Beautiful Creatures: LenaRainsOnEthan
In this clip from the movie about a small-town boy who meets and falls in love with a mysterious girl who has supernatural powers, Ethan tries to explain to Lena what it means to be human
Find the clip at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ltfI3B45_Qw
Level: Pre Intermediate
Length: 1:03
Preliminary Vocabulary:
Mortal: ahuman;abeingwhoisdestinedtodieoneday,whocannotliveforever
Thunder: theveryloudsoundthatfollowsaflashof lightningduringastorm
Earthquake: ageologicalphenomenonduringwhichthe surfaceoftheearthshakesviolentlyandcracks, creatingdamage
yelling: shoutingveryloudlyinanangryvoice
Pissed-off: arathervulgarwayofsaying"veryangry"
Scared: frightened;afraid
Brat; aselfish,immature,badlybehavedchild
Deal with: manage;cope;findawaytoresolveaissueor problem
Rain on sb: fall or make something fall on sb/sth in large quantities
Bombs rained on the city streets. He covered his face as the blows rained down on him. The volcano erupted, raining hot ash on a wide area.
A.-General Understanding
1.-What is the girl doing?
a.- She´s running away from the police.
b.- She´s making it rain and thunder with her special powers
c.- She´s afraid of the thunder
d.- She´s trying to break up with the boy
2.- What is the boy trying to tell the girl?
a.- He is trying to yell at her to make her afraid.
b.- He is trying to describe what it means to be a normal human
c.- He is trying to get her telephone number.
d.- He is trying to protect both of them from the rain.
3.-How does the girl react to Ethan's yelling?
She apologizes and stops the rain and thunder.
She attacks him with lightning.
She gets very angry and drives away in the car.
She doesn't understand why he is yelling, and gets upset.
4.- Why is Ethan yelling at the girl?
because he cares about her
because he is very angry at everyone around them
because she does not see a car coming at her
because he wants to be heard above the sound of the rain
B.-Listen & Complete
Ethan: Really?
Is this necessary? I´m seeing it / agreeing / greeting with you!
OK. I'm just a dumb-ass mortal who can't make his own thunder. But I know there's no way we're gonna stick it about / picture it out / figure this out unless you stop feeling so damn sorry for yourself all the time!
Lena: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Ethan: Go ahead! Start an earthquake! See where it gets you. Everybody has to deal with stuff in their lives, Lena!
Lena: What are you yelling at me for?
Ethan: You want to be a normal human? What do you think that is?
We don't have powers to just change things whenever three strikes / we like / we´re alike
Ethan: Being human is feeling bad. It's feeling pissed off. It's feeling scared and not being able to do anything about.
Tit until you don´t feel that way anymore / stay some more / say anymore until you can just see your way out of it.
Ethan: And I yelled at you because I care about you / bare my tattoo / staring at you
That's what normal people do who love each other when one of them is acting like a brat.
Now would you please stop raining on me!
C.-Answer
1.-What does Ethan dare Lena to do?
a.-start an earthquake
b.-light a forest fire
c.-create a tsunami
d.-provoke an avalanche
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2.-What does Ethan say is preventing them from "figuring it out"?
a.- a lack of money
b.- Lena playing with rain, thunder and lightning
c.- a lack of time
d.- Lena feeling sorry for herself all the time
D.-Fill in with some words from the box
• mortal
• thunder
• earthquake
• yelling
• pissed-off
• scared
• brat
• deal with
I was ______when I realized that we were experiencing an ______. Buildings collapsed all around us with a sound like ______, and firemen were ______at everyone to leave their houses. Now we'll just have to ______all the damage.
E.-Choose
1.-When I was younger I ______tennis a lot, but now I have stopped completely.
playing
placed
play
have play
2.-I'm so glad I completed the project on time. Now we can invoice the client.
complete
completed
am to complete
completing
3.-In 2007 I climbed Mount Everest. I am still very proud of that achievement.
am climbing
am to climb
climb
climbed
4.-When I was a lawyer I ______very long hours. I prefer what I do now, teaching.
Worked v
work
am working
have work
Only For Teachers ANSWERS
A.- 1.-b 2.-b 3.-d 4.- a
B.- agreeing – figure this out - we like - way any more
C.- 1.- a 2.- d
D.- scared – earthquake – thunder – yelling – deal with
E.- a.-placed b.- completed c.-climbed d.-worked
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