Famous Firsts. Module 7 c. Spotlight 6.

Famous Firsts

Spotlight 6. Module 7 c.

Margarita Koryagina

School № 80

Vladivostok, Russia

March, 2022

Most people know all about Mickey Mouse. Mickey is the most famous cartoon character of all times, but what about his father, Walt Disney?

Before reading the text. New words.

create

живой

создавать

alive

cartoon character

мультгерой

вместе, в общем

ранний возраст

early age

озвученный мультфильм

in total

sound cartoon

каждый

each

продавать - продал

пароход

steamboat

sell-sold

новое поколение

new generation

sketches

побеждать – победил (завоевал)

наброски

win - won

уехал в

Оскар

(leave) left for

Academy award

appear

появляться

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Walt Elias Disney was born on December 5th 1901in Chicago Illinois.

The house where Walt Disney lived in his childhood

He liked drawing from an early age and he sold his first sketches to his neighbours when he was only seven years old.

In August 1923 he left for Hollywood. He had only $40 with him.

His brother Roy lived in California and together they started the now famous Disney Brothers studio in their uncle's garage.

Walt created his most famous character Mickey Mouse in 1928. Mickey appeared in the first sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie the same year.

Walt won the first of his 26 Academy awards in 1932 for the film Flowers and Trees.

Over the next five years Walt Disney made some of his most popular films such as, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo and Bambi. He made 81 films in total while he was alive.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Pinocchio

Fantasia

Dumbo

Bambi

Walt Disney died in 1966, His work lives on today with each new generation enjoying his films and cartoons.

Choose the right answer.

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Label the paragraphs with the headings.

Early years

Date of death

Later years

Name / famous for

What have learnt about Walt Disney?

Role play in pairs. Imagine that one of you are Disney’s grandson or granddaughter and the other is a journalist.

Resources.

yandex.ru картинки

В. Эванс, О. Подоляко и др. УМК Spotlight 6

(722) 1932 Silly Symphony Flowers and Trees July 30, 1932 – YouTube

(722) Walt Disney Animation Studios' Steamboat Willie – YouTube

И др видео – You Tube