Part one: Explain who these 16 people were and what they did in the story.

1.-Jackson Curtis: Escritor que trabaja como chofer de los hijos del billonario
Ruso Yuri Karpov. Es el personaje principal que luego de la catstrofe logra salvar
a su familia de morir en ella.

Writer who works as driver of the children of the billionaire Russian Yuri Karpov. He
is the principal personage who after the catastrophe manages to save his family of
dying
2.-Adrian Helmsley: Gelogo y asesor cientfico del Presidente de los Estados
Unidos. Es quien descubre que los neutrinos han mutado y lleva esta informacin
al Presidente.
Geologist and scientific adviser of the President of the United States. It is him who
discovers that the neutrinos changed and it takes this information to the President.

3.-Kate: Ex esposa de Jackson, madre de Noah y Lilly. Mantiene una relacin con
Gordon.
Ex-wife of Jackson, mother of Noah and Lilly. It supports a relation with Gordon.

4.-Dra.Laura Wilson: Hija del Presidente y por ser una experta en arte es la
encargada de trasladar las obras ms valiosas hasta las Arcas.

Daughter of the President and for being an expert in art she is the manager of
moving the most valuable works up to the Arks.

5.-Noah Curtis: Hijo de Jackson y Kate. Es un nio rebelde y no muy cercano a

su padre, lo tutea y le cuestiona todo. Al transcurrir la pelcula, Noah logra crear un
vnculo de cario con l.

Son of Jackson and Kate. He is a child rebellious and not very near to his father, it
questions his everything. After the movie passes, Nonah it manages to create a tie
of fondness with him.

6.-Lilly: Hija de Jackson y Kate. Nia muy apegada a sus padres y al novio de su
madre. Le gustaba usar sombreros y gorros.
Daughter of Jackson and Kate. Girl very attached to his parents and to the fianc
of his mother. He liked using hats and caps.

7.-Gordon: Cirujano plstico, actual novio de Kate. Logr sobrevivir a la catstrofe

junto a la familia Curtis, pero muere aplastado por los engranajes de las Arcas.
Plastic surgeon, Kate's current fianc. It managed to survive the catastrophe along
with the family Curtis, but he dies squashed by the cogwheels of the Arks.

8.-Carl Anheuser: Jefe de Gabinete de la Casa Blanca. Gran rival de Adrian y es

quien ordena asesinar a todos quienes intentaran revelar lo de las Arcas.
Boss of Office of the White House. Adrian's big rival and there is who orders to
murder to all who were trying to reveal that thing about the Arks.

9.-Thomas Wilson: Presidente de los Estados Unidos, es el padre de Laura. Gran

amigo de Adrian. Decide no subir al avin y morir junto a su pas.
President of the United States, is Laura's father. Adrian's best friend. It decides not
to rise to the plane and to die along with his country.

10.-Charlie Frost: Loco terico que saba de la catstrofe. Vivia en Yellowstone en

una casa rodante, en donde mantena una radio donde transmita informacin
relacionada con predicciones y fenmenos. Muere feliz observando y
transmitiendo lo acontecido con el fin del mundo.
Theoretical madman that it was known about the catastrophe. It was living in
Yellowstone in a rolling house, where it was supporting a radio where it was

transmitting information related to prophecies and phenomena. He dies happy

observing and transmitting the happened in order to the world.

11.-Tamara: Mujer jven que es la pareja del billonario ruso Yuri, a quien engaa
con Sasha. Muere ahogada cuando salva a Lilly y a su mascota.
Young woman who is the girlfriend of the Russian billionaire Yuri, whom it cheats
with Sasha. She dies drowned when it saves Lilly and his pet.

12.-Sasha: Piloto personal de Yuri. Es el amante de Tamara. Muere cuando el

avin en el que estaba cae al vaco.
Personal pilot of Yuri. He is Tamara's lover. He dies when the plane in the one that
was falls down to the gap.

13.-Harry Helmsley: Cantante de jazz y padre de Adrian. Su hijo le haba

informado de la catstrofe que ocurrira. Muere cuando un tsunami arraza con el
Crucero Gnesis donde se encontraba.
Singer of jazz and Adrian's father. His son had informed him about the catastrophe
that would happen. He dies when the tsunami destroys the Cruise Genesis where
he was.

14.-Alec Karpov: Hijo gemelo de Yuri Karpov. Se salva en las Arcas.

Son twin of Yuri Karpov. It is saved in the Arks.

15.-Oleg Karpov: Gemelo de Alec e hijo de Yuri Karpov. Es salvado por su padre
para poder subirlo al Arca.
Twin of Alec and son of Yuri Karpov. It is saved by his father to be able to raise it to
the Ark.

16.-Yuri Karpov: Billonario Ruso, padre de los gemelos Alec y Oleg. Pareja de
Tamara. Muere cuando salva a su hijo Oleg al subirlo a una Arca y el cae al vaco.

Russian billionaire, father of the twins Alec and Oleg. Tamara's partner. He dies
when it saves his son Oleg on having raised an Ark and the falls down to the gap.

Part two: Answer TRUE or FALSE to the following statements.

1.-Jackson Curtis was divorced: True
2.-Tamara was Yuris wife: False
3.-Sasha had a love affair with Tamara: True
4.-Yuri Karpov was a Billionaire from Germany: False
5.-Curtis wrote a book named Good bye Atlantis: True
6.-Charlie Frost had a secret map about the location where the
ships were: True
7.-Kate Curtis was deeply in love with Gordon: True
8.-The president decided to die with the rest of the people in
The White House: True
9.-The Neutrinos were Solar particles which increased the
Earth temperature: True
10.-The big ships were called arks: True

Part three: Complete the following statements with information from the movie.
1.-Adrian Hemsleys father Harry was: Cantante de jazz. Singer of jazz
2.-At the Airport Sasha and Gordon flew to China in a very big: Un Aeroplano
pequeo y se cambian a uno de carga que deban pilotar los dos.
A small Airplane and it change to one of load that had to pilot the two.
Plane named: Antonov 500.
3.-The people who got the tickets to the arks were: Quienes pudieron pagar Un
Milln de dlares. Those who could pay A Million dollars.

4.-The Chinese workers who built the arks: No estaban considerados para subir
a ellas.
They were not considered to raise them.

5.-The first earthquake happened in: Los Angeles y fue 10.9 grados Richter.
Los Angeles and it was 10.9 grades Richter.
6.-In the Yellowstone Park, Charlie Frost: Transmite un programa radial sobre
predicciones referente a las profesias Mayas y sobre el fin del mundo.
It transmits a radial program on prophecies regarding to the Mayan predictions and
on the end of the world.

7.-Air Force One was: Es el avin donde viajan Anehauser, Hemsley y Laura para
llegar a las Arcas.

It is the plane where Anehauser, Hemsley and Laura travel to come to the Arks.

8.-The first Tsunami happened when Harry and Tony: Estaban actuando en el
Crucero Gnesis, en el mar de Japn.
They were operating in the Cruise Genesis, in the sea of Japan.

9.-Kate and Jackson were separated because: Jackson le daba ms tiempo a

su trabajo o a escribir y no tena tiempo con su familia.
Jackson he had more time for his work or to write and had no time with his family.

10.-Gordon and Tamara knew each other because:

Plstico y oper a Tamara.
Gordon was a Plastic Surgeon and it produced Tamara.

Gordon era Cirujano

Part four: Discuss the following points.

1.-Only genetically prepared people were chosen to survive.
Como secreto de Estado se hizo pensar que las personas haban sido elegidas
genticamente para poder sobrevivir y subir a las Arcas, como una forma de
conserver una Buena especie, pero esto no era as ya que quienes podan
comprar boletos de un valor de Mil Millones de dlares podran acceder a las
Arcas. Aqu solo importa el dinero que pudiesen tener las personas.
As secret of State made to think that the persons had been chosen genetically to
be able to survive and raise to the Arks, as a form of conserver a Good species,
but this was not like that since who could buy tickets of a value of Billion dollars
might gain access to the Arks. Here only import the money that the persons could
have.

2.-Animals occupied the places of people in the arks.

Se llevaron en las Arcas distintas especies de animales, dispuestas en lugares
adaptados para su transporte. La finalidad de esto era poder preservar algunas
especies.
They took in the different Arks species of animals, arranged in places adapted for
his transport. The purpose of this was to be able to preserve some species.

3.-Chinese workers made the arks but they werent considered to survive.
Los Chinos construyeron las Arcas, pero de ninguna forma estaban considerados
para poder subir a ellas. Estos trabajadores no saban eso y crean que tambin
seran parte de la tripulacin y por ende se salvaran.

The Chineses constructed the Arks, but they were not considered to be able to
raise them. These workpeople did not know that and believed that also they would
be a part of the crew and they would be saved.