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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES_S1/Ep7_Anything You Can Do

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8 questions
PRE-WATCHING TASKS
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WHILE WATCHING TASKS
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POST-WATCHING TASKS
25

1. Here is the link to the Quizlet module with words and phrases you will need for doing this part of the tasks.

QUIZLET_SHORT

Question 1
1.

2. Complete the gaps with the given words and phrases. You will find them below the exercise

1. She had to ___________a long, boring meeting yesterday.
2. Can I ________this idea by you and see what you think?
3. She didn’t want to _____________her plans until everything was ready.
4. After studying for hours, I _______________and took a break.
5. She ___________me into going to the concert, even though I was tired.
6. You could feel the ____________during the final moments of the game.
7. The detective couldn’t find a ______________explanation for the missing item.
8. She always refills her car when it’s ________________on gas.
9. We need to _________________an idea for the school project.
10. Her kitchen is always _____________ ; you could eat off the floor.
11. He didn’t think he could _____________the presentation, but he did great.
12. ___________________ , I think the new policy won’t work.
13. She gave a ___________explanation of the rules to everyone.
14. Everyone _______________her during the singing competition.
15. I’ve never played tennis before, but I’ll ___________________ .
16. Can you slow down? I can’t _________________you!
17. I ______________them talking about the surprise party.
18. They __________________to hear the good news about the baby.
19. He ____________his drink loudly and annoyed everyone at the table.
Other Answer Choices:
were thrilled
proper
talked
rooted for
keep up with
come up with
plausible
spotless
running low
Off the record
pull off
give it a shot
disclose
run
tension
endure
hit a wall
overheard
slurped
Question 2
2.

3. Choose the correct option

1. He didn’t think he could pull off / disclose the presentation, but he did great.
2. Can I tell you something off the record / plausible?
3. The fans kept up with / rooted for their country in the World Cup.
4. Please don’t slurp / endure your soup; it’s noisy.
5. I’ll talk / run the new schedule by the team tomorrow.
6. She was proper / thrilled to win first prize in the contest.
7. You should give painting a tension / shot; you might enjoy it.
8. She didn’t mean to overhear / endure their conversation in the coffee shop.
9. The car was thrilled / spotless after it went through the car wash.
10. Please wear proper / plausible clothes for the meeting.
11. Can you talk / pull your brother into joining us for dinner?
12. Let’s brainstorm and try to come by / up with an idea together.
13. There was a lot of slurp / tension in the room before the exam.
14. It's hard to keep up / come up with the latest fashion trends.
15. How can you endure / root for this cold weather without a jacket?
16. I was writing my essay, but I ran low / hit a wall and couldn’t think of anything else.
17. He refused to overhear / disclose any information about the meeting.
18. We’re running low / hitting a wall on milk; can you buy some?
19. His excuse was proper / plausible, so the teacher believed him.
Question 3
3.

4. Write 7 disadvantages of talking someone into something. In each disadvantage, use at least one of the words or phrases from the list:

keep up with
slurp
endure
spotless
come up with an idea
run something by someone
pull off
give it a shot
disclose
off the record
run low
hit a wall
proper
plausible
overhear
talk someone into something
root for someone
tension be
thrilled

1. Here is the link to the FULL Quizlet module in case if you struggle with any vocabulary.

QUIZLET_FULL

WORDLIST

2. Here is the link to the movie. You may download it to your computer.

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, SEASON 1, EPISODE 7

Or you may watch the video below.
Question 4
4.

3. Complete each gap with one word.

[00:00:44 - 00:10:28]

1. Competition. It means different things to different people. In suburbia, it means keeping _______ with the Joneses. On Wisteria Lane, that means keeping _______ with Bree Van De Kamp.
2. - Hello, Victor. How are you today? Out _______ again?
- I can't... _______ my breath.
- Would you like a _______ from my _______ ?
3. When I was alive, my friends and I came together once a month for a meeting of the Wisteria Lane Book Club. We found the problems of literary characters so _______ . The way they _______ with adversity, conducted _______ affairs, _______ domestic dramas, and planned romantic _______ . But since my death, my friends had lost their interest in _______ .
4. - OK, so Lynette said that you found Zach.
- He's at a rehabilitation center. And Julie _______ in and actually talked to him.
5. I had this _______ once, checking on this PTA mom who was hell-bent on landing her daughter a spot on the parade float. She _______ antifreeze to half the homecoming committee.
6. - Wow, honey! This place looks _______ .
- Thanks.
- Hey, so listen. I have come _______ with this killer idea for the Spotless Scrub campaign.
- Great. Want to _______ it by me?
- No. I'm good. But thanks.
7. - You think? How am I supposed to _______ off a formal dinner with no warning?
- I don't know, Bree Van De Kamp does this kind of thing all the time.
8. - Well, I have a problem with you seeing other girls.
- Well, I have a problem with you having a husband. I guess, we'll both have to learn to _______ .
9. Don't even try to make it _______ to me by talking dirty.
10. So, your son decided to entertain some of his friends yesterday by _______ a freshman's head into a locker.
11. - Because of our no tolerance policy, your son may face _______ .
- You're gonna ruin his whole future over a little _______ ?
12. Mrs. Stark, what Andrew did was clearly wrong. But, in his defence, his mother and I are going through _______ marital problems.
13. Bree, I've gone to an _______ . You're gonna be _______ with divorce papers later today.
14. Perhaps _______ is the way to go.
Question 5
5.

4. Write a short summary of the scene

[00:10:29 - 00:20:20]

Use the given words and phrases:
get dressed up
fur
FYI
make up to
disclose
get the willies
get over the hump
run low
hit the wall
waste of time
inheritance
embroidery
foot the bill

Question 6
6.

5. Complete the gaps with the given words and phrases. You will find them below the exercise

[00:20:21 - 00:30:05]

1. - It's her dream. And don't you want her to be happy?
- No. And in the future I would appreciate you keeping your _______________ ideas to yourself.
2. - You're so jealous of Danielle you tried to _________ her off to New York?
- I'm not jealous. I just don't like to __________ .
3. I don't want us to end on a bad note. Carlos has this ______________ thing tonight, I could slip out..
4. What we had was so special. I think it deserves a ___________ goodbye.
5. - Thank you for suggesting it. Your boys are the only ones I know who could _____________ Timmy.
- Yep, he's a ___________ one.
6. - The pills have been a ____________ .
- I bet.
7. As Lynette swallowed the ___________ medication of an eight-year-old child, she __________ she'd never again _________ to such depths. Any time soon.
8. - Before my wife _________ herself, we lived a life that I was proud of. We loved each other. We had ___________ . We went to church. We gave to ____________ . We were good people, Mr. Shaw.
- Oh, I believe you.
- That's why it's so _____________________to me that Edie Britt would try to destroy us.
- Well, you've suffered a great _________ . For your pain to _________ , that's gonna take some time.
9. - Oh, I'm _____________ you out. I've separated all your things into two sides. This side is yours, Danielle, and the other one is Andrew's.
- OK, ________________ it.
10. An open house in the suburbs? This is __________________ .
11. - I just wanted to say goodbye to Mary Alice's house before somebody else moved in.
- Aw. That sounds almost ______________.
- I ____________________ ?
12. Oh, come on, you're not gonna _________ a girl like that by _________________ early.
13. Suit yourself. But ___________________ ... I was ________________ you to land him.
14. Yeah, she said, "The ________ is up," and then she went to ride the bull. And she said you two came together.
Other Answer Choices:
knocking off
sink
beg your pardon
you've lost
jig
for the record
plausible
share
feisty
black tie
rooting for
shot
godsend
incomprehensible
charity
beyond kitsch
ridiculous
values
beat
heal
loss
tire out
vowed
proper
throwing
ship
stolen
Question 7
7.

6. Complete the gaps with the missing parts of the lines

[00:30:06 - 00:41:12]

1. - Dad, she wants me out. She _______ .
- This is ridiculous. I'm gonna _______ .
2. Do you still have your fake ID? Yeah, I've got to go home and kiss my mother's ass _______ .
3. The single greatest obstacle facing Spotless Scrub is a lack of visibility. We need to concentrate ad spending _______ . For example, large chain grocery stores. Picture Spotless Scrub ads _______ .
4. She's got a point. I would notice that. And those dry-cleaning bags hang in our closets forever. So _______ .
5. While Lynette was commanding everyone's attention... Susan _______ .
6. - So how long have you two been seeing each other?
- Well, you sort of_______ . But up until then, smoking-hot tension.
7. Did you see that? A guy _______ .
8. As Juanita _______ , Lynette and Tom were headed into a black hole.
9. Tom, I am sorry about tonight. Truly. But these days if I'm competing with anyone it's the Bree Van De Kamps of the world, with _______ . I try _______ . And when you work on a pitch and you bring the partners over, I am reminded of a world I left behind, where _______ . I can't go back, I can't win where I am. I am stuck in the middle _______ .
10. Whoa! For your information, I thought you threw an amazing dinner party. I _______ .
11. The trick is... to know which battles to fight. You see, _______ .