《美国电影文化体验》一书Keytoexercisesandscript.doc

Key to exercises and script Unit 1 The Pursuit of Happyness Warming up ① Culture exploration American Dream. Read the definition. Then complete the paragraph with the correct forms of the words. 1. ethos 2. ability 3. achievement 4. Declaration 5. created 6. pursuit ③ Character introduction Put the pictures in order according to the brief introduction to the main characters. 1.A 2. D 3. C 4.B Watching, Listening and Speaking Scene 1 Chris wants to be a stockbroker. (00:09:26-00:14:56) Task 1 Watch Scene 1. Decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F). 1 T 2 F Task 2 Watch again. Answer the following questions briefly. Two months. Four months. $1. An application for the internship. Task 3 Speaking Work in pairs and discuss the following questions. Open. Script: Chris: Man, I got two questions for you: What do you do? And how do you do it? A stockbroker:Aha… I’m a stockbroker. Chris: Stockbroker. Oh, goodness. Had to go to college to be a stockbroker, huh? A stockbroker: You don’t have to. Have to be good with numbers and good with people. That’s it. Chris: Hey, you take care. I’ll let you hang on to my car for the weekend. But I need it back for Monday. A stockbroker: Feed the meter. Narrator: I still remember that moment. They all looked so damn happy to me. Why couldn’t I look like that? Chris: I’m gonna try to get home by 6. I’m gonna stop by a brokerage firm after work. Linda: For what? Chris: I wanna see about a job there. Linda: Yeah? What job? Chris: You know, when I...When I was a kid, I could go through a math book in a week. So I’m gonna see about what job they got down there. Linda: What job? Chris: Stockbroker. Linda: Stockbroker? Chris: Yeah. Linda: Not an astronaut? Chris: Don’t talk to me like that, Linda. I’m gonna go down and see about this, and I’m gonna do it during the day. Linda: You should probably do your sales calls. Chris: I don’t need you to tell me about my sales c