Read between the lines

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Read between the lines

Read the film blog on P.141

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What is the main Idea of this article? In other words, what is the point the author is trying to make?

1. If you want to learn about history, you should not watch historical films, because their portrayal of events is often inaccurate
2. There is much evidence that films like Braveheart and Jaws and TV series like CSI are not factually accurate
3. People often do not realize that films are inaccurate. Because of the films Jaws, sharks were unnecessarily killed.
4. In films and TV shows it is difficult to separate facts from fiction. They also influence us in ways that we are not necessarily aware of.

Why does the writer say: 'So if you don't mind, just quickly tell me which parts were fiction. Without looking it up' (line 6).

1. In order to prove that films are factually inaccurate, the writer suggests you should make a list of all the things that are fiction
2. The writer implies that Braveheart is not a historical film but a fictional film
3. The writer wants you to realise that in films it is difficult to distinguish between facts and fiction
4. The writer suggests that you can only tell the difference between facts and fiction in Braveheart if you research the events

What does the writer imply by saying: 'You don't know, do you? But who cares, right? It's not like films impact your life at all. It's historical trivia'(lines 14-15).

1. The writer wants to imply that it does not matter whether films are accurate or not. Films do not influence our lives.
2. The writer wants to imply the exact opposite: films do have an influence on us.
3. The writer suggests that although some foolish people believe films are historically accurate, most reasonable people know this is not the case
4. The writer suggests that historical trivia is simply not important. As long as you know that films are inaccurate, they will not have an impact on your life.

Why does the writer say: 'Ah, but that's one oddball isolated incident' (line 22).

1. With this sentence the writer suggests that some readers will argue that Jaws was just an exception.
2. The writer suggests that the killing of the sharks was just an odd incident. Jaws was an exception.
3. The writer suggests that Jaws was an odd film with many inaccurately portrayed incidents.
4. The writer wants to suggests that films like Jaws and TV series like CSI are exceptions.

Based on what you've read in the article about films, what do you think the writer's conclusion will be?

1. to spice things up
2. to betray
3. impact
4. trivia
5. oddball
6. to assume 

• (B) dingen interessanter  maken
• (F) verraden
• (E) invloed
• (D) onbeduidende zaken
• (C) ongebruikelijk, excentriek
• (A) aannemen, menen

Now in pairs do the exercises 

from text 2 (p. 143 - 144)

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extra:

do the exercises from text 3 ( 144 -145) 

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Check the answers Text 2

Listening

Go to p. 151 in your book Taalblokken

or

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Clip 1

Listen to the conversation and complete the exercises.