Silver Screenrole

director

actor

actress

Hollywood

award

studio

Oscar

script

There are three famous actresses,

let’s guess who they are.

Vivian Leigh

Films:

Gone with the Wind

Julia Roberts

She has a …… mouth.

Meryl Streep

She plays a role in kramer vs Kramer

Name

Birth year Birthplace

Schooling

Career in film

Films & roles

Achievements

Read through the text and fill in the chart below.

Meryl Streep

1949 A small village in America

After high school, she went to study at a famous drama school.

Julia(1977), Kramer vs Kramer (1979), Sophie’s Choice(1982), Out of Africa(1985), Music of the Heart(1999)

Theater World Award, Oscar as Best Actress, etc.

While still a student, she played roles in many films. After graduating, she went to New York to start her career.

birthplace

birth year

schooling

career in film

films and roles

achievements

Can you tell us something about your…….?

workshop

Listen to an interview, and then fill in the blanks of the dialogue. There are many useful expressions for an interview.

Who is he

Hollywood

+

Chinese

+Kongfu

+Dead

Useful Expressions

•Today in our programme, our guest is the actor/actress,…. Welcome,…•Can you tell us …./something about ….?•… thank you for this interesting talk. We hope to see you in many more films.

•Thank you.

•It’s been my pleasure. Thank you.

Reporter:

Actor/actress:

Workshop

Try to interview Meryl Streep by using the useful expressions given to you. Then I will ask one pair to give an interview in front of us.

He plays a role in the film Cast Away

Tom Hanks

Charlie Chaplin

The Matrix

The Matrix Reloaded

Films:

Keanu Reeves

Look at an report about Keanu Reeves, find the information about him and try to interview him. You can follow the interview we have listened.

workshop

Keanu Reeves was born in Lebanon in 1964. He grew up in Toronto and left high school without a degree when he was seventeen. In the beginning he took many small jobs to make money. When he was twenty years old, he acted in his first film, called Wolfboy(1984).

In 1986 he moved to Hollywood to live with his stepfather, who is a film director. After acting in many cheap films for a few years, he was asked to play a role in the film Speed in 1994. This film quickly made him famous.

Since then Keanu Reeves has acted in more than twelve films such as The Matrix(1999), Sweet November (2001) and Hardball(2001).

Birthplace Birthyear Schooling

Career in film

Films and roles

Reporter: What or whom do you owe your success to?

Keanu Reaves: I owe my success to….

Hardwork

In the beginning, he took many small jobs to make money

+After acting in many cheap films for a few years,he….

At the end of the interview…..

Keanu Reeves, thank you for the interesting talk. We hope to see you in many more films.

It’s been my pleasure. Thank you.

 

Reporter:

Keanu Reeves:

Try to find the information about Steven Spielberg and make an interview.

Can you tell us something about your films?

Meryl Streep was born in a small village in America in 1949. After high school ,Meryl went to study at a famous drama school. While still a student, she played roles in many plays. After graduating, she went to New York, where she started working as an actress and won the Theater World Award for her role in a play.

Meryl Streep made her first film, called Julia in 1977. A few years later, she won her first Oscar as Best Actress for the film Kramer vs Kramer (1979). During the 1980s and 1990s she won many more prizes while acting in famous films such as Sophie’s Choice (1982),Out of Africa(1985) and Music of the Heart (1999).

Meryl Streep got married in 1978 and has a son and three daughters.