Philadelphia (warm up) + Picture analysis

18.01.2012

Hi guys,

today we first talked about this extract from the movie Philadelphia as a warm up:

Here is what we said about it:

Warm up : Philadelphia

The document is an extract from the movie Philadelphia. It features two men, a white man (Andrew) and a black man (a lawyer). It takes place at the lawyer's office. Andrew has come because he wants to sue his employers for firing / dismissing / sacking him wrongfully.
He thinks they have fired him because he has AIDS. When Andrew says those words, the lawyer is terrified. He's more than ill-at-ease. He looks at everything he touches and he stares at him suspiciously and anxiously. He's afraid of being contaminated with HIV / of being sick too.

VOC:

an acronym (AIDS, HIV)

to sue: to go to justice / court

to fire / dismiss / sack

wrongfully

ill-at-ease -> to stare at / to gaze at

AIDS

HIV positive

to be contaminated with...

Then we continued the lesson with analysis of the picture from googlemaps. Here is what are some of the keywords from your speech:

Key words

to warn drivers
to protect illegal immigrants
to avoid many casualties
considered / depicted as animals or criminals
shocking

HW:

- vous devez être capable en début d'heure d'utiliser toutes les idées mentionnées aujourd'hui dans un développement construit et argumenter pour présenter, décrire, analyser, remettre l'image en contexte et donner votre avis sur le montage.

More information about the movie Philadelphia here. You can watch it here in English if you'd like to.

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