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Real Life Skill A In your country, are movies rated? What different ratings are used?
Understanding Movie
Ratings B · Look at the chart. These are American movie ratings. Are the ratings in
your country the same? Discuss with a partner.
In many countries,
movies are rated. G General
A letter or number PG Parental guidance
shows if a movie is PG-13 Parental guidance for children under 13
OK for young children, R Restricted (Under 17 requires accompanying parent
teenagers, or adults or adult guardian)
only. For example, NC-17 No children under 17
Rated Gin the United
States or U in Britain
means a movie is OK C Look at the movie titles and ratings in the box. Answer the questions
for all ages. below.

Inception, Rated PG-13 Saw, Rated NC-17
Toy Story 3, Rated G The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Rated R

1 Which movie(s) can you see?

2 Which movie(s) are OK for a three-year-old to see?

3 Which movie(s) can a 14-year-old see?

What do you think?

1 What special abilities do you have? For example, are you a good singer? Can you
act, paint, draw, write well, or play a musical instrument?
2 What do you want to learn to do: paint, act, sing, draw, write well, play a musical
instrument, or something else?

Complete the sentence below.
I want to learn to---------- because----------

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