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Check the words you already know. Marca las palabras que ya conoces. Marque as palavras que você já conhece. 이미 아는 단어에 체크하세요. Позначте слова, які ви вже знаєте.

• ☐ ☐ ☐ reservations n. - a department or office in an airline company
• ☐ ☐ ☐ had sworn off v. - promised to stop doing something
• ☐ ☐ ☐ domestic adj. - a flight within the country
• ☐ ☐ ☐ deal with exp. - try to solve
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Bring it! exp. - Try to beat me! I am not afraid of you!
• ☐ ☐ ☐ (Tom) Brady n. - the best football player ever (American football) [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a roster n. - a list of people on one team
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Don't you even dream of it. exp. - DON'T do it.
• ☐ ☐ ☐ crack v. - break, start to feel weak
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Busted! exp. - We caught you!
• ☐ ☐ ☐ outlast v. - continue longer
• ☐ ☐ ☐ dump v. - take him off my roster
• ☐ ☐ ☐ This sucks! exp. - I don't like this.
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Amish n. - a group of people who don't use technology [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ put one over on us exp. - fool us, trick us
• ☐ ☐ ☐ break it to you exp. - give you the bad news
• ☐ ☐ ☐ carve v. - cut with a knife to make a shape or design
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Holy crap. exp. - Unbelievable.
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Shawshanked exp. - tricked, fooled (like in Shawshank Redemption)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ take that away from you exp. - it's something you will always remember
• ☐ ☐ ☐ outraged adj. - very angry
• ☐ ☐ ☐ in hindsight exp. - the ability to understand something after it has happened
• ☐ ☐ ☐ utter nonsense exp. - complete stupidity, something totally illogical

n. - noun,    v. - verb,    phv. - phrasal verb,    adj. - adjective,    exp. - expression

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Claire	Phil	Haley

• They are having a contest to see who can avoid using their smartphone or the Internet the longest.
• Alex and Luke have already lost. Claire, Phil, and Haley remain in the competition.
• If Haley wins, her parents have promised to buy her a car.

1. Claire is trying to book a flight ticket.
   True
   False
   
   
2. Claire logs onto the Internet to book the tickets.
   True
   False
   
   
3. Phil paid a lot of money to enter the fantasy football league.
   True
   False
   
   
4. Claire and Phil think Haley is talking on her smartphone in her bedroom.
   True
   False
   
   
5. Phil thinks he has won the contest.
   True
   False
   
   
6. Phil immediately logs onto the Internet to check his airplane tickets.
   True
   False
   
   
7. Haley has been talking on her smartphone.
   True
   False
   
   
8. Phil has won the contest.
   True
   False
   
   
9. Haley thinks her parents will buy her a car.
   True
   False
   
   
10. Haley's parents are going to buy her a car.
    True
    False
    
    
11. Haley has been using a bar of soap as a phone for a week.
    True
    False
    
    
12. Claire and Phil give Haley a good reason for not buying her a car.
    True
    False
    
    

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Directions: What expressions from the video have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

Instrucciones: ¿Qué expresiones del video tienen el mismo significado que las expresiones destacadas en las oraciones siguientes?

Instruções: Quais expressões do vídeo têm o mesmo significado que as expressões destacadas nas frases abaixo?

지시 사항: 아래 문장에서 강조된 표현과 같은 의미를 가진 표현을 영상에서 찾아보세요.

Інструкції: Які вирази з відео мають те саме значення, що й виділені вирази в реченнях нижче?

1. I was trying to [ handle ] our plane tickets to visit your family.

   [ deal with ]

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2. He's my whole team. I have to change my [ team list ].

   [ roster ]

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3. How is she not [ breaking down ] up there?

   [ cracking ]

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4. I told you I'd [ last longer than ] them.

   [ outlast ]

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5. I can't believe you thought you were going to [ trick ] us.

   [ put one over on ]

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6. Well, then I hate to [ share bad news with ], daddy, but you lose.

   [ break it to you ]

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7. I [ carefully cut ] it out of a bar of soap and colored it in with a marker.

   [ carved ]

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8. Which, [ looking back ], was utter nonsense.

   [ in hindsight ]

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Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order.
Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necesario

Instruções: Escreva frases sobre o videoclipe usando as palavras dadas. Você pode alterar a forma da palavra ou adicionar palavras, mas não pode alterar a ordem das palavras. Use o tempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necessário

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.
( ) = 선택 사항   [ ] = 필수 사항

Інструкції: Напишіть речення про відеокліп, використовуючи подані слова. Ви можете змінювати форму слова або додавати слова, але не можете змінювати порядок слів.
Використовуйте теперішній час.
( ) = необов'язково   [ ] = обов'язково

because / Claire / not / make / flight / reservation / phone / she / start / use / laptop

Because Claire can't make (her) flight reservation(s) [over/on] the phone, she starts [using/to use] her laptop.

Haley / Phil / walk / kitchen / and / discover / Claire / use / laptop

Haley and Phil walk into the kitchen and discover Claire using her laptop.

Phil / want / use / phone / change / fantasy / football / lineup

Phil wants to use his phone to change his fantasy football lineup.

while / Phil / Claire / argue / they / hear / Haley / talk / someone / upstair / room

While Phil and Claire are arguing, they hear Haley talking to someone upstairs in her room.

they / burst / Haley / bedroom / and / catch / her / talk / phone

They burst into Haley's bedroom and catch her talking on [her/the] phone.

think / he / win / contest / Phil / immediate / start / use / phone / change / lineup

Thinking (that) he has won the contest, Phil immediately starts [using/to use] his phone (in order) to change his lineup.

Haley / reveal / she / actual / talk / bar / soap / she / carve / phone

Haley reveals (that) she was actually talking [on/to] a bar of soap (that/which) she (had) carved into a phone.

Haley / squeal / excitement / because / she / think / parent / will / buy / her / car

Haley squeals [in/with] excitement because she thinks (that) her parents will buy her a car.

later / that / day / Claire / Phil / let / Haley / know / she / not / get / car

Later that day, Claire and Phil let Haley know (that) she is not getting a car.

Later that day, Claire and Phil let Haley know (that) she is not going to get a car.

Haley / angry / because / she / spend / two / day / room / talk / bar / soap

Haley is angry because she spent two days in her room talking to a bar of soap.

Claire / Phil / admit / it / not / fair / but / they / still / refuse / buy / Haley / car

Claire and Phil admit (that) it is not fair, but they still refuse to buy Haley a car.

Directions: Play the audio clip and try to repeat what you hear. Click "Show" to see the text.

Instrucciones: Reproduce el clip de audio e intenta repetir lo que escuchas. Haga clic en "Show" para ver el texto.

Instruções: Reproduza o clipe de áudio e tente repetir o que você ouve. Clique em "Show" para ver o texto.

지시 사항 : 오디오 클립을 재생하고 들리는 내용을 반복해 보십시오. 텍스트를 보려면 "Show" 를 클릭하십시오.

Інструкції: Увімкніть аудіокліп і спробуйте повторити те, що чуєте. Натисніть "Show", щоб побачити текст.

Even though we had sworn off the Internet, the rest of the world hadn't.

Well, it looks like it's just you and me, old man.

He's my whole team. I have to change my roster.

If you can't do it over the phone, you can't do it.

Oh my goodness. How is she not cracking up there?

Sophie, I have to call you back.

I'll tell you what's going on.

I can't believe that he's actually already on the Internet.

Nobody gets a car.

I can't believe that I'm getting a car!

You're not getting a car.

Yes, but we never thought you would.

1. Haley tricked her parents into believing she was using her phone. Do you think she cheated? Why?
2. Haley was willing to give up technology in order to get a car. What prize would motivate you to give up technology for a week?
3. Phil and Claire broke their promise to buy a car for Haley. How often do/did your parents break promises to you? About what?
   (How often do you break promises to your kids? About what?)
4. If you were Haley, what kind of car would you ask for? Why?
5. Phil and Claire can't afford to buy a car for Haley. What could they do instead to make it up to her?
   (make it up to = compensate)
6. What are three ways that smartphones make our lives better? (Be specific!)
7. What are three ways that smartphones make our lives worse? (Be specific!)
8. Do you still read things on paper (books, newspapers, magazines)? What do you read on paper? How often? What do you read on your phone? What do you read on your computer or tablet?