

A. Read the script of the first scene from the movie Dear John. The paragraph

Glossary:
punch out: hit someone or something hard and repeatedly
rim: to be round or along the edge of something
bevel: to give something a sloping edge
stamp: to make a mark
mint: to produce something new
1. I’m eight years old again, on a tour of the US Mint, listening to the guide explain how coins ______________ (make). How they _______________ (punch out) of sheet metal. How they ______________ (rim) and ______________ (bevel). How they _________ (stamp)and __________ (clean). And then how each and every coin _________ (personally / examine) just in case one has slipped through with the slightest imperfection.
2. I am a coin in the United States Army. I __________ (mint) in the year 1980. I ____________ (punch out) from sheet metal, I __________ (stamp) and ___________ (clean), my edges _____________ (rim) and _______________ (bevel).
B. Watch the movie segment and check your answers.
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Answer key:
1. are made/ are punched out/ are rimmed and beveled/ are stamped and cleaned/ is personally examined
2. was mint/ have been punched out/ have been stamped and cleaned/ have been rimmed and beveled