Lana Michelle Ben Part II

(From the basketball match and till the poker meeting)

Pre-viewing tasks

Task 1. Study the following vocabulary items and try to explain them in English.

date smb toss chic cook up some fabulous tie-ins vicious hook a guy clingy

needy touchy-feely handle the pitch soft punch fern potty-trained

Task 2. Answer the questions:

• What classical mistakes will Andie practice, do you think?

• Will Ben’s project to make Andie fall in love with him fail? Why?

While-viewing tasks

Task 3. Try to predict Who said that (Ben-B or Andie-A)? Check it while watching.

1. What is that, ref?

2. Work your arm, baby.

3. I am parched.

4. Small coke, no ice.

5. Come on, drive into the net.

6. He owes you an apology.

7. I got in a fist fight during a chick flick, whoo!

8. I hate it when she pops her head in like that

9. We get dinner in about 5 minutes and tip-off in about 8 o’clock.

10. It’s a baby fern.

11. Chef’s special tonight.

12. Just a little indigestion.

13. I have to go to the bathroom.

14. Houston never misses.

15. They seem to be simple-minded.

16. Just three of us.

17. He’s just not potty-trained yet.

Task 4. This is one-time-in-life experience and I want it to share with you. Say if it is True or False? If false, give your version.

1. Ben and Andie enjoed the last moment of the Knick’s’ victory together.

2. Andie decorated the toilet in pink.

3. Andie praised Ben’s friends.

4. The dog produced a fantastic impression on Ben’s friends.

5. Michelle obsessed her Mike with talk about her ex-guys.

6. Ben called Andie fat.

7. The lamb was delicious for Andie.

8. Andie got friends with Ben’s mother.

Post-viewing tasks

Task 5. Question for discussion

• What “classical mistakes” did Andie make? Which one was the most “effective”?

• Which of these mistakes did you make in your life? Did they cause breaking up?

• What do you expect to happen next in the film?

Part III

(From the poker meeting and till they return from Ben’s parents)

Pre-viewing tasks

Task 1. Study the following vocabulary items and try to explain them in English.

read’em & weep yummy snacks yucky pizza blow sniffles stuffy Is she on smth?

Hang on creepy insane mental person homage sugar puss humble latent

shrink freak out ensign intestinal complication bodge tonsillectomy picky

Task 2. Answer the questions and give your reasons:

• What might be your further actions if you were Ben?

• What might be your further actions if you were Andie?

While-viewing tasks

Task 3. Try to predict Who said that (Ben-B, Andie-A, T-Tony, G-Glenda, S-from a song)? Check it while watching and put the extracts in proper order.

1. You got to crank it, all the way up.

2. Don’t break his heart!

3. Bare that beautiful soul.

4. Rage-o-holic!

5. You are the 1^st girl he’s ever brought home.

6. Makes me want to lose myself in your arms.

7. Chicks dig this.

8. I am way out of line.

9. So, do-do you think Spears and Green are going to be comfortable in their new office?

10. She really hugged me!

11. I know a therapist who will work wonders.

Task 4. Say if it is True or False? If false, give your version.

1. Ben’s friends were happy that Ben and Andie’s relationship got over.

2. It was Michelle’s (as therapist’s) idea for Ben and Andie to go to Staten Islands.

3. Ben’s mother was glad to see Andie at their place.

4. Andie lost the cards game “Bullshit”.

Task 5. Fill in the gaps in the following dialogue

Ben: What just happened __ _____?

Guys: I’m going to go to _____. Okay. ______.

Ben: Look, this is getting really ____. All right? You are acting completely ___. You know that?

Andie: Oh, so I am ______.

Ben: No, you are acting _____. Shut up, _____.

Andie: Oh, he is an _________ ________.

Ben: And he’ll live okay? I’m talking to you.

Andie: I don’t know if I can be with somebody who _______ ____ _______ and thinks I am a _______ person.

Ben: That’s what I am talking about. Where the ____, _____, ___, _____, _______ Andie that I knew? All right? The one who wanted to be a _______ ________, huh? You’re ___, you’re down, you’re ____, you’re there. You’re like a freakin’ __________ ______, Andie.

Andie: So I guess this means we’re _____. Yeah, I guess so.

Ben: Fine.

Andie: Fine. (Pause) Oh, finally…

Post-viewing tasks

Task 6. Question for discussion

• Has Andie truly fallen in love with Ben? Why do you think so?

• What are your predictions for what happens next?