S2 Thematic Anthology Unit 22: Lesson 2

S2 Thematic Anthology Unit 22: Lesson 2

By MISS FRONIA CHENG

​Story Time: Part 1

1. Miss Cheng ​reads.

2. As I am reading, you need to highlight all the characters you can see.​

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​(Just highlight every character once e.g. if Harry Potter appears 10 times, you don't need to highlight 10 times).

Nearly ten years had passed since the Dursleys had woken up to find their nephew on the front step, but Privet Drive had hardly changed at all. The sun rose on the same tidy front gardens and lit up the brass number four on the Dursleys' front door; it crept into their living room, which was almost exactly the same as it had been on the night when Mr. Dursley had seen that fateful news report about the owls.

​What is the Dursleys' address?

Only the photographs on the mantelpiece really showed how much time had passed. Ten years ago, there had been lots of pictures of what looked like a large pink beach ball wearing different-colored bonnets -- but Dudley Dursley was no longer a baby, and now the photographs showed a large blond boy riding his first bicycle, on a carousel at the fair, playing a computer game with his father, being hugged and kissed by his mother. The room held no sign at all that another boy lived in the house, too.​

Open Ended

What do you think is the relationship between Dudley and his parents?

Open Ended

What is the relationship between the Dursleys and this boy?

​Story Time: Part 2

Dubbing over Harry Potter

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Dubbing usually happens when we want to 'translate' a film into a different language.

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A voice actor ​speaks the lines at the same time as the character.

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For Story Time, you are going to 'dub over' Harry Potter.

​How it will work

I have put you into groups of 4.

​How it will work

Every three / four lessons, I will choose one clip from the Harry Potter movie and give you the script.

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In your groups, decide which person is going to play which character.

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You need to practice reading your characters’ lines in your own time. You can watch the movie clip in order to learn how to say the words.

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I will also give you some lesson time to practice.

​How it will work

When dubbing, you need to be very familiar with the lines.

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You need to say them at the same time and with the same emotion as the character. ​​

​How it will work

Later on, each group will choose their favourite scene out of the ones we have practiced.

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We will record your voice as you dub over the lines.

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Then, Hani will ​edit this together with the scenes in the video.

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In one lesson, we will watch 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', voice acted by all of you!​

Back to Unit 22

Thematic Anthology

Multiple Choice

The word 'phubbing' was coined / invented by 2013. It is a combination of two words - which two words?

• Photo + rubbing

• Phone + snubbing

• Phone + clubbing

• Photo + tubbing

For many of us, smartphones have become ‘tyrants’ who dictate our lives.

Tyrant = a person who has unlimited power over others​ and uses it cruelly

Multiple Choice

Which word has a similar meaning to 'dictate' our lives?

• Speak / order

• Help / facilitate

• Improve / enhance

• Control / dominate

6. The expression 'smartphones have become "tyrants"' (line 21) is an example of...

simile

onomatopoeia

alliteration

personification

Splash​

Miss Cheng is as busy as a bee.​

Betty Botter bought a bit of butter.

The tree is waving its hands at me.

Multiple Choice

6. The expression 'smartphones have become "tyrants"' (line 21) is an example of...

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

​7. Why does smartphone addiction make people always feel tired and stressed?

We do not give our body and mind enough rest, so we always feel tired and stressed.

Because we do not give our body and mind enough rest.

​People are beginning to realize the dangers of smartphone addiction and apps have been developed to monitor our mobile usage. However, to break free of the ‘always on’ culture, we ought to remember that mobile devices are there to help facilitate our daily lives, not to take over all of our time. We must learn to let go of our smartphones sometimes and enjoy more face-to-face time with our family and friends.

​Monitor (v.)

To watch / notice / check a situation to see whether everything is in order

Poll

Teachers can monitor students' progress too! How quickly am I speaking?

• too fast

• just right

• too slow

• not listening

Multiple Choice

8i. The writer thinks that phubbing does not help improve relationships in real life.

• True

• False

• Not given

Multiple Choice

8ii. The writer's family members are victims of smartphone addiction.

• True

• False

• Not given

Multiple Choice

8iii. According to a recent survey, more than half of the interviewees use smartphones in the bathroom.

• True

• False

• Not given

Open Ended

10. Complete the sentence below.

People suffering from the 'always on' culture cannot...

Open Ended

11. What advice does the writer give to the readers of the magazine article in paragraph 6?

Side effects of smartphone addiction

p. 139

​No mobile phone phobia

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Phobia = fear​

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Nomophobia is a fear of not having a working mobile phone.

​Nomophobia

​Not being able to fall / stay asleep​

​Insomnia

Eye strain

​Eyes hurt / feel tired from intense use

​Text claw

Mobile phone elbow

Other side effects

​Text neck