Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- stunt: a daring act that takes courage and skill
- hire: to offer to pay someone for their services
- decoy: a person or thing that tricks people into going or looking a different way
- resemblance: likeness
- impersonate: to pretend to be someone
- keep something at bay: to prevent future trouble from happening
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Body doubles are often used for special shots in films or television shows. They perform
stunts, such as running through a burning building or jumping from an
airplane. This is not the only reason a body double might get hired.
Body doubles who are in very good are often
hired to do nude scenes. They may also be used as stand-ins for magazine
photo shoots. Oprah Winfrey has a body double for this purpose.
According to some reports, China’s super rich can hire a body double to
appear in court and for a crime. Body doubles can also act as
decoys. Some body doubles even receive plastic surgery. High profile
body doubles need to have a strong resemblance to the person they are
impersonating. According to gossip magazines, Tom Cruise hired a body
double for his daughter Suri. Do you believe this rumour?
Discussion Questions:
Some people think that rich
criminals still suffer by hiring a body double to do the time for their
crime. The criminals have to remain in hiding, and they have to pay out a
lot of money to the body double’s family. What do you think about this
practice?
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