sábado, 3 de septiembre de 2011

The lion king - beginners and basic

This is just a listening exercise with no specific grammar topic in mind.









  1. Write the names of the characters in the pictures. Choose from Scar, Mufasa, Zazu


  1. Watch the first part of the movie. Decide if the following sentences are true or false. Correct the false ones.

    1. Scar won’t be king.                           (   )
    2. Mufasa is pleased with Scar.             (   )
    3. Scar is afraid of Mufasa                    (   )
    4. Scar forgot the ceremony.                 (   )
    5. Scar is envious of Simba.                  (   )
    6. Mufasa is concerned about Scar’s attitude.  (   )

  1. Watch again. Put the dialogues in order. (Attention: Some dialogues are missing).

____ I’m here to announce king Mufasa is on his way. So you’d better have a good excuse for missing the ceremony this morning.
____ That was today? Oh, I feel simply awful. I must have slipped my mind.
____ Oh, no Mufasa. Perhaps you shouldn’t turn your back on me.
__1_ Didn’t your mother ever tell you not to play with your food?
____ That hair ball is my son, and your future king.
____ What do you want?
____ I was first in line until the little hair ball was born.
____ Sarabi and I didn’t see you at the presentation of Simba.
____ Well, as slippery as your mind is, as the king brother you should’ve been first in line.
____ Don’t turn your back on me Scar.
____ There’s one in every family sir. Two in mine, actually, and they always manage to ruin special occasions.










  1. Watch the video for the first time: What are Mufasa and Simba talking about:

    1. The difficulties of growing up.
    2. Being a king is more than doing just what you want.
    3. The elephant grave yard.

  1. Here is the script of this part. Watch again. There are some sentences missing. Complete the script with the missing sentences from the box.
 
a) An this will all be mine?                                        d) Checking in with the morning report.  
 b) When we die, our bodies become the grass,   .    e) From the crawling ant to the leaping
   antelope. 
 c) Before sunrise he’s your son.                               f) But I thought a king can do whatever he
    wants
Dad, dad, come on dad, we gotta go, wake up. (Sorry, uh) Dad, dad.
Your son is awake.
­­­­­­­­­­­­_____________________________
Dad, come on dad, you promised.
Ok, ok, I’m up, I’m up.

Look, Simba, everything the light touches is our kingdom.
Wow
A king’s time as a ruler rises and falls like the sun. One day Simba, the sun would set on my time here and will rise with you as the new king.
_______________________________
Everything.
Everything the light touches… What about that shadowy place?
That’s beyond our borders. Please, never go there, Simba.
__________________________________
Oh, there’s more to be a king that getting your way all the time.
There’s more?
Simba, everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. As king you need to understand that balance and respect all the creatures. ______________________________________
Dad, don’t we eat the antelopes?
Yes Simba, but let me explain.______________________________, and the antelope eats the grass, and so, we are all connected in the great circle of life.
Good morning sir.
Good morning Zazu
________________________________ 
 
 

martes, 30 de agosto de 2011

The exorcism of Emily Rose - Third Conditional

This is an exercise aimed to intermediate English students and focuses on the identification of Third Conditional.


The exorcism of Emily Rose (39’42 to 43’03)

1.     Pre- listening: Vocabulary
                Complete the sentences with the correct word:
Psychiatry                            neurology                             shut down                             
exacerbate            starving                 injury                               seizures                schizophrenia       
               

                a. Branch of medicine that studies the brain and its behavior: ______________
                b. The first aid for epileptic _________ consists of putting something into the patient’s mouth.
                c. When a machine stops working, it ______________.
                d. A synonymous of aggravate is ____________
                e. Thank God Michael didn’t receive any __________ during the accident.
                f. Many people in Africa are ______________ these days.
                g. A medical condition which symptoms include hallucinations ______________.
                h. __________ is a branch of medicine and psychology which studies the human behavior.

2.     Watch the video and decide whether these sentences are true or false.
                a. Dr. Breeds has advanced degrees in medicine and psychiatry         (   ).
                b. According to Dr. Breeds, Emily died of a natural cause.                      (   ).
c. The psychotic epileptic disorder characterizes for hallucinations and extreme paranoia   (   ).
d. Dr. Breeds claims that Gambutrol was necessary to control Emily’s seizures.  (   ).
e. Dr. Breeds is sure that if Emily had continued with the treatment she would be alive.                 (   ).

3.     Choose the correct option:

a.     Dr. Breeds has published some documents about:
-          feelings and neurology
-          neurology and neuropsychiatry
-          firms and neuropsychiatry
b.     Emily died because:
-          malnutrition and physical traumas
-          mistreatment and inability to recover
-          hunger
c.     Psychotic epileptic disorder and schizophrenia have in common
-          black eyes and lock of joints
-          attacks and dilated pupils
-          hallucinations and paranoia
d.     Gambutrol…
-          … would help Emily
-          … was going to help Emily
-          … would’ve helped Emily
e.     According to Dr. Breed
-          Nothing would have helped Emily
-          She needed continued medical treatment
-          Emily could have recovered
f.      psychotic epileptic disorder
-          has long been studied by different scientists
-          was discovered and named by Dr. Breed
-          has recently been discovered
g.     According to the Doctor, after Emily chose to stop the treatment she
-          should have re-taken it
-          he would have forced her to continue
-          he would have applied electro shock