Josh Hutcherson: Boy No More (2)

The boy finds balance
Josh began to realize the conflicts in balancing his life at an early age. Though he continues to call Kentucky home, acting takes him to different places. Much of Bridge to Terabithia, featuring Josh as the lead, was filmed in New Zealand. While traveling may be fun, Josh was kept from seeing much of the country because of his education. Young actors must have at least three hours of tutoring a day, sometimes done between takes.

The boy in the plot
Now 22 years old, Josh has over 20 films under his belt. The list includes both Hunger Games films with two more to come this year and next. That series, Express, Terabithia and some of Josh's other films have been adapted from books. "Every time I read anything," he says, "I automatically imagine myself as the boy in the plot." Josh's family has even started JetLag Productions to make more books into films. Though Josh is now a young man, audiences can tell the boy's imagination and spirit remain.


Grammar Gym
- Though he continues to call Kentucky home, acting takes him to different places.
to call home: to make a phone call and talk to someone who's at home
to call [somewhere] home: to think of somewhere as being the place where one belongs
- Although Sharon was born in Toronto, she grew up in Asia and calls Hong Kong home.
- Nina is from San Francisco, but after working in Europe for over ten years, she now calls London home.

Info Cloud
Teaching Topic: Jet Lag
可當名詞片語
- Do you feel any jet lag? Yes, I'm suffering from jet lag.
- I am jet-lagged.

Language Lab
tutor v.
to teach someone as a tutor:
- Eileen tutors many disadvantaged kids in her community.
tutor n.
someone who gives private lessons to one student or a small group, and is paid directly by them
- Zack is my math tutor.
tutoring n.
- Sean needs private tutoring to catch up with the other students.

take v.
to get hold of something in your hands:
take n.
an occasion when a film scene, song, action etc is recorded
- The director finally said "OK" after 10 takes.
- The scene needed more than 15 takes before it was done right.

under one's belt
to have achieved something useful or important:
- Once you get this project under your belt, it will be easy to get promoted.
- He's a man with a lot of work experience under his belt.

automatically adv.
as the result of a situation or action, and without you having to do anything more;
without thinking about what you are doing:
- Jessica automatically answered "yes" when the boss asked her to work overtime.
- Your bank statement will be e-mailed to you automatically.


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