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- Anthony
- 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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ReplyDeleteI watched a movie called "HOSTAL 2"
LENGTH:
2 hours
SUMMARY:
It is the story about a secret organization that works at Eastern Europe. The purpose of this organization is find rich people that want to kill someone. Then, the story is around Drunky, Blandy, and Waterhead. They’re art school students in Rome who venture to Prague and get swept up into Slovakia. However, there three of these girls are tortured and killed because they are “buying” by some rich people with which to kill. Finally, the last girl switch her paper and she decides to buy the life of the guy that was going to kill her. Also, she will kill the girl who brought her to this country and organization.
REACTION:
This movie is the typical movie with blood and murder. However, I could think about the bad thinks some people can have in the world. This movie is not bad but I don’t recommend it.
NEW WORD/PHRASE:
Assailants: A person who attacks another
Portrayed: To depict or represent pictorially; make a picture of
Sinister: threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous
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ReplyDeleteI visit a natural store called "DEEP ROOTS"
LENGTH:
2 hours
SUMMARY:
All CS 5 visited Deep Roots. This is a store that sells organic and natural food. I could see a lot of organic products such as: Cereal, natural Sauces and Tuna. Also I learn about the idea of the store and organic food.
REACTION:
The organic food is important for our health. Therefore, this visit opened my eyes and makes me change my mind. Also, I compared products in Deep Roots with products in Walmart then I could see that food in walmart is trash. I recommend visit this store and eat healthy.
NEW WORD/PHRASE:
Organic: noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon
Aspartame: a white, crystalline, odorless, slightly water-soluble noncarbohydrate powder
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ReplyDeleteI watched a tv program called "Crucified"
LENGTH:
1 and half hours
SUMMARY:
The program discuss about the history of crucifixion, and how Jesus died in the cross. The Romans used this type of torture to kill the enemies and scare the people. In the same way, in the crucifixion have two types of these. The first one is called “Iot” and consists in a semi-cross. In contrast, the other type of cross is called “Latin” and is the typical cross that we know. Crucifixion was most common in ancient Rome. Therefore, the ancient Romans would sometimes crucify rebels by the dozens, and then leave their corpses hanging for as long as they would continue to hang. In the eyes of the Romans, crucifixion's deterrent effects probably justified what was otherwise a highly inefficient form of execution.
Finally, the prisoner is hoisted off the ground, arms restrained to the sides or behind the back, and simply left alone. Over time, the prisoner will grow tired and fall forward and death by crucifixion can take hours or even days. This was the case in the Jesus death.
REACTION:
I watched this program from History channel, and it was so interesting. Also I learn about this type of torture and the possible sequence that Jesus died. Finally if you are Christian I recommend you watch this program.
NEW WORD/PHRASE:
Corpses: A dead body, especially the dead body of a human.
Crucifixion: the act of crucifying.
Deterrent: serving or tending to deter.
Torture: the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
I have seen Firday Night Light
ReplyDeleteLenght 4 hours
It's about high school life and football players life. . It takes place at Texas. people in the town are crazy about football.
I have learn a lot in this movie. Because Americans teach children to be individual and independent which is hard to find in asian people. This movie is about high school students but I can feel that many decisions that they make like mature decision and they are responsible for its result. And also I learn that I have to set a goal and pursue it. I know it's sound weird but I quite don't have the dream. My dream's just blur in my head.
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ReplyDeleteI watched "Fast and Furious"
LENGTH:
2 hours
SUMMARY:
The movie is about a guy (Vin Diesel), who likes to race cars, which transportate drugs, in order to receive a lot of money for his services. his girlfriend was killed for one of the bad guys she was working for.
Then, Vin Diesel went back to see her funeral, but he went there to find who did her murdered.
After that, he went to the same place she went to race and decided to race and transport drugs for Mexico to U.S, but he saw the murder of his wife and he was looking the cause they pushed to kill her.
They made a plan with his frind who was a police in order to get the criminal.
Finally they got the criminal and Vin Diesel killed his wife murder calling him puzzy.
REACTION:
It was an amazing movie which you can see a lot of racing cars and, the sound is so atractive. Also, here acted my favorite actor who is VIN DIESEL, and a lot of the movie's scene they talked in spanish. I recommend you watch this movie.
Title
ReplyDelete:Momma mia!
Length
:2hours
Summary
:Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna, who was once the lead singer of Donna and the Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya.
Donna concludes it was Aphrodite,the Greek goddess of love,influencing events all along. The closing scene of the film shows Sophie and Sky sailing to the horizon to begin their life together, leaving Sam and Donna to live happily ever after on the island ("I Have a Dream").After the closing scene, Donna and the Dynamos perform "Dancing Queen" over the credits. Next, the entire cast sings Waterloo. Finally, Sophie sings Thank You for the Music as the ending credits roll.
REACTION
-When I was watching this movie, it was look ike musical. It was also amazing experience to me, that's why I did't have interesting about musical. However, I was changed my mind by wathing Momma Mia ! I could met wonderful sounds and famous acters.
This is the words of a song OST in the Movie, it is really nice. After watching the movie, I have listened this song even I was in Florida.
-I want to share this song with you guys.
I've been cheated by you since I don't know when So I made up my mind it must come to an end
Look at me now, will I ever learn?
I don't know how but I suddenly lose control
There's a fire within my soul
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything, w-o-o-o-oh
Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Mamma mia, now I really know,
My my, I could never let you go.
I've been angry and sad about the things that you do
I can't count all the times that I've told you we're through
And when you go, when you slam the door
I think you know that you won't be away too long You know that I'm not that strong.
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything, w-o-o-o-oh
Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Mamma mia, even if I say
Bye bye, leave me now or never
Mamma Mia, it's a game we play
Bye bye doesn't mean forever
Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again? My my, just how much I've missed you. Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Mamma mia, now I really know
My my, I could never let you go
Name: Qian
ReplyDeleteMovie: Drogan ball
Length: 2 hours
Summary:
This weekend I went to cinema to watch movie. I watched Drogan ball. I think there are many people who read this book. However, I never read this book.This movie deacribes that there are seven drogan balls and one gay named Saiyans who wants to get the seven drogan ball to destory earth and establish her own world. Goku and his friend battle for earth and aginst Saiyans. At first, Goku has one drogan ball and he looks for others with her friends. At the same time, Saiyans is looking for these drogan ball. Saiyans gets seven drogan ball through kinds of ways. However, finally, Goku and his friend do their best and win. Saiyans died. Always, Goku get his love.
In this movie, there are many chinese actors. It makes me feel familiar. I went to cinema with my friends. Some of them read this book before and they said the movie is worse than book and even they regred to watch this movie. Basically, moive is worse than book because there are many details in book. On the contrary, the movie delete mant details. Thus, movie makes people feel that moive is imcomplete. The story is good and chareters are good. However, I think I won’t read the book.
Movie: Knowing
Length: 2 hours
Summary:
Also, I watched Knowing in cinema. It’s a great movie. First, I think this movie is thrilling movies. Then I understand the underlying meaning. In 1958, the school let students draw a picture. The content of picture is what will happen in 50 years. A gril didn’t draw anything. She just wrote so many numbers. And then teachers bury these pictures. After 50 years, teachers dig these picture and hand out. The boy gets these numbers. The boy’s father is a scientist. One day he finds these numbers. Inadvertently, he finds thers numbers are date. He does some research from internet and then he finds these numbers are the date of accident and the number of death. He is very surprise because how can a girl know the future. The last two letters are EE. He doesn’t know what’s that meaning. In the end, he knows that means earth explore. His son always can listen the sound from whisper. Before the day of earth explore, there are some people who from anthor plante and they bring the boy. The last day, earth explore and the boy goes to a peace place.
After I watched this movie, I think a lot of things. In my opinion, this movie is for Easter. According to Bible, the earth will destory and the people who believe Jesus will go to heaven. Thus, only the boy can hear and understand the sound of whisper so the boy can go a peace plane and other people will die. This moive is very convincible. Also the story is attractive. Before, I watched some movie about Christianity. Every movie leaves a deep impression in my mind. However, I think this one is best. It make my emotion up and down with the story.
The movie: Love actually
ReplyDeleteTime:2 hours
Summary:
This move is composed of many different stories, and the background is Christmas. People should be with someone who you love at Christmas. These stories are talking about how people find the ture love. When the husband lied the wife, how the wife forgave him, and kept the family complete. When you deeply love one girl who will marry to your best friend, how to tell her at Christmas, and didn't hurt anyone. The singer understood that the friendship is the best gift at Christmas, and celebrated it with his agent. How did two people speak two different language, and they were fall in love? The girl chose to stay with her maimed brother at Christmas not with someone who she loved him long time. This movie showed me how people know love actually is everywhere.
Reaction/opinion:
I watched this movie many times, especially when I was depressed. This movie show me how becutiful is this world, when I covered my eyes by myself. These story are very true to describe the love in this world. They happened to everyone's experience, not exaggeratedly. This is my favorite movie, because it warmed my heart many times. I think everyone will have the same kind of feeling, when they watched this movie.
New words:
1.ceremony: list of formalized social behaviors
2.unexpected: coming or occurring without warning
3.necklace: a piece of jewelry consisting of a string of stones, beads, jewels, or the like, or a chain of gold, silver, or other metal, for wearing around the neck
The movie: Schindler's List
ReplyDeleteTime: 3 hours 15 minutes
Summary:
Schindler was a business man, when Germany occupied Poland in 1939. The Germany army put many Jews in concentration camp. Schindler only wanted to make money on that time, and he thought he could use the jews to make money. He had a factory, and it made money by the war. He did not care about the Jews before, but one day he saw the Germany army massacred the Jews, and he changed his mind . He started to hire many Jews in his factory, and made a list, because they didn't have to die, if they had jobs. He spent all his money, and he wanted to save more Jew people's life. Moreover, he thought money was not very important anymore. When the war finished, he had to escape.The Jews who he saved wrote a letter to prove that he saved many people's lifes. However, he still reproved himself, because he thought he could save more people's lifes. In the end, the Jews gave him a ring, and they carved a sentence "he who saves the life of one man, saves the world entire."
Reaction/opinion:
My favorite part is the end that many Jews put stones on his grave. That means give a stretchable path to someone who you love.
New words:
1.absolve: pardon, clear of blame or guilt
2.bribe: give or receive a bribe
3.entire: complete
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ReplyDeleteI watched a movie that name is “My Super Ex-grilfriend”
Length:
2 hours
Summary:
The movie talks about a man find a girlfriend, but he doesn’t know this girl is a super woman. She can fly, run quickly, move heavy things. The girl doesn’t want to let her boyfriend know she is a super woman. When she gets angry, she can’t control her power. When the man knows she is a super woman, he feels a little scared. So the man breaks up with his girlfriend. At the same time, a bad man wants to kill the super woman. The bad man uses a way to make super woman lose her power. When she loses her power, the ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend gets the same power. Finally, the new girlfriend protects him.
Reaction
After I saw this movie, I want to have a kind of girlfriend. Right now, this is a equal society, woman don’t need man to protect them anymore. For this reason, I think man doesn’t need have any responsibility to take care woman. It is a good symbolization for our society.
Vocabulary:
1. Negligee: causal cloth ex: She wears a black silk negligee
2. Mature: adult ex: This is the most mature of his plays.
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ReplyDeleteI watched a movie that name is “The Prince & Me”
Length:
2 hours
Summary:
It is the story about Paige Morgan and Eddie who happens to be the Prince of Denmark, They have a romance from university. Before Eddie came to USA, he is a boy who doesn’t know himself. One day, I saw TV commercial shows that a wildly college girl. In that time, he decides to study in university. Eddie change a lot when he meets Paige in university. They fall in love and come back Denmark. Ending happily with Paige graduating and going to medical school, with Eddie declaring that he will wait until she is able to marry him so that she will become Queen of Denmark to him being King.
Reaction:
This is a very romantic story. If I have Paige, I will do the same way. Everyone have their own dream, they have a right to reach it. For this reason, you should to make a difficult decision between love and dream. We cannot take both of them in the same time.
Vocabulary
1. Back off: to move away from sb. Back off! There’s no need to yell at me
2. Innocent guiltless: He was pronounced innocent of the charge.
LUZ ELENA RAMOS C
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Listening Apr 6- April 10 #1
• Title
I watched to a Movie called "Knowing”
• Length
121 min
• Summary
A solitary man, that lost his wife, live whit his little son and work like professor. By causality, they discover an old paper with dates and coordinates. This information is related with real catastrophes. Finally, he realizes that this soon was chose to go to a different planet because life in earth is ending.
• Reaction /opinion
I enjoy this kind of movies because I like the topic. I like so much the characters but I don´t like a lot the final.
• New vocabulary/phase/expression
widower
a man who has lost his wife by death and usually has not remarried
grieving
to cause to suffer
Scratching
to scrape or dig with the claws or nails
Parable
EXAMPLE ; specifically : a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle
LUZ ELENA RAMOS C
ReplyDeleteCS5
Listening Apr 6- April 10 # 2
• Title
I watched a tv series called "Trusme”
• Length
2 hours
• Summary
This is a tv series that look at the private and professional lives of employees at the Chicago advertising agency Rothman, Greene & Moore.
I watched two episodes of this series. The formed wife of Tony, as a manager of the advertising agency, despites him. He cannot believe that and his team try to help him. They have an important account and have to give ideas. They work a lot on that, Tony included, finally their proposal is not win but Tony is reincorporate to the agency.
• Reaction /opinion
Great cast, great stories, everybody is involved. I like the topic, also because is related with my job. There is a lot of fun in each episode.
Mustafa
ReplyDeleteTitle : A documentary name : "Lost boys"
Length : 2Hours.
Summary:
This movie present a real story happend in Sudan . The story is about Lost boys had a chance to travel to USA as refugge . the
reason they desided to go to USA is the civil war in Sudan . and the reason of this war is the resources because the Southe of Sudan have the Oil and the farmaland and the water and the North of Sudan want to control the whole of Sudan . Hwoever there are a lot of people dead in these war and who have a good luck escape to the UN compes.then they send them after while to USA .
the movie show how did these boys deal with a new live in USA and how they face the defficalities . Also , most of lost boys want to work to send money to their country to help up their family and others keep to countinue to study and work at the same time ..
Opinion & Reaction.
I relized that is nothings impossible in this live if you believe in your self . you can do many things even if you have a bad situations .
^_^
Mustafa
ReplyDeleteTitle : The Rats movie
Length : 1 : 35 min
summary
This movie talked about rats invaded the New York city .Trouble begins when a customer is bitten in one of the dressing rooms at Garvers department store NYC.the rats take over the subway, recreational centers, apartment buildings, buses. There were a team tried to find a solution for this problem at the end the find way to collect the rats in a big pool then the killed the rats.
Opinion & Reaction:
this movie was intresting because how did they drawn the rats to the swimming pool by the perfume because the rats attract by that .
Mustafa
ReplyDeleteI listen some episodes from www.eslpod .com
Title : Buying car insurance
Length : 18 min
Summary:
It’s dialoged between two people one of them work in an insurance agency and the second one is a customer try to buy insurance for her car.
Insurance Kinds:
1- liability insurance.
2- collision insurance
3-comprehensive insurance
4- uninsured motorist insurance
5- medical payments insurance
Opinion & Reaction
From this lesson I know what are the differences between the kind of insurance.
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Title : Making Business Contacts
Length : 19 min
Summary:
It’s dialoged between two employees in a company one of them new and need some help . In this dialoged use some words using in business .
I get from this lesson some:
Expression :
1-this said of the fence = in serten position or situation
2-Track record = to pass success
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Title :Talking about Censorship
Length : 15 min
Summary:
This is a story about family did not like the books which using in their daughter school . they went to family meeting to talk over .
Vocabulary
-1- Censorship = the practice or system of censoring something.
-2- absurd = completely stupid or unreasonable
-3- portrays = to describe or show someone or something in a particular way, according to your opinion of them.
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Title : A Potential Partnership Meeting
Length : 17min
Summary :
It’s dialoged between Flavio and Marcia, about 2 companies may try to work together .
Expression form this dialoged:
1-have in mind = means to thinking about something
2-core capabilities = what the company good at .
3-partnership = relation ship between people or companies to create some thing.
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Title : Ending a Bad Date
Length : 17min
Summary :
It’s dialoged between Fatima and Rob, who are in a romantic date . but it does not go very well
Expression form this dialoged :
1- from hell = it means as bad as something can be hornbill
2-to let him down = it means disappoint some one or to say some thing to make some one sad
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Title : Arriving for an Appointment
Length : 17min
Summary :
It’s dialoged between Juri and Receptionist . He arrived a little early for my sales appointment with the office manager of Lyon Industries, and spoke to the receptionist.
Expression form this dialoged:
3-running a little late = means to be behind schedule.
4-tied up = to be busy- to keep them busy .