4 DVD EXTRA

ADVANCED UNIT 4 4A Work in pairs. What do these numbers refer to in

the DVD?
1 Work in groups. What would you do in each of the
a) millions
situations below?
b) 1915
1 Your daughter has been asking for some new
trainers for her birthday for ages. You go to buy c) 50
them the day before her birthday and find that d) 64
the brand she wants is sold out everywhere. On e) hundreds
the way home you stop at a market and find f) 6
someone selling cheap copies of the particular g) 4
brand she wants. The trainers are fake but it’s
really difficult to tell. B Watch the DVD again to check.
2 You really want to watch a new film that’s just
come out, but it’s sold out in all the cinemas. Your 5 Complete the extracts from the DVD.
friend says he can download the film for you to 1 He found a in an artist’s work and
watch at home. filled it.
3 Someone stops you in the street and asks for your 2 And you must have been such a good actress to
autograph, mistaking you for a famous person. go out with these photos and with these paintings
4 Your friend is a writer and has written a book. and people that these were real.
While on a social networking site you see that 3 Here, Helene as her grandmother,
somebody is sharing links to download illegal the paintings behind.
copies of a digital version of his/her book. 4 Wolfgang owned houses across Europe, a
and a yacht.
2A Look at the photo and answer the questions.
5 The was found on this
1 How old is this man? Campendonk forgery, when it was sent to the
2 What do you think he does for a living? experts.
3 What’s your impression of his personality/lifestyle? 6 What of this particular painting
was a pigment known as titanium white.

6A Choose one of the con artists below and find out as

much as you can about him.
• Frank Abagnale
• Charles Ponzi
• Victor Lustig
• Robert Hendy-Freegard

B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about

the con artist you chose.
A: Who did you choose?
B: Victor Lustig.
B Watch the DVD. Were your ideas about the man
correct? Has your impression of his personality/
lifestyle changed? In what way?

3A Watch the DVD again and number the extracts a)–f)

in the order you hear them.
a) He didn’t copy a painting.
b) Do you regret putting somebody else’s name
on it?
c) I was always rich, you know.
d) Maybe that’s my special talent.
e) He was selling paintings for millions, until this:
titanium white.
f) Because it was not OK.

B Who says each sentence in Exercise 3A:

the presenter (P), Wolfgang (W) or Helene (H)?

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