Видео аудирование на уроках английского языка на материале фрагментов из художественного фильма "Мы купили зоопарк"

Talking movies. Video listening course.

Teacher V. Sinitsyna

WE BOUGHT A ZOO.

Ex.1 Comment on the following quotes. Do you agree with the words.

• “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” Eleanor Roosevelt

• “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” Andre Gide

• “You have to believe in yourself, challenge yourself, and push yourself until the very end; that's the only way you'll succeed.” G-Dragon

We Bought a Zoo is a 2011 American family comedy-drama film loosely based on the 2008 memoir of the same name by Benjamin Mee. 

Introduction: Benjamin Mee has been grieving the loss of his wife, Katherine, for six months. When his 14-year-old son, Dylan, is expelled, he decides to make a fresh start.

Ex. 2 Check out if you know the words below. Find matches.

Ex.3 Watch the 1^st extract and get ready to discuss questions below.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ypBXXOsgCBA6i_fuFoA5sLRI1AwpuD2s/view?usp=sharing

1. Who are the characters in a car? Describe them.

2. Where are they going? What are their plans?

3. What are the family’s demands in buying a house?

4. How long has the agent been in this business?

5. Which property has eventually caught their eye? Describe it.

6. What is the stipulation about selling the property?

7. How did the buyers react on the complicated facts about the estate?

8. Explain: “Buyer is a king”, “The more the merrier.”

9. Do you thing they will buy this house and the land?

Ex.4 Translate the words below, use the dictionary then match the words with their meaning.

Ex. 5 (A)Watch the 2^nd extract and fill the gaps.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VQH4Tqfdz17xXlQFODuDPYKwKaIEjXKA/view?usp=sharing

1. Spar, who you just met, the tiger. He’s going to need some ________, so we have a large __________ coming from San Diego.

2. Rickety posts, beak rot in the tortoises. A _________ between the jaguars and the tigers. They don’t get along.

3. They haven’t been called cages in like a _______. My brief marriage… that was a cage.

4. You’re some ___________ from the city. No one in the zoo ________ has ever heard of you.

5. You have no idea what we’ve been _________ with here.

6. We used to have __________ the staff. They all quit.

7. I’m here ______________shit. Bear shit! I’m pathetic!

8. No one __________, Benjamin.

9. We need somebody who can really __________ of this place or else we and all these animals are gone.

(B) Comment on the following.

• Describe the current state of this zoo.

• Is the challenge impossible to take for Benjamin? How does he act?

• How would you characterize Kelly the zoo keeper?

• Why has he bought the place? What is his answer to Kelly’s question? Do you think he knows why he did it?

Ex. 6 Watch the 3rd extract. Fill the gaps and answer the questions below.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rnCT73rlknjIoWiprl6snLPo7IrNlTv1/view?usp=sharing

addict – зд. поклонник, фанат

regard for – внимание, учет

to get by – держаться на плаву, выкручиваться

to stick with – держаться вместе

I got it. Well... I want to say it has been an amazing _____(1) here. But the financial ______(2) being what it is. I don’t know how to say this. I’ve been an ______(3) addict my whole life. Basically, I was just an observer and a______(4). But this is my first real adventure. And I just want to say that it’s been the best one of all because it’s ____(5).  So, I don’t know what you’ve heard, but I am able to say, though I don’t have a lot, I do have _______(6) to get us by. And if you stick with me, I will give this everything. But I will need everything from you and we are going to ______(7) this zoo. It is the best job in the world. Don’t give up on our _______(8).

• Did the team have faith in Benjamin? Did they expect such speech?

• How has Benjamin revealed himself? Describe his qualities? What way has he gone through?

• What is his appeal to the team?

• Do you think they will survive? Why yes or no?

Ex.7. Watch the final bit and discuss the ending of the story.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RVr-lizyYQF6Iu-6a_50hMfEPvB2qgdC/view?usp=sharing

1. What is the final bit about?

2. Have the team achieved their goals? How did they manage to do it?

3. Describe the changes in the zoo and the general mood and the atmosphere in the place?

4. What will the future bring Benjamin’s family and friends? Has their adventure only begun?

5. What can we learn from this movie?

Ex.8. Read, consider and comment on the following quotes. Do you agree with these words?

• “He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.” Immanuel Kant

• “Zoo animals are ambassadors for their cousins in the wild.” Jack Hanna

• “Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings.” Evan Esar

• “I became very critical of zoos and circuses and keeping animals in captivity. I wish it was against the law.” Christopher Walken