 Journal entry for a film

 Title of the film  Your personal Director:  New vocabulary

“Cheaper by the dozen” rating up to 5  -
 Company- 20th 4
Century Fox  Your personal
 Year of production comments and impressions- Bonnie Hunt,
2003 I enjoyed watching this
kind and hear- warming
movie
Shawn Levy Incentive-
Actors: something that stimulates
one to work harder; jovial-
Steve Martin,
playful good humor
arbors-trees
Piper Perabo, Idioms- cheaper by the
dozen-
Tom Welling,
Costing less money if purch
Hilary Duff ased in large quantities (not 
necessarily a dozen).
Fit like a glove –to fit
perfectly
Phraseological units (10-15
items) to catch some rays-
to get some sunshine, to tan
take the heat-
To receive and enduring inte
nse criticism or scorn, espec
ially for a perceived mistake 
or wrongdoing.
slacking on - negligent;
careless; remiss
 hang up- end a telephone
conversation by cutting the
connection.

 5 compulsory sentences to sum up the information  Quotations/ Statements/ Opinions

 It is a remake of the 1950 film of the same name.
Tom Baker is a college football coach in a small town
in Midland, Illinois, where he raised twelve children,
and his wife, Kate, has written her story in a book and
hopes to send it to her friend to publish the book.She
worth mentioning
"Little Vampires, my plan worked. She's
gone. Now I can raise you children the way I
want to. Mwa ha ha, ha ha, ha."
"All right. Enough is Enough. You're
leaves her family for a couple of weeks, but husband slacking on your chores. You're fighting in
can`t cope up with the kids and work at the same school. Things are out of control. As of this
time. moment, you are all grounded"

 Title of the film - Amélie 

 Company-  Claudie Ossard Productions
 Year of production-2001
 Your personal rating up to 5  - 4.5
 Your personal comments and impressions- gripping movie with stunning actors` play. It
is unique in its kind.  The whole movie is amusing, entertaining and charming
 Director:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
 Actors:  Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus
 5 compulsory sentences to sum up the information
 Amelie`s childhood was deprived from dad`s attention. It affected her life. As a kid she
created her own fantastical world and dreams of love and beauty. After living some time in Paris
she decides to devote her life to people around her.  But after consuming herself with these
escapades - she finds out that she is disregarding her own life and damaging her quest for love.
 Quotations/ Statements/ Opinions worth mentioning

“Without you, today's emotions would be the scurf of yesterday's.”- someone is saying that
without the loved one, all today's feelings would be like the scales from the skin that had been
shed yesterday. Skin scales biologically have no nerves and therefore are devoid of feeling.Nice
little metaphor.

 One person can change your life forever.

 New vocabulary:
 scurf -  thin dry scales detached from the epidermis especially in an abnormal skin
condition
flutter- (of a bird or other winged creature) fly unsteadily or hover by flapping the wings quickly
and lightly.
 Idioms: memory of an elephant- he or she has a very good memory indeed.

sweep in-  to move something into something or some place all at once. 

 to sleep on a man's shoulder- to be someone’s responsibility

line up something- arrange a number of things in a straight row.

  Title of the film- See
 Company-   Chernin Entertainment
 Year of production-2019
 Your personal rating up to 5  - 4.3
 Your personal comments and impressions- You should give it time and it can develop
into a great show i would rather watch a series with a good start and then develop into an epic
ending rather than starting with a great pilot then 8 season later ends in a disaster. I enjoyed
watching this movie.
 Director:   Steven Knight
 Actors:   Jason Momoa, Sylvia Hoeks, Hera Hilmar
 5 compulsory sentences to sum up the information- Far in a dystopian future, the human
race has lost the sense of sight, and society has had to find new ways to interact, build, hunt, and
to survive. All of that is challenged when a set of twins is born with sight.
 Quotations/ Statements/ Opinions worth mentioning
“This is our home. We are one and we fight as one.”
“Sometimes power can consume goodness”
 New vocabulary:

forsake; leave behind;

decay-the organic phenomenon of rotting;

encounter-come together;

gambling-the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning

 Idioms:

bag of bones- To say that someone is a bag of bones means that they are extremely thin;
bane of your life-
To say that something is the bane of your life means that it is the cause of your problems or your
unhappiness.
if you can't stand the heat -  means that if you feel there is too much pressure, you can leave.
race against time - When someone is in a race against time, they have to work very quickly in
order to do or finish something before a certain time.

 Title of the film- Grease is the world

 Company-  Paramount Pictures
 Year of production-1978
 Your personal rating up to 5  - 4.7
 Director:    Randal Kleiser
 Actors:    John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing 
 5 compulsory sentences to sum up the information- the story is about teens who fell in
love on the summer break. None of them knew they are going to study at the same high school.
Zuko is the leader of cool guys gang and Sandy hangs out with the Pink ladies. They try to be
like each other so they can be together.
 Your personal comments and impressions- this is a good easy romantic film, which
shows love and complications in young relationships. It’s funny and heart-warming how they try
to stay a couple throughout the whole movie. I truly recommend it to those who hadn’t seen it
yet.
 Quotations/ Statements/ Opinions worth mentioning
“You better shape up ‘cause I need a man and my heart is set in you”
“Listen, Sandy. Men are rats. The only man a girl can depend on is her daddy”
“He was sort of special. There ain’t no such a thing .”
 New vocabulary:

genuinely-in accordance with truth or fact or reality

initially-at the beginning

leave out-leave undone or leave out

make fun-subject to laughter or ridicule

 Idioms:
safe bet -To say that something is a safe bet means that it is very likely to happen.
(on the) safe side -If you do something to be on the safe side, you do it as a precaution, to avoid
any risks.
shape up or ship out-This expression is used to warn someone that if they do not improve, they
will have to leave their job
ugly as sin -This expression is used to refer to people or things that are considered to be very
unattractive
  Journal entry for a newspaper/magazine article
# Title of the  Author  Your personal  New vocabulary
Date- article – “5 -Dave rating up to 5 - food miles-  the distance food
9.06.20 clever tricks to Masters 5- travels from where it is grown to
20 get your picky  Your personal where it is ultimately purchased or
child to eat comments and consumed by the end user
fruits and impressions- smart blitz - process (food) in an electric
vegetables” ways to convince mixing machine.
Newspaper| your kid to eat famished - extremely hungry.
Magazine name healthy. frenzy -a state or period of
and number- uncontrolled excitement or wild
Mirror behaviour.
sustainability -the ability to be
maintained at a certain rate or
level.( Сталість довкілля)
daunting -seeming difficult to deal
with in prospect; intimidating.
 Idioms
to spice things up-
to make something more interesti
ng, exciting, tantalizing, or sexy. 
 Phraseological units (10-
15 items)- tuck into-
to eat food with enthusias
m because you like it or
because you are hungry.

 3-4 compulsory sentences to sum  Quotations/ Statements/ Opinions

up the information
This article is informative. It would
be of much interest for young
parents. For myself, I got some
ideas how to outsmart the kid.
worth mentioning
“Tell them where their fruit and veg
comes from.”
The point is to make meals times
interesting by showing your
children where the items on their
 plate come from on a map.

2. 10.06.2020
Mirror https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/coronavirus-fruit-picking-jobs-pay-22143185
“British girls reveal the REAL story about being a fruit picker in the UK right now” by Dave
Masters
4.5
I felt like I want to go to work on a farm after reading this article. Being a part of that community
sounds fun and positive. You get tired for sure, but it doesn’t depress you. It is a great temporary
job.

 New vocabulary

Apprehensive- anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen

Husbandry- the care, cultivation, and breeding of crops and animals.(хліборобство)

Furlough- leave of absence, especially that granted to a member of the services or a

missionary( відпустка)

 work came up- become available

Rig- a device or piece of equipment designed for a particular purpose.

 3-4 compulsory sentences to sum up the information

Though the work can be demanding, farm work is currently considered key work and it’s a
healthy and productive way to support local communities during this difficult time.

 Quotations/ Statements/ Opinions worth mentioning

"I’m working on one of the iceberg lettuce rigs. I’m staying on site and it’s great - really really
enjoying it.
"it’s a great team atmosphere. You move with the rig across the field, you have to keep up with
the pace that the guys are picking it at – it's great fun and I’m glad to be doing something useful
with my time.”
3.
3 jun2020
“Baldness cure possible as scientists re-grow hair on mice using human stem cells”

By Mark Waghorn and Shivali Best

4
It was nice to learn something new in the science field. Now I know about the benefits of this
research. The skin buds could lead to the development of better drugs for diseases - including
cancer

 New vocabulary

Sprout- to produce leaves, hair, or other new developing parts, or (of leaves, hair, and

other developing parts) to begin to grow

petri dish- is a shallow transparent lidded dish that biologists use to culture cells.
Locks- hair
Graft- a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically.
Reconstitute- build up again from parts; reconstruct.
Accelerate- speed up
fork out - to spend money on something, especially when you do not want to

 compulsory sentences to sum up the information

A cure for baldness is on the horizon after scientists grew hair on mice - using human stem cells.
The US team created tiny skin buds, or 'organoids', in a petri dish from the pluripotent stem cells
that can turn into any type of tissue.
When the "remarkably complete" skin was implanted onto the backs of immuno-compromised
bald mice, hair loss was reversed.
Skin is the most difficult organ in the body to mimic because of its complex structures and
texture. Prof Koehler said: "Reconstructing appendage-bearing skin in cultures and in bio-
engineered grafts is a challenge that has yet to be met.”

 Quotations/ Statements/ Opinions worth mentioning

"This achievement places us closer to generating a limitless supply of hair follicles that can be
transplanted to the scalps of people who have thinning or no hair.”

"Moreover, if the approach reaches the clinic, individuals who have wounds, scars and genetic
skin diseases will have access to revolutionary treatments.”
4. 8.06.2020
By Paige Holland

“Best day of the year to be born - and why it can make a huge difference to your life”
2
I didn’t like this article. I find it very subjective and don’t want to take it as a fact. However, I
guess I would be pleased to see my birth date. It says that I have only 7% success (I believe this
is for English people) taking to the account that I am Ukrainian, I might have a higher chances
for success.

 New vocabulary

where do you stand - Be aware of one's position relative to others, or how one is regarded by
others, as in I'd love to know where I stand with the new board. 2. Be aware of one's own
opinion or feelings about something, as in He knows where he stands on the issue of public
housing.

Everything else in that article was understandable. I didn’t find neither unknown idioms nor
phraseological units.

 compulsory sentences to sum up the information

Paige Holland mentioned the parts of UK and each city excelled at the most. London topped the
charts with acting, arts and literature, as well as music and comedy.  Whereas, the north west has
produced the most award winners in science and medicine.

And the south east saw a lot of success in sport, business and politics.
 Quotations/ Statements/ Opinions worth mentioning

“The study found that most of the UK's top achievers were born in September.”

5. ‘Rotten racism’: newspapers around the world react to George Floyd protests
01.60.2020

By Peter Beaumont
This article is putting in the limelight the reality. Our world is world is way too far from being
perfect and equal. People of different race and mentality set standards so others wouldn’t fit in.
they see other races as wrong or “dirty”. This is hurting. I don’t find myself as a racist. I don’t
tolerate things which are currently going in America. I support The Guardian at their policy and
their point of view.
4.8 
  New vocabulary

 Defuse- знешкодити
 Emerge- з 'являтися
 Inclined – схильний(=prone)
 Incendiary-  a person who excites factions, quarrels, or sedition : AGITATOR;a
substance or weapon (such as a bomb) used to start fires; a person who
commits arson : ARSONIST

Incarceration- позбавлення волі

Bias- упередженість

Disentangle- to separate things that have become joined or confused

Plummet-  to drop sharply and abruptly

Revenue- income, especially when of an organization and of a substantial nature.( джерело

прибутку)

Integrity- цілісність(wholeness)

Condemned- sentenced to a particular punishment, especially death.

Flock- to move or come together in large numbers

Idioms

pass the buck. COMMON If you accuse someone of passing the buck, you are accusing them

of failing to take responsibility for a problem, and of expecting someone else to deal with it

instead.( Note: In poker, the buck was a marker or object which was passed to the person whose

turn it was to deal the next hand)

call for (someone or something)-

. To call a place by phone specifically to talk to one who lives or works there ;

To yell to another person or with a particular request.;

to need, require, or demand something or the services of someone.
spill over into (something or some place)-

To go beyond the borders or parameters of something and into something else, especially due to 

growing too large in size or amount.

Cauterize- is to seal off a wound or incision by burning it or freezing it, usually with a hot iron,

electricity, or chemicals. Metaphorically, cauterize means to make less sensitive to feelings and

emotions.
 compulsory sentences to sum up the information

“2020 comes with its own complications, and one of them is in the White House. On Friday,
after first having called Floyd’s death ‘shocking’, President Trump took to Twitter to
threaten a military response against ‘thugs’ in Minneapolis and quipped: ‘When the looting
starts, the shooting starts.’ In a remarkable first, the social media network flagged the tweet
as ‘glorifying violence’.

 Quotations/ Statements/ Opinions worth mentioning

“The truth is that what happened in Minneapolis, recorded on video and viewed worldwide
through social networks, is just the latest proof that the racism epidemic is far from being
controlled, and that the two Barack Obama administrations did nothing to cauterize any
wounds. On the contrary, they fueled the desire for revenge in many communities, with a deeply
rooted racist culture, which saw its time come in November 2016 with the victory of a far-right
Republican candidate.”

6. “Georgia teens no longer need to take road tests to get driver’s license”
1.05.2020
By  Laura Italiano
From Newsweek(https://www.studentnewsdaily.com/blog/human-interest-news-stories/georgia-
teens-no-longer-need-to-take-road-tests-to-get-drivers-license/)
I agree with parents’ opinion. Its dangerous for both drivers and pedestrians when the driver
haven’t passed the road test.

 4.6

 New vocabulary
 Backlog- резерв
Supervised- під наглядом
Waiver- відмова
Amid –серед

 Idioms
cut through- to get quickly and directly through or past (something that blocks one or slows
one down) 

 compulsory sentences to sum up the information

Teenagers in Georgia can now get their driver’s licenses without taking a road test thanks to the
coronavirus outbreak — and some parents are a little worried.

 Quotations/ Statements/ Opinions worth mentioning

“I do feel we need to keep social distancing, but I also feel nervous about having drivers on the
road [who] haven’t actually passed a road test,” Georgia mom Alicia Wiggins, whose 15-year-
old son is learning to drive, told Newsweek.

7. The NewYorker
13.10.2014

“Pets Allowed”

By Patricia Marx
I like how pets have gradually become cherished members of our families. This article shows
how smart and tricky people get just to be able to take their animal anywhere.

 4.5

 New vocabulary

 Phony- фальшивий

 Handicapped- що має фізичні недоліки

 Connive- to avoid noticing something that one is expected to oppose or condemn; give
aid to wrongdoing by forbearing to act or speak (usually followed by at)

 Scammer- шахрай
 
slobber over someone/something- to show that you like or love someone or something in
a very obvious way that other people think is silly or embarrassing

 a look around -an occasion when you walk around a room, building, or place in order to

see what is there

 bend the law/rules-to change the rules in a way that is considered to be not important or

not harmful

 compulsory sentences to sum up the information

If you want to turn your pet into a certified E.S.A., all you need is a therapist type who will
vouch for your mental un-health.

 Quotations/ Statements/ Opinions worth mentioning

 “People can’t ask about my disability,” one friend told me. “But if I feel that I’m in a
situation where I might have a struggle being let in somewhere with my dog, then I come up
with a disorder that sounds like a nightmare. I like to be creative. I’ll say I lack a crucial
neurotransmitter that prevents me from processing anxiety and that, without the dog, I’m
likely to black out and urinate.”
The welcome wasn’t as warm at Mercer Kitchen, where a maître d’ responded to my
request for a table by saying, “Not with that!”
“But it’s a companion animal,” I said. “It’s against the law not to let me in.”
“I understand,” he said. “But I need you to take that out.”

8. I…Really Can’t Work Full-Time

By Lisa Martens
9.05.2019
I feel that girl. Im in her shoes now “Since I quit my job, the idea of applying for another
one makes me feel physically unwell. I get a tightness in my chest. Every fiber of my
being and everything from the depths of my soul screams no.”
I have the same exact feeling about going to work. “I’ll need to come right back home
after work and stay motionless in bed for hours, and then I will feel guilty for not being
able to cook, to go to the gym, to see other people, to date.” This is exactly what I feel.
Now I don’t think I’m weird, because there are people just like me.

 5

 New vocabulary
Liberating-free, release
Epiphany- an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure
Blueprint- Креслення 
 Hustle- афера
Weekend gigs -- A gig is a job that lasts a certain period of time, often the life of a
project or as long as the company has that specific need. It can be short-term and specific
in length, or long-term and lasting as long as the need continues. All gigs are jobs, but not
all jobs are gigs.
subscribe to the old adage- An adage is a saying (прислів’я)

 Quotations/ Statements/ Opinions worth mentioning

“If you’re physically fine, then you should still work”
“The idea of not working due to a mental health issue is often viewed as laziness»