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WEEK 7:REVISION
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Do you know the man in the photo? Who is he? Why was he famous?
Check these words/phrases with a partner or in a dictionary. Tick the words you can see in the picture. a magician a magic trick hide a pair of handcuffs a tank of water escape from something a curtain a piece of wire onstage chains
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3. Listen to a radio interview and Underline the correct answer. 1. He started working as a magician when he was 17 / He used to do 12 / 20 shows a day. 3. He tried to sell his magic secrets for $20 / $2, He practised opening handcuffs for two / ten hours a day. 5. He used to hide pieces of wire in the water tank / on his body.
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1. Have you ever seen a magician onstage or on TV? If yes, what did he do? 2. Have you ever heard of David Blaine? Look at the pictures and predict his job. II. Check the words/phrases with a partner. Which words can you find in the photos from A to C? a stunt a glass box a pillar frozen jump off survive a block of ice
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5. WHILE READING III. Read the text and see if your prediction is right.
DAVID BLAINE The New Houdini? With his own type of Street magic and amazing live TV shows, David Blaine has become one of the most famous magicians in the world. It is not surprising that people call him (1) “the new Houdini”. Blaine was born in Brooklyn, New York, and started doing magic when he was four. While he was studying to be an actor, he used to do magic tricks for customers in Manhattan’s expensive restaurants. Then he started working at parties for rich people, and became friends with actors like Robert de Niro and Leonardo di Caprio. He also went out with Madonna for a short time. He became famous after he made a TV Show called “David Blaine: Street Magic”, where he did magic tricks in the Street in front of ordinary people. Since then he has done a number of spectacular stunts that were shown live on TV. First he was frozen inside a six-ton block of ice in New York’s Times Square. He stayed there (2) for over 61 hours. When he was released from the ice, he couldn’t walk and he had to spend two weeks in hospital. Next, he stood on a 25-meter pillar for 35 hours – again without food or water. It (3) was only 56 cm wide and he couldn’t eat, sleep or sit down. Finally, he jumped off the pillar – onto a pile of boxes. After that, he lived without food for 44 days in a glass box by the river Thames in London. He survived only on water from a tube and lost 24 kilos. David is now a millionaire and lives in Hollywood. Who used to live in his house, do you think? Yes, you have guessed it – Harry Houdini.
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6. IV. Answer the following questions.
1. When did David Blaine start doing magic?
2. Which famous people is he friends with?
3. When did he become famous?
4. Why did he have to spend two weeks in hospital?
5. How did he get off the pillar?
6. What did he eat when he was in the glass box?
7. What connection does he have with Houdini?
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7. IV. Answer the following questions.
V. Write what these words refer to in the text.
a) him (1) __________
b) there (2) __________
c) It (3) __________
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POST-READING
Answer the questions. Then exchange your answers with a partner. 1. Which of David Blaine’s stunts was the most dangerous do you think? 2. Would you like to go and watch one of his stunts? Why? Why not?
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References
Face to Face – Pre-Intermediate (CUP)
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