2nde - City of Glass

1. Before watching the following extract from a very famous movie, try to deduce the film’s name thanks to this rebus :

2. What do you know about this movie? Have you ever seen it? Can you give other examples of trilogies?

3. Watch the extract once and try to fill in the blanks:

The ‘Moshulu’ /ʃɪp/ /ʃiːp/ /tʃiːp/ is entering New York ______(syn. Port),

passing ______the Statue of Liberty. VITO is ______

(à bord) the ship. He stands up and walks ______(ant. In front of) everyone.

Everyone is getting ______(ant. Get on) the ship. VITO is ______(syn. Always).

walking. Immigrants are ______the Statue of Liberty. ______is

VITO (Vito is looking at the statue ______). ______(syn. Inside) Ellis Island, a

man ______VITO's eyes and writes an ______X on him. The inspector is

pointing at a ______. All the immigrants are ______in ______.

A man is playing ______violin ______everyone is talking in different languages.

Immigrants are ______to explain themselves. The officer wants to know the boy’s

______and his name. So ______the ______(nationality)

interpreter. ______(syn. However in 3 letters) Vito doesn’t understand ______

the officer ______the interpreter. Then, the interpreter sees his name on the

______(“hello” in German) of Vito’s ______. Later on, a doctor

______(syn. Inspects) the boy’s ______and asks the nurse to tell him

he has ______(a disease) and needs to be placed in

______for three ______. ______(syn. As a result)

young VITO is placed in a room, he looks out the window at the Statue of Liberty, places his

______on the ______, sits and then starts to sing.

Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954. From 1954 on, it has become an immigration museum.