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Activity 1.
Do this before the class. Watch the video.Activity 2.
Oral Reading. Practice the script with your teacher.LUKE: I just mean you don't usually come in at this time.
LORELAI: Well, I have to pick up Rory from school. [Luke pours her some coffee] Thank you.
LUKE: You're welcome.
LORELAI: No lectures?
LUKE: My blood sugar's low. I'll eat an apple and get back to you.
LORELAI: Hm. God, this has been one hectic, bizarro day for me.
LUKE: Yeah?
LORELAI: Yeah. This morning with the being late, and my mother with her existing. Oh, and this father, this father from Chilton, he, uh, drove out to the inn all the way from Hartford just to ask me out.
LUKE: Really? You going?
LORELAI: No. He's got a kid in school with Rory, and the whole thing just seemed a little weird.
LUKE: Oh, good.
LORELAI: Good?
LUKE: Yeah, I think it's good that you turned him down.
LORELAI: Okay.
LUKE: I mean, he's probably old, right?
LORELAI: Old?
LUKE: Yeah. I mean, he's got a kid in high school.
LORELAI: Well, so do I.
LUKE: Yeah, but you were young when you had Rory. Most people aren't that young. Most people are, uh. . .
LORELAI: Old.
LUKE: Yeah.
LORELAI: Like this guy who asked me out.
LUKE: But you're not going.
LORELAI: No, I'm not going.
[Luke nods and looks down. Lorelai smiles to herself. Her cell phone rings]
LORELAI: Oh, that's me.
[Luke points to the 'No Cell Phones' sign]
LORELAI: Ugh. [answers phone] Hello? Hi Babette. What? Okay. No. No, I'll be right there. Thanks. [hangs up] Um, I have to go. [pulls out her wallet]
LUKE: Keep it. I gave you decaf.
[she frowns and walks out the door]
CUT TO LORELAI'S HOUSE
[Babette and Morey, Lorelai's next door neighbors, are sitting in their front yard. Lorelai pulls up and gets out of her Jeep.]
LORELAI: Hey.
BABETTE: Oh, Lorelai, I'm so sorry I had to call you like this.
LORELAI: Oh, that's okay, Babette. I appreciate it.
BABETTE: All of a sudden, they pull up, get out of the truck, and start sniffing around. It's very strange.
LORELAI: All right, let me go talk to them.
MOREY: Tell her about the gnome, baby.
BABETTE: They kicked the gnome.
LORELAI: What?
BABETTE: Right in the head.
MOREY: That's just not cool.
LORELAI: I'm very sorry. Is the gnome okay?
BABETTE: Oh, he's fine...
Activity 3.
Listening Comprehension.A. Talk about the following expressions, what do they mean?
1. My blood sugar's low. I'll eat an apple and get back to you.
2. Hm. God, this has been one hectic, bizarro day for me.
3. This morning with the being late, and my mother with her existing. Oh, and this father, this father from Chilton, he, uh, drove out to the inn all the way from Hartford just to ask me out.
4. All of a sudden, they pull up, get out of the truck, and start sniffing around. It's very strange.
5. Tell her about the gnome, baby.
B. Answer the following questions:
1. Why was Luke surprised?
2. Why did Lorelai go to the diner?
3. What did Lorelai tell Luke?
4. Who called Lorelai?
5. What did Babette and Morey tell Lorelai?
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