The film The Last Tourist is about problems with the tourism industry. Watch the trailer to find out more about it.
Write an entry about tourism in your diary. How do you see it?
TECHNOLOGY IN OUR DAILY LIVES.
Technology and our daily lives.
Managing conflict at business
VOCABULARY.
1. Describing people's personality.
READING
Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing lens.
GRAMMAR.
GET.
2. Exercises.
A SHORT FILM ABOUT DEALING WITH DEPRESSION.
Write about the story in your diary. I can help you:
- What is the structure of the film?
- How would you say the film plays with symbols? How many can you identify? What do they represent?
READING.
Read the following texts, do the exercises and write entries in you diaries giving some feedback on the following issues.
Digital habits across generations.
LISTENING
STORY 1 SEEING IS BELIEVING.
Watch the video and do the exercises.
VIDEO : Seeing is believing.
Write and entry in your diary.
STORY 2. ALL MY HAPPY FRIENDS.
Do the preparation task first. Then watch the video and do the exercise. Remember you can read the transcript at any time.
Write about it in your diary.
AND YET,....ANOTHER INSPIRING STORY.
What's the teaching in the following story?
| A Street Cat Named Bob | |
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| Directed by | Roger Spottiswoode |
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| Based on | A Street Cat Named Bob and The World According to Bob by James Bowen |
| Produced by | Adam Rolston |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Peter Wunstorf |
| Edited by | Paul Tothill |
| Music by | |
A Street Cat Named Bob is a 2016 British biographical drama film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and written by Tim John and Maria Nation. It is based on the book of the same name and The World According to Bob by James Bowen. The film stars Luke Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt, Anthony Head, and Bob the Cat as himself. The film premiered in London on 3 November 2016, followed by a general release the next day. The title is a spoof of A Streetcar Named Desire.
The film won Best British Film at the UK National Film Awards on 29 March 2017.[3]
A Christmas-themed sequel, A Gift from Bob, was released to UK theatres in November 2020. The film was released posthumously, as Bob the cat died in June 2020.
James Bowen is a homeless man and former heroin addict, living on the streets of London . After a life-threatening drug-related incident, his support worker Val gets him into a council flat and prescribes him methadone in an attempt to get him off the street. On his first night in his flat James discovers a cat rifling through his food. Assuming the cat had escaped from somewhere, James tries to return the cat to his real owners.
Think before you read
1. What does Black Friday mean to you?
2. What's the story behind it?
3. Mention other traditions that have connections with consumming.
4. How often do you buy stuff you don't need?
Now , read the text
The psychological reason you are sucked into Black Friday buys.
5. After reading the text, how can we explain that we buy more than we need?
6. What are the techniches used?
7. Think about your shopping habits and explain how can you connect them with the information in the text.
