Unit 1
Culture Online
Passage 1
Golden Globes: Argo Surprises, and So Does the Jodie Foster Speech Language Features Background Information
Warming-up Questions
Winners of the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards, Announced (Beijing Sunday Time: Jan. 14, 2013) in Beverly Hills, Calif.: MOTION PICTURES
— Picture, Drama: Argo. — Picture, Musical or Comedy: Les Miserables. — Actor, Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln. — Actress, Drama: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty. — Director: Ben Affleck, Argo. — Actor, Musical or Comedy: Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables. — Actress, Musical or Comedy: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook. — Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained. — Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables. — Foreign Language: Amour. — Animated Film: Brave. — Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained. — Original Score: Mychael Danna, Life of Pi. — Original Song: Skyfall (music and lyrics by Adele and Paul Epworth), Skyfall.
TELEVISION
— Series, Drama: Homeland. — Series, Musical or Comedy: Girls. — Actress, Drama: Claire Danes, Homeland. — Actor, Drama: Damian Lewis, Homeland. — Actress, Musical or Comedy: Lena Dunham, Girls. — Actor, Musical or Comedy: Don Cheadle, House of Lies. — Miniseries or Movie: Game Change. — Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Julianne Moore, Game Change. — Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys. — Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey. — Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Ed Harris, Game Change. Previously announced: Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award: Jodie Foster.
More Types of Delayed Lead
suspense lead
e.g. In China, it is called ganbei, literally, “dry your glass”, an oriental bottoms-up. In their first big effort in the Olympics, the Chinese had many chances to ganbei. e.g. They won 15 gold medals, eight silver and nine bronze…
“green gem” of Southwest China’s Yunnan
Province.
More Types of Delayed Lead
quotation lead
e.g. “To get ahead in journalism, you have to do a little more than people expect of you.” e.g. This is the advice Lantern Spring Quarter Editor-in-chief Ron Shafes gave freshman journalism students today.
Best Actress—Motion Picture Drama
Best Actress—Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Best Supporting Actor—Motion Picture Best Supporting Actress—Motion Picture Best Screenplay Best Original Score Best Original Song Best Foreign Language Film Best Animated Feature Film (2006–present) Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures
Question 2: What work did Kate Winslet win the Golden Globe award for?
Question 3: What role did Meryl Streep play in The Iron Lady? Question 4: What did Morgan Freeman take home the honorary Cecil B. DeMille award for?
Listen to the following news and answer the questions:
The 69th Golden Globes Hit Hollywood! Question 1: How does the speaker think of the host’s performance?
Best Motion Picture—Drama
Categories of the Golden Globe Award
Best Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy
Best Director Best Actor—Motion Picture Drama Best Actor—Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Listen to the following news again and answer the questions:
Television Awards
Awarded since 1956: Best Drama Series Best Comedy Series Best Actor in a Television Drama Series Best Actor in a Television Comedy Series Best Actress in a Television Drama Series Best Actress in a Television Comedy Series Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
More Types of Delayed Lead
The contrast lead The question lead The personal lead The figurative lead The historical lead
The satire lead
Motion Picture Awards
Background Information
The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign. The annual formal ceremony and dinner at which the awards are presented is a major part of the film industry’s awards season, which culminates each year with the Academy Awards.