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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: Pizza for your thoughts.
RORY: I wish I could figure out a way to get Paris off my back.
LORELAI: Yeah, angry chicks are the worst. When I was in high school I had a Paris.
RORY: Yeah?
LORELAI: Yeah, she was horrible.
RORY: How'd you get rid of her?
LORELAI: I got pregnant and dropped out.
RORY: What if I just learn to French braid her hair?
LORELAI: Even better. Sweetie, you can't let those kids get you down.
RORY: I know.
LORELAI: Do you want me to talk to anybody? A parent, a teacher, a big guy named Moose?
RORY: I'll just figure it out for myself.
LORELAI: Okay.
[Rory laughs a little]
LORELAI: What?
RORY: I was just thinking about the way Paris' face looked when I beat her to that Martin Luther question.
LORELAI: Good, huh?
RORY: Fourteen shades of purple.
LORELAI: Cool.
RORY: Tomorrow I'm shooting for 15.
[they stop in front of Luke's Diner and see Luke inside]
LORELAI: Hey, what do you think of Luke?
RORY: What do you mean?
LORELAI: I mean, do you think he's cute?
RORY: Oh, no. No way.
LORELAI: No way what?
RORY: You cannot date Luke.
LORELAI: I said nothing about dating Luke.
RORY: If you date him, you'll break up, and we'll never be able to eat there again.
LORELAI: I repeat, I said nothing about dating Luke.
RORY: Date Al from Pancake World, his food stinks.
LORELAI: I cannot believe what I'm hearing. Al's food does not stink, Al stinks.
Activity 3.
Listening Comprehension.
A. Talk about the following expressions, what do they mean?
1. Why, I'm shocked.
2. And if that doesn't work, we'll stick our fingers in a light socket.
3. It was just one big, long, scary, tweedy, bad eight hours.
4. Yeah, they kept calling me Mary.
5. Mary, like Virgin Mary. It means they think you look like a goody-goody.
6. Well, what would they have called me if they thought I looked like a slut?
7. Well, they might have added a Magdalene to it
8. Wow, biblical insults. This is an advanced school.
9. It was so weird not having you in school today. I mean, I finally noticed some of the other kids, and let me just say, they are a sad lot.
10. Hey guys, I have an idea. What about, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, you know, when I go into Hartford for my business class, what if Lane comes along, and you guys can shop and study and join a cult and shave your heads.
11. Lane, your mother is gonna kill me if I keep sending you home fed and happy.
12. Boy, now, your life is scary.
B. Answer the following questions:
1. What did Rory and Lorelai talk about?
2. How does Lane feel about the absence of Rory in their school?
3. How's Lane's life?
4. What's the plan of Lorelai for Rory and Lane?