PAU Anglès 2016 · Juny · Sèrie 3 · Part 3 · Listening comprehension

Part 3: Listening comprehension INTERVIEW WITH A SCRIPTWRITER In the following conversation you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them. Make sure you know what they mean. run into: trobar-se amb / encontrarse con weird: estrany / extraño demand: exigir work out: fer exercici / hacer ejercicio shot (shoot) a film: rodar una peŀlícula / rodar una película overcome writer’s block: superar el bloqueig de l’escriptor / superar el bloqueo del escritor Ready? Now read the questions on the following page. Read them carefully before listening to the conversation. Narrator: Cliff Dorfman is a film scriptwriter who has worked in the TV series Entourage and the film Warrior. He is also an actor and a film director. He started working in the early 1990s, and has not stopped since. Right now, he also teaches writing at UCLA (University of California in Los Angeles). In this interview, he talks to a reporter of Filmmaker magazine. [Now listen to the interview.] QUESTIONS Choose the best answer according to the recording. Only ONE answer is correct. [2 points: 0.25 points for each correct answer. Wrong answers will be penalized by deducting 0.08 points. There is no penalty for unanswered questions.] 1. The first story that Cliff Dorfman ever wrote was a whole novel. was handwritten. is still in a drawer. had less than fifty pages. 2. What was Cliff Dorfman NOT inspired by? Greek mythology. Modern novels. Shakespeare. American movies. 3. According to Cliff Dorfman, if you want your script to be read you must follow writers and directors everywhere. contact writers and directors. visit writers and directors. be active in Facebook and Twitter. 4. Which of the following statements is TRUE? Cliff Dorfman finds it extremely hard to write about characters. Cliff Dorfman never listens to other people talking outside his home. Everything in Cliff Dorfman’s life influences his characters. Cliff Dorfman never goes out with friends during the writing process. 5. Cliff Dorfman’s characters all have strange eating habits. are constantly moving. are part of his life. appear in his dreams. 6. What does Cliff Dorfman say about the films he likes? His favourite is Pulp Fiction. They all follow a chronological order. They all have the same structure. His favourite is Goodfellas. 7. Which of the following is NOT part of Cliff Dorfman’s routine? Yoga. Boxing. Going to the gym. Jogging. 8. How did Cliff Dorfman overcome writer’s block? He stopped using a notebook. He tried many things, but nothing worked. He spent a few days alone in the forest. He went camping with his friends.