Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
The movies nominated for Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards are as different as a cartoon about toys and a western about a one-eyed bounty hunter.
Black Swan, Toy Story 3, The Social Network and True Grit are just some of the films that will be competing for awards this year, while actresses like Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, and Michelle Williams compete to see whose gown makes the best impression on the red carpet.
Hear Jason and Amy talk about their favorite films of 2010.
Dialog
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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Jason: This year’s Oscar selections seem pretty legit to me. Like some years I am skeptical that these are actually the best movies, but most of them seem pretty good.
Amy: I don’t know. I am worried that The Social Network is going to win everything, and I just didn’t think that that was a very good movie.
Jason: Wait, you think it’s going to win everything?
Amy: Well, I do. It seems like that’s the movie that everyone is talking about, and I thought that True Grit and Black Swan were a lot more interesting, and just much better movies. I mean, The Social Network was an interesting topic, I guess, but I just didn’t think there was anything that special about it.
Jason: It definitely wasn’t flashy. So that’s why I’m surprised, ‘cause I feel like those movies…I mean, the Oscar nominated movies are typically Avatar or some big over-the-top kind of thing. And it was just, you know, some people and a company.
Amy: Right. I actually thought it was kind of boring.
Jason: I think it’s supposed to define the times though. And that’s why it’s such a big deal.
Amy: That’s true. Well, I guess that’s why I think it’s going to win.
Jason: Well even if it does, I hope Natalie Portman wins best actress, because she rocks.
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Discussion
Jason thinks that the movies nominated for Oscars this year are pretty good. Usually he is disappointed by the nominations. He thinks awards go to flashy movies, rather than the best movies of the year.
Amy disagrees. She doesn’t think The Social Network was a very good movie, and she hopes it won’t win a lot of awards. But she thinks it might win because it is a movie about the world we are living in right now.
True Grit and Black Swan are two other movies that were nominated for Best Picture this year. Amy enjoyed both those movies. Jason enjoyed Natalie Portman most of all.
What was your favorite movie of 2010? What did you like about it?
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