Stanley Kubrick (1928 - 1999) gilt noch immer als einer der besten
Filmregisseure des 20. Jahrhunderts. Beantworte die Fragen zu
folgendem Text auf Deutsch und in ganzen Sätzen.
How could the flag flutter when there’s no wind on the moon? During an
interview with Stanley Kubrick’s widow an extraordinary story came to
light. She claims Kubrick and other Hollywood producers were asked to help the U.S. win the race
to the moon. In order to finance the space program, the U.S. government needed huge popular
support, and that meant they couldn’t afford any expensive public relations failures. Fearing that
no live pictures could be transmitted from the first moon landing, President Nixon remembered
Kubrick, whose “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1975) had provided much inspiration. In return, Kubrick
got special NASA equipment to shoot “Barry Lyndon” (1975).
The documentary “Dark Side Of The Moon“ shows how the truth can be twisted by the
manipulation of pictures. Using false documents, real interviews taken out of context, staged
interviews, as well as interviews with astronauts like Buzz Aldrin and others, “Dark Side Of The
Moon” leads the viewer through lies and truth; fact and fiction. This is no ordinary documentary. It
was designed to inform and entertain the viewer, but also to shake him up - make him aware that
one should always view television with a critical eye.
widow = Witwe
Wie sah die Abmachung zwischen US-Präsident Nixon und Kubrick aus?
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Wie kam Nixon gerade auf Kubrick?
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Welche Art von Film ist „Dark Side Of The Moon“ und um was geht es darin hauptsächlich?
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Was war die Absicht hinter diesem Film?
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Put the different parts of the text (A-H) into the correct order. Write your answers in the grid
below. Three parts (D, E and F) have already been put in the correct place.
Walking on the moon
1
2
3
D
4
5
6
7
E
8
F
A
If so, they probably remember where they were when the Apollo 11 astronauts took
the first moonwalk.
B
But so did the cast of Star Trek.
C
Wearing moon suits we had made out of white plastic bags, we would climb on to the
family sofa to bounce on the cushions, leaping in slow motion.
D
Are your parents over 50?
E
For months afterwards, we kids would slow down to play “walking on the moon”:
F
Walking on the moon was just the first step, and being in outer space was our
fantasy.
G
We watched it at a friend’s house, and I was simply blown away.
H
Sure, we tripped and fell. Sure, we looked ridiculous.
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What’s it in English?
It’s still not easy to ________________ (vorhersagen) the exact course of a spaceship.
If you want to grow plants on the moon, you have to provide a
___________________
(feucht) climate, as in a ____________________ (Gewächshaus) for example.
It’s not true that the moon’s atmosphere _________________ (beinhaltet) no oxygen
- but only very, very little, of course.
Exploring Pluto is one of the most _________________ (anspruchsvoll) tasks planned
by NASA for the next 10, 15 years.
Some objects on Pluto look like hills or mountains on Earth during the last _________
(Eiszeit).
The highest mountains on Venus belong to the Maxwell Mountains with a _________
(Höhe) of up to 10,800 meters.
The Race to the Moon. For each blank, choose the right form from the table below. Circle the
right letter (A-D).
The moon, our (1) … neighbour in space, (2) … an object of fascination and mystery.
In his book From the Earth to the Moon, Jules Verne (3) … about a group of people
who (4) … to the moon by a rocket (5) … in real life would have killed them. In the
late 1950s, the struggle to reach the moon first started the Space Race (6) … the USA
and the Soviet Union.
The first vehicle to get close to the moon was Luna 1. It (7) … no scientific instruments.
But it missed the moon by 4,000 miles. Luna 2 (8) …. Luna 3 was powered by solar
cells rather than batteries and was accurately guided into the orbit around the moon.
(9) … October 10, 1959, it transmitted the first pictures of the dark side of the moon.
Luna 3’s pictures (10) … by an ordinary camera and beamed to the Earth.
The first soft landing on the moon was made by Luna 9 in 1966. TV cameras on board
took pictures of the surface of the Moon, (11) … a rough landscape. The following
Luna missions explored much of the moon.
The first American astronauts were launched in the Mercury capsules. Led by Alan
Shepard, the Mercury astronauts made several missions; the (12) … lasted over 34
hours.
In 1968, the (13) … Saturn V rocket took three Apollo 8 astronauts to the moon. They
went into lunar orbit before (14) … home. Now everything (15) … ready (16) … the
moon landing, which the United States (17) … to take place before the end of the
1960s.
(1)
A
near
B
nearest
C
nearly
D
nearby
(2)
A
always was
B
has always
been
C
is always being
D
will always be
(3)
A
writes
B
is writing
C
written
D
was written
(4)
A
had fired
B
had been fired
C
were fired
D
are firing
(5)
A
which
B
for
C
they
D
so
(6)
A
and
B
with
C
between
D
among
(7)
A
carry
B
carrying
C
carried
D
was carried
(8)
A
succeeded
B
success
C
successful
D
successfully
(9)
A
In
B
On
C
At
D
By
(10)
A
take
B
taking
C
took
D
were taken
(11)
A
show
B
showing
C
showed
D
were shown
(12)
A
long
B
longer
C
longest
D
longly
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A
huge
B
huger
C
hugest
D
hugely
(14)
A
return
B
returns
C
returning
D
returned
(15)
A
is
B
has been
C
was
D
was being
(16)
A
from
B
with
C
by
D
for
(17)
A
promise
B
promising
C
had promised
D
be promised