Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
In the new movie 21 Grams, college professor Paul Rivers (Sean Penn) is mortally ill and awaiting a heart transplant. Cristina Peck (Naomi Watts) is a good wife to Michael and loving mother to two little girls. Her family radiates hope and joy. Much farther down the socioeconomic scale, ex-con Jack Jordan (Benicio Del Toro) and his wife Marianne struggle to provide for their two children. A tragic accident that claims several lives connects all of them. In the aftermath, each person attempts to deal with the complicated and difficult situation.
Miguel recently saw 21 Grams. Listen in to his conversation with Zach to hear what he thinks about it.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
Miguel: Zach, have you seen 21 Grams yet?
Zach: No I haven’t. What’s the deal with 21 Grams? What does that mean?
Miguel: Well, supposedly 21 grams is the amount of weight that every person loses, like, the moment they die. So, the movie is semi-based on that, but it’s kind of an interesting concept.
Zach: So what kind of plot does it have?
Miguel: Well, I really don’t want to give it away, ‘cause it’s really an interesting and, uh, enrapturing plot, but basically it’s about tragedy and it’s about the way people deal with tragedy in different ways. So, I think the 21 grams is kind of symbolic. We all go through the same thing but everyone kinda deals with it in a different way.
Zach: That sounds cool. It kinda sounds like a play, for some reason.
Miguel: Yeah. Well it is like a play, especially because it’s a real actor’s movie. Like, I don’t think I’ve seen three better performances in a movie in my life. It’s really, really incredible.
Zach: That’s awesome. Isn’t Sean Penn in there?
Miguel: Yeah. Sean Penn and Naomi Watts and Benicio Del Toro – and they’re just totally amazing. Like, I was just on edge. I was crying. I was, like, laughing. Every emotion I went through during that film.
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Discussion
Miguel really gives 21 Grams a strong endorsement. He’s super excited about the film. It must be a good one.
I really enjoyed the last film by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Previous to 21 Grams, he directed Amores Perros, which was in Spanish. Iñárritu is definitely one of the most talented filmmakers working today. It’s going to be fun to see what he does next.
See you at the movies!
Zach
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