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exercise 6 Say the following sentences in English. Use either the infinitive or a that-clause. Work together with a partner.
1. I want you to succeed in life.
2. I believe (that) you can do anything.
3. My grandfather advised all his grandchildren to aim high in life.
4. I know (that) it was the most important (piece of) advice in my life.
5. I want to do something meaningful with my life.
6. I hope (that) it will also make a difference in other people’s lives.
7. I believe (that) people will remember me as an important member of our community.
8. Few / Not many people want to remain unknown.
9. Successful people are known to be ambitious.
10. Some even claim it to be the most important thing. / Some even claim (that) it is the most important thing.
11. I don’t want you to believe everything (that) you read in the papers.
12. I think (that) people are sometimes too gullible.
13. I believe (that) it can/may cause problems in society.
14. My parents didn’t allow me to / didn’t let me read tabloids.
15. They wanted me to be critical towards everything I read.
16. I know (that) it was a useful lesson.
17. The teacher asked us to give a presentation on media reliability.
18. He/She told us to compare different sources.
19. I wanted us to do our presentation on global warming.
20. Some people still claim (that) it is only a fairytale. / Some people still claim it to be only a fairytale.
7 Fill in with the help of the clues. Here is a list of movies about the moon made to entertain us.
exercise 7 1. In Moon, Sam Rockwell is hired to work at a lunar station. He is supposed to be there alone, but is he?
2. In the Shadow of the Moon lets the images and interviews with astronauts tell the stories. Unfortunately, Neil Armstrong declined to take part.
3. Moonraker is perhaps too clumsily made to be taken seriously, but like most Bond movies, it is entertaining to watch.
4. In a film adaptation of an H.G.Wells novel, two British men use an anti-gravity substance to fly them to the moon.
5. Georges Méliès’ 14-minute film from 1902 is the first sci-fi movie (to have been) made / to be made in the 20th century.
6. In case you run out of cheese and need restocking / to restock, the best place to go is the moon. This Wallace and Gromit classic, A Grand Day Out, was nominated for an Oscar, only to lose to another film by the same creators.
7. Many have heard Tom Hanks say / saying, “Houston, we have a problem” in Apollo 13. The zero gravity scenes were filmed aboard a simulation plane to achieve genuine weightlessness.
8. One of the first 3D movies made / to have been made / to be made is Magnificent Desolation where actual footage, computer-created imagery (CGI) and interviews are used to create a more compelling atmosphere.
9. Iron Sky is a story about Nazis who set up a base on the moon in 1945, and then decide to return to a future Earth to take over the planet.
10. Despicable Me is a CGI comedy about a super-villain who decides to steal the moon. The movie ranks among the best animated movies ever created / to have been created.
1. I want you to succeed in life.
2. I believe (that) you can do anything.
3. My grandfather advised all his grandchildren to aim high in life.
4. I know (that) it was the most important (piece of) advice in my life.
5. I want to do something meaningful with my life.
6. I hope (that) it will also make a difference in other people’s lives.
7. I believe (that) people will remember me as an important member of our community.
8. Few / Not many people want to remain unknown.
9. Successful people are known to be ambitious.
10. Some even claim it to be the most important thing. / Some even claim (that) it is the most important thing.
11. I don’t want you to believe everything (that) you read in the papers.
12. I think (that) people are sometimes too gullible.
13. I believe (that) it can/may cause problems in society.
14. My parents didn’t allow me to / didn’t let me read tabloids.
15. They wanted me to be critical towards everything I read.
16. I know (that) it was a useful lesson.
17. The teacher asked us to give a presentation on media reliability.
18. He/She told us to compare different sources.
19. I wanted us to do our presentation on global warming.
20. Some people still claim (that) it is only a fairytale. / Some people still claim it to be only a fairytale.
7 Fill in with the help of the clues. Here is a list of movies about the moon made to entertain us.
exercise 7 1. In Moon, Sam Rockwell is hired to work at a lunar station. He is supposed to be there alone, but is he?
2. In the Shadow of the Moon lets the images and interviews with astronauts tell the stories. Unfortunately, Neil Armstrong declined to take part.
3. Moonraker is perhaps too clumsily made to be taken seriously, but like most Bond movies, it is entertaining to watch.
4. In a film adaptation of an H.G.Wells novel, two British men use an anti-gravity substance to fly them to the moon.
5. Georges Méliès’ 14-minute film from 1902 is the first sci-fi movie (to have been) made / to be made in the 20th century.
6. In case you run out of cheese and need restocking / to restock, the best place to go is the moon. This Wallace and Gromit classic, A Grand Day Out, was nominated for an Oscar, only to lose to another film by the same creators.
7. Many have heard Tom Hanks say / saying, “Houston, we have a problem” in Apollo 13. The zero gravity scenes were filmed aboard a simulation plane to achieve genuine weightlessness.
8. One of the first 3D movies made / to have been made / to be made is Magnificent Desolation where actual footage, computer-created imagery (CGI) and interviews are used to create a more compelling atmosphere.
9. Iron Sky is a story about Nazis who set up a base on the moon in 1945, and then decide to return to a future Earth to take over the planet.
10. Despicable Me is a CGI comedy about a super-villain who decides to steal the moon. The movie ranks among the best animated movies ever created / to have been created.