A. Complete the following text about Tintin with words from the box.

working adventures translations artist popular

action comic journalism dangerous reporter

The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin) is a series of classic

…………… books created by the French-Belgian ………….Georges Rémi

(1907–1983), who wrote under the pen name of Hergé. The series is one of the most ……………………..

European comics of the 20th century, with …………………… published in more than 80 languages and

more than 350 million copies of the books sold. Tintin is a young Belgian ……………….., and Hergé

uses this to present the character in a number of ………………….. which were contemporary with the

period in which he was ………………….. He becomes involved in ……………….. cases in which he

takes heroic ………………. to save the day. Almost every adventure features Tintin hard at work in his

investigative………………………..

B. Order the words to complete the information about some of the main characters of The

Adventures of Tintin.

Snowy (Milou in the original Belgian-French version), a white Fox terrier, is Tintin's

four-legged companion.

1. regularly / They / each / situations. / save / dangerous / other / from /

………………………………………………………………………

Captain Archibald Haddock is Tintin’s best friend.

2. a / He / of / bad / his / words / express / lot / uses / to / feelings./

……………………………………………………………………………

Thomson and Thompson (Dupont et Dupond, Hernández y

Fernández) are two detective twins, whose only difference

is the shape of their moustaches.

3. clever / not / They / and / cause / very / are / problems. / sometimes/

..…………………………………………………………………………..

Cuthbert Calculus is an absent-minded professor and half-dead physicist who often

helps Tintin.

The Adventures of Tintin is an upcoming 2011 film based on The Adventures of Tintin. Directed by

Steven Spielberg, produced by Sir Peter Jackson, the script is based on three of the stories: The Crab with

the Golden Claws, The Secret of the Unicorn, and Red Rackham's Treasure. Spielberg first acquired

rights to Tintin after Hergé's death in 1983.

Plot: Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's

ancestor. But someone else is in search of the ship.

C. Watch the trailers at the official site: http://www.us.movie.tintin.com/ and answer the

following questions.

1. There are two trailers, one which lasts 2:31 and the other one, 1:12. What are the main

differences?

2. Would you like to watch the film? Why?

3. Describe some of the scenes of the trailers.

4. When will the film be released in Spain? And in the rest of the

world?