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• ☐ ☐ ☐ scooters [n] - a small three-wheeled vehicle with a motor [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ high heels [n] - women's shoes with tall thin heels
• ☐ ☐ ☐ shiver [v] - shake because you are cold
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a jerk [n] - an unkind person
• ☐ ☐ ☐ hit traffic [exp] - get stuck in traffic
• ☐ ☐ ☐ The Teacups [n] - a ride at Disneyland for small children [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a phase [n] - a short period in someone's life
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a leash [n] - a rope for controlling a dog or other animal [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a tether [n] - a rope or chain which connects a person or animal to a fixed object [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a runner [n] - a person who tries to run away again and again
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a united front [exp] - show an image of agreeing and working together
• ☐ ☐ ☐ So much for... [exp] - ... is not important anymore
• ☐ ☐ ☐ adorable [adj] - cute, charming
• ☐ ☐ ☐ feisty [adj] - lively, determined, courageous
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Rex [n] - a common name for a dog
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a canvas bag [n] - a reusable shopping bag [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Whole Foods [n] - an expensive grocery store in the U.S.
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a kangaroo pouch [n] - the place where kangaroos carry their babies
• ☐ ☐ ☐ sewn [adj] - attached by sewing with a needle and thread
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a midriff [n] - the stomach area of the body [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a glare [n] - an angry stare
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Chip 'n Dale [n] - two famous cartoon squirrels from Disney [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a squirrel [n] - a small rodent with a big bushy tale [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ PBS [n] - Public Broadcasting System - an American TV channel with educational programs
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Attagirl! [exp] - Way to go girl!
• ☐ ☐ ☐ barely [adv] - not much

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

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Cam	Mitchell	Jay	Lily

• Cam and Mitchell are a couple.
• Lily is their adopted daughter.
• Gloria and Jay are a couple.
• Manny is Gloria's son.
• They are all going on a trip to Disneyland.
• Stella is the name of Jay's dog.

1. What does Gloria want Manny to do before they go to Disneyland?
   Put on the Mickey Mouse ears.
   Finish eating his breakfast.
   Clean up his stuff.
   Put on a jacket.
   
   
2. Why does Jay want Gloria to change her shoes?
   They look ugly.
   They make Gloria look too sexy.
   They have to walk a lot at Disneyland.
   
   
3. Why does Jay mention his jacket?
   Gloria often doesn't bring a jacket even when it is cold.
   He thinks his jacket looks good on Gloria.
   He wants Gloria to wear a jacket.
   
   
4. What ride will Phil and Luke go on?
   Star Wars
   The Tea Cups
   Indiana Jones
   
   
5. Who wants to use the leash?
   Cam
   Jay
   Mitchell
   
   
6. Why does he want to use the leash?
   It looks stylish.
   Lily is very strong.
   Lily often runs away.
   
   
7. Why does Jay mention Stella?
   Stella is his dog.
   Stella made the leash.
   Stella also uses a leash on her children.
   
   
8. What is funny about the boy's name (Rex)?
   It is hard to say.
   It is a dog's name.
   It is not an English name.
   
   
9. What does Cam offer to put onto his own stomach?
   a leash
   a kangaroo pouch
   a tattoo of Lily's name
   
   
10. Who decides to take Lily off the leash?
    Cam
    Jay
    Mitchell
    
    
11. Why does Jay buy high heels for Lily?
    Because they are pretty.
    So that she cannot run fast.
    Because Lily is short for her age.
    
    
12. Who doesn't want Lily to wear high heels?
    Cam
    Jay
    Mitchell
    
    

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Directions: Choose the word or expression that best completes the sentence.

Instrucciones: Elija la palabra o expresión que mejor complete la oración.

Instrucciones: Escolha a palavra ou expressão que melhor completa a frase.

지시 사항 : 문장을 가장 잘 완성하는 단어나 표현을 선택하십시오.

• Mitchell doesn\'t want to attach Lily to a --- jerk leash pouch scooter (leash) because it makes her seem like a dog.
  
  
• Jay says that fat people ride around Disneyland on --- jerks leashes pouches scooters (scooters) .
  
  
• Jay says that people will think he is a --- jerk leash pouch scooter (jerk) if he doesn\'t give his jacket to Gloria.
  
  
• Kangaroos have a --- jerk leash pouch scooter (pouch) to carry their babies in.
  
  
• When Lily is wearing high heels, she can --- adorable barely runner shiver (barely) move.
  
  
• Gloria will start to --- adorable barely runner shiver (shiver) if she doesn\'t wear a jacket in cold weather.
  
  
• Cam thinks that the two boys look --- adorable barely runner shiver (adorable) because they are on leashes.
  
  
• Cam wants to keep Lily on a leash because she is a --- adorable barely runner shiver (runner) . She is always trying to escape.
  

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Directions: Choose the word or expression that best completes the sentence.

Instrucciones: Elija la palabra o expresión que mejor complete la oración.

Instrucciones: Escolha a palavra ou expressão que melhor completa a frase.

지시 사항 : 문장을 가장 잘 완성하는 단어나 표현을 선택하십시오.

• Jay thinks Gloria will have trouble walking because she is wearing --- hill heels high hills high heels heel shoes (high heels) .
  
  
• Gloria wants to leave early so that they don\'t --- get find hit meet (hit) traffic.
  
  
• Cam and Mitchell want to --- give make present tell (present) a united front.
  
  
• Lily keeps trying to run away. Cam and Mitchell hope she is just --- being going through having making (going through) a phase.

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Directions: Choose the word or expression that best completes the sentence.

Instrucciones: Elija la palabra o expresión que mejor complete la oración.

Instrucciones: Escolha a palavra ou expressão que melhor completa a oração.

지시 사항 : 문장을 가장 잘 완성하는 단어나 표현을 선택하십시오.

1. Gloria wants --- to put on Manny to put on (Manny to put on) the Mickey Mouse ears.
   
   
2. Manny doesn\'t want --- to put on Gloria to put on (to put on) the Mickey Mouse ears.
   
   
3. Jay tells --- Gloria not to wear Gloria don\'t wear (Gloria not to wear) high heels.
   
   
4. Jay expects --- to have Gloria to have (Gloria to have) trouble walking in high heels.
   
   
5. Mitchell asks --- not to judge not to be judged (not to be judged) for putting Lily on a leash.
   
   
6. Mitchell doesn\'t seem --- to like Cam to like (to like) using the leash on Lily.
   
   
7. Mitchell decides --- to remove Lily Lily to remove (to remove Lily) from the leash.
   
   
8. Mitchell asks --- not to run Lily Lily not to run (Lily not to run) away.
   
   
9. Lily --- doesn\'t promise to promises not to (promises not to) run away .
   
   
10. Jay offers --- to help Mitchell Mitchell to help (to help Mitchell) .
    
    
11. Cam pretends --- to like Lily to like (to like) the high heel shoes.
    
    

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Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order. Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.

Instrucciones: Escribe oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de las palabras o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa tiempo presente.

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.

Gloria / want / Manny / put / Mickey / Mouse / ear

Gloria wants Manny to put on (the) Mickey Mouse ears.

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Jay / try / convince / Gloria / not / wear / high / heel / Disneyland

Jay tries to convince Gloria not to wear high heels at Disneyland.

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Jay / remind / Gloria / time / he / have / give / Gloria / jacket / because / she / refuse / bring / own / jacket

Jay reminds Gloria about the time (that) he had to give Gloria his jacket because she refused to bring her own jacket.

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at / Disneyland / Cam / put / Lily / child / safety / tether

At Disneyland, Cam puts Lily on a child safety tether.

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Mitch / admit / it / leash / and / ask / family / not / judge / them

Mitch admits (that) it is a leash and asks his family not to judge them.

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Lily / get / tangle / up / two / other / children / leash

Lily gets tangled up with two other children on leashes.

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Mitch / decide / take / Lily / off / leash / because / everybody / stare / them

Mitch decides to take Lily off the leash because everybody is staring at them.

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when / Mitch / take / Lily / off / leash / she / bolt

When Mitch takes Lily off the leash, she bolts.

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little / later / Jay / catch / Lily

A little later, Jay catches Lily.

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Lily / tell / Mitch / she / not / like / wear / leash

Lily tells Mitch (that) she doesn\'t like wearing the leash.

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Jay / offer / fix / Mitch / problem

Jay offers to fix Mitch\'s problem.

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Jay / buy / high / heel / Lily / that / she / not / run / away

Jay buys high heels for Lily so that she [can\'t/won\'t] run away.

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Directions: Play the audio clip and try to repeat what you hear. Click "Show" to see the text.

Instrucciones: Reproduce el clip de audio e intenta repetir lo que escuchas. Haga clic en "Show" para ver el texto.

Instrucciones: Reproduzca el clip de audio e intente repetir lo que escucha. Haga clic en "Mostrar" para ver el texto.

지시 사항 : 오디오 클립을 재생하고 들리는 내용을 반복해 보십시오. 텍스트를 보려면 "Show" 를 클릭하십시오.

Clip 1

Mom, I don\'t think you have to wear one of these.

Clip 2

Do you know how much walking you have to do at Disneyland?

Clip 3

Why do you think they have so many fat people on scooters?

Clip 4

I\'ll tell you one thing. I\'m not going to give you my shoes.

Clip 5

So we had no choice but to put her on a child safety tether.

Clip 6

If I\'d had known you guys were going to do this, I\'d have brought Stella.

Clip 7

I\'ll have you know, despite all your jokes, Lily enjoys it.

Clip 8

What do you know? Another caring parent with a child safety tether.

Clip 9

I haven\'t been judged by this many people since I forgot my canvas bags at Whole Foods.

Clip 10

Yeah, well, maybe they\'re staring because we have what they want.

Clip 11

You know, I don\'t care what people think.

Clip 12

If I thought it would keep my daughter safe, I would have a kangaroo pouch sewn into my midriff.

Clip 13

That\'s going to work out really well for you as a single parent.

Clip 14

And if we lost you, you\'d be very scared, and we\'d be very sad.

Clip 15

I don\'t know what to do.

Clip 16

Cause I can fix this for you in about two minutes.

Clip 17

...which we said we were never going to let her wear.

1. Explain how Jay\'s problem with Gloria inspires his solution for Lily.
2. Jay wants his wife to carry her own jacket and wear sensible shoes. Is Jay being a jerk, or is he being reasonable? Why?
3. Do you carry your girlfriend\'s purse? Or do you ask your boyfriend to carry your purse? Why?
4. How do you feel about putting a child on a leash? Is it embarrassing? Smart? Why?
5. Jay comes up with a creative way of stopping Lily from running away. What are some other ways they could protect Lily?
6. At what age should children be allowed to wear makeup? Start wearing high heels?
7. At what age did you start wearing makeup? High heels?
8. In what situations do you normally wear high heels? At work? On dates? While dancing? At parties? Why?
9. How high are your highest high heel shoes? Is the discomfort worth the aesthetic appeal?