1. Comprehension

1. Joey is nominated for:

• an Emmy

• a Soap Opera Digest award

• a Soapie

2. It is:

• the first most prestigious soap opera award

• the second most prestigious soap opera award

• the third most prestigious soap opera award

3. The girl whom Joey is taking to the awards is:

• Rachel

• Monica

• Phoebe

4. Joey practices his acceptance speech using:

• a shampoo bottle

• a bottle of maple syrup

• one of his previous awards

5. Joey is nominated in:

• Favorite Supporting Actor category

• Favorite Returning Male Character category

• Best Male Actor category

6. When after the winner’s announcement the cameras are on Joey he:

• looks very disappointed

• does his gracious loser face

• gets very angry pounding the table and yelling at Rachel

7. When Joey walks to the podium to present one of the awards he is:

• scornful and exultant

• angry and disgusted

• gloomy and sad

8. Joey took the award:

• because he felt that he deserved it

• on behalf of his co-star as he was going to take it back to her

• because he saw a whole table full of them and thought that nobody wanted them anyway

9. Jessica Ashley is really:

• shocked and happy to have won a new award

• going to put it on her shelf next to other awards

• indifferent to her award

2. Forty-five seconds. One billion viewers. Your moment of glory. Most people blow it. At its best, the Oscar acceptance speech is its own kind of art form.

a) What are the characteristics of a good acceptance speech? How would you characterize Joey’s speech?

candid poignant shallow heartfelt pretentious

succinct funny political incoherent

b) Imagine that Joey has won his first award. Help him to make a good acceptance speech. Below you can find the lines from the speech he was going to make at the Soapie’s award ceremony. Expand it filling the gaps with the appropriate words.

Joey: Oh… Wow! I honestly never expected this. I uh, I didn’t prepare a speech. But umm, I’d like to thank my parents, who’ve always been there for me. I’d also like to thank my friends, Chandler, Monica, Phoebe, Rachel…

Acceptance Speech for ______________

Thank you! Oh! Thank you! I can hardly ____________ I feel so _____________. And this statue - it's so _____________ Oh, thank you again! I just want everyone to ____________ even in my wildest ______________ , I never would have ____________ that this could ever ______________ And to the other _____________ nominees, I want each of you to know how totally ___________ your _____________ makes me feel right now!

You know when they first told me I was ____________ , I just had to take ____________ and __________ about how ___________ my _____________ have been. I guess it all just makes me feel kinda _____________ .

You know, there are so many _________ to thank! First off though, I want to ____________ the ____________ of the Academy, who looked deep within their ____________ before giving me this fantastic award! Also, I want to thank ____________ , for being such a powerful force in my _____________ . And to ____________ , who taught me to take life by the _____________ . And finally, to all the ____________ - I couldn’t have done it without you!

Thank you America, and good night!