What is Scientology? (according to Alan Shore)
Girls, this video (00:02:39 long) is from "Boston Legal," a fantastic American legal drama-comedy created by David E. Kelley.
The script is delicious! and this character in particular, called Alan Shore and played by James Spader, is a lawyer of great intelligence and wit who will give his particular point of view as regards Scientology (a body of beliefs and related practices created by American science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard). This ideology has been lately adopted by some Hollywood stars, being actor Tom Cruise one of the most well-known Scientologists.
I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I did, and still do!!!!!
Link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPBiGtVmir4
Activities:
1. Pay attention to stresses, pauses, emphasis and intonation. Please don't miss the punch line! Just, enjoy it.
2. If this is the first time you hear about this topic, read some on it. Then, give a short response to the lawyer as if you were Mr. Cairns (try to apply some of the expressions we've been dealing with when giving opinions)
3. Extract at least three expressions or specific terms you would like to remember.
MARÍA :-)
lunes, 3 de noviembre de 2008
sábado, 1 de noviembre de 2008
"Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color." What a deep thought! Thanks Anto for your contribution!!! Great job!
EDI. Practice Work: Blog activity.
1. Look at the picture and jot down any words that come to your mind.
2. Use those words to form a sentence that tells us what these children are trying to say, that is, what they are thinking about.
3. What is the point it is trying to make? What do you think this picture is telling us?
4. Now, read the paragraph below the picture and react to both, what it says and the picture. How do you feel about it?
Article 1
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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1. Look at the picture and jot down any words that come to your mind.
2. Use those words to form a sentence that tells us what these children are trying to say, that is, what they are thinking about.
3. What is the point it is trying to make? What do you think this picture is telling us?
4. Now, read the paragraph below the picture and react to both, what it says and the picture. How do you feel about it?
Article 1
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
http://www.miamibuenavistalions.com/images/KidsColour.jpg
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