Cast Away By Tom Hanks (Movie excerpt 00:23‐ 00:52= 29 mins)
Grammar: Simple past tense, second conditionals
Vocabulary: What do the the following words mean? Use your dictionaries or ask your teacher.
- Turbulence (on the plane): It’s a chaotic change of the wind.
- Plane crash: It´s an accident that happens when a plane hits land or water.
- Raft: It´s a boat made of plastic or other material.
- Crew: A group of persons that works on a plane or a ship.
- Float: Is something that can stay on the float of the water.
- Pacific ocean: It´s a huge part of the ocean.
- Island: It´s a part of land surrounded by water.
- FEDEX (Express Delivery): Delivery Service company
- Coconut: It´s a fruit.
- Cave: It’s a large hole inside of a mountain.
- Hill: It´s a part of land that is higher tan te usual land-
- Stranded:
- Bury: To put something under ground.
- Epitaph: It´s a short piece of writting about something dead.
- Flash light: An object that reflects light.
- Inhabited: It´s a place were nobody live.
Comprehension questions
From when the plane experiences Turbulence
| 1. | Why was the plane having much turbulence? ´Cause there was a thunderstorm. |
| 2. | What finally happened to the plane? The plane crashed. |
| 3. | Where did the plane crash? In the ocean. |
| 4. | What helped Tom Hanks to float on the high seas? A raft. |
| 5. | Where did he finally land? In a island. |
| 6. | What happened to the other crew members? They die. |
From when he gets on the island
| What were some of the first things he did when he landed on the island? He wrote on the sand “Help”. Was the island inhabited? Yes, it was. What sounds frightened him at night? The sound of the coconuts falling. What happened to the word “HELP” which he carved on the sand? The sea waves erased them.How did he get his first drink? Making a hole on the coconut. 6. If you found yourself in the same situation, would you drink sea water? Why or why not? No, because my kidnerys would stop working. What did he find on the other side of the island? Another crew memeber drowned. Why did he come running down from the hill? What did he find in the water? We found a dead crew memeber. How did the dead man help him? Tom Hanks took his clothes, shoes and important things. 10. What did he finally do to the dead man? He buried him.What did the dead man’s epitaph read? The name, year of birth and year of death of the crew memeber.What do you think happens next? He will suffer until someone find him.Copyright,2007 http://www.esl-galaxy.com Futonge Kisito |
The part of the movie I saw was about a plane that transpoted FEDEX packages, in the plane there was a crew of 4 people. But then it started a thunderstorm and that made the plane crashes into the sea. Then only crew memeber, Tom Hanks, survived thanks to a raft, that crew member was Tom Hanks, we felt slept in the raft and woke up on an inhabited island; he started to picked up the FEDEX packages, he wrote on the sand “HELP” and then the night arrived and he slept again, but the sounf of the coconuts falling scared him. At the next day he cut his feet and he cut his cothe to protect his feet, then he tarted to climb a hill adn he saw something floating, he went down the hill ando go to the floating thing and it was a drowned crew mamaber of the plane. He took him to the island, took his shoes, wallet and buried him, Tom Hanks also wrote an epitaph for the crew memeber. Then Tom Hanks found some cocnuts and he tried to open them but it has a Little difficult untill he found a rock and started to open them.
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