Who is Fighting?

10/10/2020 4:45:00 PM
Action scenes may cause danger to actors without a profession. Image: hdqwalls.com

Do you know?

  • In movies, dangerous action parts usually greatly impress the audience. 
  • However, most of those action parts are not done by the main actors. 

Who are the ones that do this job? Let's find the answer in the following passage!

A dangerous action scene in a movie. Image: theguardian.com

Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

  • Which is NOT a dangerous action?
  • Why does it look like movie stars doing dangerous stunts in a movie?

Which is NOT a dangerous action?

  • Jumping out of a plane
  • Diving off a cliff
  • Driving a car

Why does it look like movie stars doing dangerous stunts in a movie?

  • Because the film is edited.
  • Because movie stars do them by themselves.
  • Because movie stars are trained to do them.

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

Who Is Fighting?

You go to a movie. In the movie, there might be a fight. Someone might be jumping out of a plane or off a . Who is really doing the fighting, jumping, or diving? It looks like the movie star. Is it?

It takes a long time to teach someone to sword fight, jump out of a plane, or dive off a cliff. Moviemakers don’t have the time to their actors and actresses. They can’t have their stars getting .

What do they do? They stunt people for the dangerous action parts.

are trained in all different things. They can sword fight. They can jump out of planes and dive off cliffs. They play the part of the actors and actresses. Then the film is cut and pasted. It is made to look like the movie stars are doing the dangerous stunts.

Read the text and answer the questions.

Who is Fighting?

Chris Evans (Captain America) and his stunt person. Image: people.com

You go to a movie. In the movie, there might be a sword fight. Someone might be jumping out of a plane or off a cliff. Who is really doing the fighting, jumping, or diving? It looks like the movie star. Is it?

It takes a long time to teach someone to sword fight, jump out of a plane, or dive off a cliff. Moviemakers don’t have the time to train their actors and actresses. They can’t have their stars getting hurt.

What do they do? They hire stunt people for the dangerous action parts.

Stunt people are trained in all different things. They can sword fight. They can jump out of planes and dive off cliffs. They play the part of the actors and actresses. Then the film is cut and pasted. It is made to look like the movie stars are doing the dangerous stunts.

Source: Daily Warm-ups Reading Grade 2

Why do moviemakers hire stunt people?

  • They want more people have work to do.
  • Training actors and actresses takes too long.
  • They want to make their movies more interesting.
  • Hiring stunt people is cheaper than training actors and actresses.
You see a movie. Someone jumps off a fast horse. Most likely, who are you seeing jump off the horse?
  • an actor
  • an actress
  • a movie star
  • a stunt person

Which can be another title for the text?

  • Movie Stars and Films
  • Become Stunt People
  • Stuntman - A Dangerous Job
  • Dangerous Parts of A Movie

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text. 

  1. Moviemakers don’t have the time to their actors and actresses.
  2. You go to a movie. In the movie, there might be a fight.
  3. are trained in all different things.
  4. They stunt people for the dangerous action parts.
  5. They can’t have their stars getting .
  6. Someone might be jumping out of a plane or off a .

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

  1. Samurai warriors used .
  2. Put that knife away before someone gets .
  3. They built a house at the foot of a .
  4. The students are being for careers in big business.
  5. They became after taking many different trainings.
  6. We only want to permanent staff.