Previewing tasks.

1. Read the following quotations. Note down who said it in the film? about whom? on what occasion?

1. “Women of that level of intellectual ability often find me shallow.”

2. “So, you are saying infidelity is worth twice the alimony. Then using your reasoning any infidelity on her part would have to be held against her in monetary accounting.”

3. “You only want me to be generous to those you approve of.”

4. “I'm not here to find you a wife or to pick out your clothes.”

5. “Didn't I memo you as to what constitutes an emergency?”

6. “If you don't want to be disturbed, why do you keep your phone on? Because you like emergencies. You crave the excitement.”

7. “Subconsciously, I think you drafted it that way because you don't really want to go to work for a philandering robber baron.”

8. “It won't be such a charming coincidence once you block out the sun with this condo-hotel monstrosity.”

9. “For better or worse, she's the voice in my head pushing me to do better, challenge the accepted wisdom, never settle for а В instead of an A on a test.”

10. “I was just saying how incredibly presumptuous it was of me to come waltzing in here.”

11. “All men are pawns when they come to women.”

12. “I can be a workaholic, too. That's why I'm very vigilant about separating my personal and professional life.”

13. “I did promise. And I did let you down. But I'm human. And I think you'll find a lot of people are. You're too perfect, too wonderful. None of us can keep up with you. That's probably why all those guys bolted. You're intolerable. Saints are boring!”

14. “We didn't give up on civil rights or equality for women or fair housing.”

15. “I just delivered the first speech written entirely by myself since we met and I think I may have blown it. So, I wanted to ask your thoughts.”

II. Write down the list of values that you think Americans prioritize in their life.

Home assignments:

1. Speak about: 1) types of housing in the USA; 2) New York City planning and its famous landmarks; 3) the US judicial system; 4) Yale and Columbia universities; 5) Martin Luther King; 6) the Civil (= human) Rights movement.

2. Study Vocabulary II. Prepare the cards.

Impact, implication, track, endorsement, stock, bond, benefit, to release, to reason, to crave, to blow, to estimate, intimidating, indispensable, vigilant, presumptuous, amuck.

TWO WEEKS NOTICE (Part II)

Vocabulary:

1. Define the meaning of the following words. What are their collocations, derivatives, synonyms/antonyms? Prevail, bid, bail, permit, bonus, perk, console, lousy, scintillate, sky-rocket, bounce, scummy.

II. Translate:

1. Ее глаза сияли.

2. Доводы Люси были убедительны, и Джордж уступил.

3. Джордж подложил свинью своему брату.

4. Родители для того и нужны, чтобы внести залог за ребенка и освободить из-под стражи.

5. Я утешал себя мыслью, что могло быть и хуже.

6. Они подпрыгивали на надувном матрасе.

7. У меня есть разрешение, которое позволяет нам собираться с целью осуществления права на свободу слова, гарантированного конституцией.

3. Watch the following episodes. What topics do they cover?

While watching, do the following tasks: