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Advanced & Proficiency: Movie Review
Here's our review of the a James Bond film. Might give you some ideas for your own work! Better than 007 out of 10? Skyfall A jolly good Bond film scoring 8/10 with ease for me. Easily my favourite since Goldeneye, maybe The Living Daylights. Many years ago I read a Bond review in a magazine, where the writer said he'd love to see something different from Bond - like have him carry out an investigation in London, for instance, but there's no way it'd ever happen, what with the need forrproduct placement and so on. That author has pretty much got his wish and it worked very well. It feels like Bond, looks like Bond and sounds like Bond to me. About 1 second into the film there's something that tells you exactly what the tone of the movie is, puts a big smile on your face, and from there on it's almost all great stuff, doing something interesting and different, yet also familiar. Absolutely loved the tiny little touches ("For her eyes only")...
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Advanced Student's Work: A Film Review
Student Sample Read the homework. Can you use your experience to imagine how many marks of out 10 this review of two movies might get? >> ?? << Produced with fifteen years of difference [m1] , Source Code and The Rock are both remarkable movies. Source Code is an intriguing ü action film, which is still in some cinemas, and is suitable for a general audience. This thriller ü is centered on a soldier, Jake Gyllenhaal , who wakes up in a train, in the body of an unknown man. After some minutes, he discovers he is part of a mission to find a terrorist who is in that train. The plot is captivating ü ; with some unexpected twist that makes this film very thought-provoking ü . As a curiosity, I would like to mention that it is a low-budget film. It has cost ^32 million while the normal budget for American films is about ^100 million. I strongly recommend ü watching it, as it is one of the best films I have seen this year. Going b...
Presentation C1/Advanced
Powerpoint Presentation for C1 level: Advice on: Formality and grading it Planning Writing Checking Writing Link: http://www.slideshow.com/users/bcteacher/politeness-and-writing--572162773 Follow us on
First - Writing Samples: Informal Letter
Informal Letter/Email to Review Take a look at this letter. We`ve indicated some positives and corrections. What do you think of it? You might find some language you'd like to use yourself. Dear Megan: Things are as good as always! Last night I went to a fancy dress party, and I dress up [m1] ü like an Egyptian girl. I will send you all the pictures I took ü that night!! It was one of the best nights ever, you should have been there! ü How are things going there? ü It has been a long time since we haven’t talk [m2] , its good to hear again from [m3] you! So you have to tell me many t [m4] hings, like how Sean and you broke up? My mother has told me that I can go to your house [m5] on July!! So we have to plan many things that we are going to do then ü and you have to help me [to] choose which clothes I am taking. Oh and my mom have [m6] told me that you can come with us to [m7] a Mediterranean cruise we’re going ^ from the 12th of august [m8] until the 30t...
First Samples - Essay
2. Essay (120-180 Words) You have recently had a discussion in your English class about places to live. Now your teacher has asked you to write an essay, giving your opinion on the following statement. Whatever your age, life in the country is always better than life in the city. There's a lot of opinions about where life is better but in my opinion, the advantages are more ^ than the disadvantages if ü you live in the city. In the cities there're more options that you can choose. The important building are usually in the center, where everybody can arrive . There are also more activities, what is more ü , if you are a teenager the city is more amazing ü , because it's bigger, there's more party , but if you're an adult it can also be better, because your office will probably be there. (Adults don’t go to parties then? Hmmmm!) On the other hand ü the city is sometimes stressful ü ü , because there's a lot of noise, traffic jams ü ü and...
Advanced Sample: Article
BACK TO THE CAVES ü Over the last century people’s lifes have completely changed <!--[if !supportAnnotations]--> [m1] <!--[endif]--> upside down. This is due to, above all, [the existence of] electricity. Nowadays, it has become crucial ü for every single activity we do, since <!--[if !supportAnnotations]--> [m2] <!--[endif]--> doing the shopping, or taking ü a warm bath; even when we are sleeping we relay on the alarm clock to go off ü and make us start a new day on time. If electricity didn’t exist, life would be totally ü different. First of all, we would have to adapt our lives to sunlight, reducing working time from eight to five hours in winter. And, as ü we wouldn’t have anything to do from sunset to dawn, we could sleep at least 9 hours every day!! When it comes to ü leisure time, we could only do outdoor activities, such as running, strolling ü , or going out with our friends. We had to learn how to survive <!--[if !suppo...
First: Reviewing a Letter
Here's a thread with a student's formal letter. Take a look at Peter from Russia's letter, then when you've assessed it look at the other comments.
An Advanced Proposal
A sample of a Proposal from one of our Advanced students is now available on the download site . Please note the teacher's comments at the end: it's a great example of someone using what they've studied (and perhaps this website!) to do very good homework. Producing this level in an exam would be very difficult, but would certainly get a very high mark. Follow us on