Unit 4 Fun, Oh Boy. Fun. You Could Die from it

Section One Pre-reading Activities

I. Audiovisual Supplement 

Watch the movie clip and answer the followingquestions.

Script:

George: Allright, yeah.

Ira: Youokay, man?

George: Yeah,yeah, I’m good. I hope they got some food.

Laura: I’mso glad you guys came, hello, hi.

George: Goodto see you.-wow.

Ira: Hi,how’s it going? Oh! Thank you.

George: Jeez,beautiful house!

Laura: Thankyou.

George: Howlong have you guys been here?

Laura: We’vebeen here about five years now.

Ingrid: What’sup?

Laura: Thisis my friend, George. And this is Ira. This is Ingrid.

Ira: Wow!George didn’t mention you had a daughter.

George: Haveyou seen any of my movies?

Ingrid: Isaw the movie where you had a baby body.

George: So,you saw re-do. Can you do the face? Hey, that’s a good impression.

Mable: Don’tleave me in the playroom!

Laura: Thisis my daughter, Mable. She just got braces.

George: Oh,yeah, let me see them. You mind if I eat a little bit of that sandwich rightthere? Ira? Ira: I’m … I’m full.

Ingrid: Doyou guys want to play the peanut-butter game?

Laura: It’sfun. You want to play? Let’s do it! Ira?

Ira: Yeah,I like peanut butter, yeah.

Laura: Let’sdo the peanut-butter game!

George: Allright! Hooray! Peanut-butter game! Peanut-butter game!

Laura: Okay,just put a little bit. Okay.

Ira: What’sshe doing?

Laura: Alittle bit. Okay, okay. I think that’s good.

George: Thisis what you guys do in your free time? Okay.

Ingrid: Therehe is!

Ira: Oh,boy. Come on. He got her. He got her. Oh, so, you’re supposed to do it on theears.

Laura: George’sturn! George’s turn!

George: No.I don’t want to do that. No, Ira will go, let Ira go.

Ira: No,no, George.

Ingrid: Comeon. Okay, all right!

George: Ijust washed my hair this morning.

George!George!

George: Oh!God. No! That’s not the game.

 

Questions:

1.       What is wrong with Mable?

2.       What’s the name of the game?

3.       Do you think it is fun to play thatgame? Where is fun in your opinion?

 

 

 

 

II. Cultural Background

 

1.       Fun can be defined as apleasurable experience, enjoyable occupation or an activity that involvesamusement or pleasure.

2.       But what do we view as fun? Theanswer may depend on our age, because what's pleasant and fun for a child isnot necessarily entertaining and fun for a teenager or an adult.

3.       What people consider fun oftenchanges with age and maturity.