Learn English With Meryl Streep - Study Her Speech At The Golden Globes 2017

Teacher Rita Grazina has prepared an excellent activity for you to practice your listening skills in the English language.

You will be watching a video of the great actress Meryl Streep at the Golden Globes and then you will be answering some questions to check your comprehension. 

We recommend you start by reading the questions and making sure you understand all of them. Then, you watch the video and look for the answers to the questions. Watch it as many times as you need it.

QUESTIONS

1. Why do people have to forgive Meryl Streep?
2. Why is Hollywood one of the most vilified* segments at the moment?
3. What does she say about Canadian people?
4. Who in the audience is Canadian?
5. Why does she talk about football?
6. Meryl says that a specific performance stunned her this year. Which one?

* to say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them.

Ex: He was vilified by the press as a monster.

Click here to watch the speech

Donald Trump posted an answer on Twitter:

7. What does overrated mean?

8. What is your opinion about Donald Trump’s answer?

9. If this situation happened to you, how would you react?

Answers:

1. She's lost her voice (in screaming and lamentation).
2. Most of Hollywood actors and actresses are foreigners.
3. Canadians are the best people.
4. Ryan Gosling
5. She mentions football along with martial arts because those would be the only things on TV if all foreigners (including actors) were deported.
6. Donald Trump's performance while he imitated a disabled reporter.
7. Overrated: not as good or important as some people think or say

8. personal opinion

9. personal opinion