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The World is Not Enough

Date: Nov 02 2000

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.

Plot: A terrorist tries to take control of an oil pipeline in Europe. James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) mission is to stop this from happening. Can he do it? Has James Bond ever failed?
Clip: In this scene, James (Pierce Brosnan) and Christmas (Denise Richards) have been traveling through the pipeline on a cart. A bomb goes off inside the pipeline and makes a big hole. This allows the two to crawl outside. James explains why he let the bomb go off.  

Dialog

1. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

James

Christmas

James:  Come on – give me your hand. Jump, jump, jump! (she jumps out of pipe, onto ground)

Christmas:  Do you want to explain why you did that? I could have stopped that bomb! You almost killed us!

James:  I did kill us. She thinks we’re dead. She thinks she got away with it.

Christmas:  Do you want to put that in English for those of us that don’t speak “Spy?” Who’s “she?”

James:  Electra King .

Christmas:  Why would she blow up her own pipeline?

James:  It makes her look innocent. The explosion covers up the theft of plutonium, and make it look like a terrorist attack.

Christmas:  But why leave this half?

James:  So there’s enough to spread around, to cover up for the part that they did take.

Christmas:  But what are they going to do with the other half? It’s not enough to make a nuclear bomb.

James:
You’re the scientist, you tell me.

Christmas:  I don’t know. But the world’s greatest terrorist running around with 6 kilos of weapons-grade plutonium can’t be good. I have to get it back, or somebody’s going to have my ass.

James:  First things first.


DISCUSSION

James is a very smart guy. His speech style is nice and clear. Christmas is supposed to be smart, but she doesn’t sound like it. Both of them are probably in their 30’s.
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Discussion

James Bond movies are always a lot of fun. James always gets into trouble, but wins in the end. He does very well with women, and once again, his co-star is beautiful. She is a terrible actor, but her looks keep her entertaining to watch “in my book.” Have fun with this one. Lots of action and “one-liners.” I give it a 6 out of 10 Have you seen The World is Not Enough and want to share your opinion? Do you like James Bond movies in general? Well, come to the “Movie Madness” message board and tell us about it! From the front row, John

 

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