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2a. Kate Winslet and Colin Firth are great British celebrities who have won the Best Actress and the Best Actor Oscars. Have you seen any films starring them?

2b. Work in pairs.

Student A:

1) Read the biography of Kate Winslet and be ready to answer your partner's questions about her.

2) Get a card about Colin Firth and do the task.

Student B:

1) Read the biography of Colin Firth and be ready to answer the questions about him.

2) Get a card about Kate Winslet and do the task.

Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet was born on 5 October 1975, in Reading, England, in a family of actors. She started acting at the age of seven. The beginning of her career goes back to 1995 when she appeared in her first film, Heavenly Creatures. Winslet attracted more attention with her next role in Ang Lee's film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, Sense and Sensibility (1995). As the charming Marianne Dashwood – the “sensibility” of the film – Winslet earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

In 1997, she got the main role in the record-breaking blockbuster Titanic, which pushed her to international stardom. The film won numerous Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and scored Winslet her second Academy Award nomination for acting, this time for Best Actress. In 2001, Winslet gave her voice to the animated British film, "What If," a song from which by Winslet became a top ten single in Britain. Her brilliant acting in the films Iris (2001), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and Little Children (2006) brought her new Academy Award nominations. She won the Best Actress Oscar for The Reader in 2008.

Kate Winslet has starred in dozens of films since then. Her most famous projects of the last decade are the 2014 thriller Divergent and its 2015 sequel, Insurgent, The Mountain Between Us (2017), an adventure-survival film, and Woody Allen’s Wonder Wheel. For her performance of Joanna Hoffman in Steve Jobs (2015), she received her seventh Academy Award nomination and the European Golden Globe Award.

The actress was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her achievements in film and television. In 2017, Winslet teamed with Leonardo DiCaprio’s environmental foundation and took part in the campaign against global warming. Off-camera, Winslet is known for her great sense of humour and care of the family. She has been married three times and has three children, two sons and a daughter.

Colin Firth

Colin Firth was born on 10 September 1960, in Grayshott, Hampshire, England. His parents were working as teachers in Nigeria, Africa. Colin and his family lived in Nigeria until he was 4 years old, and then settled in England. At the age of 18, he moved to London, where he joined the National Youth Theatre. In 1979 he decided to go to an acting school at the London Drama Centre in order to improve his acting skill. Studying six days a week for three years, Firth cut his teeth in a variety of plays, including King Lear and Hamlet.

Colin Firth made his film debut [‘deibju:] in Another Country in 1984, but Firth’s success came in 1995, when he was cast as Mr Darcy in the BBC romance Pride and Prejudice. His next role was in the Academy Award-winning film The English Patient (1996). In 1998, he played brilliantly in another Oscar-winning blockbuster, Shakespeare in Love. With his appearance in 2001’s Bridget Jones’ Diary, Firth played his Mr Darcy role in a more contemporary¹ setting.

The actor continued to appear in such films as Love Actually (2003), Mamma Mia! (2008) and A Christmas Carol (2009). In 2009, Firth was recognised with Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for starring in A Single Man. For his great performance in The King’s Speech, Firth won the Best Actor Oscar at the 2011 Academy Awards. His role list ranges from a romantic man to a country’s leader.

Colin Firth is also famous for his brilliant acting in the dramas The Railway Man (2013), Before I Go to Sleep (2014) and Genius (2016) in which he co-starred with a famous Australian actress Nicole Kidman. In 2014, he surprised his fans as a secret agent in the action spy comedy Kingsman: The Secret Service. The success of the film was enormous and, in 2017, its sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle was released. In 2019, Firth played the role of a military leader in the famous World War I drama 1917 which won three Oscar awards.

Firth is known as a reserved and shy person. However, he is very sociable and he enjoys working with others on group projects or community activities. Colin is married to an Italian producer and director and has three sons.

2c. Read the biographies again and find out what these two celebrities have in common (at least 5 things).

2c. Прочитайте биографии еще раз и выясните, что общего у этих двух знаменитостей (не менее 5 пунктов).

Ответ:

Both are British celebrities born in England.

Both have won an Academy Award for a leading role.

Both have starred in film adaptations of Jane Austen's novels.

Both have been involved in a film titled A Christmas Carol.

Both have three children.

Перевод:

Они оба - британские знаменитости, родившиеся в Англии.

Оба получили премию 'Оскар' за главную роль.

Оба снимались в экранизациях романов Джейн Остин.

Оба были задействованы в фильме под названием 'Рождественская песнь'.

У обоих по трое детей.