Page 111 - Active Skills for Reading Intro Book

Reading A Choose the correct answers.
Comprehension
Check Your Understanding 1 At first, in English was difficult for Shakira;
a singing b songwriting c speaking
2 How often does Shakira use English in her music today?
a never b rarely c often
3 Why did Jay say his lines phonetically at first?
a He wanted to sound cool.
b He was still learning English.
c He didn't want to remember his lines.
4 What did Jay teach Seth Rogan to do?
a cook Chinese food b speak Chinese c sing Chinese songs
B
How did Shakira and Jay improve their English? Read the phrases
below. Then complete the-chart.

a read poetry b studied grammar c studied phonetically
d practiced speaking with his costars e read the newspaper
f learned common expressions

r Shakira J
C _ - _
JayChou
=. C J
______
Critical Thinking 1 Look at the ways of learning English in B above. Do you ever do these
things? Do.they help you? Why?
2 What were the biggest challenges for Shakira and Jay Chou? Do you
ever have these problems?

A
Vocabulary Match each word with its definition. The words in blue are from the
Comprehension · passage. -
Definitions
1 compliment __ a a movie
2 current b to tell someone you like something
about them
3 exchange c to sing, act, play music for people
4 expression d to give something and get
something back, to trade
5 film e an actor's character in a movie
6 perform f a common saying in a language
(for example, What's up?)

7 poetry g writing in which the words are
chosen for their beauty and sound
8 role h happening now

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