STRANGER THINGS

EPISODE 3 — FIRST HALF

Barb wakes up in an empty and dirty pool. She screams for Nancy and tries to escape but is dragged
down by something we can’t see. Joyce puts up Christmas lights around her home to talk to Will, who
apparently can turn them on and off. Hawkins Lab director, Dr. Brenner, allows Hopper to view the
lab’s security camera footage, but Hopper realizes it’s fake. After this, he and his deputies start to
investigate about possible scandals related to Brenner and Hawkins Lab.

Tell your teacher what did you understand from the first half of the episode.
Do you think Barb is safe or is she in danger? Why?
Why do you think Jonathan doesn’t believe Joyce can speak to Will through the lights?
How does Hopper know that the lab’s surveillance cameras are fake?
Do you think Mike, Dustin and Lucas are doing the right thing by going after Will on their own?

— Read this text about Edward Snowden and fill in the blanks with the missing words.

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Edward Snowden is an American computer professional and former

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (1) ______________ for the
United States Government. He is known for leaking (2)
______________information from the National Security Agency
(NSA) regarding mass surveillance without authorization. After
working for the CIA, he flew to Hong Kong in 2013 and revealed
thousands of classified documents to (3) ______________ who then
wrote stories that appeared in newspapers like The Guardian and
The Washington Post. He claims that the US Government has been
(4) ______________ on the population of the United States in collaboration with telecommunication
companies and European governments, completely ignoring the (5) ______________ to privacy and
disturbing the balance between national security and information privacy. On June 2013, the US
Department of Justice pressed charges against Snowden of (6) ______________ the Espionage Act
and stealing government property. That same month, Edward flew to Moscow, Russia, where he has
remained under the Russian authorities (7) ______________. For his actions, Snowden has been
considered a hero by some and a (8) ______________ by others.
EPISODE 2 — SECOND HALF
Eleven has a flashback in which Brenner, whom she calls “Papa”, has her put in solitary confinement
for refusing to telekinetically harm a cat. Steve and his friends discover Jonathan’s photographs and
they destroy them and his camera. Nancy then recovers a photo of Barb by the poolside and returns to
Steve’s house to search for her. That’s when she sees the creature in the woods. Meanwhile, Joyce
establishes a code with Will using the lights and he tells her that he’s alive but unsafe. He tells Joyce
to run as the creature begins to climb through the wall. Hopper gets an urgent call to go to the town’s
quarry and there, Will’s apparent dead body is discovered.

Tell your teacher what did you understand from the first half of the episode.
What intentions do you think Dr. Brenner has with Eleven?
Do you think there’s more than one creature or it’s always the same one that appears?
Do you think it is really Will the one who speaks through the lights?
Would you trust Dr. Brenner and the government if Will was your friend?

— Read this text about the Bélmez Faces and fill in the blanks with the missing words.

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The Bélmez Faces is a (1) ______________ phenomenon in a private

house in Spain which started in 1971. This phenomenon was discovered
when residents claimed images of faces appeared in the (2)
______________ floor and walls of the house. These images have
continuously formed, changed in appearance and (3) ______________
over time.
Located at the Pereira family home in the village of Bélmez de la
Moraleda in Spain, the Bélmez faces have been responsible for bringing
large numbers of (4) ______________ to Bélmez. The phenomenon is
considered the best documented and the most important paranormal
phenomenon in the 20th century. Some believe the faces are made by (5)
______________ hand and that it’s all a fake that the Pereiras have made up for financial gain, but
paranormal investigators believe that it is a thoughtographic phenomenon, produced by the dead
former (6) ______________ of the house, Maria Gómez Cámara. The general opinion persists that it
is a (7) ______________ despite the fact that actual laboratory tests have produced results that seem
to say the opposite.