Martha Speaks. Alice Twinkle Toes.

Before watching:

Answer the questions about yourself:

- Have you ever been afraid of doing something you really wanted to do?

- Do you like dancing / watching ballet?

- Do you think ballet is a kind of sport?

- What kind of benefits does it have?

While watching:

Vocabulary for Movements

Match the words: 

1) graceful

2) beautiful

3) smooth

4) agile

5) clumsy

6) klutz(y)

7) athletic

8) awkward

a) неуклюжий

b) плавный

c) неуклюжий

d) красивый

e) проворный

f) грациозный

g) нескладный

h) спортивный

Fill in the missing words from the list above:

1) When you are able to move different parts of your body together in a _____ way, it is called coordination.

2) The dancers were really _______. Not as _______ as professional wrestlers, but

close.

3) Who am I kidding? Even in my dreams I’m a ______.

4) You’re so _______, you have much better balance on skates than I do.

5) This girl is not _______. _______means someone falls down a lot and stumbles into things.

6) This can’t be right. It feels really _______.

True or false:

1) Football players and baseball players take ballet to improve their balance.

2) Alice is a ktutz on the ice.

3) Charley horse is Alice’s pet.

4) Alice is sneaky because she thinks her friends will laugh at her.

5) The writing on Ronald’s present says, “Danger! I make wide turns”.

Match the two parts of the line:

1) I wish I had a horse                             

2) I saw a show on TV                              

3) I’m trying to get that thing on the top shelf,

4) Stand back,

5) This can’t be right -

6) Everybody’s awkward when they start something

7) He said he thought

a) that’s why you take classes.

b) it feels really awkward.

c) where they proved a ballet dancer was just as fit as a linebacker.

d) you really want to take ballet classes.

e) my sister is a little clumsy.

f) to get me out of this ballet.

g) I can’t quite reach it.

Answer the questions:

- How did Martha become a talking dog?

- Why did Alice start to like ballet?

- Who was laughing at Alice’s passion and why?

- Why did Alice think she couldn’t take ballet classes?

- What did she dream of?

- What did Alice’s friends think about her wanting to be a ballet dancer?

- What did Alice buy in the shop and what did she do with it?

- How would you describe Alice using the vocabulary of the lesson?

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