unit 02 Topic 04.doc UNIT 02 Entertainment TOPIC 04 What was it about? BEFORE YOU LISTEN Discussion Jim has just seen the movie “Titanic”. Look at the picture. 1. Have you seen the movie? 2. If you have seen it, what can you tell us about it? If you haven’t seen the movie, can you guess what happens in it? LISTENING Listening for gist Sometimes when we listen to something we don’t need to understand everything – we just want to get a general idea. This is called listening for gist. Listen and answer the following general questions: 1. Did Jim like the movie? 2. Was there any part of the movie he didn’t like?  LISTENING 01 What was it like? Jim tells Pedro about a film he has just seen. Listen to the conversation between Pedro and Jim. Dictionary amazing spectacular fiancée ocean liner large ship with passengers iceberg large piece of ice in the sea sank simple past of (to) sink special effect(s) lights, animations etc added to a movie to make it look interesting or exciting spoilt (about a person) receives or received too much attention (usually used to talk about children) 71 QUESTLANGUAGE