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10. Who are these characters? Describe them according to the following plan:

-general information (name, age, position, if they are people);

-appearance;

-character;

-their habits and hobbies;

-the role in the film.

John Arbuckle

Liz

Garfield

Odie

Happy Chapman

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GARFIELD: A TAIL OF TWO KITTIES (2006)

Pre-watching activities:

1. What do these expressions and words mean? Match the appropriate equivalents:

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2. What do these contractions and slang words mean? Translate them into Russian.

Brekky, pal, guy, beat it, buddy, bro, laddie, cop, bobby, fishy, chap, okey dokey, fellas.

While-watching activities:

Episode 1

3. Underline the correct word:

1.John left Odie and Garfield at the kennel / friend’s home.

2.Lady Eleanor left her fortune to Mr. Dargis / the Prince.

3.Mr. Dargis threw the basket with Garfield / Prince into the river.

4.At the barnyard all animals greeted the cat / Mr. Dargis.

5.John and Liz went to the Tower / British museum.

Episode 2

4. Restore the sequence of events.

1.John found dirty Prince and brought him to the hotel’s room.

2.Prince liked lasagne in café.

3.Lord Dargis started to discuss his plans to transform the barnyard into spa salon.

4.Smith found Garfield in the street and brought him to the castle.

5.Winston showed the castle to Garfield.

6.Rommel tore lord’s trousers.

7.Garfield helped animals to cook lasagne.

8.Smith went on holiday.

9.Garfield made the first speech at the barnyard.

10.Prince left John and went to his castle.

Episode 3

5. Answer the questions:

1.What London’s sights were showed in the film? Enumerate them.

2.What was Garfield’s plan to teach Dargis?

3.Who did Smith meet with near the castle?

4.What happened in the castle when John appeared there?

5.Where did John propose to Liz?

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Post-watching activities:

6. Who said this phrase in the film? Describe the situation.

1.Please, sir, may I have some more?

2.Take the picture.

3.You are driving on the wrong side of the road, and I've got an entire pie in my stomach.

4.Hello, Rommel, I have a present for you. Prince's pillow.

5.There‘s the bull drinking my champagne, the pool‘s full of animals, and a pig tried to kill me.

6.This buffoon couldn‘t groom the paws of a real king.

7.Your nine lives are up.

8.Sire, thank havens, you’ve returned.

9.Good lord, it’s a conspiracy.

10.Is this a part of tour?

11.Liz, I’ve been trying to get the courage up to ask you something all week.

12.Excuse me, do you believe in love at first sight?

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HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE (2001)

Pre-watching activities:

1. Read the text about the author of the Harry Potter series and enumerate unknown facts of her life.

JK Rowling – creator of Harry Potter

Joanne Rowling, better known as JK Rowling, is a publishing phenomenon. She is responsible for the success story that is the Harry Potter series – a series that will come to a climax in the seventh and final book. She tells the story of a boy wizard and his adventures at wizarding school. More than 300 million copies of her books have been sold and that number is still increasing. She has earned more than £500 million from her books, film rights, toys and games that feature the characters she has created.

She was born in England in 1965 and grew up in the outskirts of Bristol and spent much of her childhood making up and acting out stories. She worked as a teacher for a time, but always planned to become a writer. One day, while on a train journey from Manchester to London, the idea for Harry Potter came to her. She had paper but no pen and could only daydream her story. When she arrived home that evening she began to write. Six years later, the first book was finished and she began to look for ways of publishing it. She went to her local library and found the names of literary agents. She sent a copy of her book to one whose name she liked, having no other information about him. The agent, Christopher Little, was spellbound by the story and within days was hard at work finding a publisher. It was rejected several times before a small publishing company decided to take the risk. They had one condition. They thought boys wouldn’t be interested in reading a book written by a woman, so they suggested that instead of her full name, she used her first two initials on the cover – it would make her sound more serious. Unfortunately she only had one initial

– her parents had never given her a middle name. The K in JK Rowling stands for Kathleen, her grandmother’s name.

So why are her books so successful? Her mother died of a serious illness soon after she began writing the first book, and Harry’s feelings for the loss of his parents certainly reflect the pain the author felt over the loss of

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