chiron 寫:Dears: I'm going to have another activity on 9/26 morning, so I ask Kooper to swith it to 10/3. Pls forgive me to postpone it and pls join us on 10/3. We will discuss the 1st episode of the 1st season, so please prepare by taking notes of at least 3 good sentences, words or phrases worth learning, and posting your summary or any reflection about the 1st episode under this post. Enjoy it.chiron 寫:Guys:chiron 寫:Dear ISG or non-ISG members:
Kooper and I would like to insert this unit to replace the original novel sesssion in ISG. We have some preferred TV episodes as bellow, of course, you can have your own suggesion and then we can choose from one of them. We would like to watch these episodes, study their scripts and discuss anything worth duscussing. The meeting is also held on Sunday morning as other ISG units. So, if you can get up before 8 a.m., and are interestetd in watching TV episodes, pls join us and provide your preferred recommendation. (That better can be found on pps or pptv, we do want to save the trouble of borrowing from Blockbuster, right?)
慾望師奶 (Desperate Housewives) [簡介][第一季劇本]
神奇小子/天賜 (Kyle XY) [簡介][pptv 線上收看][pps 線上收看]
大家都愛雷蒙 (Everybody Loves Raymond) [簡介]
艾利的異想世界 [簡介]
生活大爆炸 [簡介][pptv 線上收看]
老爸老媽的浪漫史 [簡介][pptv 線上收看][第一季劇本(請用wordpad開啟)]
We decided to watch Desperate Housewives. You can find it on pps, so please install the software from the link I provide above. Attention, you need to register to get the full access. You can also download the script if you need it.
We will discuss the 1st episode of the 1st season, so please prepare by taking notes of at least 3 good sentences, words or phrases worth learning, and posting your summary or any reflection about the 1st episode under this post. Enjoy it.
p.s. Remember to use the keyword "絕望主婦"to search for the TV series in PPS for the translation variation between China and Taiwan.
I think we may discuss these questions on Sun. morning? Remember it starts from 8 o’clock.
1. Why is the TV series called “’Desperate’ Wives”? Why are they desperate? Explain from your personal viewpoints.
2. Compare this TV series with “Sex and the City”. What are their common places?
3. What do these 4 women (LYNETTE, CARLOS, BREE, SUSAN)/and their families stand for? Do they reveal any American typical values?
4. Why did Mark kill herself? Take a wild guess.
5. Why was Mary’s husband digging in their swimming pool? Take a wild guess.
6. What’s Mike’s true identity? Take a wild guess.
7. Do you want to watch more episodes next time? So we can have more stuffs to discuss. Or do you have any other comments about the new unit in ISG?
p.s. The excerpt from Toshi’s previous topic may bring us hint toward question 1, as below:
So, in the U.S. we have more stuff than ever before, but polls show that our national happiness is actually declining. Our national happiness peaked sometime in the 1950s,58 the same time as this consumption mania exploded. Hmmm. Interesting coincidence.