Passive voice. SPEAKING FILM: 300 BACH

YOU ARE GOING TO WATCH A VIDEO SEGMENT FROM THE FILM 300

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BUT FIRST:

A. TALK TO A PARTNER ABOUT THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. IN A FEW CULTURES, COUPLES MUST HAVE ONLY ONE CHILD. DO YOU THINK IT’S FAIR? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER.

 2. IF YOU COULD HAVE ONLY ONE CHILD, WOULD YOU STILL HAVE THE BABY KNOWING HE/SHE WOULD BE SICK FOREVER? EXPLAIN. 

3. IS IT POSSIBLE TO TRAIN SOMEONE TO BE A KING OR A HERO? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER. 

4. IN ANCIENT GREECE, SPARTANS USED TO REJECT AND KILL ALL THE HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. THE WHOLE POPULATION CONSISTED OF HEALTHY, STRONG PEOPLE. WHAT’S YOUR OPINION ABOUT IT?

B. Before you view the segment, rewrite the following sentences using passive voice.

1. Spartans inspected the boy when he was born.

2. Spartans would have discarded him if he were too small or misshapen.

3. Spartans baptized him in the fire of combat.

4. They taught him not to retreat or surrender.

5. They taught him that death in the battlefield was the greatest glory.

6. Spartans took him from his mother and plunged him into a world of violence.

7. They called it the agoge.

8. Rod and lash punished the boy.

9. They taught the boy to show no pain or mercy

C. Watch the movie segment and check your answers.