Unit 7 On screen Lesson 8 Obligation, prohibition, and advice

Say what it is and isn’t necessary or recommend

1. Read and listen to Jan’s description of Secret Cinema.

    What kind of movie did she see?

Brett: What’s Secret Cinema?

Jan:   I can’t tell you much about it because it’s secret. You have to register on their website to receive information about each event, but you must not tell anyone else about it.

Brett: But basically you go to see a mystery movie in an unusual location, right.

Jan:   It doesn’t have to be a movie. It can be a concert too. And it’s more than just a movie. It’s a n event. You ought to try it.

Brett: Do you have to do anything strange?

Jan: The first time I went, I was a little nervous, but I shouldn’t have worried.

Brett: Why? What happened?

Jan:   We all have to wear special clothes and meet at the bus station. We couldn’t use our real names. Then we were taken to a huge warehouse that had been converted into a spaceship.

Brett: You should have taken me with you.

Jan:   I wasn’t allowed to. But you really ought to try it.

2 Practice Read the text.

          High School Video Challenge

To enter the competition, you must be age 14 or over. Younger students can’t take part without the consent of a parent or guardian. Although it is not compulsory, students should work in teams.

To take part, each team has to record a video of themselves lip-dubbing a song. Although you don’t have to ask permission to use the song, you can’t enter  without including the name of the song’s composer. To increase your chances of winning. You ought to choose a song that is well-known.

3. Complete the conversation with the expressions.

          couldn’t      did you have to     didn’t have to        don’t have to

                             had to          have to (x2)           must

Kay:  Have you seen the ad for the lip-dub competition? We 1) ________ enter.

Al:     What’s a lip-dub competition?

Kay:  It’s a music video. I made one with some friends once.

Al:     What 2) _______ do?

Kay:  We 3) _______ sing along to a song. When we started recording, we 4) _______ stop because one of the rules of a lip-dub competition is that it 5) _______ be recorded in one continuous take.

Al:     Did you 6) ________ learn the lyrics?

Kay:  I did, but I 7) ________ learn them all. We only sang three lines each.

Al:     I don’t like performing in public.

Kay:  You 8) ________ perform. You can be the cameraman.

3. Speak Work in pairs. Al and Kay didn’t win the competition.

               What could you say to them afterward?

1. They didn’t choose a well-known song.
2. They forgot to ask their friends to participate.
3. They didn’t include the composer’s name.
4. They want to enter another similar competition.
5. They don’t have any ideas for the video yet.

Answer

1. You should have chosen a well-known song.
2. You ought to have asked your friends to participate.
3. You had to include the composer’s details.
4. You’d better not make the same mistakes as last time.
5. You have to start thinking of ideas now.