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 1. Listen to the song and fill the missing words:
A long, long time ago there was ____________
living all alone in the middle of the sea
He sat high above his bed watching all the
_____________ play
And wishing that he had ___________, too.
And from his lava came this song of hope that he
sang
out loud everyday for years and years.
Chorus
I have a dream I hope will come true
That you're here with me and I'm here with you
I wish that the ___________________ up above
will send me someone to lava.
Years of singing all alone turned his lava into
________________
until he was on the brink of _______________
But little did he know that living in the sea below
another volcano was listening to his song.
Everyday she heard his __________her lava grew
and grew
because she ___________ his song was meant for
her
Now she was so ready to meet him above the sea
Chorus
Rising from the sea below stood a __________
volcano
Looking all around but she could not see him
He tried to sing to let her know that she was not there
_____________
But with no lava, his song was all gone
He filled the sea with his tears and watched his
dreams ____________
As she remembered what his song meant to her.
Chorus
Oh they were so happy to finally meet above the sea
All together now their lava grew and grew
No longer are they all alone, with aloha as their new
______________
And when you visit them this is what they sing.
I have a dream I hope will come true
That you'll ____________ with me and I'll
_____________ with you
We thank the _________________, we thank too.
I lava you
I lava you
I lava you.
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As he sang his song of ______for the last time.

2. Read the text about the creation of the cartoon:

The Real Geology Behind Pixar's Short Film Lava

Pixar’s geological love story Lava isn’t just meant to evoke the tropical islands of Hawaii; it’s actually
inspired by a real underwater volcano off the coast of the Big Island.

“I took my family on vacation to the Big Island,” Lava director James Ford
Murphy told us in an interview. “We took a helicopter tour and I saw Kīlauea
and that was huge. Then, on the last day, we were all kind of sad and leaving
and we were walking through this shopping mall that had this diorama of
the Big Island. And it’s five volcanoes that form the Big Island that have all
merged together over time. But then there’s this little sign on the bottom
that said ‘Lōʻihi.’ And I was like, ‘What is Lōʻihi?’

“So when I got home, I started doing my research and I found out
that it is an underwater volcano that is slowly going to connect [to the
Big Island]. And that just blew my mind, because I just thought, ‘Does
Lōʻihi know that the Big Island is up here? And does the Big Island
know that Lōʻihi [is down there]? And what if they didn’t know?’”

From that moment of anthropomorphism came the seeds

of Lava. And just as a real volcano inspired the film, Murphy and his team used real places to construct
their volcanic characters.

3. Match the highlighted words with their meanings:

Arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or

To evoke
creativity.
Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or
To be inspired by behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural
phenomena.

To merge A source or beginning; a solid thing inside fruit.

Bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or image) to the

To blow smb’s mind conscious mind.

antropomorphism To become combined or united.

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 seed To surprise or shock.

4. Are these sentences true or false? Yes no

The volcano in the cartoon is the exact copy of a real volcano.

James Ford Murphy saw an underwater volcano from the
helicopter and got the idea for the cartoon.
Hawaii is actually 5 volcanoes that have merged together.
On the last day on Hawaii the director and his family took a
helicopter tour.
Lōʻihi is never going to connect to the Big Island.
The creator of Lava gave the volcanoes human aspirations
before he decided to make a cartoon.

5. Discuss these questions with your groupmates:

The two volcanoes in this cartoon are

called Uku and Lele. Why do you think
the author has chosen these names?
What bond does it symbolize?

What other examples of

anthropomorphism in animation can
you think of? Why is it used so often?
In pairs, think of your own
anthropomorphic lovestory.

What is the main idea of this cartoon? Can you think of other famous love
stories that end well? What about the tragic ones? Do you believe in trueiSLCollective.com
love?
Answers
1. Listen to the song and fill the missing words:

VOLCANO
COUPLES
SOMEONE
EARTH, SEA, THE SKY
STONE
EXTINCTION
TUNE
BELIEVED
HOPE
LOVELY
ALONE
DISAPPEAR
HOME
GROW OLD
GROW OLD
EARTH, SEA, THE SKY

2. Match the highlighted words with their meanings:

To evoke Arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or

creativity.
To be inspired by Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or
behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural
phenomena.
To merge
A source or beginning; a solid thing inside fruit.

To blow smb’s mind Bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or image) to the

conscious mind.

antropomorphism To become combined or united.

seed To surprise or shock.

3. Are these sentences true or false?

NO, NO, YES, NO, NO, YES

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