question: My Left Foot (1989) Imagine _ , unable to make any movements except to move your left foot. The main character in My Left Foot,based on the real story of cerebral palsy sufferer Christy Brown,can barely move his mouth to speak, but by controlling his left foot, he's able to express himself as an artist and poet. For his moving performance of Brown, Daniel Lewis won his first Academy Award for best actor. Shine (1996) Do you have a talent you're afraid to share with the world? David Helfgott seemed meant from childhood to be "one of the truly great pianists," but the pressures of performing (and pleasing his father) resulted in a complete breakdown. Ten years in a mental hospital didn't weaken Helfgott's musical gift: When he was rediscovered, he was playing concertos in a bar. Shine received seven Oscar nominations , and Geoffrey Rush won best actor for his performance of Helfgott. Life Is Beautiful (1997) Nothing's more powerful than the love between a parent and a child. In this heartbreaking Italian film, a father (Roberto Benigni) makes an unbelievable sacrifice for his 4-year-old son: trapped in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945, the Jewish man convinces his boy that they are playing a complicated game. He manages to spare him the horror of the terrible war, and even in his final moments of life, keeps his son smiling and hopeful. Benigni won the best actor Oscar. Stand and Deliver (1988) Few people can inspire us more than a good teacher. Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos got Oscar nomination for best actor) is a great one. Employed at a high school where kids are expected to fail, Escalante challenges his math students to struggle for better things, like getting good grades in the AP exam. Despite the obstacles in their lives, the classmates achieve their goals, thanks to Mr. Escalante's support. The real Jaime Escalante, the Best Teacher in America, says that Stand and Deliver is "90% truth, 10% drama."
1. Who is My Left Foot based on?
2. What illness did he have?
3. Could he talk?
4. How did he communicate?
5. Which pianist had a break down?
6. Did he recover quickly?
7. How long was he hospitalized for?
8. What was Jaime Escalante's occupation?
9. Was he bad at his job?
10. What was the movie called that was about him?
11. How much of it was true?
12. Did Benigni receive any awards?
13. Which one?
14. What was his role?
15. And in what year did it take place?
16. Did he have any children?
17. How many?
18. And his age?
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answer: 1. Christy Brown
2. cerebral palsy
3. barely
4. by controlling his left foot
5. David Helfgott
6. No
7. Ten years
8. Teacher
9. No
10. Stand and Deliver
11. 90%
12. Yes
13. best actor Oscar
14. a father trapped in a Nazi camp
15. 1945
16. yes
17. One
18. 4-year-old


question: New York (CNN) -- A Berlin-bound United Airlines flight returned Saturday night to Newark Liberty International Airport after a problem developed in the left engine, officials said. 

Eyewitnesses reported seeing flames spewing from engine right after the plane took off. 

A tire blew during takeoff and flew into an engine, FBI spokeswoman Barbara Woodruff said. The Federal Aviation Administration said it could not confirm that. 

Flight 96, with 173 passengers and crew, circled the airport and burned fuel before landing at 8:05 p.m., according to the FAA. United described it as a "mechanical issue." 

Potential FAA cuts would create big hassles for fliers 

The crew of the Boeing 757 reported a problem after it left New Jersey for Berlin, said FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen. The engine was operating properly before it landed, she told CNN. 

Eyewitness Keisha Thomas, who was traveling on the New Jersey Turnpike, said she witnessed fireballs near a wing shortly after the plane took off. 

Thomas heard a loud sound, describing it as "pow, pow, pow." 

Djenaba Johnson-Jones, who lives across the river from the airport, said she heard an unusual noise and saw fire, but not smoke, coming from the aircraft's left engine. 

Eyewitness Dennis Ostolaza said he heard a "propeller sound" akin to a military helicopter as the plane gained altitude after takeoff, with "black smoke and fire spitting out of the engine." 

The flight left the gate at 5:53 p.m.; witnesses reported seeing the engine flames shortly before 6:30 p.m. 

Recovered wreckage fails to solve case of missing pilot 
1. Who is an FBI spokeswoman?
2. On what flight did this occur?
3. How many people on board?
4. What time did it touch down on the ground?
5. Where did it land?
6. Where was it supposed to be going to?
7. Did problems occur in the right engine?
8. What kind of plane was it?
9. Who is Keisha Thomas?
10. Where was she?
11. Did she hear anything?
12. How did she say it sounded?
13. When did the flight leave the airport
14. When did the flames occur?
15. What did United say was the cause?
16. What was coming out of the engine?
17. What caused this all?
18. Who lives across the river?
19. Did she see smoke?
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answer: 1. Barbara Woodruff
2. Flight 96
3. 173
4. 8:05 p.m.
5. Newark Liberty International Airport
6. Berlin
7. No
8. Boeing 757
9. An eyewitness
10. On the New Jersey Turnpike
11. Yes
12. "pow, pow, pow."
13. 5:53 p.m
14. right after the plane took off.
15. a "mechanical issue."
16. flames
17. unknown
18. Djenaba Johnson-Jones
19. No


question: CHAPTER VIII. 

M. Goudé grumbled much when he heard that his whole class were going to be absent for three days. 

"A nice interruption to study," he said, "however, you were none of you doing yourselves any good, and you may as well be out in the fields as hanging about the streets gossiping. We can always talk, but during the past six weeks Paris has done nothing but talk. Don't come back with any of your number short. You have all got something in you and are too good for food for Prussian powder." 

Cuthbert went that evening to the Michauds, in his uniform, not for the purpose of showing it off, but because men in plain clothes, especially if of fair complexions, were constantly stopped and accused of being German spies, were often ill-treated, and not unfrequently had to pass a night in the cells before they could prove their identity. Mary gave an exclamation of surprise at seeing him so attired, but made no remark until after chatting for half an hour with the Michauds. The husband presently made the excuse that he had to attend a meeting and went off, while madame took up some knitting, settled herself in an easy chair, and prepared for a quiet doze, then Mary said in English-- 

"I have no patience with you, Cuthbert, taking part with these foolish people. The more I see of them the more I get tired of their bombast and their empty talk. Every man expects everyone else to do something and no one does anything." 
1. Who has Mary lost patience with?
2. Who doesn't she like?
3. What is sick of hearing?
4. Who does she think does something?
5. Who do men expect to do something?
6. Where is Cuthbert visiting?
7. What is he wearing?
8. Is he trying to impress people?
9. What was he trying to avoid being called?
10. How are they treated?
11. Do they ever get put in jail?
12. For how long?
13. How do they get out?
14. What kind of attire might have caused him these problems?
15. Is he dark skinned?
16. What is he?
17. How long did he talk with the Michauds?
18. Where did the husband go?
19. Who is a teacher?
20. How long will his students be gone?
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answer:
1. Cuthbert,
2. foolish people
3. bombast and their empty talk
4. no one
5. Every man
6. Michauds
7. uniform
8. no
9. German spies
10. ill-treated
11. yes
12. a night
13. by proving their identity
14. plain clothes
15. no
16. white
17. half an hour
18. to attend a meeting
19. M. Goudé
20. three days