1. Unit 1 Target 2A Jackie Chan ~ A profile

2. Discourse 1 Jackie Chan / born / Hong Kong / 4 th April, 1954. parents / called / Chan Kong Sang. 1960 / parents / moved / Australia. / Jacky / went / them. One year later / Jacky / returned / Hong Kong + joined / Chinese opera school. studied / school / ten years. Jackie Chan was born in Hong Kong on 4 th April, 1954. His parents called him Chan Kong Sang. In 1960, his parents moved to Australia. Jackie went with them. One year later, Jackie returned to Hong Kong and joined a Chinese opera school. He studied at this school for ten years.

3. Discourse 2 Jackie / worked / hard / opera school. teacher / Yu Tsim Yuen / saw / Jackie / strong + skilful. asked / Jackie / join / group / called / ‘The Seven Little Fortunes’ / Sammo Hung + Yuen Biu. Jackie worked very hard at the opera school. His teacher, Yu Tsim Yuen, saw that Jackie was strong and skilful. He asked Jackie to join a group called ‘The Seven Little Fortunes’ with Sammo Hung and Yuen Biu.

4. Discourse 3 Jackie / left / opera school, / got / few / small parts / films. 1972 / worked / 2 films / starred / Bruce Lee. Fist of Fury + Enter the Dragon. Fist of Fury / Bruce Lee / kicked / Jackie / wall. stunt / exciting / dangerous. became / famous / after / stunt. changed / name / Sing Lung / means / ‘already a dragon’. When Jackie left the opera school, he got a few small parts in films. In 1972, he worked on two films starred Bruce Lee. They were Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon. In Fist of Fury, Bruce Lee kicked Jackie through a wall. The stunt was exciting but very dangerous. He became famous after this stunt. He then changed his name to Sing Lung, which means ‘already a dragon’.

5. Discourse 4 first / action comedy / Drunken Master. film / made / 1978. Drunken Master, / played / funny / skilful / kung fu / hero. film / successful / Hong Kong. Jackie’s first action comedy was Drunken Master. This film was made in 1978. In Drunken Master, Jackie played a funny but skilful kung fu hero. The film was successful in Hong Kong.

6. Discourse 5 1980s / success / grew. Made films / Hong Kong + America / few / American people / knew 1996 / made / Rumble in the Bronx. Film / popular / America. Today / people / world / love / Jackie + films. In the 1980s, Jackie’s success grew. He made films in both Hong Kong and America but still very few American people knew him. In 1996, he made Rumble in the Bronx. This film was very popular in America. Today, people from all over the world love Jackie Chan and his films.