Movie
Plot Summary:
Two things about Jane: she’s never says no to her friends (she’s been a bridesmaid 27 times and selflessly plans friends’ weddings), and she’s in love with her boss, George, nurturing dreams of lovely, romantic wedding of her own. She meets Kevin, a cynical writer who finds her attractive, and that same week, her younger, flirtatious sister Tess comes to town. Jane silently watches George fall for Tess, a manipulative pretender. Worse, Jane may be called upon to plan their wedding. Meanwhile, Kevin tries to get Jane’s attention and has an idea that may advance his career. Can Jane uncork her feelings? Then what? (Written by jhaliley)
American-born Jane is career-oriented and secretly in love with her employer, George. She spends most of her time as a bridesmaid, and has appropriate dresses as evidence, and also include a traditional Hindu wedding dress, complete with Bindi. Then her structured and ordered life comes unhinged when her younger sister, Tess, re-enters her life, a reporter, Kevin, who also has an alias, claims to be is attracted to her Kevin decides to publish Jane’s secret and her overwhelming wardrobe. Things get even more complicated when Jane find out she may end up losing George to none other than her very own sister. (Written by AjOo)
Cast:
Katherine Heigl: Jane
James Marsden: Kevin
Director: Anne Fletcher
Writer: Aline Brosh McKenna
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Made of Honor(2008)
Movie
Plot Summary:
Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He’s a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn’t found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her “maid” of honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. (Written by Orange)
Cast:
Patrick Dempsey: Thomas ‘Tom’ Bailey
Michelle Monaghan: Hannah
Kevin Mckidd: Colin McMurray
Director:
Paul Weiland
Writer:
Adam Sztykiel (screenplay), Deborah Kaplan(screenplay), Harry Elfont(screenplay)Adam Sztykiel (story)
Plot Summary:
Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He’s a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn’t found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her “maid” of honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. (Written by Orange)
Cast:
Patrick Dempsey: Thomas ‘Tom’ Bailey
Michelle Monaghan: Hannah
Kevin Mckidd: Colin McMurray
Director:
Paul Weiland
Writer:
Adam Sztykiel (screenplay), Deborah Kaplan(screenplay), Harry Elfont(screenplay)Adam Sztykiel (story)
Savages(2007)
Movie
Plot Summary:
Jon and Wendy Savage are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from the abuse of their abusive father, Lenny Savage. Suddenly, a call comes in that his girlfriend has died, he cannot care for himself with his dementia and her family is dumping on his children. Despite the fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel obliged to take care of him. Now together, brother and sister must come to terms with the new and painful responsibilities with their father now affecting their lives even as they struggle with their own personal demons Lenny helped create. (Written by Kenneth Chisholm)
Cast:
Laura Linney : Wendy Savage
Philip Seymour Hoffman : Jon Savage
Philip Bosco : Lenny Savage
Director: Tamara Jenkins
Writer: Tamara Jenkins
Plot Summary:
Jon and Wendy Savage are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from the abuse of their abusive father, Lenny Savage. Suddenly, a call comes in that his girlfriend has died, he cannot care for himself with his dementia and her family is dumping on his children. Despite the fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel obliged to take care of him. Now together, brother and sister must come to terms with the new and painful responsibilities with their father now affecting their lives even as they struggle with their own personal demons Lenny helped create. (Written by Kenneth Chisholm)
Cast:
Laura Linney : Wendy Savage
Philip Seymour Hoffman : Jon Savage
Philip Bosco : Lenny Savage
Director: Tamara Jenkins
Writer: Tamara Jenkins
Plastic Money
Here is a situation that has happened to many people: You invite a friend to lunch, and after finishing the meal, you realize you did not bring enough money. What should you do? Turn to your friend and ask to borrow some? How embarrassing! Excuse yourself and rush down the street to the nearest bank? How impractical!
So what can you do to get out of this situation? It’s easy. Just take out your credit card and say, “ Charge it.” How convenient!
In fact, the conveniences of using “plastic money” are many. For one thing, you don’t have to carry a large amount of cash, which can easily be lost or stolen. This is especially important if you are traveling. Of course, a credit card can also be lost or stolen, but if it is, you just call the credit card company. After that, if anyone uses your card, you won’t have to pay the bill.
Credit cards are also useful for making large purchases. For example, if you want to buy a computer, but you don’t have enough cash, you can charge it and then pay off the bill over several months. Having a credit card is also an advantage if you want to order goods through the mail. To do so, you just give your credit card number to the mail-order company.
To enjoy the advantages of a credit card, however, requires responsibility. Often, when people first get credit cards, they go crazy. They buy everything they see; they take their friends out to eat; they live it up. When the statement comes at the end of the month, they suddenly realize they don’t have enough money to pay!
So, remember, it is easy to get a credit card --- even many students have them. But it is also easy to have it taken away! In this way, maybe a credit card is just like money: “Easy come, easy go!”
So what can you do to get out of this situation? It’s easy. Just take out your credit card and say, “ Charge it.” How convenient!
In fact, the conveniences of using “plastic money” are many. For one thing, you don’t have to carry a large amount of cash, which can easily be lost or stolen. This is especially important if you are traveling. Of course, a credit card can also be lost or stolen, but if it is, you just call the credit card company. After that, if anyone uses your card, you won’t have to pay the bill.
Credit cards are also useful for making large purchases. For example, if you want to buy a computer, but you don’t have enough cash, you can charge it and then pay off the bill over several months. Having a credit card is also an advantage if you want to order goods through the mail. To do so, you just give your credit card number to the mail-order company.
To enjoy the advantages of a credit card, however, requires responsibility. Often, when people first get credit cards, they go crazy. They buy everything they see; they take their friends out to eat; they live it up. When the statement comes at the end of the month, they suddenly realize they don’t have enough money to pay!
So, remember, it is easy to get a credit card --- even many students have them. But it is also easy to have it taken away! In this way, maybe a credit card is just like money: “Easy come, easy go!”
The Blind Men and the Elephant
Long ago in India there lived five blind men. Even though they were blind, they knew much about the world, because they use their hand to touch things. So they would spend their days discussing all that they knew.
One day they were discussing elephants. It was difficult, because they had never touched one. They had never even been near one. They knew only that elephants were very big.
Finally they decided to go and find one. If each of them could feel a real elephant, they would all know what this huge animal was like.
They ask a friend to take them to an elephant. Then each of them placed his hands on the animal and began to feel it.
The first blind man touched the side of the elephant. “It is like a great wall,” he declared.
“No,” said the second blind man, who was grabbing the elephant’s tail. “It is like a long, thick rope.”
“No, no,” said the third, who was holding onto an ear. “ An elephant is like a large fan.”
“it is something like a pillar,” argued the fourth blind man, who was feeling the leg.
“you are all wrong,” said the fifth man, as he ran his hands along the elephant’s trunk. “ It is shaped like a snake.”
Each of the blind mean was sure that he was right. They began to argue, and soon the argument became fierce.
Finally, their friend realized what was going on. He laughed and said, “There is nothing to argue about. You are all right. The elephant is all these things: a wall, a rope, a fan, a pillar, and a snake.”
The Blind men stopped arguing and turned toward their friend. They were confused. After all, each of them had touched the animal for himself.
“But each of you has touched only one part of the elephant,” their friend said. “Be patient. Don’t judge too quickly. Wait until you have touched the whole animal, and then decide what it is like.”
MORAL: Don’t jump to conclusions or you will be like a blind man feeling an elephant.
VOCABULARY:
Fierce adj. strong and often angry
One day they were discussing elephants. It was difficult, because they had never touched one. They had never even been near one. They knew only that elephants were very big.
Finally they decided to go and find one. If each of them could feel a real elephant, they would all know what this huge animal was like.
They ask a friend to take them to an elephant. Then each of them placed his hands on the animal and began to feel it.
The first blind man touched the side of the elephant. “It is like a great wall,” he declared.
“No,” said the second blind man, who was grabbing the elephant’s tail. “It is like a long, thick rope.”
“No, no,” said the third, who was holding onto an ear. “ An elephant is like a large fan.”
“it is something like a pillar,” argued the fourth blind man, who was feeling the leg.
“you are all wrong,” said the fifth man, as he ran his hands along the elephant’s trunk. “ It is shaped like a snake.”
Each of the blind mean was sure that he was right. They began to argue, and soon the argument became fierce.
Finally, their friend realized what was going on. He laughed and said, “There is nothing to argue about. You are all right. The elephant is all these things: a wall, a rope, a fan, a pillar, and a snake.”
The Blind men stopped arguing and turned toward their friend. They were confused. After all, each of them had touched the animal for himself.
“But each of you has touched only one part of the elephant,” their friend said. “Be patient. Don’t judge too quickly. Wait until you have touched the whole animal, and then decide what it is like.”
MORAL: Don’t jump to conclusions or you will be like a blind man feeling an elephant.
VOCABULARY:
Fierce adj. strong and often angry
Halloween
Halloween, which falls on October 31, is one of the most unusual and fun holidays in the United States. It is also one of the scariest! It is associated with ghosts, skeletons, witches, and other scary things.
The reason that Halloween is filled with scary images goes back more than 2,000 years. In ancient Britain an Ireland, October 31 was the last day of the year. It was the end of the growing season and the beginning of the winter, a time of darkness and death. People believed that on this day ghost returned to the earth, it became a festival for the God of the Dead. In order to scare the ghosts away, people built huge fires and wore costumes made of animal skins.
Many of the original Halloween traditions have developed today into fun activities for children. The most popular one is “trick or treat.” On Halloween night, children dress up in costumes and go to visit their neighbors. When someone answers the door, the children cry out, “Trick or treat!” The people at each house then give candy or fruit or sometimes a few coins.
Another popular Halloween activity is to visit a “haunted house.” Usually you have to buy a ticket to get in. As you go from room to room, you meet one scary thing after another. Monsters and witches might jump out at you in the dark. You might hear screams and cries from behind, as if someone is being killed. Or you might suddenly feel a spider web in your face. It’s best not to go alone!
Many people also like to make jack-o’-lanterns on Halloween. A jack-0’-lantern is a pumpkin that is hollowed out and has a face carved on it. It is put in a window or outside a house, a candle is placed inside so that the face lights up. This tradition comes from an old Irish story about a man named jack who was very stingy. He was so stingy that he could not enter heaven when he died. But he also could not enter hell, because he had once played a trick on the devil. All he could do was walk the earth as a ghost, carrying a lantern.
(from Far East English Reader for Seniou High School Vol.1 Ch.4)
Summary:
1.Halloween is one of the most unusual and fun holiday in United states.
2.The origin of Halloween goes back more than 2,000 years.
3.Many of the original Halloween traditions have developed into fun activities for children, like “treat or trick”.
4.Visiting “haunted house” is another popular Halloween activity.
Jack-o’-lanterns is another Halloween tradition.
Idioms and Phrases:
1. dress up
2. play a trick on sb.
3. light up
4. stop…from…
5. be associated with
Grammar Focus:
1. …so that…:
A candle is place inside the pumpkin so that the face lights up.
2. …so adj/adv. that…:
She was so beautiful that every boy in the room kept looking at her.
The reason that Halloween is filled with scary images goes back more than 2,000 years. In ancient Britain an Ireland, October 31 was the last day of the year. It was the end of the growing season and the beginning of the winter, a time of darkness and death. People believed that on this day ghost returned to the earth, it became a festival for the God of the Dead. In order to scare the ghosts away, people built huge fires and wore costumes made of animal skins.
Many of the original Halloween traditions have developed today into fun activities for children. The most popular one is “trick or treat.” On Halloween night, children dress up in costumes and go to visit their neighbors. When someone answers the door, the children cry out, “Trick or treat!” The people at each house then give candy or fruit or sometimes a few coins.
Another popular Halloween activity is to visit a “haunted house.” Usually you have to buy a ticket to get in. As you go from room to room, you meet one scary thing after another. Monsters and witches might jump out at you in the dark. You might hear screams and cries from behind, as if someone is being killed. Or you might suddenly feel a spider web in your face. It’s best not to go alone!
Many people also like to make jack-o’-lanterns on Halloween. A jack-0’-lantern is a pumpkin that is hollowed out and has a face carved on it. It is put in a window or outside a house, a candle is placed inside so that the face lights up. This tradition comes from an old Irish story about a man named jack who was very stingy. He was so stingy that he could not enter heaven when he died. But he also could not enter hell, because he had once played a trick on the devil. All he could do was walk the earth as a ghost, carrying a lantern.
(from Far East English Reader for Seniou High School Vol.1 Ch.4)
Summary:
1.Halloween is one of the most unusual and fun holiday in United states.
2.The origin of Halloween goes back more than 2,000 years.
3.Many of the original Halloween traditions have developed into fun activities for children, like “treat or trick”.
4.Visiting “haunted house” is another popular Halloween activity.
Jack-o’-lanterns is another Halloween tradition.
Idioms and Phrases:
1. dress up
2. play a trick on sb.
3. light up
4. stop…from…
5. be associated with
Grammar Focus:
1. …so that…:
A candle is place inside the pumpkin so that the face lights up.
2. …so adj/adv. that…:
She was so beautiful that every boy in the room kept looking at her.
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