practise
A sensitive palate
While you watch: Listen for the following and complete the phrases
Excuse me…
just a minute
If you could just…
on other counter, would be great, thanks
What kind…
of coffee would you like?
A large…
That's too…
strong, I have a sensitive palate
Would you like to…
put a face in it?
I'm a bit…
of expert in the air staff
You know what…
you should do
After you watch
- Have you ever experienced such a customer?
- Have you ever been that customer?
Eliot Short film
What do the following numbers refer to?:
spend:
75
25 years - sleeping
197 days
- having a shower
16 weeks - boiling water
76 days - brushing teeth
3 years
- driving a car
32 hours - pretending to know how a car works
3 months - laughing
8 hours
- thinking what's happened with a microwave
1 year - playing computer games
10 years - sitting on a couch
5 years
- doing nothing
65 hours - watching how planes fly
4 hours - watching photos received form the cousin
8 hours
- justified which photos
62 hours - pretending to like football secretly wishing them dead
2 hours - doing something in a coffee shop
6 months
- get it over (but I don't know what)
5 months 30 days - believe that she isn't a bitch
1 day - realise that she is mad
61 months
- thinking about sex
3 month - having sex (by the way making a strange face)
2 months - sitting on the toilet
5 years - on the Internet
13 months - masturbating
28 days
- drinking
63 days - recovering
3 days - that somebody might be gay
17 minutes - being gay for experiment
5 day - looking for a car
AFTER YOU WATCH:Make a list of the things you most frequently do.
How many hours do you spend doing these things per month?
What’s the point of the film?
Does it convey its message well?