LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH MOVIES This blog aims to converge the work a group of Advanced Level students has been doing: learning English using movies as a source of inspiration for debate, vocabulary expansion, pronunciation and language improvement.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
SAVING GRACE (2000) - Directed by Nigel Cole
Starring Brenda Blethyn and Craig Ferguson
A small-town English widow, facing financial troubles after her husband's suicide, turns to agriculture of an illegal kind. www.imdb.com
Week 1
-What are the SEVEN symptoms you might experience while viewing this motion picture according to this trailer?
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Hi Claudia!
ReplyDeletethe seven symptoms:
1. increased appetite
2. visual apparitions
3. uncontrollable coughing
4. loss of coordination
5. strong sexual urges
6. hysterical boots of laughter
7. general sense of euphoria
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ReplyDeleteThanks for your messages sent by e-mail or posted here.
So here we go:
The symptoms we might experience while viewing this movie are:
1-Increased appetite
2-Visual apparitions
3-Uncontrollable coughing
4-Loss of coordination
5-Strong sexual urges
6-Hysterical bouts of laughter
7-General sense of euphoria
Complete the sentences below or copy and paste them in an e-mail.
In other words…
1-Our appetite might i_____________.
2-We may have v_____________.
3-We might cough u_______________.
4-Our coordination can be l_____________.
5-We may experiment the s_____________ of sexual desire.
6-We may laugh h_____________.
7-We can be e_____________.
Answers to exercise above.
ReplyDeleteIn other words…
1-Our appetite might INCREASE.
2-We may have VISIONS.
3-We might cough UNCONTROLLABLY.
4-Our coordination can be LOST.
5-We may experiment the STRENGTH of sexual desire.
6-We may laugh HISTERICALLY.
7-We can be EUPHORIC.
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