# FICTIONAL HEROES NEVER DIE
## VOCABULARY
1. Divide the words in the list into three groups. You can use your dictionary. Some of the words can go in more than one list.
- Adopt
- Ambitious
- Appear
- Delight
- Destruction
- Dull
- Mild-mannered
- Popular
- Brave
- Cartoon
- Character
- Colleague
- Comic
- Defense
- Endearing
- Evil
- Failure
- Famous
- Laugh
- Save
- Series
- Successful
- Loser
- Movie
Noun
Cartoon, Character, Colleague, Comic, Defense, Failure, Series, Loser, Movie
Adjective
Ambitious, Dull, Mild-mannered, Popular, Brave, Endearing, Evil, Famous, Successful
Verb
Adopt, Appear, Delight, Destruction, Laugh, Save
2. Complete the sentences with words from activity 1. You may need to modify verbs.
a) Mickey Mouse appeared in the first Disney cartoon in 1928.
b) Dallas was a very popular American television series.
c) In his latest movie, he plays the role of a brave young man fighting an evil criminal.
d) Both adults and children laugh at Donald who is probably the funniest and the most endearing duck in the world.
e) The two main characters are totally opposite. One is rich, beautiful, and successful, the other seems plain and dull.
f) The cartoon characters Tom and Jerry delight children and adults all over the world.
## READING
1. The passage consists of two texts about two well-known cartoon characters. The texts have been mixed up. Look quickly at the passage and decide who the two characters are.
2. Read the passage and separate the two texts by underlining the sentences which belong to the same text. The sentences are in the right order.
3. Have you read the comic books or seen any of the movies?
