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About Me
- 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.
29 comments:
§Title:
Desperate Housewives (TV show)
§ Length of listening
Length 43oments
§ Summary:
It was about handyman who tries to fix everything’s to his neighbor’s .One day he was fixed the roof of the neighbors, then he dropped by heart attack and passé away. After that the residents come to realize how much he affected their lives by giving some advices.
§ Reaction:
I think that it was interesting and how we can affect on others lives.
§ Vocabulary
Handyman: a person who is clever at making or mending things
Drop: to allow to fall or to die suddenly
§Title:
Crace an atomy ( TV show )
§ Length of listening
Length 43oments
§ Summary:
It was about child needs to Organ as soon as possible , or he well die .There was in the hospital murderer was sentenced to execution , the murderer had met with the child and he promise him that he well give him his organ . After that the murderer changed his mind because he was afraid, but there is no time the child will die. In the last minute the doctors Found the organ and they can Save the life of a child .
§ Reaction:
I think that it was interesting and I like children.
§ Vocabulary
Organ: any of various similar instruments, as a reed organ or an electronic organ.
Murderer: a person who commits murder.
§ Title/Name of what you listened to
- Transformer : Revenge of the Fallen
§ Length of listening
- 150mins
§ Short summary of what you listened to
Sam wanted to live as a normal university student. However, robots needed him to defeat the enemy's attack. The enemies planed revenge and they did their plan. The government's robots tried to defeat against enemy's robots. However, the enemy's power was so strong that the government's robots couldn't fight. Sam realized the serious situation, and he decided to get in this fight. The enemy was trying to find the most powerful robot, but he didn't know where it was. Sam knew the place. Sam and his friends went to Egypt to find the robot. All robots which are enemy and government came to Egypt, and they were fighting there. Finally, the enemy lose again.
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
- I like heroes movie and robot movie.
I watched transformer 1 before. I looked forward to watch season 2. If you liked the season 1, you must be like season 2. :)
§ Title/Name of what you listened to
- Seinfeld S01 E01
§ Length of listening
- 30M
§ Short summary of what you listened to
- The main story was about Laura whom jerry have met in Michigan. Jerry told George that Laura would have to come to NYC, and might met Jerry. George pointed out that mean is the signal which say to be polite 'No'.(B plan) Jerry didn't believe, but he didn't have any way to contact to her. When he almost gave up that she came to his house, she called Jerry that she could stay at his house. Finally, Laura came to the Jerry's house, and He was so happy before he knew she was engaged.......
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
- SO funnY, though I couldn't understand all of them. When Jerry's neighbor asked Jerry 'do you have any meat?', he replied 'I don't know. Go hunt'. But when he had talk show, I couldn't get point....
§ A new vocabulary word or phrase that you learned and its meaning
- Subtle (ADJ) : not immediately obvious or noticeable
"Women, they are so subtle"
§ Title/Name of what you listened to
- Seinfeld S01 E02
§ Length of listening
- 30M
§ Short summary of what you listened to
- One day Jerry answered a phone call from his freind, Joel, who Jerry have been bothering for over 10years. After Jerry had discussion with George for Joel. Jerry couldn't say joel to break up, because he didn't know how to cut realationship with man. However George engaged him to tell the truth. So, Jerry met Joel, and told he didn't need to see him anymore. As soon as Jerry said, Jeol begun to cry, so Jerry took back the work what he said. Since he gave game ticket to Joel, Jerry had some problem with George.
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
- After Jerry and George had conversation, when Jerry said to Joel about breaking up, Joel looked like woman. He begun to cry, and Jerry tried to calm down Joel. Perfect situation between man and woman =)
§ A new vocabulary word or phrase that you learned and its meaning
- Infantile(ADJ):behaviour is typical of very young children
"This is absolutely infantile"
§ Title/Name of what you listened to
- TMNT
§ Length of listening
- 1Hour 30M
§ Short summary of what you listened to
- The story was after Shredder. After Leonardo left his brothers for training, his brothers looked like lost their motivation. However, when Leonardo came back from training, everyone welcomed him but Raphael. Raphael thought Leonardo took a vacation though in the town there were still exist crimes.
Also, one man was collecting statue which has a myth. Leonardo and his brother thought he wanted power which could destroy the world through statues. But it isn't true; actually, he was trying destroy statues and myth, because he knew it wasn't good for the world. After all, Leonardo and his brother helped the man, and save the world!
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
- I have liked these fore turtle brothers since when I was 7 years old. Their names came from famous painters' name. Leonardo, Donatelo, Michelangelo, and Raphael. I always confused to fit correct name to them.
§ A new vocabulary word or phrase that you learned and its meaning
- Sewer(N):a large underground channel that carries waste matter and rain water away
"They reborn in the sewers of NYC"
- Archenemy(N): Powerful enemy
"Their archenemy wass the shredder"
§ Title/Name of what you listened to
Grey's Anatomy Season 1 esp1-3
§ Length of listening
3 hours
§ Short summary of what you listened to
Some intern are working at hospital. Meredith is a main character. She spent a day with one guy. The guy is her attending. But, she didn't know that, and also he didn't know that. Meredith's mother was a super powerful doctor. However, her mother got dementia. Nobody knows that. All interns are trying to get in the surgery room. Patrick is asking interns to find the reason of one patient. Meredith and Christina found the reason. Meredith got the chance to get in the surgery with Patrick. Izzie was a model and she is trying to be a good doctor. Izzie met one Chinese patient. She didn't know how she treats her. Finally, she knows that the chinese needs help Izzie treat her daughter. Izzie treated the girl out of the hospital. Meredith is looking for roommates, and she finally decided to live with her intern friends.
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
I was looking for Drama. Grey's Anatomy is so popular in Korea. But, I didn't watch it. I didn't like the title. After finishing Gossip Girl, I watched this drama by chance. It is also amaizing. :)
I like it~!!
but, it is more difficult to understand medical terms.
§ A new vocabulary word or phrase that you learned and its meaning
attending - not intern (main doctor)
whiny - complain
§ Title/Name of what you listened to
- Smallbille
§ Length of listening
- 1 hour
§ Short summary of what you listened to
- In 1989 meteors fell down to smallville, Texas. Through that, Jonathan & Martha had the first meeting with Clark. And time jumped to today. Clark knew he was differnt; he was more faster and powerful than other people. Oneday Clark was hit by Lex's car. Since he was stonger than other people, he didn't get any mark, and saved Lex's life.
Clark loved Lana, but she had boyfriend. At tha night of homecomingday, Clark was hung at cross by Lana's boyfreind, because he didn't like Clark to be with Lama. When he was hanging, he saw a villain who wanted to srew the homecoming party. Fortunately, Lex found Clark, and helped him. Clark said thanks to Lext and then went to homecamingday to save his freinds. And did it.
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
- It was so amazing to know Superman's school life! It looks like to know other people's secrets!
§ A new vocabulary word or phrase that you learned and its meaning
- Shortcut(N) : a quicker way
"I took a shortcut"
§ Title/Name of what you listened to
- Smallbille S01 E02
§ Length of listening
- 1 hour
§ Short summary of what you listened to
- Grek taped Lana's every single movement, and took her picture secretly. More over, Grek Arkin assailed Whitney when whithey was in his car, because Grek loved Lana, and wanted to get her.
After Lana knew what Whitney had done to Clark, she was on her way to apology to him. Since Lana met clark, Greck attacked Clark. After their fierce battle, Clark won.
Lex helped Clark to hang out with Lana. Their relationship was going to be increase, but Clark didn't tell her anything. When she was saved, Whitney was there. Clark just watched them.
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
- It was so sad..... Clark couldn't tell he like Lana in front of her. Even though Lex helped him, he just saved her life in secret.
§ A new vocabulary word or phrase that you learned and its meaning
- prank(N): a childish trick.
"Lana, it was just a prank"
Title:
movie" Shrek the Third"
Length:
1 : 40 hour
Summary:
When Fiona's father and King of Far Far Away passes away. Shrek becomes the immediate successor of the throne. However, Shrek decides to find the legitimate heir Artie. Shrek with his friends Donkey and Puss leave the King of Far Far Away to do that . while they do that . Prince Charming joins the villains to become the new king and he Occupied the palace in the city and detained Shrek’s wife and her friends .Prince Charming send some villains to catch Shrek and his friends and Artie , but the could not do that . When Shrek and his friends arrived to King of Far Far Away passes away they were surprise about what they saw in the city . then the events of the movie how Shrek and his friends and his wife and her friends return the city for the real king .
reaction
Reaction:
It was so funny movie especially Shrek when he dreamed about his children
New words :
Dork ( adj )
someone who you think is or looks stupid
villain ( N )
a bad person or criminal
Title : Sleepless in Seattle
Length : 1.45
Summary :
The movie makes love and the idea of every person have a soul mate some where may really exist in a manner which is curiously satisfying for the loving in all of us.
A young woman(Annie -Meg Ryan) who is soon to be married to (Walter-Bill Pullman) .She seems to be happy but finds herself wondering if he is actually the man she was in fact meant to be with. After that, on one day she hears Sam (Tom Hanks) speaking on a radio talk show about his wife's death. Nearly instantly, it was too obvious that Annie has fallen madly in love with Sam's voice on the radio and that the two are fated to be together. In brief, Annie breaks off her engagement with Walter and meets Sam for the first time at the top of the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day in a view which shape up the emotion and love that the two have for each other. As one, they went together to what can only be a wonderful and bright future for the two as a happy couple.
Title:
movie's name "Be Cool”
• Length:
2 hours
• Summary:
Chili Palmer is a man that usually was in movies business but now he want to begin in music business, because his friend in this business is killed by Russian mafia and he saw the opportunity. His first singer is a young woman with an amazing voice (Linda Moon) but she already have a contract with another company. Chili have to affront dangerous and funny situations with the producer that have the contract of Linda and with the Russian mafia, but also he had time enough to flirting with the wife of his dead friend. Finally Linda becomes in a very famous singer.
• Reaction /opinion:
I found this movie so amusing because it tells the story in a funny way without be ridiculous. In short, this movie have excellent actors like John Travolta and Uma Thurman.
Some phrase words:
Gang: a group of persons working together; squad; shift: a gang of laborers.
Demon: a person considered extremely wicked, evil, or cruel.
Title:
Movie's name: "I.O.U.S.A."
Length:
1 hour and 30 min
Summary:
This movie is talking about why the economic is bad in USA now. They analyze how the government allotted the budget, and found the USA government waste a lot of money on military and international competition. Also, people over use credit card. America must mend its spendthrift ways or face an economic disaster of epic proportions, and don't buy anything that you cannot bear. Therefore, they encourage people start to save money now.
Opinion and reaction:
I think the USA government are very good for making money, but they are also very good for spending money. They charge a lot of tax from every things, but they spend a lot of money on war and international competition. This movie show me how the government affect people. The government don't know how to save money, and the people do the same things. I don't understand why many people want to study economic here, but I hope they can learn some things from a fail case.
I know Anthony will like this movie and everyone should mange his/her life correctly
New words:
1.Documentary: Movies, Television. based on or re-creating an actual event, era, life story, etc., that purports to be factually accurate and contains no fictional elements
2.Financial: pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures; pertaining or relating to money matters; pecuniary
3.Average: a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean
§ Title/Name of what you listened to
- Ranma 1/2 Dear daddy love, Kodachi
§ Length of listening
- 30 Minutes
§ Short summary of what you listened to
- The story focused on Kuno&Kodachi's famliy. Oneday Kodachi wanted to know about her father. And when she asked Kuno, their father came home. He was principal of Kuno's high school.
Kodachi really appreciated to meet her father. Since he left home over 3 years, Kuno couldn't accept that. So, the fight began to determine who was head of the family. While Kuno and his father were fighting, they understood each other. The fight was a draw, and the father decided to leave againg. It looked like Kuno became in charge of the family again.
§ Reaction to listening/opinion of listening
- So funny. Actually, Kodachi & her father's behaviors were psycho, but when they were together, they acted normal....
§ A new vocabulary word or phrase that you learned and its meaning
- Go for it : People said when they cheer other people.
§Title:
Highlander (movie)
§ Length of listening
Length 1 hour 26 moments
§ Summary:
Highlander is the story tells us about people is immortal. They can only be killed when you cut their heads. Highlanders are curse with immortality and cannot have kids. Duncan is the actor of the movie. He's looking for his wife and the source that will free him from this curse. The source would make him a normal man and make him be able to have kids. AT the end Duncan was able to get the power of the source and his goal was achieved.
§ Reaction:
True it was my imagination, but it describes the power and the challenge.
§ Vocabulary
Highlanders: A Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland
Immortal: not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
§Title:
Mouse Hunt (movie)
§ Length of listening
Length 1 hour 33 moments
§ Summary:
The movie tells us about two brothers whose father died. Before dying, their father left them his factory and his house. He told them not to sell the factory. After their father's died, somebody came to buy to buy their factory. The children did not want to sell the factory. They became so poor and their wife’s left them. They went to the house their father left them. It was build by a big architect in the past. They finally sold the house and became very rich.
§ Reaction:
I liked this movie and I was enjoyed to watch.
§ Vocabulary
Architect: a person who engages in the profession of architecture.
§Title:
Ugly Betty (TV show... ABC) Season 3, Episode 25
§ Length of listening
Length 43 moments
§ Summary:
This story tells us about is about a girl whose name is Betty. Betty was very ugly; she had some braces on their teeth. Her dream was to work in fashion industry. She suffered hard to get into fashion. In fashion industry, many people make fun of her and nobody likes her. It is very funny.
§ Reaction:
I liked this TV show it was funny.
§ Vocabulary
Industry: the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry..
Title: Black Hole Surface
Length of Listening:
2 hours and a half
Summary: It is a Dracula movie talks about A super spacecraft in space has been missing for eight years, suddenly it sent a distress signal which was miserable. A team with the designer of spacecraft flying with Neptune to rescue. The spacecraft has a breath of death, because no one knew where it has been in eight years. Finally, all search and rescue teams of people died, before the Dr. showed that the search space from the region.
Reaction: It is very exciting! Some situations are very afeared.
Word: Neptune black hole
falling star
Title: Food Inc.
Length of Listening:
one and a half hours
Summary: In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.
Reaction: I was shocked by the food quality. Maybe I will not eat chicken and pork for a few days.
Word: gene
Title: 24 Hours Episode 8
Length of Listening: 1 hour
Summary: The killer was prepared to kill Palmer at the party and threaten Jack help him. Jack’s partners found out the traitor in the CTU and utilized her to survive Palmer. Jack’s daughter and wife almost be killed, but be survived from the traitor’s words.
Reaction: 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.
Word: For your eyes only
TITLE: XXX
LENGTH:
2 hours.
SUMMARY:
Xander was a bandit lover of extreme sports. He used to do illegal things and extreme, in the city. He was captured by police in the United States, and to avoid prison they gave him the option of working as a secret agent for them, for being so clever and intelligent. The mission was to capture some Russian mobsters. Finally, he captured them with another agent that right now is his girlfriend.
REACTION:
This is an action movie. Describe Xander like a typical bandit of the street. He likes to escape from the police, while he is working in his extremes activities. I love VIN DIESEL since he makes the movie called “The Pacifier”. So, I think this kind of the same, in both movie he has a mission. It’s so cool, watch this movie;)!!!!.
TITLE: hangover
LENGTH: 2 hour
Summary :
A blowout Las Vegas bachelor party turns into a race against time when three hung-over groomsmen awaken after a night of drunken debauchery to find that the groom has gone missing, and attempt to get him to the alter before his wedding day. In 48 hours, Doug is scheduled to walk down the aisle, effectively ending his reign as a rowdy bachelor. Realizing that this is their last blow out with their best friend, Doug's groomsmen organize a Sin City bachelor bash he'll never forget. The next morning, the groomsmen come to in their Caesar's Palace suite to find a tiger in the bathroom and a six-month-old baby tucked away in the closet. Unfortunately, Doug is nowhere to be found. With no memory of the previous night's transgressions and precious little time to spare, the trio sets out on a hazy attempt to retrace their steps and discover exactly where things went wrong.
REACTION
This movie it is amazing the best movie I watched in my life .guys you should
Watch this movie it is awesome. in the cinema I can’t stop leafing .
TITLE: Notorious
LENGTH: 2 hour
Summary:
Biggie small was from a poor family. His dream was to become a rapper. At the age 15 years old he went the bad way. He started to sell drug. Until one of the New York producers discovered him. After he became a fames rapper, he got in trouble with other rapper and he got killed.
REACTION
I love these kinds of movies because it based on real story, and also I love
The action movie.
Title: The Propasal
Length: 2 and half hours
Summary: the movie is about Margaret, a very bossy person, and Andrew, her assitent. Margaret was going to be deported to Canada because she had some trouble with her visa expiration, so she demanded Andrew to married her and solve her problems. When they went to the state office the chief told them that they should be a real couple. Margaret and Andrew went to Andrew's house to visit his family and anounce their compromise. A couple of funny things happened between them, and eventually they fall in love. The chief discovered them, and Margaret assumed all the responsabilities. Finally she was on her way to Canada, but Andrew came to her and confest that he was in love with her.
Reaction: the movie is very good and very funny. I think you should all watch it, I am sure you'll love it.
Vocabulary: expire: it means that something doesn't work anymore.
Title: A walk to remember
Length: 2 hours and a half
Summary: the movie is about two teen totally oposite that fall in love. Jamie is a religious and very responsable girl. Landon is the bad boy at the school, but when he made something wrong the principal told him that he must do community service. They meet while they are doing community service and they start dating. Of course Landon's friends didn't aprove this relationship, and the reverend (Jamie's father) wasn't very happy either. Eventually Landon found out that Jamie had lekemia and that she was going to died. He was so in love with her. They got married and after two months she died.
Reaction: when I first saw the movie it seemed to me very sad. After I saw it again I undertood that everybody can change, because at the begining he was a very bad boy, but after he fall in love with her he changed his way to think.
Vocabulary: leukemia: is a disease, like blood cancer.
Title: Monster in Law
Length: 1.40 minutes
A Robert Luketic film “Monster In Law" starring (Charlie) Jennifer Lopez, (Viola) Jane Fonda and (Kevin) Michael Vartan. Viola, Kevins mother who had recently been fired from her job as a national news anchor, was afraid to lose her son as well. As Kevin, surprises both her and Charlie buy proposing. When Viola starts with her crazy schemes to scare off her sons fiance. She becomes the world's becomes the world's worst mother in law, yet Charlie discovers the game and plays back harder, until the wedding day when Charlie decides to cancel the wedding, but Viola insists on making it happen and agrees to back off and let them be happy.
Haunting in Connecticut
Duration: 1.50 hrs.
The haunted stories have been always the scariest and jogging to the memory in horror movies. Haunting in Connecticut movie is based on true story about a teenage boy Matt who is being treated by a chemical therapy for cancer in a hospital faraway from his house. His mother who is being taking care of him decides to rent a house close to the hospital. Unfortunately they discovered that it was a funeral home before many years ago. The family begins to face weird problems and many evil events which they assume that Matt is hallucinating from the medicines and treatments. But soon they realize that these ghostly things are coming from the house’s past and they resist and fight these evil spirits. After all Matt realize that these spirits wants him to accomplish something for them and they’re not harming him as he was thinking. They want him to free the ghosts of the spirits embalmed corpses in the house’s walls. He smashed the walls and releases them after that he burned the house down
Title: Haunting in Connecticut
Length: 1.50.
The haunted stories have been always the scariest and jogging to the memory in horror movies. Haunting in Connecticut movie is based on true story about a teenage boy Matt who is being treated by a chemical therapy for cancer in a hospital faraway from his house. His mother who is being taking care of him decides to rent a house close to the hospital. Unfortunately they discovered that it was a funeral home before many years ago. The family begins to face weird problems and many evil events which they assume that Matt is hallucinating from the medicines and treatments. But soon they realize that these ghostly things are coming from the house’s past and they resist and fight these evil spirits. After all Matt realize that these spirits wants him to accomplish something for them and they’re not harming him as he was thinking. They want him to free the ghosts of the spirits embalmed corpses in the house’s walls. He smashed the walls and releases them after that he burned the house down
Title : 17 Again
Length :1.50
“17 Again”, starring Mathew Perry (Mike1), Zac Efron (Mike2). The story revolves around a family that’s on the urge of breaking down.Where the father Mike1 is thrown from a bridge and entered a time zone to the past and he’s Mike 2, and 17 again. He enrolled in school and started to attend with his teenage boy and girl. Where he sees how their life is and how totally different it is from what he thought. He helped them out and saved his marriage, and got back to his normal life.
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