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 Listening comprehension
Part A: Order the sentences.

(……) - Sure, Ken!

(……) - Jump in!
(……) - Hi, Ken! Part B: Find the missing words.
( 1 ) - Hi, Barbie! I'm a Barbie 1…………… in a Barbie 2…………
(……) - You wanna go for a ride? Life in plastic, it's fantastic
You can 3…………… my hair and dress me
everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation
Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Part C: Find the unnecessary words.

1 I'm a beautiful blond bimbo girl in a fantasy world

2 Dress me up, make and do it tight, I'm your dollie
3 You're my doll, rock'n'roll, feel the shining and
glamouring ring
4 Kiss me here, touch me here and there, hanky panky
5 You can touch, you can play with me 6 If you say: "I'm
always yours", ooh wow

Part D: Order the sentences.

(……) If you say: "I'm always yours"

(……) I can act like a star, I can beg on my knees
(……) Come jump in, be my friend, let us do it again
(……) You can touch, you can play
( 1 ) Make me walk, make me talk, do whatever you
please
(……) Hit the town, fool around, let's go party

Part E: Find the missing words.

- Oh, I'm 1…………… so much 2……………!

- Well Barbie, we're just gettin' started
- Oh, I 3…………… you Ken!
 Vocabulary
MATCH EACH BARBIE WITH ONE OF THE STATEMENTS.

1 Barbie is wearing a miniskirt

2 Barbie is doing ballet
3 Barbie is walking with a dog
4 Barbie is combing hair
5 Barbie is licking a lollipop
6 Barbie is holding pink bag
7 Barbie is wearing black trousers
8 Barbie is doing homework
9 Barbie is talking with friends
10 Barbie is writing in a notebook
11 Barbie is cooking
12 Barbie is wearing a wedding dress
 reading
The new movie "Barbie" is the biggest film of the year in the USA.
It has broken several box office records. One of these is for making
the most money for a non-superhero movie. Movie-goers in the USA
paid a total of $162 million in the movie's opening weekend. Ticket
sales worldwide were over $356 million. The film also made the most
money for a movie made by a female director. "Barbie" was directed
by Greta Gerwig, who also worked on the indie films "Lady Bird" and
"Little Women". Gerwig also co-wrote "Barbie". It is likely that there
will be sequels to the movie, so fans should get ready for "Barbie 2"
and "Barbie 3". There may also be a spin-off that focuses on Barbie's
friend Ken.

Ms Gerwig's movie is about the Barbie fashion doll, made by the

American toy company Mattel. The toy was created by American
businesswoman Ruth Handler and launched in 1959. It has become
one of the best-selling toys ever made. Over a billion Barbie dolls have
been made worldwide. Since the 1980s, Barbie has been the star of
video games, animated movies and TV series. In Gerwig's film, Barbie
unexpectedly leaves her near-perfect animated world of Barbieland
to live in the human world. Movie experts say it is refreshing that
"Barbie" is such an original movie. People may be getting tired of
superhero films. A critic said "Barbie" was a funny, entertaining and
feminist movie.
speaking
Answer the questions
Why did Barbie become the biggest movie
of the year?

What did Ms. Gerwig do besides directing

the film?

Is there a sequel to Barbie?

Why is the film such a big success?

Have you seen the film? What do you think?

Did you have a Barbie doll? Did you enjoy

playing with it?

Have you given as a present a Barbie? Why?

Why not?

What type of toys do you prefer? Why?

Do you think boys and girls should play with

the same toys? Why? Why not?

Did you play with toy weapons? Do you give

toy weapons to your broyhers/sisters?
Why? Why not?
 Listen to the news “A man has many Barbies”
and tick the sentences you hear

On a normal Singapore street sits a normal house, but it does not

contain a normal collection.
This house has one of the largest private collections of Barbie dolls in
the country
Jian Yang is the proud owner of all of these dolls.
He paid up to $3,600.000 for one of his dolls, making this an
expensive hobby.
Jian’s obsession predictably affects his relationships.
His wife has divorced him because of his hobby.
Listen again and complete the paragraph with the missing words:

On a normal Singapore street ______ a normal house, but it does not

contain a normal collection. This house has one of the __________ private
collections of Barbie dolls in the world at 6,000 dolls.
Jian Yang is the proud owner of all of these dolls and even calls some of
them _________. One of his favourites is Great Shape Barbie that was from
_____________ and was featured in the movie “Toy Story”. He paid up to
$3,600 for one of his dolls, making this an expensive hobby.
Jian’s _____________ predictably affects his relationships. He says that some
ex-girlfriends felt ________ because they could not look like one of the dolls,
which are infamous for their unrealistic waistlines
Match the words from list A to the meaning in B. There is an extra word!

1 Obsession A not feeling good

2 Infamous B too strong an interest in something
3 Precious C something that is an important part
4 Feature D famous for something that people do not like
5 Insecure E the size of one’s waist
6 Waistline F important and valuable
7 Proud

Answer the following questions:

Which is the strangest hobby you know?

Which is the most expensive hobby you know?
Do you have any hobby? Which one? Describe it in forty words
Is there any hobby you would never try? Which one? Why?