F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Read the NOTES about    HOW TO EXPLAIN A MOVIE:

Then, prepare a speaking practice about a movie you want to talk about.

How to Explain a movie:

There’s a movie where a boy was in a car accident and gets lost in the forest. Then he finds an animal that looks like a dragon or a tiger, or something in between.The dragon raises him and feeds him, then a company comes to cut down the forest where the dragon lives. The boy tries to help the dragon keep his home, and the dragon can disappear, so he can hide from the company. The boy meets the other people and they take care of him

Vocabulary

Do you mind if…?

I wouldn’t mind if…  (The thing you want)

… if it was warmer.

I wouldn’t be bothered if it was warmer.

I wouldn’t hate warmer weather. (You would like warmer weather)

Would you mind having more money?

No, I wouldn’t mind having more money.

warmer

big wind / There are heavy winds.

Today is windy.

Its really windy.  (Yes it is real, I’m not tricking you)  (That’s a dad joke)

Its extremely windy.

Its not that windy.

Animation is not Canada’s specialty.(N)

hand-drawn animation

computer animation

“How to train your Dragon” it has good animation/ good graphics.

Camo – short for Camouflage, you can look like the things around you, or blend in.

eg: The dragon has a kind of camouflage, but it becomes invisible.

eg: I saw pictures with people wearing camo body paint.  They blend into the background.

visible – can see it

eg: There are no visible problems.

invisible – can not see it

eg: A magician can make anything invisible.

fade – slow change from one thing to another, like blue fading into black.   2. partly invisible 3. going away

eg: I bought a faded blue dress.

eg: The image is a little faded

eg: My energy is fading fast. (Losing energy)

eg: My energy will start to fade after 90 minutes of exercising.

How to Explain a movie:

There’s a movie where a boy was in a car accident and gets lost in the forest. Then he finds an animal that looks like a dragon or a tiger, or something in between.The dragon raises him and feeds him, then a company comes to cut down the forest where the dragon lives. The boy tries to help the dragon keep his home, and the dragon can disappear, so he can hide from the company. The boy meets the other people and they take care of him.

I am hungry

I am really hungry.

I am

I very like

I really like

I really wanna go there