CAST AWAY/ Unit 12 Emergency!

A- Fill out the movies plot summary with the words from the box: Back-up plan Jeopardize Wipe out Devise Hazard Essential Evaluate Get through Emerge

Warning systems

Beat the odds

In 1995, Chuck Noland is a time-obsessed systems analyst, who travels worldwide resolving productivity problems at FedEx depots. He wants to get married with his girlfriend; his busy schedule 1)________________________their relationship. A Christmas with relatives is interrupted by Chuck being summoned to resolve a problem in Malaysia. He tried to call his girlfriend, but the call didnt 2)________________________. Flying through a violent storm, his airplane crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Chuck is able to escape the sinking plane and is saved by an inflatable life-raft, 3)________________________ from the water. He clings to the life-raft, loses consciousness, and floats all night before being washed up on an island. After he awakens, he 4)________________________the situation and soon discovers that the island is uninhabited. Several FedEx packages from the crashed plane wash up on the shore. He initially tries to signal for rescue and 5)________________________ an escape attempt with the remnants of his life-raft, but he cannot pass the powerful waves, so he tried to think of a 6)________________________. He searches for 7)________________________ like food, water, shelter, and opens the packages. He leaves one package, with a pair of wings painted on it, unopened. When trying to make fire, Chuck cuts deep wound to his hand, becoming a 8)________________________ to his health. He throws several objects, including a Wilson Sporting Goods volleyball from one of the packages. He draws a face in the bloody hand print on the ball, names it Wilson and begins talking to it. Four years later Chuck is dramatically thinner, bearded, his hair is longer, and he is wearing a loincloth. After a large section from a portable toilet washes up on the island, Chuck uses it as a sail in the construction of a raft. After spending some time building and stocking the raft and deciding when the weather conditions will be optimal, he launches, using the sail to overcome the powerful surf. After some time on the ocean, a storm nearly 9)________________________him and his raft. The following day, "Wilson" falls from the raft and is lost, leaving Chuck overwhelmed by loneliness. Somehow Chuck 10)________________________ and later was found drifting by a passing cargo ship. Upon returning to civilization, Chuck realizes everybody thought he was dead; his family and friends held a funeral, and his past girlfriend is now married to Chuck's dentist and has a daughter. After reuniting with Kelly, the pair expressed their love for each other but, realizing a

future together would be impossible due to her commitment to her family, they part. Kelly gives Chuck the keys to the car they once shared. Chuck then travels out into the country to return the unopened FedEx package to its sender. The house is empty, so he leaves the package at the door with a note saying that the package saved his life. He then departs and stops at a remote crossroads. A woman passing by in a pickup truck stops to explain where each road goes to. As she drives away, Chuck notices the illustration on her truck is identical to the one on the parcel. Chuck is left looking down each road and then toward the departing woman in the truck.

B- Which verb tense is used in each sentence?

Reporter: What are your survival skills and how would you survive on a desert island? _____________________________________________________________________________ Tom Hanks: I just rely on the hundreds of people who have been brought to the island to ply me with sandwiches and build huts for me and give me bottles of water and umbrellas any time I need them, which is so great its almost cruel! _____________________________________________________________________________ Reporter: What is the most difficult part about being a castaway? _____________________________________________________________________________ Tom Hanks: We discovered in the course of developing the story and the screenplay and talking to people whod been through similar experiences that you might be able to conquer the elements long enough to get found. _____________________________________________________________________________ - The reporter asked what his survival skills were and how he would survive on a desert island> ______________________________________________________________________ Tom Hanks said he just relied on the hundreds of people who had been brought to the island to ply him with sandwiches and built huts for him and gave him bottles of water and umbrellas any time. He said he needed them, which was so great its almost cruel. _______________________ - The reporter asked what the most difficult part about being a castaway was. _____________________________________________________________________________ Tom Hanks explained they had discovered in the course of developing the story and the screenplay and talking to people who had been through similar experiences _____________________________________________________________________________

C- Answer these questions to discuss in class: - What did Chuck do to survive in the island? - In any moment did he give up on his plan to leave the island? - What motivated him to continue? - What did you learn from the movie?