Activity 4 : Billy Elliot [01:17:23 / 01:20:00]

Watch the sequence. Where do the scenes take place ?
The place in general : The R_ _ _ _  B_ _ _ _ _  in L_ _ _ _ _.
The different places :  outside and inside the a_ _ _ _ _ _n  room / in the c_ _ _ _ _ _ g-r_ _ _ / in the consulting-room with the d_ _ _ _ r

Who are the main characters ? .....................................................

How do the people feel ?

• outside the audition room : answer the questions with short and complete sentences.

Do Billy and his father feel in the right place ? ………………………………………………………
Does Billy feel at ease ? ...………………………………………………………………………………………
Does he want to stay ? ………………………………………………………………………………………….
What does his father do ? ……………………………………………………………………………………..

• inside the audition room. Complete the text with the given words : breathe - impressed - panic-stricken - paralysed

Billy is so ………………………, …………………………. ,…………………………..
in front of these solemn tutors that he can’t ………………………..
unable      does not dance      awkward      confidence
He feels …………………………. and ………………………………………… very well.
He is …………………………… to show what he can do because he has lost ………………

• Back in the changing-room and in the audition room. Circle the right answer.

Billy is so exhausted / pleased  that he is about  to burst into tears / to burst into laughing.
He is   happy / disappointed  and  glad / cross since he realizes he has  succeeded / failed and wasted his time.
A boy tries   to make fun of him / to comfort him , sympathize with him / to laugh at him  but Billy  punches him in the face / gives him a big hug.
He is  congratulated / told off  for his violent behaviour.
Both father and son are  fired / interviewed.

Listen to the interview. What rules of the school are mentioned ?

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Complete the question to Billy : “ Why  ….  you first  ……….  .. ballet ?”
         
Complete the question to the father : “  ….  you a  …  of the ballet ?”

Complete the father’s answer: “ No,  …  ……  . I  ..  …  an  ……  .”

Tutor’s final remark : “ Are you completely  ……  Billy ?

Father’s answer : “Yes,  ..  ……  .”

What is Billy’s behaviour ? What is his father’s behaviour ? Write B or F next to the sentences.

- He is intimidated, at a loss for words.
- He is supportive.
- He feels uneasy, tense, uncomfortable.
- He does his best to look and sound convinced.
- He is worried about what his father might say.
- He does not let him down.
- He has accepted his passion.

There is a strong c_ _ _ _ _ _t between the son’s and his father’s attitude.

Here is the last question asked before Billy leaves : “ What does it feel like when you are dancing ?
Listen to Billy and pick out the key-words in his answer : ………………………………………………………………..

According to you, why is it so difficult for Billy to speak ? …………………………………………………………………

How do you call the literary device he uses to speak about his passion ? :

a m_ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

Look at the pictures again and concentrate on the faces so as to explain the evolution of the tutor’s reaction.

At first he …………………………………………… but little by little he ……………………………….

Watch the end of the sequence and say whether you think Billy has got a chance to enter the Royal Academy or not. Justify your point of view giving some clues.

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