HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER "TV Worksheet"

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Congratulations!!! All your projects are fantastic, great! As I told you, I'm going to post them. Thanks to YOU, guys, I've discovered some entertaining American sitcom, I hope you'll use these TV Worksheets next year as a positive way to improve your listening and comprehension. THANK YOU SO MUCH, Belén Diez and Fran Villar. Now, let's watch your video and the exercises you've made up!

How I met your mother
Season 1, episode 1 “Pilot” (Fragment: minutes 00:00 to 10:31)

CHARACTERS:

Ted Mosby:
He is Marshall’s best friend, when Marshall gets engaged, he decides to look for his soulmate. He lives with Lily and Marshall and he is studying architecture.

Lily Aldrin:
She works as a kindergarten teacher but her dream consists of becoming an important artist, she loves painting. She is Marshall’s girlfriend and she starts a very close friendship whit Robin at the beginning of the plot.

Barney Stinson:
He is a womanizer . He loves wearing suits, playing the laser tag and meeting different girls everynight. In the fourth season, he has a romantic relationship with Robin, but they break up later.

Robin Scherbatsky:
She is a TV news reporter; she is Canadian and met Ted in Mclarens, the gang’s favourite bar. In the second and third season, he has a relationship with Ted, who thinks that she is in love with his life, but in the first episode, he calls her “Aunt Robin”.

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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
1. What year are they living in?
2. What is Ted studying?
3. What academic year is Marshall studying?
4. Where is the pop cake?
5. What is Barney’s favourite game?
6. Where does Ted want to get married?
7. How many dogs has Robin got?
8. What is Robin’s favourite drink?
9. What is the Olive theory?
10. What happens on the Manhattan Bridge?

TRUE OR FALSE:
1. Marshall loves opening champagne bottles.
2. Ted and Robin finally meet on Saturday.
3. Barney loves wearing a suit.
4. Finally, Robin doesn’t throw Ted her drink.
5. Ted never kisses Robin.

FILL IN THE GAPS:
(MINUTE 02:09)
Barney: Have you ………….. what I said to you the night we met? Ted, I'm gonna ……… you how to live. Barney. We met at the ……….

Ted: Oh, right. Right.

B: ……… one: lose the goatee. It doesn't go with your suit.

T: I'm not wearing a ……..

B: Lesson two: get a suit. Suits are cool. Exhibit "A." Lesson three: don't even think about getting ……… till you're 30.

T: Right. You're right. I guess it's just, your best friend gets ………, you start thinking about that stuff.

B: I thought I was your …….. friend. Ted, say I'm your best friend.

T: You're my best friend, Barney.

B: Good. Then, as your best friend, I suggest we play a little …….. I like to call…"Have you …… Ted?"

T: Wait. No, no, no.


VOCABULARY:
Suit – Traje
Olives – Aceitunas
Goatee – Perilla
Eyebrows – Cejas
Pop tart – Magdalena

CUNNING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EPISODE:
What is the colour of the pencil stuck in the fridge?
What says the sticker on the door of the van that picks up Robin?


KEY ANSWERS:
1. They live in 2005.
2. Ted is studying architecture.
3. Marshall is studying second year of law school.
4. It is under the fridge.
5. Barney’s favourite game is called “Have you met Ted?”
6. In Central Park.
7. She has 5 dogs.
8. Her favourite drink is Scotch.
9. The olive theory is based on Marshall and Lily, he hates olives, she loves them. In a weird way, that's what makes them such a great couple. Perfect balance.
10. There is a crazy jumper on the Manhattan Bridge and Robin has to cover it.

TRUE OR FALSE:
1. FALSE - Marshall hates open champagne bottles.
2. FALSE - Robin is in Orlando on Saturday.
3. TRUE - Barney loves wearing a suit.
4. FALSE - Finally, Robin threw Ted her drink.
5. TRUE - Ted never kisses Robin.

FILL IN THE GAPS:

1. Forgotten
2. Teach
3. Urinal
4. Lesson
5. Suit
6. Married
7. Engaged
8. Best
9. Game
10. Met

CUNNING QUESTIONS:
1. The pencil is red
2. The sticker says: Metro news 1

Mr BEAN PaCkinG For HoliDaYs

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Have you ever felt like Mr Bean in the following video? Well, whenever I have to pack my things for holidays, I feel like the British fallen angel, because I can't fit everything in my suitcase. How does he manage to pack all his things? Let's see ... ;-)

Have Nice Summer Holidays!!!

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I hope you'll enjoy your summer holidays, Have Fun with your families and friends!!! I'm going to travel too, but I'm going to keep on posting! As a matter of fact, I'm going to show you some interesting cities and places, I hope you'll like them ;-)

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ECLIPSE, from Twilight Saga

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Did you enjoy watching and reading Twilight and New Moon? Well, I suppose you already know that next Wednesday 30 th June, you could see the next film of the Twilight Saga, ECLIPSE. Once again, I encourage you to read these entartaining novels, in English, not in your mother tongue, I'm sure you'll improve your English and learn new words.

In this new book / film, ECLIPSE, the Cullens and the Wolf Pack must form an alliance to defeat the fearsome newborn vampire army. At the same time, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between Edward and Jacob — she is aware of her important decision, because her choice could provoke an amazing struggle between vampire and werewolf. Very soon, she is going to be graduated, she has no time to take her crucial decision.

Now, let's see some excting videos taken from the new film ECLIPSE. I hope you'll like them.

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Audrey Hepburn

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Since I love this extraordinary actress so much, I've just decided to write about her, about AUDREY HEPBURN.

Undoubtedly, Audrey Hepburn is a significant icon of HOLLYWOOD, FASHION and HUMANITARISM.

In 1935, when her parents got divorce, she was living in Netherlands with her mother. When the German invasion and occupation of World War II, she changed her name because an "English-sounding" name was considered dangerous. From that moments onwards, she suffered from malnutrition and developed constant health problems.

After the war, Audrey and her mother moved to London, where she studied ballet. She worked as a model, and in 1951, began acting in films, mostly in minor or supporting roles as Audrey Hepburn. She got into acting mainly to make money.

After that, Audrey was offered a starring role opposite Gregory Peck in the Hollywood motion picture, Roman Holiday. For her performance, she won the 1953 Academy Award for Best Actress. She also starred: Breakfast at Tiffany's, My fair Lady, How to Steal a Million and Robin and Marian. Audrey's last film role, a cameo appearance, was of an angel in Steven Spielberg's Always, filmed in 1988.

Audrey Hepburn, maybe due to her difficult poor childhood, she became a great ambassador of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
At last, but no least, let's watch and listen these videos taken from two famous films:
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S and ROMAN HOLIDAY.







PS. To my brother who is always talking about her films, he looks up Audrey Hepburn so much.

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