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- My name is Anthony Prato and I teach English as a Second Language at The City University of New York (http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/clip/) and Columbia University (http://ce.columbia.edu/node/295). I have been an ESL teacher for 6 years, and a teacher or trainer for 10 years.
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ReplyDeleteTitle : Fast & Furious
Length : 1:45 hour
Summary :
In the streets of Los Angeles , where the race cars Letty who died because one of the gang whom head the race killed her .At the same time the police try to catch the head of this gang . When Letty died her friend Dom which is one of the fast drivers know about her . he start to think about revenge to her .Also Brian who is the police officer a charged to catch the killer and Letty was her friend. Both of Dom and Brian participate in this race . The head of this race when he knew about them escape to Mexico and the follow him there and kill him.
Opinion & Reactions:
It was interesting movie . at the first of the movie I was surprise when I saw how they stole the Petrol Truck. They act this view perfectly .
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ReplyDeleteTitle :movie ‘’ No Good Deed ‘’
Length : 2 hours
Summary :
This movie talked about the bad week for Jack Friar. Jack Friar is the police man. He takes a week vacation and his neighbor asked him to find her daughter. She did not came to her home two days ago . When Jack Friar try to find the girls he found him self between a gang .the gang thought he looking for catch them then they decided to Capture him. One of the gang people who is Erin help Jack Friar
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ReplyDeleteTitle : movie Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
Length : 1:40 hour
Summary :
Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson) is a cab driver in Las Vegas, who is picking up and dropping off passengers to the UFO convention at the Planet Hollywood Casino and Hotel. One of his passengers is Dr. Alex Friedman (Carla Gugino) and she is a science out space .In One day he fight with two men in the street because they annoy him after that he drives off, later he notice that two children, Sara and Seth sitting in the back seat of the cab. They are from out of the earth, but he did not know that. They tell him they need to go to a certain destination and the will pay all they have to get there. When they arrived to the destination which a house and the tell Bruno they will be with their relative soon , but before Bruno leave he hears a crash coming from the house. He decided to enter the house to see what is going on ,because the house was in the far away from the city and no one around it . when he attend he find and hid behind the seat and he find creature built tried to Attack them and he help them. The they asked him to leave they should continue without him but he refuse that , then he followed them and he find him self in a small city .because they try to go back to their home by spaceship and the spaceship in this city. Then they escape from this city because the creature built follow them . Bruno take them to safe place and he asked Dr. Alex Friedman to help them then they are joined by Dr. Friedman at the UFO Expo, until they go back to their home
Opinion and reaction
I think this is Excellent movie. Great for the entire family.
The movie: "I.O.U.S.A."
ReplyDeleteLength: 1 huor and 26 minutes
Summary:
This movie is talking about why the economic is bad in USA now. They analyze how the government alloted the budget, and found the USA government waste a lot of money on military and international competition. Also, people over ues credit card. America must mend its spendthrift ways or face an economic disaster of epic proportions, and don't buy anything that you cannot bear. Therefore, they encourage people start to save money now.
Opinion and reaction:
I think the USA government are very good for making money, but they also are very good for spending money. They charge a lot of tax from every things, but they spend a lot of money on war and international competition. This movie show me how the government affect people. The government don't know how to save money, and the people do the same things. I don't understand why many people want to study economic here, but I hope they can learn some things from a fail case.
New words:
1. documentary: Movies, Television. based on or re-creating an actual event, era, life story, etc., that purports to be factually accurate and contains no fictional elements
2. financial: pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures; pertaining or relating to money matters; pecuniary
3. average: a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean
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ReplyDeleteI watched a movie called "The notebook"
LENGTH:
2 hours
SUMMARY:
In the 40’s the movie develop a romantic story between a couple of guys that have a relationship. The story revolves around Noah and Allie Hamilton. Love for them came very easily but it was not easy to maintain. They spent a perfect summer together and were madly in love. Due to opposing forces, their perfect summer came to an end and they were separated. However, their love for each other held up for a period of years. Though they each had their own lives and had moved on, the love they shared was so strong that it never disappeared. Without giving the rest of the story away, people say that the power of love can do anything, and this movie encompasses that theory.
REACTION:
If you are looking for a great love story, one that will make you both laugh and cry, The Notebook is the perfect movie. From the beginning until the end, the story unfolds so perfectly and emotionally that you will want to watch it time and time again.
NEW WORD/PHRASE:
Tearing: violent or hasty: with tearing speed.
Forlorn: desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
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ReplyDeleteI watched a movie called "Pi"
LENGTH:
2 hours
SUMMARY:
“Pi” is the story of Max Cohen, a mathematical genius, and his search for patterns in the numbers that surround him. He spends his time with Euclid, his home-built supercomputer, and Sol, his tutor and mentor. His assumptions in life? 1: Mathematics is the language of nature. 2: Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers. 3: If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge. Therefore: there are patterns everywhere in nature. Max becomes obsessed in trying to find patterns in the numbers of stock market. But when his search for meanings becomes deeper, he is confronted by Hasidic Jews looking for patterns in the Torah, shadowy stock market investors seeking to profit from his knowledge, and eventually, the possibility of his own insanity. His defiance in “staring into the sun” could cost him his life.
REACTION:
Although the movie is complicated to understand, the story, and the actors made an excellent job. Is a movie where you need to think about the power of our mind. 100% recommended
NEW WORD/PHRASE:
Stock market: a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
Thriller: an exciting, suspenseful play or story, esp. a mystery story.
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ReplyDeleteI visit the event called “International festival“
LENGTH:
3 hours
SUMMARY:
The last weekend I was representing my country in an important festival at UNCG. I was talking about my country, our music, location, coffee. Also, I answer the different questions of the people, and I explain the advantages to live in Colombia.
REACTION:
It was an excellent activity because the people enjoyed the activity. A lot of people came to the Colombian carp, and they tried the Colombian coffee. Everything was perfect
NEW WORD/PHRASE:
Torrential: Pertaining to or having the nature of a torrent.
Folklore: the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people.
I went to Fest of Deep Roots Market
ReplyDeleteLength: 3 hours
Summary:
This Store is a nice organic store. This Saturday there were a fest where people were giving free samples of organic food. Also there were people singing songs, and having a good time. Furthermore I was talking with the manager, who was telling me the specifics components of some food. Many people were selling spring flowers. The weather was nice and I spent 3 hours there.
Opinion and reaction:
I think the Americans can hace a change in their food. There was a lot of choices when ew talk about food. Also, people can buy products with no trans fact, sugar and fresh fruit with no-homones. Moreover, people can prevent diseases and illens due to many chemicals in their food.
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ReplyDeleteI saw a movie called "rent a mother"
LENGTH:
2 hours
SUMMARY:
This movie is about a business woman who lives in philadelphia and she was all her living for working. She went to the hospital to take and artificial insemination, but the doctor told her that she can't have a baby. However she wanted to have a baby and she call a woman who is going to carry her baby and then giving to her.
The woman accept the offer and went to her house to live with her. The girl took the shot to be pregnant of the business woman baby. otherwise she didn't took it, she took it, but at the same time she had sex with her boyfriend. Many weeks passed and she didn't was pregnant.
She kept the lie, but when they were to the doctor soprpised she was pregnant.The woman was pregnant to her boyfriend, But she didn't tell the business woman the thurth. the business woman knew the true and she started feeling frustarted. Also, the business woman had a boyfriend and when she helped the another girl to have her baby, she painted and discoved she was also pregnant.
Finally they had their babies and lived happy forever.
REACTION:
It was an excellent and a new movie. Sometimes we are worry and stress to come true our dreams. And in a min we can have the solutions, but we can't see it. Sometimes the problems are more easy to solve that we think.
NEW WORD/PHRASE:
breast-feed = to feed the baby by the woman breast.
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Title:Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, 2005
Length: 2 hours
Summary:
There is very poor boy whose name is Charlie.
And Chocolate Factory of Willy Wonka is shrouded in mistery.
He put the golden ticket that allow someone who take it to show the factory.
Charlie happen to take the golden ticket.
Willy Wonka said he would give only one among them a very special gift.
Charlie is choosen and given the factory for gift.
But Charlie says he never live in the factory without his family.
Willy Wonka realizes importance of family and make delicious chocalate in Chocolate Factory with family of Charlie.
Reaction:
The movie makes my heart warm.
Name: Qian
ReplyDeleteMovie: Mr. Smith & Mrs. Smith
Length: 2 hours
Summary:
This movie talks about an interesting couple. The couples are shooters both of them. However, they serve in two different companies. Also, they don’t tell each other about their jobs. One day, their companies know they married and their companies are afraid them will tell each other about their companies. Therefore, their companies decide to kill them so the companies assign the same assignment and want them to kill each other. However, they find they love each other so much when they fight with each other. Therefore, they give up killing each other and they find the important person who is the assignment. Then they know the true and they are the assignment. Therefore, they decide to against the companies together. Finally, they save themselves and have a happy life in the future. Also, they find they can finger out everything as long as they work together and trust each other.
Reaction:
The two main actors are my favorite actors. In my opinion, this movie try to tell us that marriage need the couple to maintain together and they should trust each other. Then they can deal with everything as long as they undergo and do together.
Movie: Slumdog Millionaire
Length: 2 hours
Summary:
A guy attends a program named who want to become millionaire and if answer all of the questions correctly and he can get a lot of money. Unbelievable, he did it. However, everyone doubts him because he came from a poor place and how could he know the answers. Then he proved that he knew the answers so he told policeman his experience. All of answers were related to his experience and he even came from slumdog and even all of experiences were sad. However, why did he attend the program and did he want to get the money. He attended this program because of his lover. He wanted to his lover saw the program and found him in order to they could get together.
Reaction:
At the beginning, the movie is so sad but the movie tells us that we can change our life even the conditions is negative and also you can get what you want as long as you try to do it and do your best. Also, don’t give up until you win.
The movie: 50 first dates
ReplyDeleteLength: 1 hour and 39 minutes
Summary:
Henry is a lveterinarian who live in Hawaii. He meets Lucy in a coffee shop, and falls in love with her. Lucy had a car accident 5 years ago, and she will lose all memory at the beginning of each day. Henry tries many different ways to meet Lucy everyday, because he hopes she will retain her memories and feelings for him one day. He makes a vedio to let Lucy know what happened to her, and the relationship with Henry. One day, Lucy decides to break up with Henry, because she don't want Henry to waste his time waiting for her. Lucy distorys all the evidence that can connect to Henry, and Henry decides to go to Arctic. However, Lucy still has some memories about Henry,in her dreams and her paintings. That this is proof of the love she has for him and than they become a couple again.
Opinion and reaction:
Most people think this is a very funny movie. I think this is a very romantic movie, because Henry tries many different ways to meet Lucy who will not remember you at next morning. I think most people don't have this determination and courage to keep the relationship as this movie that is very silly, but also very beautiful.
New words:
1. veterinarian: a person who practices veterinary medicine or surgery
2. condition: a particular mode of being of a person or thing; existing state; situation with respect to circumstances
3. sail: an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc.
Title: UNCG International Festival
ReplyDeleteLenght: 3 hours
Summary:
That is a big activity in UNCG every year, and that is showing every country’s cultural. In this International festival, the weather was very not. Many countries joined this activity and there had a lot of free food. Also, there had many shows, such as Chinese, Japanese and India dancers. You can get many countries’s information, and if you had any question to some countries, you can ask them. IPC had a small book that kind of passport. You can ask a question to every country and the country will give you a stamp.
Reaction:
This activity is very good, and I like it. I helped IPC to hold this activity, so I went to school at 8am. I knew all of the International Festival. I also helped Taiwanese booth to present Taiwan. I learned many things about couture and I improve my English a lot.
New words:
Festival: a periodic commemoration, anniversary, or celebration
Booth: a stall, compartment, or light structure for the sale of goods or for display purposes
LUZ ELENA RAMOS C
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Listening Apr 20 -24
I went to the RiverRun Festival in Wiston Salem. I watched a lot of movies and enjoyed the cinema festival. Some of this movies…
• Title
" The Burning Plain”
• Length
111 min
• Summary
Two people are killed in a tragic fire in the desert. A little girl growing with his father because her mom abandoned them so early. A woman with self-destructive behaviors living a rare live in US. Finally I understand the connections between them and begin to see how the shock and turmoil of the events that day in the desert impacted so many lives so dramatically.
Reaction
The Burning Plain is a deeply powerful and intimate movie. Also, had the opportunity to listen after the movie, the speech of the Director Guillermo Arriaga (the Academy Award-nominated writer of Amores perros, Babel, 21 Grams and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada), was amazing.
In this movie, Arriaga, usually writer, worked as a director and writer. I found his other jobs stronger, this is a different story, and the way to dial with that is different too.
• Title
Mommy is at the Hairdresser's
• Length
2008 / Canada / 90 minutes
Summary
Elise and her two brothers are ready for a relaxing and carefree summer. However, after finding out her husband is having an affair, Élise's mother, Simone, decides to leave her family behind, which completely devastates everyone involved.
Élise must become the head of the household and take care of her overwhelmed father, juvenile brother Coco and the depressed and very confused Benoît, and the story of the summer change radically.
Reaction
This was a very emotional film. We can see the Feminism ideal in Simmone. I really admire this character because is so radical. Find a trouble and solve this in the most practical way. She leaves her unfaithful husband and goes to work like the professional woman that she is. Yes of course, she cries but just a little bit and after, all her force come outside, make the decisions that she have to do, and move on.
• Title
Treeless Mountain
• Length
2008 / USA & South Korea / 89 minutes
Summary
Two young girls starting to suffer so early when their mother decides to leave in order to find their estranged father, seven-year-old Jin and her younger sister Bin suddenly find themselves in strange territory. Left in the care of an alcoholic and barely attentive aunt for the summer, the girls struggle to find their footing. Given a piggy bank by their mother and a promise that she'll return once it's full, the two bright-eyed girls spend their days hatching schemes to try and earn as many coins as possible. Once it's full, however, their mother not only doesn't return but has the girls sent to their grandparent's isolated farm far when their grandmother introduces them to a new life filled with love.
Reaction
The world can be a very confusing place for many children with dysfunctional families. This movie was so sad specially because is based partly on director’s own childhood. The early lost of faith, the abandonment of the people that you love and suppose that have to love you in a natural way was so hard to watch. But I liked the end, because show how the happiness is based in real love and the poverty doesn’t matter because the heart takes the main place.
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ReplyDeleteI watched to a movie called "Dan in real life"
LENGTH:
2 hour
Summary:
This talk about a father, Dan, he has three daughters. One day, they go to their family get-together. Dan met a girl in the bookstore, but this girl is his brother’s girlfriend. Dan likes this girl very much, but he tells himself that don’t like this girl. Therefore, he doesn’t stop to like this girl. Actuality, this girl also likes him. When his family how he likes his brother’s girlfriend, everyone thinks he is a loser to everything. His daughters don’t forgive him. Finally, after he says sorry to his daughters, his daughters forgive him and suppose him.
REACTION:
This is a good movie. When I was a teacher, I cared about single parent family. I understood children were difficult to contrail their life. Also, in my country, parents never say sorry to their children. I think that is not easy to my country‘s culture. Finally, in this situation, I am not sure I can tell my family I love my brother’s girlfriend.