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98 Getting together 08 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS Explore writing 2: A review of your favourite film Explore speaking: Presenting your favourite film Ellipsis. In emails and text messages, we often don’t use words like I , we , be , do , that , the , etc. to make them shorter. Example: I had a Lovely day! I’m Free on Sunday. Make these sentences shorter for an email or text message. Cross out the words you don’t need. 1 That sounds absolutely fantastic. 2 I’m very busy this weekend. I can’t come to the picnic. I hope you have a good time. 3 It was lovely to see you. Do you want to meet again next weekend? 4 We’re going to see The Others at the Picture House. We’re having ice cream first. Choose an event and write an email invitation. 28 29 a b a birthday party an end-of-term party a graduation party a picnic Read another student’s invitation. Write a reply. It is after the event. Write a short note to say thank you. c 5HSO\ WR 'DQLHOtV HPDLO ZLWK D UHYLHZ RI \RXU IDYRXULWH ILOP :ULWH WKH HPDLO ļ ZRUGV using some of the highlighted expressions above. 30 a Daniel, your penfriend from England, emails you a review of his favourite film. Read the review. Does the film sound good to you? ... I watched Volver last night – it’s amazing! You should watch it! It’s a drama written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. I think it was produced in 2006. The story is set in a village in Spain, and it’s about a family – two sisters, their aunt and the teenage daughter of one of the sisters. Another character is the sisters’ dead mother, ZKR FRPHV EDFN WR KHOS WKHP LQ D GLI¿FXOW WLPH <RX NQRZ µYROYHU¶ PHDQV µWR UHWXUQ¶ LQ 6SDQLVK It stars Penélope Cruz, but I think the cast really work as a team. Apparently, six actresses shared the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. I think Volver is a warm, funny ¿OP DERXW the relationship between women. But it isn’t just for girls! I can only recommend it ! b Mini research project / Oral presentation . Prepare a presentation (3 min) about your favourite film. Include the following points: 31 what? film title, kind of film when? production date where? country of production; where it is set who? director, actors what is it about? storyline why? reasons why you like it so much (Comment on the music too!) Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv