Notting Hill (Simple Past)

Anna Scott is the most famous actress in the world. Her photos appear on the covers of every magazine and everyone is aware of her movements. William Thacker owns a bookstore. His business is stagnant and he shares an apartment with a guy too loose. Till one day their paths cross and they are faced with a crucial question: two people can fall in love with the whole world watching?

Talk to a partner

1. What is your opinion about paparazzi?

2. Do you know a gossip about a famous person?

3. What do you think about a relationship between a famous person and an anonymous person?

Watch the segment and check if these sentences are True (T) or False (F).

( ) There were three reporters in the scene.

( ) Anna Scott was sad.

( ) Mr. Thacker’s shirt was blue.

( ) Anna Scott was in USA.

( ) William Thacker and Anna Scott were together in the end.

Writing

Write down three questions about the segment and ask then to a partner. Make sure write yes/no questions.

Listening

Watch the segment, fill in the blanks with affirmative form of the given verbs, and complete the sentences with simple past of the verbs given.

1. The last time you ____________ (be) here …

2. I __________ (be) just wondering if, uh, it __________ (turn) out that this person,…

3. …if Mr. Thacker __________ (realize) he’d been a daft prick and got down on his knees and __________ (beg) you to reconsider…

She - Elvis Costello

She May be the face I can't forget. A trace of pleasure or regret
May be my treasure or the price I have to pay.
She may be the song that summer sings.
May be the chill that autumn brings.
May be a hundred different things
Within the measure of a day.
SheMay be the beauty or the beast.
May be the famine or the feast.
May turn each day into a heaven or a hell.
She may be the mirror of my dreams.
A smile reflected in a stream
She may not be what she may seem
Inside her shell
She who always seems so happy in a crowd.
Whose eyes can be so private and so proud
No one's allowed to see them when they cry.
She may be the love that cannot hope to last
May come to me from shadows of the past.
That I'll remember till the day I die
SheMay be the reason I survive
The why and wherefore I'm alive
The one I'll care for through the rough and ready years
Me I'll take her laughter and her tears
And make them all my souvenirs
For where she goes I've got to be
The meaning of my life is
She, she, she

Ela

Ela pode ser o rosto que não consigo esquecer
Um traço de prazer ou arrependimento
Pode ser meu tesouro ou
O preço que tenho que pagar
Ela pode ser a canção que o verão canta
Pode ser o arrepio que o outono traz
Pode ser cem coisas diferentes no período de um dia
Ela pode ser a bela ou a fera
Pode ser a fome ou a fartura
Pode transformar cada dia em paraíso ou inferno
Ela pode ser o espelho dos meus sonhos
Um sorriso refletido em uma correnteza
Ela pode não ser o que parece
Dentro de sua concha
Ela que sempre parece feliz na multidão
Cujos olhos podem ser tão reservados e tão orgulhosos
Ninguém pode vê-los
Quando eles choram
Ela pode ser o amor que não posso esperar que dure
Pode vir a mim de sombras do passado
Que eu vou lembrar ate o dia em que eu morrer
Ela pode ser a razão pela qual eu sobrevivo
O porque de eu estar vivo
A pessoa com quem me preocuparei nos
Anos dificeis
Eu, pegarei suas risadas e suas lágrimas
E farei deles minhas lembranças
Onde ela for, eu tenho que estar
O sentido de minha vida é
ela, ela, ela...