FOOTLOOSE

I. Watch the movie segment and say what youngsters must, must not, can, or don't have to do, according to the new rules decided by the City Council of Bomont.


1. Minors _________ obey the curfew.

2. They ______________ dance lasciviously in public places.

3. Minors _______ be home by 10 pm on weeknights and 11 pm on weekends. Youngsters who are above 18 ________ obey the curfew.

4. Individuals ___________ organize public gatherings where minors engage in inappropriate activities, such as consumption of alcohol or unlawful drugs.

5. Minors __________ listen to vulgar or demeaning amplified music.

6.  Adults __________ advise their children of what is good for them if they wish, but they ____________ help them break the law.

7. Minors ____________ to be happy about the new decision, but they _________ respect and accept the decision.

Discuss:

1. Do you agree with the prohibition?

2. What did the teens do wrongly, in your opinion?

3. Should the City Council decide what people can or can't do to have fun? Explain.

4. What are the possible consequences of such a drastic decision?

Airline Passenger

 Listen to the following article and do the following:

1. Do the "Gap Fill" exercise.
2. Prepare the article to discuss it in class.

ROBOTS

Listen to the article and decide if the following statements are TRUE or FALSE:

1. You can now buy a robot in a convenience store in Japan.
2. Housework has become a thing of the past in Japan.
3. A new robot is on sale in Japan for $ 100,500.
4. The robot has its own personality and a kind expression.
5. The robot has vocabulary of 100,000 words.
6. The robot can help its owners become rich and live longer lives.
7. The robot will remind you to exercise.
8. Most Japanese people will be able to buy one.

Match the following synonyms from the article:

a.	unveiled	1. collection
b.	consign	2. achievement
c.	astronomic	3. idea
d.	brainchild	4. quotes
e.	collaboration	5. relegate
f.	array	6. equivalent
g.	cites	7. revealed
h.	marvel	8. collusion
i.	feat	9. wonder
j.	commensurate	10. whopping

Description

Look at the following photograph and try to describe it. Here are some questions that may help:

• Where are they?
• What are they doing?
• What are they talking about?
• Do they know one another?
• Are they celebrating anything? If so, what?
• Would you like to be there? Why? Why not?

Riddle

What about this one?

Who can answer this question?

Who are these women?

Here are a few female scientists that you might not have heard of (but definitely should have). Marie Curie hasn't bee included, because as much as we all love her, she is the automatic "female scientist" that always springs to mind and we think it's time we branched out!

I'll give you a few days to see if you recognize them and can give some info about at least one of them . . .

And the winner is . . . . . . DANILO!!!  

Yes, Danilo has been the only one who's guessed five of these female scientists. You can read his findings in "comments". 
Below, you'll read more about them:

1. Ada Lovelace
Analyst, metaphysician, and founder of scientific computing. Read more about her life here:http://bit.ly/V3im
2. Rosalind Franklin
Biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. She received no credit for her contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA. More on her life:http://bit.ly/4CJMC0
3. Rachel Carson
Marine biologist and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement. More on her life:http://bit.ly/16f4Hcm
4. Lise Meitner
A physicist who worked on radioactivity and nuclear physics. She was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission, but was overlooked for the Nobel Prize in favour of male colleagues. More on her life:http://bit.ly/3js4zk
5. Cecilia Payne
Astronomer and astrophysicist who, in 1925, proposed in her Ph.D. thesis an explanation for the composition of stars in terms of the relative abundances of hydrogen and helium. More on her life: http://bit.ly/n4RNqS
6. Mary Anning
A paleontologist who made many important finds in the Jurassic marine fossil beds at Lyme Regis in Dorset. More on her life: http://bit.ly/rGXKq

Weird but interesting

How difficult was it?