Listen to these kids making some New Year's resolutions. Can you find out the word in the blanks?
( "gonna " is a very colloquial form of going to)
1- This year I’m gonna (1) ……………….more time with my kids.
2- I’m gonna (2)……………… gossiping; Did you see what she (3)………………….?;I know!
3- This year I’m gonna (4)……………….a bikers’ gang.
4- This year I’m gonna (5)…………….. my shopping.
5- This year I’m gonna (6) ……………..spending six dollars on a (7)………………
6- I’m going to (8)……………… my anger. What (9)……………………? Can’t you see I’m, trying to work here?
7-I’m going to (10)……………… that special girl. How are you doing?
8- Pick it up!
9- This year I’m going to (11)……………………………… more.
10-This year I’m gonna get rid of this pot belly.
11-I’m gonna (12) ……………….. more about the (13)……………………
12- I’m gonna be a (14)……………… handyman.
13- This year I’m gonna (15)…………… my own (16)……………….
14- I’m gonna tithe (17)……………….. of my gross pay.
15- This year I’ll (18)……………… off all my debts.
16- I’m gonna (19) ………………….to school and get my (20)……………..
17- I’m gonna (21)………………… a marathon.
18- I’m gonna quit (22)…………………..
19- This year I’ll (23)……………….my road rage.
20- I’m gonna (24)……………..a daily (25)………….. time. OK maybe a monthly (26)…………….. time.
lunes, 30 de noviembre de 2009
miércoles, 25 de noviembre de 2009
YOUR FAVOURITE SCENES
WATCH THE SCENES ,CHOOSE THREE AND RANK THEM :1-I REALLY LIKE IT;2-INTERESTING;3-WELL, IT IS NOT BAD BUT...
GIVE REASONS FOR YOUR RANKING
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
Louis was walking into the cemetery. He sat down on a tomb. While he was thinking, the vampire Lestat appeared and sititng down behind him. Then Lestat spoke and Louis stood up. Lestat jumped at him and bit his neck and Louis fell down. Lestat started drinking his blood. Then Louis must choose: to become a vampire or to die. He preferred to be a vampire and Lestat bit his own wrist. Blood drops started falling down on Louis's face and he drank the blood. While he was turning into a vampire, he fell down many times. Once he had changed into a vampire, se saw things differently, the sounds were also different. He even believed that one of the statues of the cemetery was alive and was looking at him.
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1)
Güido and his son were walking on the street when Josu'e saw a sign which said:" Jews and dogs no entry." Josué asked her father why. Güido told his son that this was because people just wanted to say that and that they were going to put up a sign on the door of their shop which would say:"Spiders and Visigods.No entry"
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (2)
Josué had been hidden all night.Then he went out of the box. The street was empty. The child started walking in the yard. He stopped in the middle of the square.While he was thinking about what to do, a tank appeared. The tank stopped and once the tank had stopped, a soldier came into sight. The American soldier spoke in English , but Josué didn't understand a word. The child climbed the tank with the help of the soldier. While he was riding the tank, he saw her mother who was sitting on the grass. Josué got out of the tank, ran to her mother and both hugged each other.
GHOST
A shining light appeared in the dark and made Sam visible to both Oda Mae and Molly. Sam appeared and leaned towards Molly and gave her a sweet and a tender kiss. While they were looking at each other, Oda Mae said that they ( the others) were waiting for him. Sam stood up, walked up to Oda and told he would miss her and that her mother would be proud of her. Then, both said goodbye. Sam turned back to Sally and said he loved her, to which she answered:"Ditto". Then he touched her face and walked away. Molly cried as he was walking backwards. Finally she said goodbye and he disappeared.
GONE WITH THE WIND
Scarlett was standing up little by little. She looked up the sky. While she was raising her fist, she said:" God is my witness.They're not going to lick me.I' m going to live through this and when it's all over I'll never be hungry again.No, not any of my folks. If I have to lie, cheat or kill, God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again." Then, she lowered her fist.
SAVING GRACE
An old lady was making some tea with some marijuana leaves while her friend was looking at some photos in the sitting-room. The first lady came with the teapot and said that the had a strong aroma. While she was drinking, Margaret answered the tea was delicious.
After that, a lawyer came into the store. At first he did not see anyone. He called and then the old ladies turned up with a cornflakes box in their hands and asked him if he would like some cornflakes. The lawyer said he was looking for Grace Trevettyn's place. But the ladies were high on drugs and burst out laughing. They did not reply.
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
The girl started to dance in the beauty contest while everybody was looking at her surprised by her sexy movements. She pulled off her trousers. Somebody went outside the room while the girl was performing her dance.
Suddenly her father and her uncle stood up and clapped their hands to cheer her up. One member of the jury came up to them and asked what his daughter was doing. He answered she was teaching her a lesson.
The organizer tried to stop the girl's performance but her father stopped him. While the girl was dancing, the jury ordered to stop that dance. The girl's father got onto the stage and suddenly started dancing with his daughter.
While some spectators were leaving the room, the girl's uncle and brother got to the stage as well and started to dance too. The mother joined them. Some people were really offended.
The dance finished and someone clapped their hands. While they were standing on the stage someone stood up and shouted "yeahhhh"
KILL BILL- GOGO YUBARI
At the beginning a woman is introducing Gogo Yubari, a 17-year-old Japanese girl. She is telling the story about Gogo that happenened when she was younger.
She was talking to a man in a bar when he asked her is she liked Ferraris. While he was waiting for her answer, Gogo decided to answer with another question. "Do you want to screw me?" the man answered he did while he was laughing.
Suddenly, Gogo stabbed him with her katana and while he was dying she kept telling him nasty things.
This scenes shows that Gogo had been completeley mad since she was born.
THE GODFATHER
The meeting was in an Italian Restaurant; there I met a corrupt policeman and Sollozzo, my father´s enemy.
While we were waiting, the waiter served us the wine. After that, Sollozzo told the policeman he was going to speak in Italian, the policeman only said: “Go ahead”.
The first thing that Sollozzo told me was “Sorry” and I should have understood what had happened with my father. It was only business. He said that he had a lot of respect for my father but he must understand that he was an honour man; I told him it wasn’t necessary that he told me those things because I knew. While I was speaking in Italian the waiter served us the food.
While the policeman was eating we went on talking. Sollozzo was telling me he had helped the Tataglia family and he thought that we could come to an understanding. After that he asked me what I wanted and while I was thinking how to answer him in Italian, he told me: “What?”
So I told him in English: “What I want, what’s most important to me is that I have a guarantee no more attempts on my father´s life. He answered me what guarantee he could give me and he was the hunted one. He missed his chance and he called me kid. Finally he said he wasn’t clever and the only thing he wanted was a truce.
I told him that I had to go to the bathroom before saying something about what we were talking, so I said: is it all right?
Sollozzo looked at me surprised but the policeman told me: “When you got to go, you got to go”. So I went to the toilet. There I took a gun, I kept it in my jacket and I came back with the two men. Sollozzo was still talking while I was thinking about what to do, I was afraid. While Sollozzo was speaking, a train arrived outside so I stood up and first I shot Sollozzo and then the policeman. I was really scared so I threw the gun and I went out.
GIVE REASONS FOR YOUR RANKING
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
Louis was walking into the cemetery. He sat down on a tomb. While he was thinking, the vampire Lestat appeared and sititng down behind him. Then Lestat spoke and Louis stood up. Lestat jumped at him and bit his neck and Louis fell down. Lestat started drinking his blood. Then Louis must choose: to become a vampire or to die. He preferred to be a vampire and Lestat bit his own wrist. Blood drops started falling down on Louis's face and he drank the blood. While he was turning into a vampire, he fell down many times. Once he had changed into a vampire, se saw things differently, the sounds were also different. He even believed that one of the statues of the cemetery was alive and was looking at him.
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1)
Güido and his son were walking on the street when Josu'e saw a sign which said:" Jews and dogs no entry." Josué asked her father why. Güido told his son that this was because people just wanted to say that and that they were going to put up a sign on the door of their shop which would say:"Spiders and Visigods.No entry"
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (2)
Josué had been hidden all night.Then he went out of the box. The street was empty. The child started walking in the yard. He stopped in the middle of the square.While he was thinking about what to do, a tank appeared. The tank stopped and once the tank had stopped, a soldier came into sight. The American soldier spoke in English , but Josué didn't understand a word. The child climbed the tank with the help of the soldier. While he was riding the tank, he saw her mother who was sitting on the grass. Josué got out of the tank, ran to her mother and both hugged each other.
GHOST
A shining light appeared in the dark and made Sam visible to both Oda Mae and Molly. Sam appeared and leaned towards Molly and gave her a sweet and a tender kiss. While they were looking at each other, Oda Mae said that they ( the others) were waiting for him. Sam stood up, walked up to Oda and told he would miss her and that her mother would be proud of her. Then, both said goodbye. Sam turned back to Sally and said he loved her, to which she answered:"Ditto". Then he touched her face and walked away. Molly cried as he was walking backwards. Finally she said goodbye and he disappeared.
GONE WITH THE WIND
Scarlett was standing up little by little. She looked up the sky. While she was raising her fist, she said:" God is my witness.They're not going to lick me.I' m going to live through this and when it's all over I'll never be hungry again.No, not any of my folks. If I have to lie, cheat or kill, God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again." Then, she lowered her fist.
SAVING GRACE
An old lady was making some tea with some marijuana leaves while her friend was looking at some photos in the sitting-room. The first lady came with the teapot and said that the had a strong aroma. While she was drinking, Margaret answered the tea was delicious.
After that, a lawyer came into the store. At first he did not see anyone. He called and then the old ladies turned up with a cornflakes box in their hands and asked him if he would like some cornflakes. The lawyer said he was looking for Grace Trevettyn's place. But the ladies were high on drugs and burst out laughing. They did not reply.
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
The girl started to dance in the beauty contest while everybody was looking at her surprised by her sexy movements. She pulled off her trousers. Somebody went outside the room while the girl was performing her dance.
Suddenly her father and her uncle stood up and clapped their hands to cheer her up. One member of the jury came up to them and asked what his daughter was doing. He answered she was teaching her a lesson.
The organizer tried to stop the girl's performance but her father stopped him. While the girl was dancing, the jury ordered to stop that dance. The girl's father got onto the stage and suddenly started dancing with his daughter.
While some spectators were leaving the room, the girl's uncle and brother got to the stage as well and started to dance too. The mother joined them. Some people were really offended.
The dance finished and someone clapped their hands. While they were standing on the stage someone stood up and shouted "yeahhhh"
KILL BILL- GOGO YUBARI
At the beginning a woman is introducing Gogo Yubari, a 17-year-old Japanese girl. She is telling the story about Gogo that happenened when she was younger.
She was talking to a man in a bar when he asked her is she liked Ferraris. While he was waiting for her answer, Gogo decided to answer with another question. "Do you want to screw me?" the man answered he did while he was laughing.
Suddenly, Gogo stabbed him with her katana and while he was dying she kept telling him nasty things.
This scenes shows that Gogo had been completeley mad since she was born.
THE GODFATHER
The meeting was in an Italian Restaurant; there I met a corrupt policeman and Sollozzo, my father´s enemy.
While we were waiting, the waiter served us the wine. After that, Sollozzo told the policeman he was going to speak in Italian, the policeman only said: “Go ahead”.
The first thing that Sollozzo told me was “Sorry” and I should have understood what had happened with my father. It was only business. He said that he had a lot of respect for my father but he must understand that he was an honour man; I told him it wasn’t necessary that he told me those things because I knew. While I was speaking in Italian the waiter served us the food.
While the policeman was eating we went on talking. Sollozzo was telling me he had helped the Tataglia family and he thought that we could come to an understanding. After that he asked me what I wanted and while I was thinking how to answer him in Italian, he told me: “What?”
So I told him in English: “What I want, what’s most important to me is that I have a guarantee no more attempts on my father´s life. He answered me what guarantee he could give me and he was the hunted one. He missed his chance and he called me kid. Finally he said he wasn’t clever and the only thing he wanted was a truce.
I told him that I had to go to the bathroom before saying something about what we were talking, so I said: is it all right?
Sollozzo looked at me surprised but the policeman told me: “When you got to go, you got to go”. So I went to the toilet. There I took a gun, I kept it in my jacket and I came back with the two men. Sollozzo was still talking while I was thinking about what to do, I was afraid. While Sollozzo was speaking, a train arrived outside so I stood up and first I shot Sollozzo and then the policeman. I was really scared so I threw the gun and I went out.
domingo, 8 de noviembre de 2009
THELMA AND LOUISE
Watch the film and complete the text with the verbs in brackets:Past simple or Past Continuous .
LOUISE IS TELLING A FRIEND ABOUT THE INCIDENT WITH THE POLICE OFFICER
While we (1) ................................. (drive) along the road, a police car ( 2 ) ................................. (sound) the siren . We (3) ................................. (pull over). The police officer ( 4) ................................ (get out) of the car and ( 5 ) ................................. (walk) to our car. He ( 6 ) ................................. (ask) me to show him my driving licence. Thelma ( 7 ) ................................. (tell) me I should not have driven so fast while the officer ( 8 ) ................................. (check) the licence. The police officer (9 ) ................................. (ask) me to go to the police car with him. While the police officer (10) ................................. (report) about the incident on the radio, Thelma ( 11 ) ................................. (show up) and(12 ) ................................. (point ) at the police officer with a gun. Thelma ( 13 ) ................................. ( point ) at the police officer’s back when I ( 14 ) ................................. (shoot) the radio. Thelma ( 15 ) ................................. (shoot) at the trunk of the car to make some air holes while I ( 16 ) ................................. (look for) the car keys. The police officer (17 ) ................................. (burst out ) crying and (18 ) ................................. (beg) us not to kill him.While the police officer ( 19 ) ................................. (get) into the trunk, I ( 20 ) ................................. (exchange) my sunglasses for the police officer’s and ( 21 ) ................................. (take) some ammunition. Thelma ( 22 ) ................................. (lock) him up in the trunk , ( 23 ) ................................. (throw away) the keys, (24 ) ................................. (jump) into the car and finally we ( 25 )................................. (drive away).
LOUISE IS TELLING A FRIEND ABOUT THE INCIDENT WITH THE POLICE OFFICER
While we (1) ................................. (drive) along the road, a police car ( 2 ) ................................. (sound) the siren . We (3) ................................. (pull over). The police officer ( 4) ................................ (get out) of the car and ( 5 ) ................................. (walk) to our car. He ( 6 ) ................................. (ask) me to show him my driving licence. Thelma ( 7 ) ................................. (tell) me I should not have driven so fast while the officer ( 8 ) ................................. (check) the licence. The police officer (9 ) ................................. (ask) me to go to the police car with him. While the police officer (10) ................................. (report) about the incident on the radio, Thelma ( 11 ) ................................. (show up) and(12 ) ................................. (point ) at the police officer with a gun. Thelma ( 13 ) ................................. ( point ) at the police officer’s back when I ( 14 ) ................................. (shoot) the radio. Thelma ( 15 ) ................................. (shoot) at the trunk of the car to make some air holes while I ( 16 ) ................................. (look for) the car keys. The police officer (17 ) ................................. (burst out ) crying and (18 ) ................................. (beg) us not to kill him.While the police officer ( 19 ) ................................. (get) into the trunk, I ( 20 ) ................................. (exchange) my sunglasses for the police officer’s and ( 21 ) ................................. (take) some ammunition. Thelma ( 22 ) ................................. (lock) him up in the trunk , ( 23 ) ................................. (throw away) the keys, (24 ) ................................. (jump) into the car and finally we ( 25 )................................. (drive away).
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