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The following interview was made by Ellen DeGeneres to the American actor Chris Tucker, where he talked about a great phase of his life.

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First of all, you have to listen to the following interview once (or twice), and then, you should select the most suitable answer for the activity, the options will be in multiple-choice style.

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After watching the whole interview, I can say that...

• In the interview made by Ellen DeGeneres to the American actor Chris Tucker, he talked about his friendship with Michael Jackson. The anecdotes that he mentioned were two, the first one was when they went to the movies and the second, when Michael wanted to go to a record store that was in a mall, so Michael wore a Spider-man mask that was on the car. Chris also said that once they were in the mall, the people realized that Chris was there and so they discovered that the “Spider-man” was Michael Jackson, so the mall went crazy that the workers from it had to take them out. It could be said that the main idea of the interview was Chris Tucker's friendship with Michael Jackson.

 

• In the interview made by Ellen DeGeneres to the American actor Chris Tucker, he said that Michael Jackson was his friend. Chris told two anecdotes, the first one was when they went to the movies and Michael was wearing a Spider-man mask that was on the car, and the second was when Michael wanted to go to a record store to buy another mask. Chris also said that once they were in the mall, the people realized that Chris was there and so they discovered Michael Jackson, so the mall went crazy that the workers from it had to take them out, because of all the mess. It could be said that the main idea of the interview was about Michael Jackson’s crazy idea of acting like a “common” person.

 

• In the interview made by Ellen DeGeneres to the American actor Chris Tucker, he talked about his friendship with Michael Jackson. Chris told two anecdotes, the first one was when they went to the movies and the people discovered that Michael Jackson was there, so the cinema went crazy that the workers from it had to take them out and the second, when Michael wanted to go to a record store wearing a “spider-man” mask. It could be said that the main idea of the interview was Chris Tucker's friendship with Michael Jackson.

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Celebs Vlog. (2013, June 25th Chris Tucker Discusses Michael Jackson [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHGycMj0hdE

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