Unit 7
Marley & Me
Ⅰ. Warming Up
1. Culture Exploration
American Family structure. Read the definition. Then complete the paragraphwith the correct forms of the words.
1) stability 2) offspring 3)generations
4) divorce 5) pregnancy 6) adoption
3. Character Introduction
Putthe pictures in order according to the brief introduction to the maincharacters.
1) A 2) D 3) C 4)E 5) B
Ⅱ.Watching, Listening and Speaking
Scene 1 John Grogan has aninterview with Arnie Klein, the boss of SouthFlorida Sun-Sentinel. (00:04:00–00:06:29)
task 1 Watch scene 1. Decide whether thestatements are true (T) or false (F).
1.T 2. F
task 2 Watch again. Answer the followingquestions.
1. A Mitchie.
2. Because his friend said South Florida is great and he and hiswife might enjoy it here so they decided to come down here.
3. He is sure that he has a tendency to surprise himself.
Scene 2 Marley is kickedout of an obedience school. (00:22:48–00:26:27) task 1 Watch scene 2. Choose the best answer.
D
task 2 Watch again. Answer the followingquestions.
1. Because she thinks every dog wants to learn.
2. The wife.
3. Because dogs like to be looked at in the eye.
4. Because Marley attacked the trainer and has a bad influence onthe others.
Scene3 Jennyis pregnant. (00:36:44–00:42:31)
task1 Watch scene 3. Decide whether the statements aretrue (T) or false (F).
1. T 2. F 3. T 4.F
task 2 Watch again. Fillin the blanks.
| 1) mistake | 2) ankles | 3) blotches | 4) overweight |
| 5) throwing | 6) bastard | 7) glow | 8) dissipate |
9)That’s thoughtful. It’s a good idea
10) There’s a jewelry store on the corner
Scene 4 Jenny is pregnant again.(00:04:45–00:07:37)
task 1 Watch scene 4. Complete the followingparagraph with the given words. Change the forms where necessary.
1) means 2) column 3) taken 4)fresh 5) columnist 6) hesitating
task 2 Repeatand take a note. Repeat the foursentences selected from the scene after it is spoken twice and take a note.
1. Honey, it’s cramped in here. Remember, this was supposed to be athree-year house.
2. And I just know that I’m doing both jobs half — halfway.
3. Since I took over the column, the readership’s doubled.
4. I’ll tell you what. You take on a daily column, I will doubleyour salary.
Ⅲ. Further Learning
1. t heme song of the movie. Listen to the song and fill in the missinglyrics. (00:02:45–00:03:57)
1) crowd 2) Throw 3) town 4) ground 5)flowers 6) silver

