I know it's holiday time with Thanksgiving but I would be very thankful if you could read this text for my students. It will be the correction for a test they had in class. Thanks :)
Would you also please not speak too fast?
Listen carefully to the answers. Write the answer that you think is the best for you.
1. Which group do you think you belong to?
a/I don't feel like I belong to any particular group. I guess you could say that being a high school student, I first and foremost am a member of the class but I don't feel I need to relate to anybody to feel complete.
b/ Being an active member of a sports club, I get great benefits from sharing energy with the other team mates. When we are all aiming at the same goal, it feels like the world stops and our attention is focusing on the same objective.
The feeling of joy and victory make it all worthwhile.
2. What are the rules in that group?
b/ we all agreed on taking what we can and sharing what we have. It's all about the chemistry.
3. How do you best communicate?
I used to be a huge fan of social networks, but these days, I tend to prefer being face to face and spending more time with my friends. There is nothing like actually living the same moment together.
4. Talk about the moments when you feel like you are actually sharing something.
Whenever I am around my friends and tell each other how much I love them or whenever we laugh about something that happened I really feel that connection that makes us all so special.
5. If you were unable to communicate with your loved ones, how would you feel?
Human beings are craving for means to be closer to one another. Social networks have falsely brought a virtual closeness that isn't really tangible. If ever I was away from my loved ones I think I would die. Sharing and exchanging are at the basis of each and every one' s life. I think It would drive me crazy if I were away from my folks and family for too long.
6. How important are exchanges in everyday life?
Human beings are defined as social creatures.
There is no chance of survival if your are left on your own.
Loneliness and isolation are the sole causes of vulnerability.
Everybody draws his strength from others.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOVIE:
1. Which book was it adapted from? What is the genre of that 1000 page long novel?
It's a TV series based on the book written by Stephen King entitled UNDER THE DOME. I guess it is science fiction.
2. What do you know about its award winning author?
He was born in Portland, Maine in 1947 so he is 63 years old.
He got hundreds of awards from 1976 to nowadays.
His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books. King has published 50 novels, including seven under the pen-name of Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. He has written nearly two hundred short stories, most of which have been collected in nine collections of short fiction. Many of his stories are set in his home state of Maine. His specialized in writing horror stories and got a lot of success when publishing Carrie, a paranormal story in 1974.
3. What event changed the lives of the residents in the TV series "Under the dome"? What stops them now from having a normal life?
A dome suddenly landed in Chester's Mill and utterly changed their lives. Cut off from their closest friends and families, the inhabitants' real personalities and motivations appeared more clearly.
A suspense story that really gets the viewers hooked from the first minutes.
great! always astounding!