lesson 31/2017 »

Guardian:
Missing in London - depot office
Western civilsation is deprived of sleep

Article: How to prevent a cold

Film: Tea for Two

practise

Tea for Two
https://vimeo.com/126793791

Before you watch

1. How often do you visit a café/tea shop?
   
2. What's important when choosing a café/tea shop?
   

While you watch

1. Why's Jim getting worked up?
   
2. Why's the first customer later than usual?
   
3. What does he order?
   
4. What does Jim recommend instead?
   
5. How does Jim's wife respond?
   
6. What does the second customer order?
   
7. What does Jim offer with the cake?
   
8. - You were supposed to show her to her seat
   - I know but I got flustered.
   

What does flustered mean?

9. What does the couple struggle to find?
   
10. Complete the following:
    

________ is a virtue, sunshine

11. How does Jim's wife get the first customer to move?
    
12. How does Jim's wife get the two customers off their phones?
    
13. What excuse does Jim's wife make?
    
14. How does it end for the two customers?
    
15. How does it end for the hostage?
    

After you watch

1. Can you give an explanation for the story?
   
2. Who are the characters? How are they linked?
   

sleep
genes, clock genes
modern lifestyle, dimly lit office
rules of biology
jet lag - our brain adapts more quickly
health problems