Learn English with Love at First Sight

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.

• ☐ ☐ ☐ dead adj. - not working, having no power
• ☐ ☐ ☐ never mind exp. - forget it, it’s not important
• ☐ ☐ ☐ intimate adj. - private or personal
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a service n. - a repair
• ☐ ☐ ☐ finite adj. - limited, not endless
• ☐ ☐ ☐ charging cycles n. - the process of recharging a battery
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a tech bro n. - a guy who likes technology, "bro" sometimes means arrogant
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a geek n. - very smart, socially awkward
• ☐ ☐ ☐ subtle exp. - not obvious
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a status drop n. - mentioning something to seem more important (drop = mention)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ I can't help myself. exp. - I can’t stop or avoid doing this.
• ☐ ☐ ☐ uncultured adj. - lacking knowledge of art, history, etc.
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Sit tight. exp. - Please wait patiently.
• ☐ ☐ ☐ technically adv. - according to the rules

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

---

Hadley	Oliver

• Hadley is flying to London for her father's wedding.
• She missed her flight, so she had to buy a last-minute business class seat.

1. Hadley shares her phone charger with Oliver.
   True
   False
   
   
2. Oliver studies literature at Yale.
   True
   False
   
   
3. Hadley is a fan of Charles Dickens.
   True
   False
   
   
4. The attendant tells Oliver he cannot fly without a working seat belt.
   True
   False
   
   
5. Oliver intentionally moves to business class to sit near Hadley.
   True
   False
   
   
6. The flight attendant allows Oliver to move to business class as a special exception.
   True
   False
   
   

Score:

---

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. Oh. It's [ not working ]. That's why it's open.

   [ dead ]

   Show Hide Hint
   
   
2. No, I suppose it is quite [ private, personal ].

   [ intimate ]

   Show Hide Hint
   
   
3. It probably just needs a [ repair ].

   [ service ]

   Show Hide Hint
   
   
4. Math [ smart, awkward person ]. I'm studying statistics at Yale.

   [ geek ]

   Show Hide Hint
   
   
5. Wow. Subtle [ humble brag ] there.

   [ status drop ]

   Show Hide Hint
   
   
6. [ Wait patiently ], lovely. I'll see if we can move you.

   [ Sit tight ]

   Show Hide Hint
   
   
7. Look, [ according to the rules ] we're not supposed to move from economy to business, but today just happens to be your lucky day.

   [ technically ]

   Show Hide Hint
   
   

Hadley / discover / phone / dead / and / there / no / working / phone / charger / available

Hadley discovers (that) her phone is dead and (that) there are no working phone chargers available.

when / Oliver / offer / share / charger / Hadley / joke / it / too / soon / do / something / so / intimate

When Oliver offers to share his charger, Hadley jokes (that) it is too soon to do something so intimate.

after / explain / phone / battery / have / finite / number / charge / cycle / Oliver / reveal / he / study / statistics / Yale

After explaining (that) phone batteries have a finite number of charging cycles, Oliver reveals (that) he studies statistics at Yale.

After [he/Oliver] explains (that) phone batteries have a finite number of charging cycles, Oliver reveals (that) he studies statistics at Yale.

Hadley / tease / Oliver / subtle / status / drop / and / they / bond / over / shared / love / Dickens

Hadley teases him for his subtle status drop, and they bond over [a/their] shared love of (Charles) Dickens.

after / they / board / Hadley / take / seat / business / while / Oliver / go / back / economy

After they board, Hadley takes her seat in business (class) while Oliver goes back to economy.

however / Oliver / soon / discover / seat / belt / broken / and / inform / flight / attendant

However, Oliver soon discovers (that) his seat belt is broken and informs the flight attendant.

because / he / not / permit / fly / without / working / seat / belt / flight / attendant / move / him / business / class

Because he is not permitted to fly without a working seat belt, the flight attendant moves him (up) to business class.

coincidence / Oliver / new / seat / next / Hadley

Coincidently, Oliver’s new seat is next to Hadley.

By coincidence, Oliver’s new seat is next to Hadley.

1. Oliver agrees that sharing a charger just after meeting is quite intimate. Do you agree?
2. Which of these things would you let a friend use or borrow: Your phone charger? Your phone (for one call, for an hour)? Your earphones? Your Spotify password? Your Netflix password? Your Amazon account?
3. Do you believe in fate or that everything happens for a reason, as suggested in the narration? Why or why not?
4. Hadley teases Oliver for his subtle status drop. What does she mean? Do your friends ever do this? Do you do this? If so, can you think of an example? Is it annoying?
5. Have you ever met someone unexpectedly while traveling? What happened? Are you still in touch with this person?
6. Oliver suggests that Americans have an image of being uncultured. How is your image of a typical American and typical Brit different? How is it the same?
7. What do you think will happen in the rest of the movie?