Thanksgiving is a long way off now, but at the time of this celebration Time magazine published an interesting slideshow presenting their choice of the top 10 Thanksgiving movie scenes. The scenes featured belong to these movies:
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Home for the Holidays
Broadway Danny Rose
The Blind Side
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Funny People
Pieces of April
Scent of a Woman
The Ice Storm
Grindhouse
Unfortunately, some of the scenes have been removed from YouTube for copyright claims. Still, you are left with a few of them to enjoy and to bring back memories of Thanksgiving.
Watch this report about the English pub. Then answer the questions about each of the different sections in the clip.
Section 1 Outside the pub (start to 1.09)
Listen to section 1 and choose the correct answer.
a The pub is in Hertford / Salisbury / London.
b Richard gives 2 / 3 / 4 examples of why the pub is typical.
c It’s named after a person / town / coat.
d The pub was built in 1800 / 1400 / 1570.
Section 2 Inside the pub (1.09 to 2.10)
Try to match the beginnings and endings of these sentences
A new popular place to drink is… …the public bar.
Drinks may be more expensive in… …the beer garden.
You can’t smoke anywhere in… …the lounge bar.
Working men prefer… …the pub.
Section 3 In the lounge bar (2.10 to 4.06)
a What kind of drink does Richard order?
b What’s the name of the drink that he orders?
c Does Jackie want bitter, lager or cider?
d How much change do they get back?
Section 4 The secret of a successful pub (4.10 to end)
a What is the bartender’s answer to Jackie’s question?
b What is another word for ‘shorts’?
c How old is the malt whisky?
d The trophies in the bar have been won for which sport?
You can self-correct the activity by reading the transcript here.
Cambridge Ideas is a collection of 21 short videos from the University of Cambridge about several topics of interest: team work, energy, heroes, space, risk are some of the topics that are touched on in the series.
A lot of authentic listening material about relevant topics.
The Google Talks channel in You Tube offers a wide range of videos where lots of renowned personalities of culture and politics give talks or are interviewed.
A lot of the videos are also subtitled in English.
