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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.
30 comments:
§ Title/Name of what you listened to
- 24 hours Season 1 episode 6 and 7
§ Length of listening
- 2 hours
§ Short summary
Palmer was threatened that someone would come out with his son killed a man. He was afraid to have bad influence to his election. Jack’s wife knew that someone wanted to kill Palmer and kidnapped her daughter then she was kidnapped, too. Jack was threatened to follow the man’s way and help the killer to kill Palmer.
In order to find out who wanted to murder the first black presidential candidate David Palmer, CTU was working on the card which Jack took back. At the same time, Jack’s daughter and wife were kidnapped, so Jack was threatened to change the card. In the other hand, Palmer’s family was worried about the new about his son killed a guy was sent out.
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
It is an exciting old drama. Every episode is one hour's story. I like Jack's act, because he is a so smart hero.
§ vocabulary word
power plant
Title/Name of what you listened to
- Harry potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
§ Length of listening
- 3 hours
§ Short summary
- Harry Potter was threatened by ulitharid, because the magic world had become confusion. Harry's godfather escaped from the jail and Harry tried to kill him at first because someone's lie. And then, school was surrounded by horror. At last, Harry and his friends used the time machine to survive his godfather.
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
Harry Potter's act is more and more interesting and story has become more and more exciting.
§ vocabulary word
godfather
scream
Ulitharid
Title:
I watched a movie called "KNOWING"
Length :
2 hours
Summary:
Is the story of one MIT teacher that opens a capsule with some draws of the future that has been drawn by children 50 years ago. Then his son has the letter with some numbers that are some chilling predictions that had occurred. Then he begins to research about this papers and he found the daughter of the girl that had wrote this numbers, they are very afraid because the prediction show the end of the world. Finally his son and the daughter of another girl will be the Adam and Eva of the new World and the Earth is destroyed.
Reaction:
This movie is awesome now I think about how the people are destroying our self. I think that is a excellent mix between theology, science and social behavior.
New word:
Prediction: an instance of this; prophecy.
"Keep in the dark": Hide something to somebody
§ Title/Name of what you listened to
-Yes man
§ Length of listening
-100 minutes
§ Short summary of what you listened to
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
-A man always says "no" to every thing. One day he met one of his friend. His friend took him to join a lecture, which told everyone have to say yes to every thing. After that he changed, he said "yes" to every thing and met a girl. Finally, he found that sometimes people have to chose things to say "yes" or "no".
§ A new vocabulary word or phrase that you learned
-jam: get stuck
-preaching:say something
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§ Title/Name of what you listened to
- Yes Man (Module class)
§ Length of listening
- 100mins
§ Short summary
- There was a man who always said 'NO'. His friend and he went to some place where people had to say "yes". After that, he couldn't say no. He met a woman by chance. He fell in love with her. He said yes... when she asked something. Finally, she knew he couldn't say no. When she asked living together, he said Um............ Okay. She thought he didn't want to live together, but he couldn't say no.. that's why he just said Um.....(pause) okay. She was angry and didn't want to meet him again. However, he really loved her. Finally, he found her and said everything. They fall in love again.
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
- He (Jim) said Korean. I was curious and wanted to here Korean.
Title:
The movie name is “Scarface”
• Length
2 hours
•Short Summary:
This movie is about Tony Montana, he is from Cuba and he came to Miami, he began to be a drug dealer and he made a lot of money with his business. Then he will be the best and the most important dealer in Miami, but he has some problems with his enemies. Finally he was killing by the enemies.
• Reaction:
This movie is good and really amazing, but there were much violence. However, is a good movie.
vocabulary
Peace of shit: You are nothing?(Idiom).
Enemy: a person who feels hatred for, fosters harmful designs against, or engages in antagonistic activities against another; an adversary or opponent.
- § Title/Name of what you listened to
- Transformers
§ Length of listening
- 150 minutes
§ Short summary
Two different kinds robot wanted to find the thing they left in the earth, so they came to earth to fond out. A boy knew the thing where it was, so a robot became a car and stay with him.
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
It is an exciting movie, even though I watched two times, I still love it.
§ vocabulary word
heck:hell
rear:beck
• Title
I watched an episode of a TV show called "NCIS”
• Length
1 hour
• Summary
In this episode 3 young boys find a revolver, which was used like a murder weapon. They can not see the seriously of this matter. They lie and cover some details, but finally the team of NCIS discovered that one of died boys committed suicide and his girlfriend kills the other boy because he thought that was his responsibility.
• Reaction.
I really enjoyed, I like this kind of shows because always have a unexpected turns.
• New vocabulary.
Pimple: a small inflamed elevation of the skin.
§ Title/Name of what you listened to
- Yes, man
§ Length of listening
- 2 hour
§ Short summary of what you listened to
- Carl who was living with saying 'No' had a chance to attend lecture which insist saying "Yes". After thet, he always said "Yes" every situation though he didn't like that. So, he learned Korean, playing guitar, and how to drive plane. Also, he met a woman who is sunny, and like take a pitture and music. Carl and the woman fell in love. However, she knew that Carl alway said "Yes", and she doubted his love, and left him. Finally, Carl relaized that he know when he should say "Yes" or "No'. And he explained everything, and he said he chaned...... and they were continuing love....
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
- My favorite scean is Carl sang 'jumper' when a man tried to jump from second floor. I like the song!
§ A new vocabulary word or phrase that you learned and its meaning
- asshole(N) - When someone think other person is stupid, calls asshole.
- § Title/Name of what you listened to
- Grey's Anatomy S05 E02
§ Length of listening
- 60 minutes
§ Short summary
One day three couple drave two cars to the party. In the way to the party thay had a car accidental, but the three didn't know their husband also had car accudental. In the hospital, Dr. tyr to save their life, but they couldn't save everyone's lif. Finally, one of the couple died, other people had bad trauma.
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
I like watch this kind of drama, because I am a nurse. Sometimes, this kind of dram remind me cherish my family.
§ vocabulary word
fairy:sprite
pessimist:the people who always thinking bad tging.
realist:the people who focus in the real things.
§ Title/Name of what you listened to
- Heroes S03 E21, 22
§ Length of listening
- 2 hour
§ Short summary of what you listened to
- Nathan wanted to be good father for clare, and do something for her, but things weren't going what he wanted. Peter wanted the answer from her what was goint to happen to them. However, she said she needed the answer from herself, and after she had dream she got the answer, that was going to Coyote sands with Nathan&Clare. On the other hand, Sylar persuaded Danko that Sylar could help him if he wants. They seemed to be a team, and they prepared a dead body which had Sylar's shape to make people to believe Sylar was dead.
Noha didn't believe Sylar's dead. So, he began to gather information weather the death body is Sylar's or not. He realized the dead body wasn't Sylor's.
Everyone came to Coyote Sands with reasons. Mohinder wanted clues about his father, Matt needed to protect his son, Hiro&Ando were following destiny of hero, Noha obey what Angela ordered to him.
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
- Finally, petrelli's family are gathering the same place, though peter doesn't want to be with his bother,Nathan. And most heroes are going to the same place. What is next!! I can't wait for next episode!!
§ A new vocabulary word or phrase that you learned and its meaning
- insult(V) : to do something rude or offensive.
§ Title/Name of what you listened to
- Ranma 1/2 Nabiki, Ranma's new Fiancee
§ Length of listening
- 30M
§ Short summary of what you listened to
- Since Ranma and Nabiki were kidding Akane, Akane said hang out you two. But Akene loved Ranma, and she regetted what she was saying. Nabiki pretend she loved Ranma, but, actually she just kidding Ranma either. He happened on Nabiki's kiddind. So, he sat a plan which is revenge to Nabiki. The revenge was saying love you to Nabiki, but he said to Akane. They hang out again.
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
- Ranma is so cute because even though he has good fung fu skill, and pretend he is strong, he doesn't know what he should do his lover.
§ A new vocabulary word or phrase that you learned and its meaning
- Snap out of it : cheer up
§ Title/Name of what you listened to
- Ranma 1/2 Case of the Missing Takoyaki
§ Length of listening
- 30M
§ Short summary of what you listened to
- Kasmi bought 7 peices of Takoyaki for her family, but when she answered phone call, all of Takoyaki were gone. The family was gathering, and began trial. Every one was on the list of suspect, and said they were inocent. However, the truth is all of family member took one piece of Tacoyaki.
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
- How silly is it? They did their best to find who ate Takoyaki, but when they knew all of them eat 1 peice of it, they pretend they are not interesed in find criminal.
§ A new vocabulary word or phrase that you learned and its meaning
- confess(v) to admit what someone did something.
§ Title/Name of what you listened to
- Mr. Holland's Opus
§ Length of listening
- 140mins
§ Short summary
- Mr. Holland was a musician. He hated teaching, but he had to make money, so he became a music teacher. At first, he didn't have any passion of teaching. After class, he just went back to home. He didn't want to be at school. As time went by, he realized that he loved students and teaching.
He took a charge in orchestral team and one of the team members didn't have any talent. However, Holland taught her and she could play main part at graduation ceremony. Mr. Holland totally understood students and he knew how he could teach, motivate, and encourage them.
After 30 years, he retired because of school's music policy. The school decided to eliminate music programs. His wife, son, and other students had mini concert for only Mr. Holland.
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
- Whenever I am tired, I watch this video. Every time, I cry while watching it. I don't know why I like.. love this movie..
I want to recommend you this movie.
§ vocabulary word
- I only teaching certificate so I'd have something to fall back on. ; fall back on - just in case
§ Title/Name of what you listened to
50 first dates
§ Length of listening
- 2 hours
§ Short summary
That is a kind of comedy and love film. Henry Roth( Adam Sandler) is a veterinarian, and Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore) is a art teacher. Once day, they met in coffee shop and they have a nice conversation. But tomorrow, when Lucy see Henry she doesn’t know who is he and they argue. She got an accident, so she loses her memories. At the beginning of each day, she loses all memory of the past day. Henry felt love her, he did everything to met her. Finally, they got married. Every day, when Lucy woke up she watches the video tape. She cries as she relives her accident while the tape is explaining everything that has happened. Then the tape shows Henry and Lucy's wedding.
and i watched John&Kate plus 8, the new episode.
i like this show very much.
§Title:
Nightmare on Elm. (movie)
§ Length of listening
Length 2hr 2 m
§ Summary:
The movie talk about person (Freddy) terrible nightmare in which brief and kill people through nightmares and, dreams in the street Elm. Those people how killed him was children of his neighbors and in the past they killed him because he was criminal and bad person.
Finally he returned from their sons..
§ Reaction:
I like these films because they are exciting and interesting.
§ Vocabulary
Slasher: cut something to little bit.
Pain: something makes you suffer.
§Title:
Childs play (movie)
§ Length of listening
Length 1hr 26 m
§ Summary:
Chucky is a doll and trying to have by the magic human life. The killer doll is very dangerous but he was killed by the police and he trying to be in the form of a human on the policeman who was killed, and he said he could not return to the form of human being but by killing the first person who saw him in the form of doll. This person was child 7 years old (Andy).He strayed to killed that boy all the movie
§ Reaction:
I like these films because they are exciting and interesting.
§ Vocabulary
Hid: disappear.
Soul: something inside every one that makes you live. You can’t see it.
Length: 1 hours ,
Summery:
The name of the movie is Fast And Furious 1
This kind of movie I live it because they talk about the car .
The film speaks of a person loves cars and loves participating in the racing cars. And participate in competitions and it is necessary after a period of detectives. And start problems
Length: 2 hours ,
Summery:
The name of the movie is Fast And Furious 4
In Fast And Furious 4 . The gangs are Bsergt oil trucks traveling after
That the girl sam love here she die . Sam tries to search for the killer of his girlfriend
Length: 2 hours,
Summary:
The name of the movie is Transporter.3
I like this movie. The movie talk about man good driving. he work with
The Gangs. His job moves something from one city to another city.
In one day when he move big bag he see on the bag girl.
He tray to help here to move from the gangs
Length: 1 hours and 20 min
Summery:
This movie toke a bout a young girl. Her name is Emilia. She is in high school. Emilia live with her mother in small house .her father die before long time ago. Her father is princes of janovea , but she didn’t know that. One day her grand mother came to Emilia home to tell her you should be princess after view days .in the beginning Emilia don’t digest to be a princess because Emilia is poor girl and she live in humble house. But before that Emilia convinced. She start learns how to be a good princess. After a lot of difficulties, Emilia becomes the princess of janovea.
§Title:
Norbit (movie)
§ Length of listening
Length 2hr
§ Summary:
The life of Norbit (Eddie Murphy) has been difficult since his birth, when he was a child left on the threshold of a Chinese restaurant .School children were always harassing him. Norbit now adults, he forced to marry an ugly woman. After years of tragedy and hardship, returning to the town (Kate) his sweetheart since childhood they hope to his life.
§ Reaction:
The movie is very Comedy, I like this comedy movie and I enjoyed..
§ Vocabulary
Massy= huge.
Slid= move easily on ice (for example).
Title: The Notebook
Length: 3 hours
Summary: the movie is a love story between a rich girl (Allie) and a poor boy (Noah). The story begin with an old man reading a diary to an old woman. The story that the old man was reading was his own love story. He was reading the story for Allie, but she didn't remember anything until the end of the story, because she has alzheimer. It is a beautiful love story, but Allie's parents made everything they can to separete them. After a few years without seing each others when Allie was about to get married, they meet again.
Reaction: I love this movie, it is so beautiful and sad at the same time, because she didn't remembered him at first. But Noah keep going and every day he read the same story for Allie.
Vocabulary: alzheimer: is a disease that doesn't let you remember things.
Title: Yes Man
Length: 2 hours
Summary: the movie is about a guy named Carl who always said no in his life. He went to a reunion and he made a promise to say yes to every opportunity that came out. He met Allison and they started dating. Thanks to what he said "YES" they had a relatinship, but someday she asked him to live with her, and even thougt he wanted to said "NO" and discuss about it, he said yes. Allison found out about that he wasn't honest with her, and they broke out. This movie has not only the comedy and romantic theme, it also leeves you a message about all the things that you could do in your life, but for some reason you don't.
Reaction: I think it is a good movie, because it's not only the typical funny movie. It has a deeper message. Sometimes people are too busy, and they miss a lot of opportunities in their lives, they don't do what they want to do.
Vocabulary: face the music: it's a salng that you say when you have to deal with the consequences of the actions that you made.
Title :Idiocracy
Length : 1.30
Summary : this film by Mike Judge who wrote and directed this offbeat sci-fi comedy which gives a new meaning to the expression "people are getting dumber all the time." In 2005, Pvt. Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) is a soldier chosen to take part in a secret military scientific experiment in which he will be put into induced hibernation for one year, along with a woman named Rita (Maya Rudolph). Bowers is chosen for the assignment because he is statistically the most average man in the Army, while Rita is a hooker ordered to do some community service; however, Bowers and Rita are forgotten when the military base where the experiment took place is closed down, and when they wake up in the year 2505, Bowers finds himself living in a society where intelligence has taken such a landslide he's now the smartest man in the world. Can Bowers save America from its own remarkable stupidity, and he can he get the dunderheads around him to believe what he says? Produced under the title 3001, Idiocracy also stars Dax Shepard as Bowers's numb-skull lawyer, Stephen Root as a judge, and Terry Crews as Camacho, a former porn star and professional wrestler who is now president of the United States. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Title : The Great Debaters
Length : 2.30
Summary :
This movie talking about drawing inspiration from the true story of a temperamental debate coach who molded the students of a small East Texas college into a formidable team that gave even Harvard's elite squad a run for their money, Denzel Washington's The Great Debaters features the director himself as the ambitious educator, and Forest Whitaker as the resentful father of a student whose loyalties now lie almost exclusively with his coach. Melvin B. Tolson (Washington) is the kind of educator who truly recognizes the remarkable power of knowledge. An outspoken Wiley College professor who boldly challenged the discriminatory Jim Crow laws of the 1930s, Tolson's recognizes that his young debate students possess the spark of a new generation. Convinced that they could invoke great change if given the confidence and tools needed to do so, the tireless educator implores his students to take responsibility for the future while furtively attempting to protect them from his clandestine role as an organizer for the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. Chief among Tolson's promising young students is a 14-year-old prodigy named James Farmer, Jr. (Denzel Whitaker). Farmer's father, James Sr. (Forest Whitaker), is a renowned scholar and an important presence in the emerging student's life. Yet despite his formidable reputation, James Sr. has not yet learned how to truly harness the power of knowledge through action and assertion. James Jr. has seen the raving effects of racism all around him, and longs to live in a future where no one must be in fear simply because of the color of their skin. Other talented debaters on Tolson's team include fiercely independent student Henry Lowe (Nate Parker), and Samantha Brooke (Jurnee Smollett) -- the first ever female ever to join the Wiley College debate team. While most educators may not have recognized the remarkable potential of assembling such a disparate team, Tolson's unique vision truly set him apart from the pack as the team begins to experience a series of consecutive victories on their road to challenging Harvard at the National Championships
Title : Liar Liar
Length : 1.30
Summary :
This film is talking about Fletcher Reede (Jim Carrey) is a lawyer obsessed with his career, and he's devoted his life to bending the truth to his advantage. This habit has broken up his marriage to Audrey (Maura Tierney) and isn't doing much good for his relationship with his young son Max (Justin Cooper). Fletcher repeatedly promised Max that he'll be there for Max's eighth birthday party, but when an important assignment comes up at work, Fletcher calls Audrey and makes an excuse so flimsy that even Max can see through it. When it comes time to blow out the candles on his cake, Max makes a wish: that his Dad could go just one day without telling a lie. Suddenly, Max finds himself physically incapable of saying anything that isn't true -- which, given the divorce settlement case he's just been handed, is going to make his next day in court very interesting indeed. While designed to show off a warmer and more likable side of Jim Carrey's personality, Liar Liar still revels in the broad physical comedy that made Carrey a star in Ace Ventura, Pet Detective -- which makes sense, since both were directed by Tom Shadyac.
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