Scene 2
Chapter 2
BEFORE WATCHING ACTIVITIES
Look at the picture.
What time is it? Is it morning or evening? Guess from the first 40 seconds of the scene.
WHILE WATCHING ACTIVITIES
First and second listening (no subtitles).
2.1 Work in pairs. Answer these questions; first take notes and then, during the pause, write them properly.
a) How many teachers can you see in this scene?
b) What do they teach?
c) How can students call Mr. Keating?
d) Carpe diem in English means:
- to worm out a secret;
- seize the day;
- to pull out some grass from the ground;
- to be in a hurry.
e) Why won’t Knox be with his friends for a trig study group?
f) Is he sorry about that?
g) What does Todd write across a blank page of his notebook?
h) Is Mrs Danburry at the door?
i) Was the food good?
j) Is Chris engaged?
2.2 Last listening
Listen to the dialogue at the end of the scene (0: 18:58) when Charlie comes back from dinner at Danburry’s house; number the sentences in the correct order. Check with you partner and then with subtitles.
KNOX: Terrible. Awful.
CHARLIE: That guy could eat a football.
KNOX: I can't just forget her, Cameron. And I certainly can't think about trig!
KNOX: She's practically engaged. To Chet Danburry.
PITTS: All the good ones go for jerks, you know that.
KNOX: Tonight, I met the most beautiful girl in my entire life.
PITTS: Too bad.
NEIL: Are you crazy? What's wrong with that?
CAMERON: Yeah, forget her. Open your trig book and try and figure out problem
five.
CHARLIE : How was dinner?
CHARLIE: Why? What happened?
KNOX: Too bad? It's worse than too bad Pitts. It's a tragedy. A girl this beautiful in love with such a jerk.
AFTER WATCHING ACTIVITIES
2.3
What is the subject you prefer? Why?
Write on the board a hit parade of the best loved subjects in your class.
2.4 Focus on idioms
Match the two columns to have a complete sentence. Work in small group (three or four).
1. My sister calls a spade a spade; it means A. you come clean.
B. when you feel in the wrong
place.
2. John has turned over a new leaf; it means C. she’s always poking her nose in.
3. If you “beat around the bush” means D. she says exactly what she thinks.
4. You learn by heart E. when you memorise something.
F. he has made a new start.
5. You feel “like a fish out of water” G. you avoid speaking about
something directly.
6. Sheila is always interfering
7. When you tell the truth after initially lying
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2.5
Work in groups. Look for idioms on the internet. Choose 5 of them and compare your choice with the ones of the other groups.