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Activity 1.
Do this before the class. Watch the video.Activity 2.
Oral Reading. Practice the script with your teacher.LORELAI: [sarcastically] That's nice.
RORY: Thank you.
LORELAI: Don't move, please.
RORY: So, why are you insisting on doing this?
LORELAI: Well, because you're starting private school tomorrow.
RORY: Yes, but I'm going to be wearing shoes. Nobody's gonna see my feet.
LORELAI: Okay, but everybody knows that private school girls are bad, and bad girls always wear red nail polish.
[There is a lull in the conversation.]
LORELAI: Are you nervous?
RORY: About what?
LORELAI: About starting Chilton.
RORY: Well, I wasn't until I heard about all those bad girls.
[Lane runs up waving a CD.]
LANE: Guys, guys! New CD - XTC, Apple Venus Volume 2.
LORELAI: Oh, woo, nails done!
[Lorelai and Lane run toward the front door.]
RORY: But you only finished half my toes!
LORELAI: Who cares? You're gonna be wearing shoes anyway!
[Rory follows them into the house]
CUT TO LORELAI'S BEDROOM
[Lorelai is asleep in bed. Rory, dressed in her Chilton uniform, opens the door to the room and sees that she's still sleeping.]
RORY: Mom!
LORELAI: [wakes up startled] What? God! Hi.
RORY: What are you doing?
LORELAI: Having a heart attack.
RORY: I thought you were up. It's 7:10!
LORELAI: What?
RORY: It's 7:10!
LORELAI: No.
RORY: [grabs her pillow] It's 7:10!
LORELAI: [grabs the pillow back] Stop it! It's a quarter to six.
RORY: No, it's not!
LORELAI: Yes, it is! I set the clock for a quarter to six so it's. . .
[Rory grabs the clock and shows her the time.]
LORELAI: It's 7:10! Dammit.
[Lorelai climbs out of bed and looks around for her robe]
RORY: I can't be late on my first day of school. Do you know what happens to people when they're late on their first day?
LORELAI: It's shorter?
RORY: For the rest of the year, they're labeled 'The late girl'.
LORELAI: Oh, so dramatic. Where's the bathroom?
[Rory takes her by the shoulders and leads her down the hall.]
RORY: We have to go! What if there's traffic? Mom!
[Lorelai goes into the bathroom and shuts the door.]
LORELAI: Ugh, I had this all planned, you know. I was gonna get up early. I was gonna get coffee. I was gonna take a shower. I was gonna pick up my clothes from the dry cleaners.
[Lorelai opens the door.]
LORELAI: Oh my God. My clothes.
RORY: What?
LORELAI: I don't have any clean clothes.
[Lorelai walks back to her bedroom. Rory follows.]
RORY: It's 7:15.
LORELAI: All my nice things were dirty.
RORY: It's 7:16.
LORELAI: Oh my God, I was gonna wear my blue suit...
Activity 3.
Listening Comprehension.A. Talk about the following lines, what do they mean?
1. LORELAI: Okay, but everybody knows that private school girls are bad, and bad girls always wear red nail polish.
2. RORY: For the rest of the year, they're labeled 'The late girl'.
3. LORELAI: Ugh, I had this all planned, you know. I was gonna get up early. I was gonna get coffee. I was gonna take a shower. I was gonna pick up my clothes from the dry cleaners.
B. Answer the following questions:
1. Why was Lorelai polishing Rory's toenails with red nail polish?
2. What happened when Lane arrived?
3. Why was Rory so furious on the morning of her first day at Chilton?
4. What happened to Lorelai on the morning of Rory's first day at school?
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