Ready for CAE p 76. Stephen Fry Pays Tribute to the Harry Potter Films. Extra Listening.



British actor Stephen Fry, the narrator of the British audiobook versions of the Harry Potter series, pays tribute to the Harry Potter films which receive an award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.

Director David Heyman pays tribute to the 6,000 people who have worked on each of the Potter films:

"Over the past decade we've had the privilege of working with some of the finest people working today, in an atmosphere filled with pride but no ego, working on glorious fiction created by Jo Rowling.

"We became a family of sorts, we had an awful lot of fun."

Harry Potter author JK Rowling is equally enthused: "It's very strange to look back after seven films and remember how wary I was of letting anyone put Harry on the screen.

"I kept saying no and it was David Heyman who persuaded me.

"Being involved in these films has been one of the best experiences of my life," she adds.

TASK:


1.    “I have the honour to present this year’s award for ____________British contribution to cinema.

2.    One of the most ____________ phenomena of our time was the bursting into the world of boy wizard Harry Potter.

3.    The Harry Potter cycle became the most ___________literary series of our time, perhaps of all time.

4.    The characters made an ___________ mark in the imagination of millions of adults and children the world over.

5.    Could such an ______________________phenomenon ever be translated to the screen?

6.    The Harry Potter series has shown British film making in its very best light. Dramatically, _____________, technically breathtaking, internationally record-breaking

7.    At the heart of the film’s appeal is the fact that no matter how much money they make. And believe me it is a ____________.

8.     The Harry Potter movies all seem to have been crafted with an attention to detail and a love which _________ genuine care and affection.

9.     So successfully, inventively, and faithfully have the Harry Potter movies transferred JK Rowling’s vision to the screen that some have suggested ____________though it may seem

10.  that the film may actually be better than the quite ____________audio books.

 

KEY

1.    Outstanding

 

 

 

2.    Remarkable

 

 

3.    Successful

 

 

 

4.    Indelible: impossible to forget or remove. SYN:  permanent. E.g. Her unhappy childhood left an indelible mark.

 

 

5.    unprecedented and astounding(so surprising that it is difficult to believe. SYN  astonishing: e.g. There was an astounding 20% increase in sales).

 

 

 

 

6.    Dazzling: brilliant: e.g. a dazzling display of oriental dance

 

 

 

 

7.    shedload (of sth) (BrE, informal)( from the noun shed + load; perhaps euphemistic after shitload). a large amount of sth, especially money:
The project cost a shedload of money.  This should save you shedloads.

 

 

 

 

8.    Bespeaks. Bespeak: to show or suggest sth: e.g. His style of dressing bespoke great self-confidence.

 

 

 

9.    sacrilegious /ˌsækrəˈlɪdʒəs/

 

 

 

 

 

10. brilliantly voiced



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