מבחן הבנת הנקרא: Film Review: The Silent Station · מבחן באנגלית 3 — Film Review: The Silent Station · כיתה י׳

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Read the text and answer the questions in English. Answer in your own words if the question does not ask for words from the text. You may NOT use a dictionary; difficult words are explained in the word list under the text. Part C is a vocabulary task.

Reviewed by Adi Sela for the youth page

Some films are loud, fast and full of special effects. The Silent

Station is not one of them. This quiet, beautiful film by the young director

Tali Shamir is the surprise of the summer, and it proves that a good story

is more important than a big budget.

The film tells the story of Lena, a fourteen-year-old girl from Tel Aviv

whose father accepts a job at a weather station on a small island in the far

north of Norway. There is no internet, no school and no other teenagers –

only her father, an old scientist named Henrik and a lot of snow. At first,

Lena is angry and lonely, and she counts the days until she can go home. But

when she finds an injured fox near the station and decides to look after it,

her life slowly begins to change.

Newcomer Roni Gal, who plays Lena, is wonderful. She says very little in

the first half of the film, but her face tells us everything she feels. Her

scenes with Henrik, played by the experienced actor Erik Holm, are both

funny and moving. The fox, by the way, is real: the film-makers worked with

trained animals for more than a year.

The photography is another reason to see this film. The long, empty

landscapes and the green northern lights in the night sky are breathtaking,

especially on a big screen. The music, mostly a single piano, matches the

cold, lonely mood perfectly.

The film is not perfect, however. The middle part is too slow, and a

storm scene near the end is a little predictable – most viewers will guess

what happens long before it does. Some younger viewers may also find the

ending, which I will not reveal here, quite sad.

Still, The Silent Station is a film about growing up, finding friends in

unexpected places and learning to enjoy silence in a noisy world. It is

suitable for ages ten and up. Go and see it, and bring tissues: you will be

thinking about Lena and her fox for days. Four stars out of five.

תרגילים

Part A — Reading Comprehension

תרגיל 1

What does the reviewer say about the film in the first paragraph? (lines 1–4)

It cost a lot of money to make.
It is quiet but excellent.
It has amazing special effects.
Its director is very famous.

להציג את התשובה והפתרון

התשובה: ב It is quiet but excellent.

תרגילים

Part A — Reading Comprehension

Part C — Vocabulary

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