19 56 South Africa Language in use: Cry Freedom a) Read the text about the movie Cry Freedom by Sir Richard Attenborough. Some words are missing. Choose the correct word (A–L) for each gap (1–9). There are two extra words that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. Cry Freedom is a thrilling movie … 0 Sir Richard Attenborough, a famous British filmmaker, which brings the troubled history of apartheid … 1 life. It is based … 2 a book by white journalist Donald Woods, who had met Steve Biko, a black South African student leader, who was later arrested, tortured and killed in police custody … 3 1977. Biko was … 4 the opinion that black people in South Africa should not cooperate … 5 Whites. His radical views, however, did not stop him … 6 becoming friends with Donald Woods, who was a liberal newspaper editor in a small town in South Africa … 7 the time. Originally Woods had been very critical of Biko’s activities, but then he supported him and published important facts … 8 Biko’s death. As all their activities were monitored by the police, Woods was put under house arrest, but managed to flee to London from where he kept campaigning … 9 the Apartheid system. Richard Attenborough’s gripping movie tells the story of Biko’s life and death and of his friendship with Donald Woods. A about E by I on 0 E 4 8 B against F from J to 1 5 9 C at G in K under 2 6 D between H of L with 3 7 b) Look at the definitions below and copy expressions with the same meaning from the text. 1. director: filmmaker 2. affected by many problems: 3. to take into custody: 4. to maltreat: 5. extreme: 6. opinions: 7. to prevent sb. from doing sth.: 8. in the beginning, at first: 9. actions: 10. to observe: 11. to escape: 12. to work for a political goal in an organised way: 3 ✔ Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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