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BAMBI (1942)

Pre-watching activities:

1. Do you know who Bambi is? Originally, he is the main character of a well-known novel. Read the following information from Wikipedia.

Bambi, A Life in the Woods

First edition cover of the original Austrian release

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Bambi, a Life in the Woods, originally published in Austria as Bambi. Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde, is a 1923 Austrian novel written by Felix Salten and published by Paul Zsolnay Verlag. The novel traces the life of Bambi, a male roe deer, from his birth through childhood, the loss of his mother, the finding of a mate, the lessons he learns from his father and experience about the dangers posed by human hunters in the forest. Considered to be one of the first environmental novels published, an English translation by Whittaker Chambers was published in North America by Simon & Schuster in 1928. The novel has since been translated and published in over 20 languages around the world. Salten released a sequel,

Bambis Kinder, eine Familie im Walde (Bambi's Children), in 1939.

The novel was well received by critics and is considered a classic. It was adapted into a theatrical animated film, Bambi, by Walt Disney Studios in 1942, two Russian live-action adaptations in 1985 and 1986, and a stage production in 1998. A ballet adaptation was written by an Oregon troupe, but never released. Janet Schulman released a children's picture book adaptation in 2000 that featured realistic oil-paintings and many of Salten's original words.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bambi,_A_Life_in_the_Woods.)

Tell about main facts of this novel’s history using the dates:

1923

1928

1939

1942

1998

2. Translate these words into Russian:

To wake up, cute, a quail, to hop over, a clover, bashful, stiff, a fella, hush.

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While-watching activities:

Episode 1. The birth

3. Answer these questions:

1. What happened in the forest?

2. Why was the hare called Thumper?

3. What was the name of a newborn deer?

4. What was the first Bambi’s word?

5.Who was called a pretty flower?

6.Why did they go home earlier?

Episode 2. Walk to the meadow

4. Complete these sentences:

B: Mother, what we are going to do …? M: I am going to take you to the ….. B: Meadow? What’s the meadow?

M: It’s a very …… place.

B: Then why haven’t we been before? M: You weren’t ….. enough.

B: Mother, you know what? M: What?

B: We are not the only …… in the forest. M: Where did you …. that?

B: ……. told me.

M: Well, he is all right. There are many deer in the forest …….. us. B: Then why I don’t ever …… them?

M: You will sometime. B: On the meadow?

M: Perhaps. …… now. We are almost there. B: The meadow!

M: Wait, Bambi, wait. You must never …. out on the meadow.

There might be …….. . Out there we are unprotected. The meadow is wide and …. , there are no trees or bushes to hide us, so we have to be very careful. Wait here. I’ll go out first. If the meadow is safe, I’ll …. you.

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Episode 3. The meadow

5. Find the appropriate answer:

1. What did hares eat on the meadow?

Episode 4. Winter

6. Underline the correct word:

1.In winter the water is stiff / cold that’s why you may skate on it.

2.Thumper and Bambi saw a hibernating mole / skunk.

3.Bambi complained to his mother of the hunger / cold in winter.

4.Friend Owl / Great Prince of the forest found Bambi after his mother’s death.

Episode 5. Spring

7. Is the statement true or false? Correct the wrong statements.

1.Bambi prevented Owl from sleeping.

2.Bambi met his old friends Thumper and Flower.

3.Thumper went with his friends and left his doe.

4.Bambi lost the fight with other deer.

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There is no translation for the verb to be twitter-patted in dictionaries. After watching this episode try to translate the verb.

Episode 6. Fire in the forest

8. Restore the sequence of events:

1. Bambi saved Faline from dogs.

2. Many people came to the forest.

3. Bambi was injured.

4. Bambi and Faline met after fire in the forest.

5. Fire started in the forest.

6.Faline waited for Bambi on the island in the middle of the river.

7.The great Prince helped Bambi to run out of the forest.

Episode 7. Happy family

9. Fill in the missing words:

1.All hares woke … up.

2.Flower called his son ….. .

3.In … Faline gave birth to … .

Post-watching activities:

10. Who or what do these words refer to?

1.Pretty, pretty flower!

2.Why was everyone still when he came on the meadow?

3.Mother, look! What’s all that white stuff?

4.Hello, Bambi! Don’t you remember me?

5.Listen! He’s coming!

6.Look! Two of them!

11. Retell all Bambi’s biography from the third person.

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