Christmas. What’s the missing word. Vocabulary work

Christmas

What’s the missing word

Read the text below and try to guess the missing words from context.

John Grisham, the modern legal thriller 1)________, is usually associated with books such as The Firm, The Pelican Brief or The Client, which most of us have either read or 2)________ in the film version.

He was born in Arkansas in 1955 and as a child 3)________ being a professional baseball player. When he grew up he chose to study and practice law, 4)________ in criminal defence and working 60-70 hours a week.

When he started writing novels it was just a hobby. However, after he 5)________ the film rights to The Firm to Paramount Pictures for $600, 000, Grisham suddenly became a hot property among publishers and a hobby became a full time 6)________.

In 1996 he took time off writing to return to the courtroom to represent the family of a railroad brakeman who had been 7)________ in an accident. Grisham successfully argued his clients’ case.

Skipping Christmas is a very 8) book from Time to Kill, The Street Lawyer or The Testament. It is a 9)________, yet hilariously told Christmas tale about friendship, family values and the chaos and frenzy that are part of our Christmas tradition.

Grisham 10)________ with his wife Renee and their two children. When he's not writing, he devotes his time to charitable causes and working with his church group.

Vocabulary work

Look at the text again and check in pairs if you understand the meaning of the following words and phrases used in the text. Try not to use a dictionary.

to be associated with	to argue	to specialise in	hilariously
a hot property	frenzy	charitable causes	to practice law

Can you remember?

Don’t look at the text and answer the questions below:

1. What type of writing is John Grisham associated with?

2. How many titles of his novels can you remember?

3. What did he do before he became a full-time writer?

4. Why is Skipping Christmas different from his other novels?

5. Why did Grisham stop writing in 1996?

6. What does he do in his free time?

7. Do you think Grisham’s books will make good Christmas gifts?

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