The Reading / Listening - Thunderbirds - Level 0

There is new material of the TV show 'Thunderbirds'. New film has been found. It has not been seen since the 1960s. The TV company Century 21 Films will use digital technology to restore the film. The company hopes people can see the new material next year. It is the show's 60th anniversary in 2025.

Thunderbirds was a hit in the 1960s. There were 32 fifty-minute shows. It is now a cult classic. It is about a life-saving organization called International Rescue. The show's creators used puppets, special effects and models. The show is famous for its dramatic music, amazing spacecraft, and rescue machines.

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Sources
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e848ewnlno
  • https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/thunderbirds-unseen-episode-discovered-newsupdate/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbirds_(TV_series)


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. There is new material
  2. New film has
  3. It has not been seen since
  4. digital
  5. restore the
  6. The company hopes people can
  7. next
  8. It is the show's 60th
  1. see the new material
  2. anniversary
  3. been found
  4. film
  5. year
  6. of the TV show
  7. technology
  8. the 1960s

Paragraph 2

  1. Thunderbirds was a hit
  2. There were 32
  3. It is now a cult
  4. a life-saving
  5. The show's creators used
  6. special
  7. The show is famous
  8. rescue
  1. for its dramatic music
  2. classic
  3. effects
  4. fifty-minute shows
  5. machines
  6. puppets
  7. in the 1960s
  8. organization

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

There (1) ___________________ of the TV show 'Thunderbirds'. New film (2) ___________________. It has not been seen (3) ___________________. The TV company Century 21 Films will (4) ___________________ to restore the film. The company hopes people can see (5) ___________________ next year. It is the show's 60th (6) ___________________.

Thunderbirds was (7) ___________________ the 1960s. There were 32 (8) ___________________. It is now (9) ___________________. It is about a life-saving organization called International Rescue. The show's (10) ___________________, special effects and models. The show is (11) ___________________ dramatic music, amazing spacecraft, (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

ThereisnewmaterialoftheTVshow'Thunderbirds'.Newfilmhasbeenfo
und.Ithasnotbeenseensincethe1960s.TheTVcompanyCentury21Fil
mswillusedigitaltechnologytorestorethefilm.Thecompanyhopespeo
plecanseethenewmaterialnextyear.Itistheshow's60thanniversaryin
2025.Thunderbirdswasahitinthe1960s.Therewere32fifty-minutesh
ows.Itisnowacultclassic.Itisaboutalife-savingorganizationcalledIn
ternationalRescue.Theshow'screatorsusedpuppets,specialeffectsan
dmodels.Theshowisfamousforitsdramaticmusic,amazingspacecraft
,andrescuemachines.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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Free writing

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Answers

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