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Sunday, October 31, 2010

HAPPY AND SCARY HALLOWEEN...

This is one of the songs from the fantastic film Nightmare before Christmas...Watch the video and do this activity (try to do it before you read the lyrics):

- Recognize words related to Halloween whose initials are...

NOUNS: p__________, d_________, f___________, sh________, sk_________
EXPRESSIONS:
t__________ or t__________,
ANIMALS: s_________, s_________ VERBS: s________, d__________, h___________, ADJECTIVES: sh________, s_________, m________ COLOURS; r______, b________


  

You can also enjoy the remake of the original song which is as scary as the singer, Marilyn Manson.
This is one of the main songs from the fantastic film Nightmare before Christmas...

Watch the video and do this activity (try to do it before you read the lyrics):

- Recognize words related to Halloween whose initials are...

NOUNS: p__________, d_________, f___________, sh________, sk_________
EXPRESSIONS:
t__________ or t__________,
ANIMALS: s_________, s_________
VERBS: s________, d__________, h___________,
ADJECTIVES: sh________, s_________, m________
COLOURS; r______, b_______



You can also enjoy the remake of the original song which is as scary as the singer, Marilyn Manson.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Catherine Tate Show


Catherine Tate Show is a popular British sketch comedy on BBC 2. Catherine Tate is the star in all these sketches and plays a diverse range of characters.
Perhaps the most famous is Lauren, an argumentative and lazy teenage girl who gets out of embarrassing situations by repeating her catchphrase, "Am I bovvered?" (“I don’t care”) or "Look at my face, is my face bovvered? Face? Bovvered?" (“Look at my face" "Do you think I care?”). That's the way Catherine Tate caricatures British chavs.
Watch this video and try to understand it ignoring the subtitles first (although I know it’s a bit difficult). Then, answer these questions:
-Find a synonym for “big”
- How do you say "Coca-Cola Light" in English?
- What’s the difference between “employer” and “employee”?
- Lauren is exaggerating her friend's comment “you will sell burgers for the rest of your life”. Say an example of what she answers back.
- What happens at 1:00?
- Why is it so funny her comment “look at my face” just at this moment?
-Lauren is denying the evidence all the time. How would you describe her? Do you like her?