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Unit 9 lesson 4 "English in films”
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*(after ex. 3d) a) Fill in the gaps.
Superman comics first (1)
April 18, 1938. It was created
by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Siegel's father died and Siegel created a man who
became the world's greatest hero.
Later Superman moved to radio and television programmes, films, newspaper
(2)__
strips and video games,
Superman was born Kal-El on the planet Krypton and travelled to Earth in a rocket
moments before his planet (3)
He grew up as Clark Kent
in the family of a Kansas farmer and his wife. Very early he started to display
superhuman (4)
superhuman strength, speed, hearing,
intelligence, vision (5)
(X-ray, infra-red, telescopic,
microscopic, etc); he had an ability to fly, etc.
Superman usually wears a blue costume with a red-and-yellow letter 'S' and a red
cape. This letter 'S' is a (6)
of this character. The (7)
of his life is Lois Lane and he usually fights against Lex
Luthor and other bad guys. He was modelled on religious and mythological
characters like Samson and Hercules,
Superman's powers became more numerous with time. Unfortunately, green
Kryptonite - a radioactive material from Krypton is (8).
for
him.
(9).
Superman many other superheroes have appeared.​