Complete the conversation with the correct form of the words in brackets.
Tom:
Why (1) _____________________ popular books ____________________ (make) into films?
Jack:
Oh, because the stories (2) _____________________ already _______________________ (know)
by lots of people, so the films will become popular as well.
Tom:
But why (3) _____________________ the stories sometimes ______________________ (change)
in films?
Jack:
Because films and books are different.
Some people in the book are not included in
the film, but others are more important than they are in the book.
Tom:
But that doesn't happen in historical films?
Jack:
Yes, it does.
Sometimes even the facts about history (4) ____________________ (change).
Tom:
But why (5) _____________________ facts ____________________ (rewrite)?
Jack:
Because films don't always try to teach history, but to tell a good story!
Complete the conversation with the words in the box.
accept
dialogue
discuss
influence
sense
society
wise
writers
Host:
Welcome to Two Talk.
Today we will (1)_________________ the question:
Are
writers still important?
With me for today's (2)___________________ are James
Southern and Penny West.
James, what do you think?
James:
I think people who write for a job are not as important as they used to be.
There are
many (3)_______________ now, but they write on the Internet, for free.
Host:
Is that a problem?
James:
Yes, I think so.
Although it's good that everyone can be a writer and write what
they like on the Internet, they also sometimes write wrong information.
So it
isn't (4)________________ to get all your information from the Internet.
Host:
What do you think, Penny?
Penny:
I'd (5)______________ what James says.
There is a lot of rubbish on the Internet,
and it might have too much (6)___________________ on some people.
Wrong
information is bad for (7)_______________.
People need to think about what they
read, and decide whether it makes (8)______________ or not.
It's a pity that not
enough people do that!