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the Academy

the Academy

Date: Jan 26 2005

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“I’d like to thank the Academy. ”
-hundreds of actors, actresses, producers and others after they receive a prestigious award

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

The Academy’ is short for The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences*, the group that decides who will win the Oscars

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

As a kid, I watched the Academy Awards every year. Each time someone got the Oscar, they would get up and make a speech.
Part of the speech would always be about all the hard work that everyone had done. Then came the ‘thanks.’
The winners thanked their families, co-workers, and friends. Finally, the majority of them would thank ‘the Academy’.
I always wondered who ‘the Academy’ really was. Who were the members? Here’s the answer. ‘The Academy’ is made up of over 6,000 artists and craftspeople in the film industry.

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“It’s funny when people get an award that has nothing to do with movies and they thank the Academy.”

””It’s funny when people get an award that has nothing to do with movies and they thank the Academy.”
The Academy really affects the way we think about actors and actresses. They have a lot of power.”
“When I was a kid, I thought the Academy was a group of 5 or 6 people. Now I know that there are over 6,000 people in the Academy.”

The Academy really affects the way we think about actors and actresses. They have a lot of power.”

“When I was a kid, I thought the Academy was a group of 5 or 6 people. Now I know that there are over 6,000 people in the Academy.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

it refers to the academy of motion picture arts and science
by Fernando (Hualqui, Chile)
the academy of performıng arts and scıences that chooses the wınners of the annual Oscars is shortened to “The Academy” when wunners thank them for awardıng them an oscar.
by sandra (ıstanbul, turkey)
The Academy is the Motion Picture Academy of Arts
by Alejandro (México City, México)
Oscar award given to best actor, actress, director and etc. and is judged by an academy composed of professionals in the cinema.
by Seyed Abdol Hamid (Dubai, U.A.E.)
I guess that ” the Academy” means a group of people who help actors, actresses,producers and others to win the award.
by LIJUE (Shanghai, China)
I think it is a organization of assessing and awarding.
by Dan (DALIAN, China)
organizing committee or the judges
by Alphonsia (Tianjin, China)
The Academy is the enterprise that promotes the big event that rewards all of the best movies, producers, actors and actresses around the world.
by Marlon (Caracas, Venezuela)
A body of distinguished experts on dramatic arts.
by URVI (GURGAON, INDIA)
The Academy is the group of people that decides who are the best workers in the film area, among the different categories.
by Ana (Monterrey, Mexico)
A group that make the yearly judgmennt about movies and give a premmium to the best ones.
by Alexandre (Recife, Brazil)
I guess that the academy here means some association who holds an ceremony and awards something to someone.
by Lois (Shenzhen, China)
The people who judge the candidates of the event.
by Carlos Dasko (Curitiba, Brasil)
The Academy refers to the Academy that gives the Awards, in this case the Oscar.
by Graciela (Mar del Plata, Argentina)

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