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Activity 1.
Do this before the class. Watch the video.Activity 2.
Oral Reading. Practice the script with your teacher.RORY: We've got a deal. When I graduate from high school we're going to go backpacking through Europe together. You know, do the whole hostel thing. I just hope it really happens.
RICHARD: Well we'll just have to make sure that it does.
(A golf cart pulls up beside them.)
GLORIA: Richard!
RICHARD: Gloria! You look wonderful.
GLORIA: Aren't you sweet? Is Emily here?
RICHARD: No, I'm taking my granddaughter for a round of golf.
GLORIA: Well, we must get together.
RICHARD: Absolutely.
(Gloria pulls away.)
RICHARD: The most odious woman alive.
(Time lapse.)
RICHARD: Now, we'll meet back here in forty minutes?
RORY: OK.
RICHARD: And then, if you like, we can get some lunch.
RORY: That would be great.
RICHARD: Fine.
RORY: Cool.
RICHARD: Yes.
(Cut to the men's steam room.)
MAN #1: And I'm telling him I've been coming here for twenty years my young friend, and for twenty years that cart, number 43, has been my golf cart.
MAN #2: He should have known that.
MAN #1: Everybody knows that.
MAN #3: Did he give you the cart?
MAN #1: Damn right he gave me the cart.
MAN #2: You should have never had to ask because he should have known that.
RICHARD: Hello, gentlemen.
MAN #1: Richard, good to see you.
RICHARD: Heard about your golf cart. Too bad.
MAN #1: Yeah, well, I'm still angry about it.
RICHARD: Well, yes.
MAN #3: Richard, who was that young lady I saw you on the golf course with?
RICHARD: That is my granddaughter.
MAN #2: Really? She's lovely.
MAN: #1: Lorelai's girl.
RICHARD: Mmm-hmm.
MAN #3: You're lucky. My granddaughter looks like she just fell off a potato truck.
MAN #2: My granddaughter would never be caught here. Might get in the way of the time spent at the tattoo parlor or getting something pierced or doing whatever she does while she runs wild through the streets like a rabid dog.
MAN #1: Cut her off! That would get her attention!
MAN #3: I can help you with the litigation.
RICHARD: Actually, Rory just started Chilton.
MAN #2: (impressed) Really?
MAN #1: Damn fine school.
RICHARD: Said she wanted to learn golf.
Activity 3.
Listening Comprehension.A. Talk about the following expressions, what do they mean?
1. RICHARD: The most odious woman alive.
2. MAN #3: You're lucky. My granddaughter looks like she just fell off a potato truck.
3. MAN #2: My granddaughter would never be caught here. Might get in the way of the time spent at the tattoo parlor or getting something pierced or doing whatever she does while she runs wild through the streets like a rabid dog.
4. MAN #1: Cut her off! That would get her attention!
B. Answer the following questions:
1. What did Rory tell her grandpa about their travel plans?
2. What did the men in the sauna talk about?
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