Language Portfolio (year 11) – Listening

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Listening - 1

The World of Science – The Island

“Who would want to have no childhood? No parents? Not having enjoyed adolescence and puberty? To be grown in a laboratory? So what if the scientists” produce people who have superhuman qualities, would that justify science acting as God?

(http://tomachfive.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/the-island-sends-the-message-home-cloning-humans-is-inhuman/)

Getting Started

A. Understanding Science 1. What do the images suggest about the film you are going to see?

2. Match the words / expressions in the left-hand column to the synonymous expressions /definitions on the right.

a) cloning V

i) morals, principles

b) dystopia IV ii) direct manipulation of an organism's genome (organism's hereditary information) using biotechnology

c) therapeutic VI

iii) infected, polluted

d) contaminated III iv) an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives

e) genetic engineering II v) producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals; producing a genetic copy / replica

f) ethics I

vi) healing and curative

3. Do the task A on page 52. Feel free to use the words in the box below – more than one word is possible for each space.

Issues 9 Named 2 Unattainable 3 Affect 8 Announced 10 Unreachable 3 Clone 4

Learn 7 Appear 5 Procedure 6 Impact 8 Discover 7 Impossible 3

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B. Watching – the ethics of science

Now pay attention to the film and enjoy it!

1. Take down some notes about the film by completing the following questionnaire. Film Title: The Island

Duration: +/- 136 minutes

Type of Film: Science fiction/action________________

Directed by: Michael Bay

Starring: Ewan McGregor; Scarlett Johansson; Sean Bean; Djimon Hounsou…

Setting - where?: __USA______________________

when?: 2019

Theme: Problems, Danger and ethics behind cloning___________________________________________

Characters and Plot Main Characters – Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln;

Jordan Two Delta / Sarah Jordan

Other Characters – Dr Merrick

Albert Laurent

____________________________

Plot (story) – [Put the sentences of the summary of the film into the correct order.]

But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie.

Relentlessly pursued by the forces of the sinister institute that once housed them, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a race for their lives to literally meet their makers.

Lincoln makes a daring escape with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta.

Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly Utopian but contained facility in the year 2019.

He and all of the other inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones.

Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island" - reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399201/

Rating – (colour in as many star as you like – 1=weak and 5=excellent)

C. What was this? What does it mean?

In the movie, the cloned humans are treated worse than animals. They're actually treated like products. In fact, they are called product, not humans. When one of them escapes, the administrator of the facility finds himself in the awkward position of explaining to a group of bounty hunters that, "[his] product has escaped."

(http://www.naturalnews.com/019392_corporate_ethics_medical.html)

Comment on the message of the film.

The film talks about cloned humans and their fight to achieve freedom. In my opinion clones are humans too and not products. I disagree with cloning because i think that all people are unique and we aren't able to make copies, that is plagiarism._______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

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A Wonderful World – Presentations

We live on a Wonderful Planet. However, sometimes we take actions that may put the natural survival of the world at risk.

During class you heard, read and spoke about Environment Problems. Now you are going to listen to your classmates speak about some topics they researched on. Most of the topics are articles published in the National Geographic online site. On this page identify the pair that is speaking, the article / topic and take some notes about what you hear.

The article titles that were researched were the following:

a) Sustainable Earth: Water b) Signs from Earth c) Why recycle?

d) The Big Thaw - How to help e) Tapped Out f) Causes of Global Warming g) What is it to be eco-friendly h) Developing Ecotourism i) Eco-friendly adventure

j) Oil-coated gulf birds better off dead?

k) Food: altered and biotechnology?

l) Cloned Species – first extinct-animal cloned

m) Natural Disasters: avalanches, flood and tsunamis

n) Natural Disasters: lightening, volcanoes and wildfires

o) Natural Disasters: earthquakes, hurricanes and tornados

p) Earth Day Facts: When It Is, How It Began, What to Do

q) What Is Global Warming? The Planet Is Heating Up—and Fast

Classmates

Topic

Notes / Interesting Facts

Comment

Hadassa e

Sofia A Don't have access to clean water

3.75 miles to get water

They read

Luciana e

Miguel P Created by GaryLord 1969 They were

creative

Rui e Bruno D reasonable

Joana e

Micas M "Ring of fire" Good

Creative

Luís e

Mourão

Avelino e

André O Fire Tornado Creative

Pedro, Diogo

P e Diogo

CasaNova k

Altered food to taste better Good but read

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Now assess your mates’ presentations. Be objective!

Names Fluency Pronunciation Vocabulary /Grammar Creativity Total

1. 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

2. 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

3. Ana Micaela 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 15

4. Ana Mourão 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

5. André Dias 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 14

6. Avelino Araujo 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 14

7. Bruno Silva 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 10

8. Diogo Pereira 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 14

9. Diogo CasaNova 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 13

10. 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

11. Hadassa Libânio 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 10

12. 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

13. Joana Pinto 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 15

14. 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

15. 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

16. 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

17. Luciana Gomes 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 14

18. Luís Póvoas 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

19. Miguel Sampaio 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 15

20. 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

21. 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

22. Pedro Lopes 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 13

23. 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

24. 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

25. Rui Silva 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 10

26. 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

27. 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

28. 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

29. Sofia Rodrigues 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 13

30. 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5

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Our Society

Man is a social being and often finds ways of doing things that are common to more than one person. Unfortunately sometimes a regular practice turns into a habit and then might develop into an addiction (psychological or physical enslavement).

A. Vocabulary Game

There are many types of addictions. Discover the words, which refer to some sort of dependence, in the conundrums below. The definitions will help you.

OCLICHOCHO COOLIALCH OHROCKILAW SCHOOLAIPH

Definitions: 1. a person who is unable to stop working - Workaholic_______

2. a person who is addicted to alcohol - _Alcoholic____________

3. a person who loves chocolates - _____Chocoholic_____________

4. a person who is unable to control spending and buying - __Shopaholic________________

B. Reading – “aholic”

Some hobbies may turn into an obsession, although I have never found a word for being addicted to reading besides bookworm. Below is a text that describes a certain type of addiction; read it and identify (underline) words that transmit a negative idea about this habit.

Without a doubt, we live in a very “spend-happy” society. As a whole, many people are living above their means and some are drowning in debt. The problem is that many people (no matter their level of income) view shopping as a hobby. Some of these people take weekend-long shopping excursions, spend money they do not have, and often regret their purchases the next day. The people above described can be considered compulsive shoppers, or shopaholics. True shopaholics shop out of compulsion. They will make purchases long after they are over their heads in debt. They shop when they are feeling emotionally distressed, and use spending as a coping mechanism. They do not shop because they merely enjoy it, or because they are purchasing things that they have a need for. They buy things because they feel they HAVE to. Shopaholics are out of control; these people lack self-control.

http://www.essortment.com/all/shopaholic_rxfm.htm (adapted)

C. Listening – spree

On the other hand, couch potatoes are addicted to watching TV. Watch 2 short videos so that you may answer the questions below.

1 - Confessions of a Shopaholic 2 – “Don’t Blame Me”

a) Tick (√) the words you associate to the video you watched.

a) Match the expressions used in the video to their meaning.

workaholic spending spree x expression definition

shopaholic x modelling “materialistic” paying, disbursing,

wasting

money gourmet food “keeping up with the Joneses”

excessive acquisition of things

credit card x designer clothes x “spending”

trying to match the lifestyle of one's neighbours

obsession x consumerism x

b) text type* - __Film Trailer________________ b) text type* - ___Music Video Clip_________

*b) Write the following text types under the most adequate title: music video clip; film trailer c) Being a shopaholic is the common topic in the two videos. However the approach is different. How is the message different? A- The girl is made to feel guilty for her debts. B- Society is blamed for incentivating consumerism.

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