Chloe Zhao, who was born in Beijing, broke records at the Oscars on Sunday night. She became the first woman of colour to win Best Director for her film Nomadland and only the second woman to win the award in 93 years. Neil and Catherine have the vocabulary you need to talk about this story.
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Video chapters:
0:00 – Introduction
0:36 – Story
1:56 – Headline 1: Oscars 2021: Nomadland, Anthony Hopkins and Daniel Kaluuya share glory
5:37 – Headline 2: Oscars 2021: no real upsets but Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland triumph is a wonderful coup
8:53 – Headline 3: Oscars 2021: The Biggest Snubs and Surprises, From Chadwick Boseman to Frances McDormand
11:50 – Language summary
The story
Nomadland. Nomadland won Best Picture, and its lead, Frances McDormand, won her third Oscar for her portrayal of a widow and her journey through grief and the American West. Nomadland’s director, Beijing-born Chloe Zhao, won her craft’s highest accolade – becoming only the second woman to win that category in the award’s 93-year history.
Key words and phrases
glory
praise and honour for a great achievement
Only a few sportspeople experience the true glory of becoming world champion.
It was a glorious day – it was warm and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky.
upsets
occasions when someone wins something another person or team was expected to win
It was a massive upset when my team won the league. No one expected them to do it.
Global warming has upset the world’s climate.
snubs
actions that insult someone by not including them
The coach snubbed her star player by leaving her out of the final.
It was seen as a snub when he didn’t go to his brother’s wedding.
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Of course it won. Awesome Movie! I was a Nomad for 10 years. We need Bob to help install a van. You can use the restroom at the Walmart
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I love the part of talking about absolutely magnificent glory burger, very lovely.
There are too many commercials. It's breaking.
It was soooooo upset this game. Brazilians people never will forget it!! Thanks for remind me..ha ha ha
The starlet got snubbed by her stage manager from the list of guests invited to the party. Thanks!❤ Great ! 💓🌐
And all brazilians got the meaning of upset.
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The X party has "upset" the Y party by winning most of the votes in the just concluded presidential election in the country ,Z . The local and international press have been "glorifying" the leader of the X party for this landslide victory. By the way, the rumour- mill has it that the defeated leader is planning to "snub" the President-elect by not attending the swearing-in ceremony to which he has been formally invited.
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I´m brasilian and I understanded very well the "upset" example. Love you guys. Thank you for help us. 😉
Fantastic! Thank you for this class!
Yes! It was upset for us in Brazil…. :/
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Fantastic friends you deserve the glory for this class, I praise you and honour due so great explanation. Thanks a lot
Can I say "COVID has upset global economy"? . One more thing : we brazilians got upset not because of the defeat of 7 x 1, but because it was only 7 ! The diver Neymar got what he deserved. It was not a good team. Not even a medium team. 82 WC , ahhh that was a tragedy. Thanjs for the great job in News Review.
I have heard a lot about Rob biscuit on BBC learning english. I would like to know he adores biscuits a lot? 😂
You know BBC! I really really hate the word (Coup) after my country was under the Myanmar military. 🙂
In Brazil we have a new saying: every day is a new seven x one. we say it every time when we are upset by something about our politicians, basically
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Global warming has brought the turmoil into the world's climate.
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Dear my friend from BBC please answer my question. Could I consider word snub as offence (insulting )by ignorance? Forgive me for my mistakes 😊
Calling Chinese woman as Woman of Color sounds unfamiliar for me. What is exact meaning of Women of color? Respect you all .
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I was loving this videos till 6min50. Hi from Brazil :/
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One day, we'll pass by leaving everything behind, oh Allah end our lives with a good deed to meet you with 🤍.
سنمضي يوماً تاركين خلفنا كل شيء ربي اختم حياتنا بعمل صالح نلقاك به🤍.
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Catherine!!Nice wallpaper i guess???What do you call this behind you on the wall??
Why would you call her "woman of color"?
I´m brazilian and this true about the game against Germany when we lost 🙁
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I'm still looking forward to the day in which common people who put in a lot of effort can receive all the glory they deserve.
Manchester City won the League Cup. It was a massive upset for the Tottenham supporters.
The bride decided to snub all the unvaccinated people from the wedding.
Super class, thank you all🙏
Glory_glorious
Upset
Snub
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