Listen to the audio and complete the sentences. Write ONE OR TWO words from the talk in each gap.
1. Hayao Miyazaki's passion for art began in his .
2. After working on many movies at Toei, Miyazaki started his own company, Studio Ghibli.
3. Miyazaki earned from Spirited Away than My Neighbor Totoro.
4. Miyazaki's films often feature weird but characters alongside humans.
5. Miyazaki's movies are known for their blend of and real-world themes.
A: Your painting won first place! Congratulations!
B: Thanks! _____
A: They're restoring a historic theater where Martin Luther King Jr. once gave a speech.
B: _____ It's so important to preserve these places.
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a. Linh: This is a song by Trịnh Công Sơn. He was a very famous songwriter.
b. Linh: Many of his songs are about peace, love, and the sadness of war. They are very poetic and have a deep meaning for a lot of people here.
c. Chris: What kind of music is this? It sounds so beautiful and thoughtful.
d. Chris: What are his songs usually about?
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a. Ben: So why did he come back to a country in the middle of a war?
b. Thao: He was a true patriot. After meeting President Ho Chi Minh in Paris, he chose to give up his career in Europe to use his knowledge to help his country fight for independence.
c. Thao: That's right. He was studying and working in France and had a very comfortable life ahead of him.
d. Ben: I read that Trần Đại Nghĩa was actually a successful engineer in Europe before returning to Vietnam.
Read the text and decide which answer best fits each gap.
A famous explorer
Captain James Cook is remembered today for being one of Britain's most famous explorers of the 18th century. Cook was unlike most other explorers of the same period. He did not come from a family and had to work hard for the later in his life. He was lucky to be noticed by his father's employer, who saw that he was a bright boy and paid for him to the village school. At sixteen, he started work in a shop in a fishing village, and this was a turning point in his life. He developed an interest in the sea and eventually joined the in order to see more of the world.
Cook was by sailing, astronomy and the production of maps, and quickly became an expert in these subjects. He was also one of the first people to realize that scurvy, an illness often suffered by sailors, could be prevented by careful attention to diet. It was during his voyage to the Pacific Ocean that Cook made his historic landing in Australia and the major discovery that New Zealand was two separate islands. He became a national and still remains one today.
Write a biography (about 180 words) of a famous person that you admire for your school newspaper.