8° Básico: Clase 9
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The Hunger Games
A popular book and exciting new film.
Introduction
The Hunger Games is a book by the
American author Suzanne Collins. It was published in 2008 and has sold millions
of copies. It is the first book for young readers to sell a million electronic
books and you can buy it in 26 different languages. The Hunger Games is now a
very successful film. It made 152.5 million dollars in its first weekend in
North America!
A fight to the death
The story is set in the future, after the
destruction of North America. The country is called Panem. There are twelve
poor districts governed by the rich Capitol. There was a thirteenth district in
the past but the Capitol destroyed them because they rebelled.
The Capitol organizes the Hunger
Games every year to punish the districts. One boy and one girl aged 12 to 18
fight in a battle. Only one person will live. The chosen teenagers are called
‘tributes’. The whole country must watch the games on television.
The story is about Katniss Everdeen,
a 16-year-old girl. Her father died and now she has to kill animals for her
family to eat. Her younger sister, Prim, is chosen to be a ‘tribute’, but
Katniss volunteers to go instead.
The
other ‘tribute’ from District 12 is a boy named Peeta.
Where did the idea for The Hunger Games come
from?
One night in 2003, Suzanne Collins
was watching TV. It was at the time of the US invasion of Iraq. The only
programmes she could find on TV were ‘reality’ programmes of young people
competing to win a million dollars and news programmes about the war. Suzanne
says that the two things started to mix together in her head and she had the
idea for The Hunger Games.
She has always found news programmes of wars
upsetting. When she was a child, her father was a pilot in the US air force and
he fought in Vietnam. It was a very frightening experience for her.
Too much violence?
Some parents in the US have
complained about the violence in the book. But Suzanne says she was very worried
about how much violence we see on TV nowadays. Suzanne is also worried about
the amount of reality TV we watch. ‘We put too much of our lives on TV,’ she
says. ‘And we care less for people because of this.’ She said that writing
about death and violence in the story was the hardest thing for her to do and she
hopes it will make people think about what they watch in future.
Exercise 1. Match the vocabulary with the correct
definition and write a–h next to the number 1–8.
1…….. successful a. to offer to do something.
2…….. district b.
an adjective to describe something that makes people feel sad or angry.
3…….. to destroy c. an adjective to describe something
that does well, makes money or is very popular.
4…….. to rebel d.
to fight against oppressors.
5…….. to volunteer e. when the army of one country enters
another country.
6…….. invasion f.
to kill or ruin.
7…….. upsetting g. part of a town or country.
8…….. to complain h. to say you are not happy with something.
Exercise 2: Multiple
choice. Circle the best answer for these questions.
1. You can buy The Hunger Games in
_______________ different languages. (20 / 26)
2. In the story, the Hunger Games are organized
by _______________ (the
people. /the Capitol)
3. Katniss has a younger sister named
_______________ (Suzanne. / Prim)
4. The other ‘tribute’ from District 12 is
called _______________ (Colin. / Peeta)
5. The idea for The Hunger Games came when
Suzanne was _______ (watching
TV. / reading.)
6. Suzanne’s father was a _______________ (author. / pilot)
Exercise 3: Circle True
or False for these sentences.
1. There are ten districts in Panem. True
False
2. The ‘tributes’ must be over 18 years old. True
False
3. The author’s father was in the Iraq war. True
False
4. Some parents complained about the violence
in the book. True
False
5. The Hunger Games was the first story for
young readers to sell a million electronic books. True False
6. The author thinks that reality TV is good
for people. True False
