3/27/2011

Actors Acting

Actors Acting.
Lesson 09.


For beginners:

Watch Robert Duvall and tell us what he's doing and how he feels.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/12/magazine/14actors.html?ref=magazine#12

Watch Javier Bardem and tell us what he's doing.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/12/magazine/14actors.html?ref=magazine#1

Watch James Franco and tell us what he's doing.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/12/magazine/14actors.html?ref=magazine#2

Watch Vincent Cassel and tell us what he's doing.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/12/magazine/14actors.html?ref=magazine#10

Watch Noomi Rapace and tell us what she's doing:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/12/magazine/14actors.html?ref=magazine#9

Watch Anthony Mackie and tell us what he's doing and how he feels:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/12/magazine/14actors.html?ref=magazine#11

Watch Natalie Portman and tell us what she's doing, how she feels and why she's there:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/12/magazine/14actors.html?ref=magazine#3

For more advanced students:

Watch Matt Damon and tell us what he's doing and how he feels:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/12/magazine/14actors.html?ref=magazine#6

Watch Lesly Manville and tell us what she's doing:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/12/magazine/14actors.html?ref=magazine#13

Watch Tilda Swinton  and tell us what she's doing:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/12/magazine/14actors.html?ref=magazine#14


Watch Chloë Moretz and tell us what she's doing:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/12/magazine/14actors.html?ref=magazine#5
Watch Michael Douglas and tell us what he's doing:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/12/magazine/14actors.html?ref=magazine#7

Watch Jesse Eisenberg and tell us what he's doing:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/12/magazine/14actors.html?ref=magazine#4


Source: New York Times.

3/16/2011

Listerine Commercial

Listerine Commercial with Morgan Freeman.



Exercise.

Vocabulary.
Due. Appropriate. Adequate.
Written exercise.
Present unreal situation. Write the 2 ideas using if conditionals in this video. Write 2 more of your own.
Script.
Find the script at http://englishvillemexico.blogspot.com/2010/05/scripts-lesson-23.html .

3/15/2011

Danny Boyles's 127 hours.

127 Hours at the Canyon.

Vocabulary.
Boulder. Noun.
Give up. Verb.
Guide. Noun.
Chip away.  to remove, take away, or withdraw gradually .

Idiomatic Expressions.
On my own. Alone.




Exercise.
1. Explain briefly what happened to this guy at the Canyon and what he's doing to survive.
2. Record a message similar to the one Aron’s mom left at the voice mail.
Script.
Find the script at http://englishvillemexico.blogspot.com/2010/04/scripts-lesson-17.html

3/09/2011

Extra Work Lesson 27

Extra Work Lesson 27.

Extra Work: Pony Tails (in your CD).
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "KWWL #54 Pony Tails".

Audio name on your CD: "KWWL #54 Pony Tails.mp3" Mp3 file.

Expressions.
Do your hair.
Tie your shoes.
Pick your clothes.
Stripes
Polka dots.

Lead someone on a path to. SHe's leading her daughter on a path to independence.
Pony tails even.
On any given day.
Appropiately batched.
Tank top.
Patten leather shoes.


Drive someone insane.
Track pants.

Football helmet.

Epilepsy.

Exercise.
Listen to what these parents do about letting their kids be independent. Share your own thoughts about that issue. What kind of a parent are you? What kind of a parent are you planning to be?

3/08/2011

Clases Grupales

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Zona del Valle.
Zona Lindavista.

Clases Grupales Zona Condesa

Clases Grupales Zona Condesa


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