Rachel and Phoebe Take a Literature Class (Season 5 Clip) | TBS
VOCABULARY:
1. Remarkable
Meaning : unusual or special and therefore surprising and worth mentioning
Example : The 20th century was remarkable for its inventions.
Student's Sentence : ____________________________________________________
2. goody-goody !
Meaning : If you call someone a goody-goody, you mean they behave extremely well in order to please people in authority.
Example : Don't be such a goody-goody!
Student's Sentence : _____________________________________________________
3. Cyborg
Meaning : in science fiction stories, a creature that is part human and part machine
Example : a cyborg is a cybernetic organism
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4. Something is light years ahead of its time
Meaning : much more advanced than others; if you are light years ahead of others, you are a long way in front of them in terms of development, success, etc.
Example : This new technology puts the company light-years ahead of its competitors.
Student's sentence : _____________________________________________________
5. Feminism
Meaning : the belief that women should be allowed the same rights, power, and opportunities as men and be treated in the same way, or the set of activities intended to achieve this state
Example : She had a lifelong commitment to feminism.
Student's sentence : _____________________________________________________
VIDEO
1. What was the video about?
2. What kind of student were you at university? Were you always prepared like Phoebe or were you more like Rachel who depends on her friends in class?
3. Did you also have literature classes? What was it like for you?
4. Which assigned reading did you like best? Why?
5. Which assigned reading did you find boring and couldn't finish?
6. Did you ever enjoy reading assigned novels?
7. Do you still remember the very first English novel you read?
8. What kind of genres do you enjoy reading?
9. If you were to teach a literature class, what book from your country would you assign your students to read? Why?
10. Do you have a favorite international author? Why is s/he your favorite?
