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Activity 1.
Do this before the class. Watch the video.Activity 2.
RICHARD: Dinner was lovely, Emily.EMILY: Mira does make a perfect cassoulet.
LORELAI: Who's Mira?
EMILY: Our cook.
LORELAI: I thought the cook was Heidi.
EMILY: Oh, no, we let Heidi go months ago. She had a problem closing things -- the door, the refrigerator --
RICHARD: The liquor bottle.
EMILY: Then it was Trina, then Sophia.
RICHARD: Oh, I liked Sophia.
EMILY: You did not.
RICHARD: I didn't?
EMILY: She was the one who sang.
RICHARD: That's right -- terrible woman.
EMILY: And after Sophia we had Anton.
RICHARD: That's right. Anton was the one that I liked.
LORELAI: I'm sorry, Dad, how do you mix up Anton and Sophia?
RICHARD: What do you mean?
LORELAI: Well, one is a man and one is a woman.
RICHARD: And your point being?
LORELAI: That one is a man and one is a woman.
RICHARD: I have a lot to do in a day, Lorelai, I don't have time to keep up with a multitude of people that your mother employs.
LORELAI: But one is a man and one is a woman.
(The cook brings in a cake.)
LORELAI: The dinner was so wonderful, Mira.
SARAH: It's Sarah.
LORELAI: Oh, I'm sorry.
(Sarah leaves.)
LORELAI: Mom! Her name is Sarah!
EMILY: I thought she said Mira.
LORELAI: Ugh!
RORY: Hey, Grandma, these plates are really pretty.
EMILY: Thank you, Rory. They were your great-grandmother's.
RICHARD: Lorelai the first.
RORY: I thought Mom was the first.
EMILY: Not in the name.
LORELAI: No, but in so many other things I was a regular trailblazer. Just finishing your thought, Mom.
RICHARD: Lorelai the first was my mother. She was an extremely accomplished equestrian, a distinguished patron of the arts, and she was also world-famous for her masquerade balls. She was quite a woman, my mother.
EMILY: Yes she was. Mira, come cut the cake please.
LORELAI: Yes, and why don't you bring Sarah out here with you?
EMILY: So, Lorelai, how are things at that charming little inn of yours?
LORELAI: Mm -- they're still charming and little. We're just crossing our fingers it doesn't assert itself and become rude and large.
Activity 3.
Listening Comprehension.
A. Talk about the following expressions, what do they mean?
1. RICHARD: I have a lot to do in a day, Lorelai, I don't have time to keep up with a multitude of people that your mother employs.
2. LORELAI: No, but in so many other things I was a regular trailblazer. Just finishing your thought, Mom
3. LORELAI: Mm -- they're still charming and little. We're just crossing our fingers it doesn't assert itself and become rude and large.
B. Answer the following questions:
1. What were the Gilmore family having?
2. Why is Lorelai so upset with her mom and dad?
3. What does her dad think about the situation of their home employees ?
4. Who was the first Lorelai?
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