Aula De Leitura - The Holiday

ACTIVITIES

The fact of two people change of house is something uncommon for us, Brazilians. To leave your house and all your belongings in the hands of somebody unknown it is very strange. Would you make that? Why? Or why not? Now, read the text and answer the questions:

1. Do you know some word? What are unknown for you, highlight them?

THE HOLIDAY The film talks about the two women's history. They are

2. What the text talks about? 3. Who are the main players?

4. Do you know others movies in which they’ve played? Which?

completely disappointed with their loving life. Cameron Diaz interprets Amanda, an American, happy with her work,

5. Where is Amanda from? And Iris, where’s she from?

beautiful, rich, independent, but that begins to feel the sadness

6. Why Amanda can’t cry?

of the age, that because she discovers that her companion (boyfriend or husband, I have no idea) betrayed her. Then she

7. Where did they know each other?

notices that he doesn't represent anything for her because she

8. In the second paragraph Iris is:

doesn't get to cry with the breaking, then she decides to

( ) Extremely happy ( ) Worried ( ) Mad ( ) Sad ( ) Frustrated ( ) Glad ( ) Sick ( ) Disappointed 9. What’s the difference between “holiday” and “vacation”?

vacation and through the Internet she knows the beautiful house of Kate Winslet, who lives Iris, a romantic English journalist. Iris discovers the great love of her life will get married with other. Ever since, she only gets to cry. They speak to each other through the Net and they decide to change of house. Iris goes to Los Angeles stay in Amanda’s house and Amanda goes to London stay in Iris’s house. Then it begins a fun adventure in search of the love.

10. The expression: “Amanda’s house” means: ( ) Amanda está em casa.

( ) Amanda tem uma casa.

( ) A casa de Amanda.

( ) A casa não é de Amanda.