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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: That's crazy.
EMILY: I agree.
LORELAI: I'm not afraid.
EMILY: Then let her go.
LORELAI: She won't enjoy it, Mom.
EMILY: Well why don't you just let Rory decide?
LORELAI: Because Rory is the sweetest kid in the whole world and she won't tell you that she doesn't want to go becasue she's too afraid of hurting your feelings.
EMILY: Oh I'm sure you can give her some coaching to help her get over that.
LORELAI: I'm not trying to hurt your feelings, Mom. Believe it or not, this is not about you.
EMILY: Of course it's about me. If Rory goes and has a good time without you, then I win.
LORELAI: OK, Bob Barker. Listen, Rory knocks herself out all week at Chilton. Weekends are the only time she has to unwind and have fun.
EMILY: With you?
LORELAI: I'm there.
EMILY: So let me get this straight. There's no way that Rory can possibly enjoy a weekend day with her grandfather.
LORELAI: You're just going to twist it all around, aren't you?
EMILY: And you know your daughter so well that you don't even have to ask her opinion on this. She'd be miserable and you know it.
LORELAI: I am so setting myself up here, but yes, she would be miserable.
EMILY: That sounds a little controlling to me.
LORELAI: Yeah I walked right into that.
EMILY: Interesting, isn't it, you being the one who's controlling?
LORELAI: I am not being --
EMILY: According to you I was the only one in the family with that particular gift.
LORELAI: Mom I never said that!
EMILY: I guess you and I are more alike that you thought, aren't we?
LORELAI: You win.
(Later, Lorelai and Rory are leaving for home.)
LORELAI: (sighs) Oh, man, did you get blindsided? I'm so sorry.
RORY: That's OK.
LORELAI: I tried to stop it, I swear.
RORY: I know. Maybe it won't be that bad.
LORELAI: Maybe it won't.
RORY: Maybe I'll like it.
LORELAI: Maybe you will.
RORY: Maybe you could come with me.
LORELAI: Oh, is there a "you're crazy" team? 'Cause I think they'd make you captain.
RORY: Please?
LORELAI: Rory, I love you. I would take a bullet for you. But I'd rather stick something sharp in my ear than go to the club with you.
RORY: Fine.
LORELAI: I'd rather slide down a banister of razor blades and land in a pool of alcohol than go to the club with you.
RORY: I got it.
LORELAI: Don't stop me, I'm on a roll. I'd rather eat my own hand than go to the club with you. Ooh, I'd rather get my face surgically altered to look like that lunatic rich lady with the lion head than go to the club with you.
RORY: Would you like me to drive so you can...
Activity 3.
Listening Comprehension.
A. Talk about the following expressions, what do they mean?
1.EMILY: Oh I'm sure you can give her some coaching to help her get over that.
2.EMILY: Of course it's about me. If Rory goes and has a good time without you, then I win.
3.LORELAI: OK, Bob Barker. Listen, Rory knocks herself out all week at Chilton. Weekends are the only time she has to unwind and have fun.
4.LORELAI: (sighs) Oh, man, did you get blindsided? I'm so sorry.
B. Answer the following questions:
1. Why did Lorelai and Emily argue?
2. What's Emily's point in the argument?
3. What's Lorelai's point in the argument?
4. What does Rory think about the situation?
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