SUPERMAN (1938) Superman is a direct result of writer and co-creator Jerry Siegels inability to get girls when he was

a young man. As a high school student, he once explained, I had crushes on several attractive girls who either didnt know I existed or didnt care I existed. It occurred to me: What if I was real terrific? What if I had something special going for me, like jumping over buildings or throwing cars around? Then maybe they would notice me. Siegel and Joe Shuster, the other creator, named their character after movie actors Clark Gable and Kent Taylor, and named his hometown after the Fritz Lang science fiction movie Metropolis. Lois Lane was inspired by a woman named Lois Amster, whom Shuster had a crash on when he was in school. Superman never married Lois Lane -but Shuster, who modelled Clark Kent after himself, eventually married Joanne Carter, the woman he had hired to model for Lois Lane. QUESTIONS 1. Find words or expressions in the text that have the same or similar meaning to: Perhaps: Incapability: Finally: Maker: Film:

2. Answer the following questions according to the text in your own words a. Who created superman? b. Did girls like Siegel when he was at school? Why? c. Who inspired the name of Clark Kent? 3. Choose the correct modal verbs. a. I might/can pass the exam. Im not sure. b. Shes very intelligent but she doesnt get very good marks. She mustnt/cant be working very hard. c. The man looks very important. He must/can be the head teacher. 4. Rewrite the sentences below, using modal verbs with perfect infinitives (must, need/neednt, might) + HAVE + participle. a. I am sure that she didnt use a calculator. b. It wasnt necessary for you to tell him that. c. She didnt come to school today. I am sure that she was ill. d. Perhaps she borrowed your dictionary. 5. Write 80 words about this topic: Do you like Superman adventures? What is your comic hero?

NIGHT-CLUB CLOSING TIME The Greek Government has enacted legislation that will radically alter the nocturnal habits of the nation. Despite growing protests, the ruling Socialists have passed a law that enforces a 2p.m. closing time on all night-clubs and prohibits entry to anyone under 17. Any bar, disco or dance-hall which does not respect the new law will be heavily fined. The Socialists say their ambitious clean-up measure will also crack down on alarming rates of crime, alcoholism and drug addiction among the younger generation. Special police units will monitor night-clubs to see theyre not breaking the law. Too many young and drunk people die on our roads. But night-club owners, who accept the age limit but reject the new hours, have threatened to launch a war against it by closing their clubs altogether. The 400.000 of us who work in this field will be ruined if we have to shut so early, said a night-club owner. Greeks never begin their night before 11p.m.

QUESTIONS 1. Find words in the text that have the same or similar meaning to the following (2 points) To pay an amount of money as a punishment: Increasing: Take a disciplinary action on: Start: Close:

2. Answer the following questions in your own words. (1.5 points) 1. Which have been the measures taken by the Greek Government, as described by the text? 2. Why have the Socialists decided to take these measures? 3. What have been the reactions of people?