Unit 2 Cartoons and comics

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Unit 2 Cartoons and comics
Reading A
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A The story of Tom and Jerry
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warming-up

1. Have you ever seen any Tom and Jerry cartoons?
2. Who is?

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3. Do Tom and Jerry speak in the cartoons?
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4. Which character do you like better, Tom or
Jerry? Why?
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though
although
fail
not succeed
altogether
smart
clever
in all
amusement
funny and interesting feeling
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Listen to the text and then judge the sentences T
or F

• Tom and Jerry has a long history.
• 2. The first Tom and Jerry cartoons wasnt a huge
  success.
• 3.The first Tom and Jerry cartoon was shown in
  cinemas in 1940.
• 4. The famous cat and mouse are not popular today.

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F. was a huge
T
F. are still popular
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Read the text and then complete the blanks

Tom tries to catch Jerry
Cartoon _________
Tom and Jerry
characters
It's about

maker
William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Fred Quimby
boss
number
Tom gets in trouble, while Jerry laughs.
_____cartoons
It's about
114
seven minutes
______ _________ long
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• Find four sentences describing Tom and Jerry in
  the article.
• 1 ... Tom the cat trying to catch Jerry the mouse.

..the two animals are always running around or
fighting each other.
2 _______________________________________ 3
_______________________________________ 4
________________________________________
.. Tom thinks he can catch Jerry, he always
fails.
.. Tom gets in trouble with his owner, while
Jerry laughs at him.
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Fill in the blanks
William and Joseph created the funny c_______ of
Tom and Jerry. The two main c_________ in the
stories are Tom the c____ and Jerry the m______.
William and Joseph made the mouse very s______
and always get the cat into trouble. T_______ Tom
thinks he can catch Jerry, every time he tries to
do so he f________ and Jerry always l________ at
him. The cartoon first showed in c_______ in 1940
and was a great success. Since then p____ of Tom
and Jerry cartoons have been made. There are 114
Tom and Jerry cartoons a_______. The famous cat
and mouse are still p______today. They bring a
lot of a_________ to children and adults.People
now w______ them on t_______.
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haracters
at
ouse
mart
hough
ails
aughs
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atch
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• Post-reading
• Discuss the following questions in groups
• 1. Do you find the cartoons interesting? Why?
• 2. Is Tom and Jerry your favourite cartoon?
• If no, whats your favourite cartoon?

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two of the most be full of fun a long
history in the late 1930s a man called think
of get into trouble plenty of run around laugh
at Children from all over
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Its easy to understand Though Tom thinks he
Tom gets into trouble w Children from all
over t
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Thank you.