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Aprendendo inglês com os clássicos do cinema de 50 a 90 - Companhia de Idiomas

Aprendendo inglês com os clássicos do cinema de 50 a 90

5 décadas de cinema, 18 questões de inglês

"Se você gosta dos clássicos do cinema americano das décadas de 50 a 90, esta atividade de inglês é para você!  Leia cada sinopse resumida, tente adivinhar a qual filme se refere, e escolha os termos corretos nas alternativas apresentadas em cada sinopse. Depois, é só conferir com as respostas no final do artigo, aprender algumas palavras novas e… assistir a todos esses filmes sem legenda! Você também pode fazer um exercício com filmes da Disney , ampliar seu vocabulário com títulos de séries do Netflix  ou conhecer termos já comuns entre os que são fãs de séries!"


(1954) ___________________
As his broke/broken leg heals, a man becomes/becames absorbed at/with life outside his window and soon fixates on a mysterious neighbor that/who may have committed a murder/murderer.

(1961) ___________________
Fortune hunter/hunt Holly Golightly finds  her/herself captivated by aspiring Paul Varjak, who moves into her building on a  wealth/wealthy woman’s dime.

(1979) ___________________
Lifer Frank Morris plans his  unauthorized/disauthorized departure from/of  Alcatraz in this thriller based  on/in the penitentiary’s only successful/successfull jailbreak.

(1983) ___________________
Al Pacino stars as Cuban refugee Tony Montana, who/which become/becomes a Florida drug kingpin* but does/makes the fatal mistake of getting/to get high on his own supply.

(1994) ___________________
Quentin Tarantino’s stylized crime caper* weaves* together histories / stories featuring a burger-loving hit man, his philosophic/philosophical partner and a washed-up* boxer.

Glossary:
*drug kingpin – drug lord, the leader of a gang that illegally traffics in drugs
*caper – an illegal plot or enterprise, especially one involving theft.
*to weave  – to combine elements into a complex whole
*washed-up – no longer successful or needed, not famous anymore

Answers:
(1954 – Rear Window)
broken / becomes / with/ that or who/ murder
(1961- Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
her / hunter / wealthy
(1979 – Escape from Alcatraz)
unauthorized / departure from / based on / successful
(1983 – Scarface)
who / becomes / makes / getting
(1994 – Pulp Fiction)
stories / philosophical


Fontes:

thefreedictionary.com
netflix.com

Escrito por Rosangela Souza. Publicado em 20/07 na coluna semanal da Exame.com. Editado por Rosangela Souza para o blog da Companhia de Idiomas.  

Rosangela Souza é fundadora e sócia-diretora da Companhia de Idiomas e da ProfCerto. Também é professora de técnicas de comunicação, gestão de pessoas e estratégia no curso de Pós-Graduação ADM da Fundação Getulio Vargas.

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