(Advanced) Stangers on a Train

  

Speaking:

How important are trains in your country?

Which is better – the train or the car?

Do you have any ‘train stories’?

What do you usually do on a train?

Do you like long-distance train journeys?

Which city has the best subway system?

Which country has the best train network?

Do you like over ground or underground trains?

Why are there so many train scenes in movies?

This film caused stampedes in theatres when it was first screened. 

People ran out of the theatre in terror. What do you think it shows?

Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (The Lumière Brothers, 1895) 

Europa opening scene

How does the sequence make you feel?

Which words describe the atmosphere in this sequence:

ominous        vague         hypnotic        surreal        heavy        humorous        dreamlike

nightmarish        claustrophobic        passionate        romantic        dark            mysterious

interior            psychological        mesmerizing         playful            rational         ancient

Man and Machine 

Buster Keaton train stunts

Listen to the commentary

What is the speaker saying about the themes of Keaton's work?

Can you think of other films that play with the same theme?









La Bete Humaine, 1938

What does the title mean in English?

Male Desire 

North by Northwest end

Mission Impossible

Observation

Do you like staring out the window of a train? What is special about the way the world looks from a train? (compared with other forms of transport)

Miyagawa tracking shot

(scene from 5.38)

Mystery Train opening scene

Stalker railroad sequence



Sprited Away - train journey

Platform 9 and 3/4



Draw a carriage of a train to link to everyone elses'

Fate

Europa drowning scene

Conversation class - Food (2)

 Finish the sentences

1. When he goes on vacation he takes along everything but the k_______   s____.

2. I'm disappointed that I didn't get the job but that's the way the c_______ c_______s.

3. I'm not going to put my h____ on the c_____g block (= risk my job or position)!

4. The republic is a huge m______ pot of different nationalities.

5. I'm so sorry I forgot your birthday – I've got a m______ like a s_____!

6. I'm applying for several jobs because I don't really want to put all my e_____ in one b______.

7. My brother wants to help, but  I need to solve this problem myself; sometimes too many c_____ spoil the s____.

8. He's put his singing career on the b____ b______ to pursue his dream of being a full-time dad.

Words we use to describe the taste, aroma, sensation, texture, appearance and even sounds of food and drink:

tangy    orange juice / milkshake

delicate     tea   /  coffee

moist    soup  /  cake

crumbly    pasta   / biscuit

doughy   bread  /  banana

frothy       salad  / milkshake

gooey    dessert  /  lunch

piping hot   soup  /  soft drink

juicy     lemon  /  crackers

crunchy     doughnut  /  peanut butter

refreshing     beer  /   onions

crispy    apple juice  /   apple

greasy    burger  /   ice cream

Practise some of these here

Watch:

Adam Ruins Wine

True or false?

1. Wine experts can't even tell the difference between some red and white wines if they can't see them.

2. The study of wine experts was carried out in an academically rigorous way.

3. Wine is purely psychology - there's nothing actually physically pleasant about the way any wine tastes.

Pronunciation focus - word stress

Which stress pattern is more likely?

WINE list / wine LIST

HOW am i supPOSED to CHOOSE? / how AM i SUPposed TO choose

DEfer / deFER

FIT to drink / FIT to DRINK

a BOTtle of KETCHup / a BOTle of ketchUP

SUPerNATural POWers  / superNATural powers

PREGnant / pregNANT

i BEG to DIFfer  / I beg to difFER

Listen and check

Continue listening and just NOTICE how these phrases are stressed:

INcredibly REfined  /  inCREDibly reFINED

UNsuSPECTing  /  unSUSpecting

CHEAP TAble wine / cheap table WINE

 i SHALL be REturning  /  i shall be reTURNing 

pretty much WHAT you'd exPECT  / PRETy MUCH what YOU'D expect

ALL wine is TERrible / all WINE is TERrible

TOTally subJECTive  / totALly SUBjective

peaNUTbutter and SARDines / PEAnutbutter and sarDINES

it DOESn't MATter  /  IT doesn't MATter

OBjective TRUTH / obJECTive TRUTH

acCESSible / ACcesible

TASTy FERmented GRAPES /  TASTy ferMENTed GRAPES

Some people find this activity very helpful in attuning their ear and for reinforcing their active vocabulary. Listen over again and try to hear these stress patterns:

WINE list

HOW am i supPOSED to CHOOSE?

ARE you SURE?

deFER

SO-called

FIT to DRINK

CHEAP SWILL

a BOTtle of KETCHup

SUPerNATural POWers of WINE disCERNment

NINEteen THIRTy-FOUR

PREGnant

CAN"T tell the DIFference EITHer

i BEG to DIFfer

inCREDibly reFINED

OTHerwise

UNsuSPECTing

JUICy and roBUST

vaNILla and OAK

the SAME WINE

NONE of the parTIcipants could TELL

exPENSive GRAND CRU

CHEAP TAble wine

i shall be reTURNing

pretty much WHAT you'd exPECT

Even NOticed

YOU'VE conVINCED me

ALL wine is TERrible

TOTally subJECTive

PEAnutbutter and sarDINES

it DOESn't MATter

obJECTive TRUTH

HIGH CLASS ITem

acCESSible

TASTy ferMENTed GRAPES