English Recordings

Hi,
My name is Rhea. I would like to be your class representative because...
...I know almost every student in 4th grade, and especially in this class. This is a fun class.
Being a class representative will allow me to represent your views at the student council. We will get together and talk about what we want and need. I will help present your ideas to the council.
This is my second and last year at Rockwell. I have just two years left to make a difference for the school I love. I want to participate in fund raisers to help our school.
And being the class representative would be a new challenge for me. I love challenges.
I think I would do a good job because I am responsible, reliable and a team player.
I am responsible: I turn in my homework on time. I help younger kids with their homework.
I am reliable:I am always on time. I always fulfill my commitments. You can always count on me to be there.
And I am a team player: I listen to everybody. I participate in discussions and I am part of the school choir and chess club.
To summarize, I am responsible, reliable and I am a good team player and I want to be your class representative.
Together, we will make it work!
Thank you.

Gattaca is a science fiction movie.
It was released in 1997.
The main actors playing in that movie are Jude Law, Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman.
Vincent plays the roe of an invalid who was naturally conceived.
His parents had rather have a child with the help of science to make sure he or she would be perfect.
Jerome, although in a wheel chair, makes it possible for Vincent to enter the world of Gattaca.
Vincent dream of flying to space on a mission.
Vincent doesn't belong to the elite of astronauts. That's why he has no chances of being selected for the space programme.
A crime took place at the academy.
Vincent's brother, Anton, is conducting the investigation.
Vincent and Anton have always been competing against each other.
Vincent didn't commit any crime.
Vincent took Jerome's identity. Jerome used to be an athlete.
Jerome Morrow although privileged, lost everything.
Jerome gave Vincent blood and urine samples.
The film taught us some lessons: we should never give up our dreams no matter how hard it may be to realize them.
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Personal questions to the reader:
Please don't read them, answer them.

Have you ever watched Gattaca? What did you think of it?
What's your favourite science fiction movie? Why?
Have you seen Gravity? What did you think of it?
Do you think that 3D has really enhanced the viewer's experience?

She was a powerful, intelligent ruler in the times when all kings were men. She was the last pharaoh of Egypt.

He was a track and field athlete. In the 1936 Summer Olympics he won four gold medals.

He was one of the world's most famous tenors.

He is famous for the discovery that the Earth is not the centre of the universe, which was the starting point for modern astronomy.

They were film stars. They were American. Their first names are Chico, Harpo and Groucho.

The Marx Brothers

They were born in the 1890s, they were very popular and very funny American actors. Kids loved them.

Laurel and Hardy

She fought against segregation and racial inequalities. In 1955 she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus for a white man. A bus boycott was organised by black activists to protest against her arrest.

Rosa Parks

He was a Sioux chief, he was born in South Dakota. He refused to be moved to a reservation and joined forces with Sitting Bull. He won the battle of Little Big Horn in 1576.

Crazy Horse

They were famous criminals chased by the FBI all over the country. They were shot in a police ambush.

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.

- It is often a Thanksgiving decoration. It's a sort of container full of food and flowers.

- In autumn, they change color from green to yellow, orange, or red, when you see them you know it will soon be winter.

-It is a very popular bird. 95 percent of Americans eat some during Thanksgiving.

-It is a yellow or white cereal, it grows in warm weather. When Columbus "discovered" America, he also discovered this plant.

-You can't look at these flowers and feel sad. Their big bright faces almost seem to be smiling at you on a summer day as they slowly turn toward the sun.

-They came to America to avoid the religious rules imposed by England.

-The Pilgrims shared a feast with them to celebrate a successful harvest.

It is a traditional thanksgiving dessert in the United States and Canada.

They are served baked or mashed, their pulp may be white to orange.

It is the time of the year when crops are gathered from the fields.

They are red fruit, they are used in making sauce, jelly, or juice.

A．Mr. Suzuki arranged a meeting with you.　　　　　　
B．He'll be on vacation. So I'll take it from here.
A．Thank you.

A．It's 5 o'clock. You can go. 　　　　　
B．I haven't finished this yet. 　　　　
A．Don't worry about it. I'll take it from here.

A．Why is she crying?
B．Don't ask me.
A．Did you say something?

A．Where is Katie?
B．Don't ask me. I thought she was with you.
A．I wasn't with her today.

A．Is he a friend of yours?
B．No way. I just met him at the party last night.
A．He was all over you.

A．What's going on?
B．What's wrong?
A．There's mud all over the floor!