ISG 111002 Inside the Actor's Studio - Matt Damon
ISG 111002 Inside the Actor's Studio - Matt Damon
Dear ISGers,
For our Oct. 2 Skype meeting I'd like to share with you one of my favorite shows - Inside the Actor's Studio. I'm really into theater, as some of you know; actors fascinate the director and critic in me as few other groups of people do. I thought I'd pick a popular and very articulate actor among many that had gone on the show. Matt Damon seems to be a pretty fun choice.
You don't have to go beyond part 1, but you are certainly welcome to the rest of the show. What I would like to pay attention to is the general "interview" type of discussion and language we find there. The Q & A style dialogue is useful in many ways.
So enjoy and see you on Skype!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sK7ALkw ... re=related
Kat
Re: ISG 111002 Inside the Actor's Studio - Matt Damon
Here is an introduction about Matt Damon I found from Wikipedia in below link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Damon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Damon
Re: ISG 111002 Inside the Actor's Studio - Matt Damon
a brief summary of word usages mentioned by Kat in the meeting:
1. to understand sb's mind (X)
=> to understand how sb's mind works (O)
=> to understand what's on sb's mind (O)
2. parental divorce
3. dean of a drama school
4. early-child education (X)
=> early-childhood education (O)
5. self-absorbed: a negative term
6. to parody sb
7. pronunciation:
- host
- mechanism: emphasis is on the 1st syllable
- favorite
8. an abridged book
9. movies adapted from books
10. psychiatrist: a doctor
psychologist: an academic
11. to cure sb of their problems (X)
=> to help sb walk through their problems (O)
12. 放逐: banish (O), expel (X)
13. the God (X)
=> God (O): there is no "the" in front of God
14. mantra = motto
1. to understand sb's mind (X)
=> to understand how sb's mind works (O)
=> to understand what's on sb's mind (O)
2. parental divorce
3. dean of a drama school
4. early-child education (X)
=> early-childhood education (O)
5. self-absorbed: a negative term
6. to parody sb
7. pronunciation:
- host
- mechanism: emphasis is on the 1st syllable
- favorite
8. an abridged book
9. movies adapted from books
10. psychiatrist: a doctor
psychologist: an academic
11. to cure sb of their problems (X)
=> to help sb walk through their problems (O)
12. 放逐: banish (O), expel (X)
13. the God (X)
=> God (O): there is no "the" in front of God
14. mantra = motto
Re: ISG 111002 Inside the Actor's Studio - Matt Damon
Hi Kooper,
Wow. Excellent note-taking! Just a few corrections:
2. parental separation = divorce
11. to cure sb of their problems (X)
=> to help sb work through their problems (O)
Kat
Wow. Excellent note-taking! Just a few corrections:
2. parental separation = divorce
11. to cure sb of their problems (X)
=> to help sb work through their problems (O)
Kat
Re: ISG 111002 Inside the Actor's Studio - Matt Damon
< 讚 >
i might be a cynic and, a sceptic as well but, i'm definitely not a bad person!!
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Re: ISG 111002 Inside the Actor's Studio - Matt Damon
A supplement to Kooper's recap:
Start with me. (O)
Start from me. (X)
Make any sound. (To detect if the Skype works.) (O)
Make any voice. (X)
Dean: a head of a school at university/college
At Harvard (O)
In Harvard (X)
Did the somersault
The first movie I know of him. (O)
The first movie I know him. (X)
My eyes were not on the screen. (So I was listening to the video, not watching the video.)
Start with me. (O)
Start from me. (X)
Make any sound. (To detect if the Skype works.) (O)
Make any voice. (X)
Dean: a head of a school at university/college
At Harvard (O)
In Harvard (X)
Did the somersault
The first movie I know of him. (O)
The first movie I know him. (X)
My eyes were not on the screen. (So I was listening to the video, not watching the video.)
Re: ISG 111002 Inside the Actor's Studio - Matt Damon
Thank you Kat.Kat C 寫:Hi Kooper,
Wow. Excellent note-taking! Just a few corrections:
2. parental separation = divorce
11. to cure sb of their problems (X)
=> to help sb work through their problems (O)
Kat
Re: ISG 111002 Inside the Actor's Studio - Matt Damon
Hi Sherry,
Great job, too!
Just to clarify a bit:
As an imperative you'd say, "Make some sound."
To use "any", the whole sentence might be: "I can't make any sound. My mic doesn't work!"
Dean: a head of a school at a university/college
He did a somersault, and…
The first movie I know of him from is… (You may or may not have seen the movie)
The first movie I saw him in is... (You have seen the movie)
Kat
Great job, too!
Just to clarify a bit:
As an imperative you'd say, "Make some sound."
To use "any", the whole sentence might be: "I can't make any sound. My mic doesn't work!"
Dean: a head of a school at a university/college
He did a somersault, and…
The first movie I know of him from is… (You may or may not have seen the movie)
The first movie I saw him in is... (You have seen the movie)
Kat
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Re: ISG 111002 Inside the Actor's Studio - Matt Damon
Thank you, Kat. I always learn something from your post.