Retell this part of the film
Part I
Pre-Viewing Activities
Words
sunblock (n)
freckles (n)
slippers (n)
inflatable (adj)
fake (adj)
renowned (adj)
toll-free (adj)
camcorder (n)
pageant (n)
naked (adj)
pervert (n)
toboggan (n)
mantel (mantelpiece) (n)
stockings (n)
wreath (n)
jury (n)
prank (n)
to apologize (v)
hilarious (adj)
to humiliate (v)
riot (n)
emergency (n)
to escape (v)
vacation (n)
Phrases
to be jealous
to take a shower
to suck up to
boarding pass
non-stop flight
to fasten the belt
to worry about
1. Guess the meaning of the following:
a) a play, concert, or other performance based on a historical or religious story
b) small brown spots on someone’s skin
c) a small vehicle without wheels used for moving over snow
d) a small camera used for recording pictures and sound onto videotape
e) a circle of flowers or leaves that you hang up for decoration
f) a shelf above the opening of a fireplace
g) a card that each passenger has to show before they are allowed to get on a plane or a ship
h) a group of people, usually 12, who judge a court case
2. Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
a) Сегодня ночью в городе вновь вспыхнули антиправительственные восстания.
b) И не забудь захватить мой солнцезащитный крем!
c) В экстренном случае, позвоните по этому номеру.
d) Он оформил все необходимые бумаги и сделал нам поддельные паспорта.
e) Извините, я забыл свой посадочный талон в чемодане.
f) Уважаемые пассажиры! Наш самолет готовится совершить посадку. Пожалуйста, пристегните ремни безопасности.
g) Питер вошел в класс, извинился перед преподавателем за опоздание и тихо сел за парту.
h) Не волнуйся за него. Он справится.
i) Участники экспедиции спустились вниз по реке Колорадо на надувных лодках.
j) В следующем месяце мы отправляемся на отдых в солнечную Калифорнию.
3. Give the synonyms to the following words and make up your own sentences with them:
nude
famous
merry
trick
to humble
to flee
to flatter
Viewing Activities
1. Match the words that go together in the video:
1) rubber
2) inflatable
3) empty
4) boarding
5) gate
6) ill-timed
7) tropical
a) process
b) climate
c) seat
d) sheets
e) prank
f) clown
g) number
2. Who said this and in what situation?
1) Do you know where are the batteries for this camcorder?
2) I’m sure he was kidding.
3) Get out of here, you nosey little pervert, or I’m gonna slap you silly!
4) What a troubled young man!
5) I don’t care for your choice of words.
6) I don’t want to go down anyway! I can’t trust anybody in this family.
7) Merry Christmas! Have a nice flight!
8) Are you sure your family is on this flight?
9) We did everything, brought everything. We have everybody. There is nothing to worry about.
10) Kevin is not here.
11) Yikes! I did it again!
3. Insert the right prepositions or adverbs to complete the sentences:
1) Kevin, put your tie …. We will be late … Christmas pageant.
2) How can we have Christmas … a Christmas tree?!
3) Christmas time means laughter,
Toboggans … the snow.
4) I also apologize … my brother.
5) Your dad is paying good money … it.
6) He gets away … everything.
7) OK, why don’t you just sit … here and think things …?!
8) You know what? If I had my own money, I’d go … my own vacation. Alone, … any of you, guys.
9) It’s a good thing I have my own ticket, just … case you try to ditch me.
10) Dad, wait …!
11) My dad ran … right before I bumped … this lady.
12) Board him. But make sure he locates his family … you leave him.
13) So, have you ever been … Florida?
14) We are the last ones … the plane.
4. Complete the sentences from the video:
1) ______________________ going to Florida if you’re gonna put on sunblock?
2) ______________________ because he can’t tan. His freckles just connect.
3) We’ll find a nice _________ silver one or decorate a _____________.
4) New York’s most exciting ________________________. For reservations, ______________.
5) I can’t go in. Uncle Frank’s _____________________. He says if I walked in there and saw him ____________, I’d grow up never feeling like a real man. _____________________!
6) Ladies and gentlemen _________________! I’d like to _______________________ _________ whatever displeasure I might have caused you.
7) Immature or not, it was ____________________________.
8) I’m not sorry. I did what I did because Buzz ______________.
9) Last time we tried to _________________, we had a problem that started just like this.
10) My family is ____________________. I don’t want to be left here.
Post-Viewing Activities
1. Answer the following questions:
1) Where and when did the action take place?
2) What can you tell about Kevin and his life?
3) Could you describe Kevin’s relationship with his family (his parents, Uncle Frank, Buzz and etc.)?
4) What happened at the Christmas pageant?
5) Why Kevin was angry with his mother?
6) What happened at the airport?
7) Tell about New York (its geographical location, its boroughs, people, places of interest and etc.).
Retell this part of the film.