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Release Year: 1999
Slogan: «Walk a mile you'll never forget»
Country: USA
Genres : Thriller, fantasy, drama
Runtime: 189 min.
Director: Frank Darabont
Cast: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan,
James Cromwell
Review:
Just when I thought Hollywood was on a slide down into mediocrity, I see a great film like The Green Mile that proves that there
are still good movies that come out of Hollywood. Lately, it seems that the good movies are the ones that come from independent
studios, but The Green Mile shows that a big budget movie out of the stables of Hollywood can still be a gripping movie and grab a
viewers emotions and drain them.
Exercises and tasks you are to with the vocabulary you can see below.
1. Write a review of yours. That will improve your way of thinking in English.
2. Read the words using transcription and their translation from each part before watching.
3. Try to paraphrase those you find difficult.
4. Read and translate contextual sentences after watching so you could make sure you’ve got all the words properly.
5. Ask your partner questions around each part, using new words and phrases.
6. Remember who said each phrase or word, in what situation.
7. Retell each situation. Especially those that are important for better understanding of the plot.
8. Put as many questions as you can to each part so that your partner could find the answers and vocalize them.
9. Discussion: Please state your ideas about capital punishment. Define this word.
10. Description: Describe Paul Edgecomb – appearance, character, habits, things he goes for
11. Describe John Coffey as if you were Paul / Melinda / Wild Bill / Percy
12. Describe Percy as if you were Delacroix / Paul / fellow guards
13. Would you treat the inmates of Death Row the same way as Paul did, or another way? Why?
14. What do you think about idea of possessing supernatural healing power? Is that a thing existing in real life or not? Why do you think
so?
15. Split into groups: Your task is to have 2 columns on a sheet of paper you have and write bad points about putting death penalty into
operation and good ones about it. Make remarks whether you would vote an act implementating death penalty. The team that names
more such things wins.
16. Express your ideas:about the film, about the idea of it, about the music and script.
17. Name all the plot lines. What lessons have you taken out this film? Discuss them in your group.
№ Word/phrase & Translation Context
transcription
Phrasal Verbs Prepositions, grammar constructions
Verbs
Nouns
Popular adjectives
Conversational patterns
Idioms
1 One more time Еще раз 42. Strange awakening of Wild Bill
2 Upset Нервный, расстроенный All right, let's go over it one more time. What do you say if somebody
3 Coat Куртка stops by? Coffey got upset after lights out so we put the coat on him,
4 To lock Запирать locked him in the restraint room. They hear kicking, they'll think it's him.
5 Kicking Стук, удары What about me? You're in Admin pulling Del's file, going over the
6 Admin Администрация witnesses on account of how big a screwup the execution was. We going
7 To pull Усиленно работать
for the ride now? That's right. We going for the ride. What about us,
8 To go over Обходить
Dean? You, Harry, Percy, all down in the laundry doing your wash.
9 On account of Вследствие, на основании
Probably take a few hours before you're back. Where you think you
10 Screwup Неудача,"косяк"
11 Laundry Прачечная
going? You a bad man. That's right, nigger. Bad as you'd want. What's
12 Wash Стирка wrong? What's wrong? What's wrong? Whole room, whole room's
13 Probably Вероятно, возможно spinning. It's like I'm shitty-ass drunk. Had me some shine or what?
14 To spin Крутиться, вертеться Niggers ought to have their own electric chair. White man ought not to
15 Shitty-ass drunk Пьяный до посинения sit in no nigger electric chair. No, sir. He a bad man.
16 Shine Самогонный виски
1 Hard part Тяжелая, трудная доля 53. John walks Green Mile
2 In a while Спустя некоторое время I'll be all right, fellas. This here's the hard part. I'll be all right in a while. I
3 To fall asleep Засыпать should have this just for now. I'll give it back after. You know, I fell asleep this
4 Dream Сон afternoon and had me a dream. I dreamed about Del's mouse. Did you, John? I
5 To get down Попадать, добираться dreamed Mr. Jingles got down to that place Boss Howell talked about. That
6 Trick Трюк, фокус Mouseville place. I dreamed there's kids. And how they laughed at his tricks.
7 Blond-headed Светловолосый My! I dreamed that those two little blond-headed girls was there. They's
laughing too. I put my arms around them and set them on my knees. And they
8 Spool Катушка
was no blood coming out of they hair, and they's just fine. We all watched Mr.
9 Fit to bust Чуть не лопнули (достаточно,
Jingles roll that spool. How we did laugh. Fit to bust, we was!
чтобы лопнуть)