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Vocabulary

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Useful vocabulary
1. Argument – сварка
2. Hate – ненавидіти
3. Victim – жертва
4. Possibility – можливість
5. Apparently – мабуть
6. Introduce – представити
7. Emergency - надзвичайна ситуація
8. Folk – народ
9. Truck – вантажівка
10. Defend – захищати
11. Hide – приховати
12. Tie – краватка
13. Suppose – припустимо
14. Fabric – тканина
15. Relief – полегшення
16. Desperate – відчайдушний
17. Complicated – складний
18. Intervention – втручання
19. Tip – порада
20. Shrimp – креветки
21. Cane – тростина
22. Belly – живіт
23. Jewelry - ювелірні вироби
24. Basement – підвал
25. Corpse – труп
26. Suitcase – валіза
27. Laundry – прання
28. Rent – оренда
29. Microwave - мікрохвильова піч
30. Ridiculous – смішно
31. Work the block – грабувати район (в контексті фільму)
32. In the first place – насамперед
33. To lay eyes on smt or smb – побачити щось або когось
вперше
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34. To do one step at a time – робити все не поспішаючи,

акуратно
35. To load the van – забити грузовик (речами)
36. Get a bite to eat – перекусити (to have a meal, grab a bite to
eat)
37. Hiya! – (inf. Hello) привіт
38. Pal – дружок
39. To outsmart someone – перехитрити
40. Get over here! – Йди сюди!
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Task 1. Match the words with the translation

1. Truck
2. Complicated
3. Ridiculous
4. Suitcase
5. Victim
6. Laundry
7. Relief
8. Tip

A. Валіза
B. Смішно
C. Вантажівка
D. Жертва
E. Прання
F. Порада
G. Складний
H. Полегшення

Task 2. Unscramble the words

1. IRSMPH - _____________________
2. COWEIMAVR - _________________
3. NEEDDF - __________________
4. IOTSLIIBSPY - ______________________
5. ETANPYLPAR - ________________________
6. NTINEVEITRON - _________________
7. YEBLL - ______________
8. ALP - ____________
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Task 3. Complete the sentences with words from the box

below.

Step Working Laid First Time Outsmarted Bite Over

Unload

1. Hey look! That house is the

only reason we started ________ this
block in the ________ place.

2. So let’s take one ______ at a

_____, okay?

3. Ever since I _____ eyes on that

house, I wanted it.
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4. We’ll _______ the van. We’ll get

a ______ to eat.

5.We _________ you this time.

6. Get ________ here!

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Task 4. Choose the right option

1. What does Harry mean by “working this block”?
They’re …
a) Stealing the block
b) Robbing the block
c) Working in the block
2. If you take something one step at a time you do
something …
a) With passion and dedication
b) Slowly and carefully
c) In a hurry
3. If you outsmart someone, you…
a) Try to catch them
b) Take revenge on them
c) Defeat them by being more clever

Task 5. Translate into Ukrainian

1. I don't know how to pack a suitcase. I've never done this once
in my whole life.
__________________________________________________________________
2. Bless this highly nutritious, microwaveable macaroni and
cheese dinner, and the people who sold it on sale. Amen.
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
3. I got some milk, eggs, and fabric softener.
__________________________________________________________________
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4. Look, that house is the only reason why we started working

this block in the first place.
________________________________________________________________
____________________________
5. Apparently, he was there all day with a corpse.
__________________________________________________________________
6. Wait. My elf took the last of the candy canes home to her
boyfriend.
__________________________________________________________________
________________________________
7. No way. You see that garbage can full of salt? That's where he
keeps his victims. The salt turns the bodies into mummies.
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
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Watching

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Task 6. Watch (05:00-07:00) and tell True or False

1. Kevin asks Buzz to help him with his suitcase T F
2. French girls don’t shave their pits T F
3. There are nude beaches in France in winter T F
4. The Buzz’s spider will be hungry while he is away T F
5. Old man Marley is a slayer (вбивця) T F
6. Marley killed his neighbors in 1978 T F
7. The salt turn his victims into mummies (мумії) T F

Task 7. Watch (10:59 -12:35) and fill in the right

preposition from the box below

For About(x3) Out Over Up(x2) On

1. If you'll excuse me, this one's a little ____ of sorts. I'll be right
back.
2. Don't worry ____ me. I spoke to your husband already. And
don't worry _____ your home. It's in good hands.
3. I'm the only one getting dumped ____.
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4. You're the only one acting ____. Now get upstairs!

5. Don't be silly. Fuller will be ____ in a little while.
6. I don't want to sleep with Fuller. You know _____ him: he wets
the bed. He'll pee all _____ me. I know it.
7. Then maybe you should ask Santa _____ a new family.

Task 8. Listen to the scene,

without watching it and insert the
correct word. Then check yourself.
Mark your mistakes.
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PETER:
What's the matter? Honey?

KATE:
I have a 1) ______ feeling.

PETER:
About what?

KATE:
That we didn't do something.

PETER:
You feel that way because we left 2) __ ______ ___ _______. We
took care of everything. Believe me, we did.

KATE:
Did I 3) _____ ___ the coffee?

PETER:
No. I did.
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KATE:
Did you lock up?

PETER:
Yeah.

KATE:
Did you close the 4) _______?

PETER:
That's it. I 5) ________ to close the garage.
That's it.

KATE:
No, that's not it.

PETER:
What else could we be 6) ____________?

KATE:
7) ___________!

FLIGHT ATTENDANT:
The captain's doing all he can, but your phones are still 8) ___
___ _______.

LESLIE:
We'll call as soon as we land, Kate. I'm sure everything's okay.

FRANK:
It's horrible, 9) ________. Just horrible.

KATE:
How could we do this? We forgot him.

PETER:
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We didn't forget him, we just miscounted.

KATE:
What kind of mother am I?

FRANK:
If it makes you feel any better, I forgot
my reading 10) ____________.

Task 9. Who is who?

1. I am the youngest member of the family. I was sent to the attic
after a fight with my brother. I was left behind when my family
took a trip to Paris. I bought fabric softener, made friends with
the next door neighbor and stopped two burglars from robbing
my house.
a) Buzz
b) Kevin

2. I am the oldest child in my family. I was mean to my brother

Kevin. I wouldn’t
let him sleep in
my room and I ate
his pizza and
blamed it on him.
I wasn’t all too
concerned that he
was home all by
himself and I
yelled at him for
messing up my
room while I was
gone.
a) Buzz
b) Mitch
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3. I was the first person to realize that Kevin was left at home. I
tried everything to get home to him, even hitching a ride with
some polka band.
a) Megan McCallister (sister)
b) Kate McCallister (mother)

4. I am married to Kate. I yelled at Kevin for

using up my fish hooks and asked him to
clean up the Micro Machines he left on the
floor. I noticed a golden tooth on the floor
when I returned from Paris.
a) Buzz McCallister (brother)
b) Frank McCallister (father)

Task 10. Watch (52:00-53:54). Answer the questions.

1. Where is Kevin?
2. Why does the cashier look at him with such a curiosity?
3. What have you noticed in the Kevin’s cart in the supermarket?
4. For what product he has a coupon?
5. What does the cashier ask Kevin? Are his answers correct?
How would you respond her?
6. Are microwave dinners good?
7. Where is Kevin’s mom and dad according to his words?
8. What has happened at the end of the scene? Has it ever
happened to you?
9. What does
“paper” means in
the context?
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Task 11. Watch (1:08:35-1:13:05) and insert the right

word.

Task 12. Watch (1:15:30-1:25:00) and count all of

Kevin’s traps. Discuss them, which one is the funniest
one? Which is the most cruel? Which is dangerous? What
would you do?
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Discussion
Task 13.
Look at the picture and describe the main characters.

Task 14. Discuss the questions.

1. How could his mother forget about him?
2. Do you find this film interesting? Why?
3. Why didn’t the burglars ever give up?
4. Why did it take the cops so long to get there?
5. Why doesn’t he tell anyone what happened?
6. What's the main idea of the film?
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Keys

Task 1
8. C
9. G
10. B
11. A
12. D
13. E
14. H
15. F
Task 2

Task 3
1. Working, first
2. Step, time
3. Laid
4. Unload, bite
5. Outsmarted
6. Over
Task 4
1. B
2. B
3. C

Task 6
1. F
2. T
3. F
4. F
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5. T
6. F
7. T
Task 7
1. Out
2. About (x2)
3. On
4. Up
5. Up
6. About, over
7. For
Task 8
1. Terrible
2. in such a hurry
3. turn off
4. garage
5. forgot
6. forgetting
7. Kevin
8. out of order.
9. Horrible
10. glasses
Task 9
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. b
task 11
1. shouldn’t
2. afraid
3. that
4. argument
5. call
6. offense
7. bothered
8. get