《Love Actualy (level 4)》.doc

LOVE ACTUALLY – RICHARD CURTIS Penguin Readers Level 4 – 1700 headwords Chapter 1 Love Is All Around Us Chapter 2 Alone and Sad Chapter 3 Love Hurts Chapter 4 The Real World Chapter 5 Special Relationships Chapter 6 Aching Hearts Chapter 7 The Night Before Christmas Chapter 8 The Christmas Concert Chapter 9 Love Actually Is All Around Introduction It seems to me that love is everywhere. It isnt big news - but its always there. Fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, friends and strangers I f you look for it, youll find - I think - that love actually is all around us ’ It is not long before Christmas - a time for families, a time for love. Peter and Juliet are getting married, but not everyone is so happy. Jamie loses his girlfriend. Mark is in love with a girl who will never be his. Sarahs love for her brother makes it difficult for her to find a boyfriend. Harrys love for his wife, Karen, is going to be tested by a beautiful new employee. Daniels wife has just died. Billy Mack, the ageing rock star, is alone after a lifetime of singing about love. And the new British Prime Minister is a very lonely man. So is love really all around us? Can these people find it? Is there enough magic in the world for everyone, even at Christmas? The film Love Actually (2003) stars Hugh Grant as the Prime Minister, Alan Rickman as Harry, Emma Thompson as Karen, Colin Firth as Jamie, Liam Neeson as Daniel, and many other famous British actors. It was written by Richard Curtis, who has also worked on other very successful films like Bridget Joness Diary (2001), Notting Hill (1999), Bean (1997) and Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). Chapter 1 Love Is All Around Us `Whenever I feel unhappy about the state of the world, the Prime Minister thought to himself, `I think about the Arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport, where happy, smiling passengers greet their friends and relatives. It seems to me that love is everywhere. It isnt big news - but its always there