Task №3. Actors and characters

(Match actors’ names with the characters they performed and then label the photos)

Ben Affleck Jennifer Aniston Drew Barrymore Bradley Cooper Jennifer Connelly Kevin Connolly Ginnifer Goodwin Scarlett Johansson Justin Long

Janine Beth Neil Mary Anna Conor Alex Gigi Ben

 

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He’s just not that into you

Task №4. Quotes from the film

(Match the characters with quotations and write whom it was said to and why)

1. Neil 2. Ben 3. Anna 4. Gigi 5. Conor 6. Janine 7. Alex 8. Mary 9. Beth

a. And now you just have to go around checking all these different portals just to get rejected by seven different technologies. It’s exhausting. b. You know why? Because if you were legitimately happy, honestly you wouldn't feel the need to make a big show out of it. You wouldn’t have to broadcast it. c. So trust me when I say if a guy is treating you like he doesn't give a shit, he genuinely doesn't give a shit. No exceptions. d. Maybe his grandma died or maybe he lost my number or is out of town or got hit by a cab... e. You may be the best friend I’ve ever had. f. I don’t like the way it pretends to be the wood.

 

a. The character was describing _____________________________________

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b. The character was explaining_____________________________________

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c. The character was talking about____________________________________

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d. The character was guessing about__________________________________

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e. The character said that because____________________________________

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f. The character said that because____________________________________

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What happens in Vegas (Однажды в Вегасе)

Synopsis

Read and translate the synopsis of film.

 

In New York City, high-strung stockbroker Joy Ellis McNally is dumped by her fiancé at his surprise birthday she threw for him in front of all their friends while at the same time easy-going carpenter Jack Fuller is fired from his job by his father. Both become emotionally distraught and, with their best friends Tipper, a bartender and Hater, a District Attorney, take a debauched trip to Las Vegas. They meet by chance when they are given the same hotel room because of a computer error. After clearing up the misunderstanding and receiving upgraded rooms and coupons to various clubs, they party and drink together and Joy and Jack end up getting married. The next morning, they realize it was a mistake and decide to divorce.

Before they do so, Jack uses a quarter Joy gives him in a slot machine. He hits a $3,000,000 dollar jackpot and Joy reminds Jack that they are married and hence, she is entitled to half of the money. The couple returns to New York, where they attempt to divorce. Their judge declares that the couple cannot divorce until they attempt to co-exist for six months, while attending weekly sessions with a marriage counselor. If they work at the marriage but still want to divorce after six months, each will be permitted to keep half the winnings. If either party does not cooperate, the money will be tied up in litigation by the judge.

The newlyweds devise more and more cunning schemes to undermine each other, such as Jack telling Joy that their counseling session is canceled to prove she's not committed, and Joy inviting girls to their apartment to try to get Jack to cheat on her. Jack gives Joy's ex-fiancé Mason, her engagement ring back without Joy knowing. At Joy's job retreat, Jack and Joy ironically find themselves developing an unexpected sexual attraction to one another and they soon realize that being with each other has brought out the best in both of them.

After they get back from the retreat, it's time for the judge to decide what happens to the money. On her way to the hearing, Joy sees her ex-fiancé Mason and he tells her that he wants her back. He gives her back the engagement ring and tells her that she is good enough for him. Joy realizes that Jack set her up to get back with him, therefore cheating on him and letting Jack keep the money. Joy walks away from Mason and goes to the hearing. At the hearing, their marriage counselor testifies that the couple truly tried to work on their marriage. The judge decides that they each get 1.5 million dollars, taking away taxes and the bills Joy had run up and Jack had spent on his new woodworking business. Joy tells the judge she doesn't want any money, and gives the engagement ring to Jack, telling him she officially doesn't want anything from him. Jack realizes she knows that he talked to Mason.

Joy ends up getting the promotion, but tells her boss that she would rather be happy doing nothing than doing something she hated and being miserable. The next scene is of Jack talking to his parents, and them telling him that it looked like he and Joy were actually in love. Realizing his mistake, he goes to her friend Tipper to find out where she is. Tipper tells Jack that she quit her job - a fact she seems quite disgruntled by - and that nobody knows where she is. He has a suspicion that she has gone to a beach (Fire Island, New York) that she told him about, the only place that makes her feel truly happy. Jack asks her to be his wife (again) and she says yes. As the two embrace, Joy says that she quit her job and has no idea what she's going to do. Jack reminds her that they have a lot of money between them. Joy states that they hit the jackpot, to which Jack replies that he certainly did (referring both to the money and to Joy).

In the credits it shows a clip of what happened between Tipper and Hater the day Jack and Joy got married. It also shows Tipper and Hater subsequently enacting a plan of revenge on Mason, devised by Tipper earlier in the film.

 

 

(Text is taken from: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1033643/synopsis)

 

Check your general knowledge about the movie:

1. What way was Joy McNally dumped by ex-fiancé? 2. Who fired Jack Fuller from his current work? 3. What was Jack Fuller’s occupation? 4. Because of what did Jack and his friend meet Joy and her friend? 5. Whose quarter won a jackpot, Jack’s or Joy’s? 6. How much money did the couple win? 7. Why did Jack and Joy want a divorce? 8. Was the newlywed couple successful in getting a fast divorce? 9. What was the judge decision according this quite a usual case? 10. What kind of tricks did Jack and Joy try to get all the money alone?

11. Whom did Jack give Joy’s wedding ring and why? 12. When did the couple realize that they experienced something they would never like to forget? 13. What are Jack and Joy best friends’ occupations? 14. Why did Joy refuse to take her half of money? 15. How did Jack understand that Joy talked to Mason? 16. Was Joy promoted or not? 17. Where did Joy feel happy anytime? 18. Did Jack propose Joy to marry him again? 19. Was Tipper successful in arranging a revenge for Mason’s behavior at the surprise party organized by Joy? 20. Did Hater like Tipper from the very start?

 

What happens in Vegas

Vocabulary

(you can print the vocabulary section from the CD)

 

 

1. Abode [ə'bəud] – жилище, жилье, обиталище

2. Amenities [ə' mi: nə tiz] – приятности; ед.ч. – вежливость, любезность, приятность

3. Annulment [ə' nʌ lmə nt] – аннулирование, отмена; судебное решение о признании брака недействительным

4. Awe [ɔ:] – внушать трепет, благоговение

5. Clinger [ kliɳə] – банный лист, человек, кто любит цепляться за отношения

6. Crude [kru:d] oil – сырая нефть

7. Hostile ['hɔstail] – недружелюбный, враждебный

8. Hubby (сокр. от husband) – муженек

9. Inebriation [ini:bri'eiʃən] – опьянение

10. Infuriating [ in' fju: rieitiɳ] – неистовый, легко выходящий из себя, страстный

11. Intervention [intə'venʃən] – вмешательство

12. Keel over – перевернуться

13. Litigation [liti'geiʃən] – тяжба, судебный процесс

14. Nausea [' nɔ: ziə] – тошнота, морская болезнь, отвращение

15. Pace [ peis] – шаг, скорость, темп; распорядок

16. Relinquish [ ri' liɳ kwiʃ] – оставлять, отказываться (от права), уступать

17. Retreat [ ri' tri: t] – здесь: прием, корпоративная вечеринка, отдых

18. Ridiculous [ri'dikjələs] – нелепый, смехотворный

19. Sham [ʃᴂm] – притворство, симуляция

20. Skank [skᴂɳk] – страхолюдина

21. Sprout [spraut] – росток

22. Penthouse suit [ swi: t] – президентский люкс номер

23. Veneer [və'niə] – фанера

24. Vixen ['viksən] – сварливая женщина, мегера

25. Wifey ['waifi] – женушка

26. Wily ['waili] – лукавый, хитрый, коварный

27. Writhe [ raið] – скручивать, сплетать, корчиться от боли

What happens in Vegas