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Mulan Animation 1998 – Live Action 2020

1) Watch the animation trailer:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEQjLQA9qW4

2) Read the movie´s plot summary :


This retelling of the old Chinese folktale is about
the story of a young Chinese girl who learns that
her weakened and lame father was called to fight
in the army against the invading Huns. Knowing
that he would never survive the war, she decides
to disguise herself and to go in his place. Mulan´s ancestors don´t want her to do that, so they order
a tiny dragon, Mushu to go with her and convince her to abandon her plan. Mushu agrees, but when
he meets Mulan, he learns that she cannot be persuaded and so he decides to help her in the
dangerous times ahead.
3) Vocabulary work: match the words below:
( ) retell 1- Aprender, saber, ficar sabendo.
( ) learn 2- Enfraquecido.
( ) folktale 3- Ancestrais.
( ) weakened 4- Contar novamente.
( ) lame 5- Disfarce, disfarçar-se.
( ) invade 6- Concordar.
( ) survive 7- Com dificuldade, ou dor para caminhar.
( ) disguise 8- Lenda, conto popular/folclórico.
( ) ancestors 9- Invadir.
( ) agree 10- Sobreviver.
4) Now read the text again and underline other new vocabulary words, search their meaning.
5) Now watch Mulan´s 2020 movie trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-eFm--k21c
6) Listening: listen and complete the lyrics:
I´LL MAKE A MAN OUT OF YOU
Hope he doesn't see right through me
Let's get down to business, to defeat the Huns Now I really wish that I knew how to _________
Did they send me ___________, when I asked for
_____________? [Chorus]
You're the saddest bunch I ever met Be a ________
But you can __________, before we're through We must be swift as a coursing river
Mister, I'll make a man out of ____________ Be a ________
With all the force of a great typhoon
Tranquil as a forest, but on ___________ within Be a _______
Once you find your center, you are sure to ______ With all the strength of a raging fire
You're a spineless, pale pathetic _________ Mysterious as the dark side of the __________
And you haven't got a clue
Somehow I'll make a man out of __________
Time is racing toward us, till the Huns __________
Heed my every order, and you might __________
I'm never gonna catch my breath
You're unsuited for the rage of war
Say good-bye to those who knew me
So pack up, go home, you're through
Boy, was I a fool in school for cutting __________
How could I make a man out of __________?
This guy's got 'em scared to death

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