Стр.41 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 8 класс

Reading 1

Read the advert and tick (V) the verbs that are mentioned. Then read the text.

1. jump
2. run
3. climb
4. swim
5. parachute
6. drive
7. stand
8. fall
9. fight

Wanted

Stunt performer

Must be able to:

• Jump from a great height
• Run through fire
• Parachute
• Jump through a window
• Fight with a shark
• Stand on an elephant’s back

How did they do that?

A stunt performer is a person who works as an actor’s double. Usually the work involves great risk. You see a stunt performer’s work when you watch your favourite films. When the bad guy falls from a cliff or the hero escapes an explosion, you’re probably watching a stunt performer — one of the invisible heroes putting the ‘action’ into action films. This is a high-risk job. Film directors use safety nets to catch falling villains and there is plenty of water ready to put out burning vehicles, but it is impossible to avoid all risks.

Some Hollywood actors started as stunt performers. Jackie Chan did stunts in Chinese martial-arts films before he became an actor. In Minority Report and Mission Impossible Tom Cruise did a lot of his own stunts. Charlize Theron does her own stunts too.

Stunt performers need to be fit, strong and not afraid of getting hurt. They also need to have a speciality. This can be anything, from vehicles to dangerous animals. Talking of animals, not all stunt performers are human. Sometimes a director needs a swimming dog or a jumping cat. The film world is full of animal actors and their stunt doubles.

Find words in the text that mean:

1. danger
2. not visible
3. evil person, criminal
4. cars, lorries, etc.
5. judo, karate, etc.

Read and listen to the text. Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences.

1. Jackie Chan started as a stunt performer and then became an actor.
2. Tom Cruise doesn’t want to do his own stunts.
3. All stunt performers work with dangerous animals.
4. Stunt performers can be humans or animals.