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Rumours 2

Reading and Vocabulary

A. Discuss with a partner.
1. Do you usually watch films and TV series in the original language (with or without subtitles) or
dubbed?
2. Why do you think some people prefer to watch dubbed versions?
3. What can be the disadvantages of watching films and series which have been dubbed?
4. If you could be the voice actor for any film star, who would you choose and why?

B. Match the words in each column. Then read the text on page 22 and check your answers.

1. be out a. hold of someone
2. by word b. of mouth
3. drop c. of touch
4. get d. networking
5. hear something e. someone a line
6. keep f. someone posted
7. play Chinese g. through the grapevine
8. speed h. whispers

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