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    Bob Hoskins was born in 1942 in Suffolk, England. He left school at age 15 with limited education but was always interested in English literature and the theater. Hoskins began his acting career accidentally when he attended an audition with a friend and was mistaken for an actor. He got the part after reading for it. Hoskins began working in films in the mid-1970s after success in the theater. One of his breakthrough roles was in the 1980 film The Long Good Friday. He later received award nominations for films like Mona Lisa in 1986.

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    Bob Hoskins was born in 1942 in Suffolk, England. He left school at age 15 with limited education but was always interested in English literature and the theater. Hoskins began his acting career accidentally when he attended an audition with a friend and was mistaken for an actor. He got the part after reading for it. Hoskins began working in films in the mid-1970s after success in the theater. One of his breakthrough roles was in the 1980 film The Long Good Friday. He later received award nominations for films like Mona Lisa in 1986.

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    INTRO RP2 Bob Hoskings

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    Bob Hoskins was born in 1942 in Suffolk, England. He left school at age 15 with limited education but was always interested in English literature and the theater. Hoskins began his acting career accidentally when he attended an audition with a friend and was mistaken for an actor. He got the part after reading for it. Hoskins began working in films in the mid-1970s after success in the theater. One of his breakthrough roles was in the 1980 film The Long Good Friday. He later received award nominations for films like Mona Lisa in 1986.

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    EOIDNA / Introduccin a NI/Reading

    PART 2 (Details) Read the following biography of British actor Bob Hoskins and answer questions 1 5 using a maximum of 5 words, as in the example (0). BOB HOSKINS

    Robert (Bob) William Hoskins was born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, on October 26, 1942. He received very limited education and left school at the age of 15. However, he was always very keen on English language and literature. He loved going to the theatre and dreamed of becoming an actor. Hoskins had never received any formal training, so he started acting quite by accident. He accompanied a friend to watch some auditions and was confused for one of the actors. They gave him a script with the message Youre next. He read for his part and got it. After some success in the theatre, he expanded to television, and in the mid-70s he started his film career. His major movie debut was 1980s The Long Good Friday. After this came other works, such as Mona Lisa (1986), for which he won an Oscar nomination and a BAFTA award, Who Framed Roger Rabitt (1988) and Nixon (1995), where he acted alongside Anthony Hopkins. Hoskins and his current wife, Linda, met in a pub, and it was love at first sight. In fact they were married soon afterwards. Linda was then a schoolteacher. They now live in the Chalk Farm area of London, right down the street from actor Derek Jacobi and one of the guys from the pop group Oasis.
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    Example 0. How old was Hoskins when his education ended? _____________15________________________________ 1. What subjects has Hoskins always been interested in? _______________________ 2. What was written on the script Hoskins read at the audition? __________________ 3. When did Hoskins begin to work in the movies? _____________________________ 4. Which film did Hoskins first get an award for? _______________________________ 5. What occupation was Hoskins wife when they first met?_______________________

    EOIDNA / Introduccin a NI/Reading

    KEY 0. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. (He was) 15. English language and literature. Youre next. In the mid-70s / Around 1975. Mona Lisa (She was) a schoolteacher.

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