Jurassic World breaks box office record

The Reading / Listening - Level 0

Jurassic World was the most popular film in 66 countries. It is part four in the Jurassic Park series. Many parents who watched the first Jurassic Park in 1993 took their own kids to see Jurassic World. It also broke the record because it opened in China and in the US on the same weekend.

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Sources

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-33129583
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33078934
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/business/media/jurassic-world-sets-box-office-record.html?_r=0 http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/15/media/jurassic-world-biggest-us-box-office-opening/

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MATCHING

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	Jurassic World broke box	a.	this coming
2.	the first movie to make	b.	in the USA
3.	It made $204 million	c.	has the record
4.	Everyone was	d.	office records
5.	A movie	e.	surprised
6.	No one saw	f.	weekend
7.	The Avengers still	g.	expert
8.	the most successful opening	h.	$500 million

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PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	Jurassic World was the most	a.	the first Jurassic Park
2.	in the 66	b.	popular film
3.	It is part four in the Jurassic Park	c.	in China
4.	parents who watched	d.	series
5.	took their own	e.	the record
6.	It also broke	f.	weekend
7.	it opened	g.	kids
8.	on the same	h.	countries

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

Jurassic World (1) ___________________ records around the world. It is the first (2) ___________________ $500 million on an opening weekend. It made $204 (3) ___________________ USA. Everyone was surprised. (4) ___________________ said: "No one saw this coming." The movie The Avengers (5) ___________________ for the most (6) ___________________ weekend in the USA.

Jurassic World was (7) ___________________ film in 66 countries. It (8) ___________________ the Jurassic Park series. Many parents (9) ___________________ first Jurassic Park in 1993 (10) ___________________ kids to see Jurassic World. It also (11) ___________________ because it opened in China and in the US (12) ___________________ weekend.

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

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vietomake$500milliononanopeningweekend.Itmade$204millionint
heUSA.Everyonewassurprised.Amovieexpertsaid:"Noonesawthisco
ming."ThemovieTheAvengersstillhastherecordforthemostsuccessfu
lopeningweekendintheUSA.JurassicWorldwasthemostpopularfilmin
66countries.ItispartfourintheJurassicParkseries.Manyparentsw
howatchedthefirstJurassicParkin1993tooktheirownkidstoseeJurassi
cWorld.ItalsobroketherecordbecauseitopenedinChinaandintheUSo
nthesameweekend.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________

WRITING

Write about movies for 10 minutes. Read and talk about your partner's paper.

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