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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES_S1/Ep23_One Wonderful Day

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20 questions
PRE-WATCHING TASKS
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WHILE WATCHING TASKS
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POST-WATCHING TASKS
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Question 1
1.

1. Choose the correct option

1. They treated / looked down on the new student very badly, and he felt lonely.
2. I’m nervous about the test, but let’s be better off / get this over with.
3. I tried to stay calm, but I lost it / didn't make it when they blamed me.
4. Her lousy / rash decision to move out caused more problems.
5. He has some strained / odd habits, but he’s a nice guy.
6. She forgave him once, but not after his second rash decision / infidelity.
7. He punched me, I punched him - we’re even / strained, I guess.
8. I had a rash / lousy day - everything went wrong.
9. He would pass away / be better off without that toxic friend.
10. They look / treat down on anyone from a small town.
11. Their relationship is even / strained after the argument.
12. He passed out / away last year, but we still remember him.
13. The doctors did everything they could, but he didn’t do / make it.
Question 2
2.

2. Complete each gap with 1-3 words

1. You’ll be _______ staying home tonight; the roads are dangerous.
2. That movie was really _______ - I wasted two hours.
3. We had a _______ conversation that felt uncomfortable.
4. I hate it when rich people _______ on others.
5. It was _______ to see him at the party after so many years.
6. She _______ after a long illness.
7. Quitting your job without a plan is a _______ .
8. She _______ during the argument and started shouting.
9. Why do you _______ him like a child? He can make his own decisions.
10. Trust is hard to rebuild after _______ .
11. She apologized and fixed the problem, so I said we were _______ .
12. The ambulance came quickly, but sadly, he _______ .
13. He sighed and said, “Let’s get _______ ,” before walking in.
Question 3
3.

3. Finish each sentence and expand it into a short paragraph (3–4 sentences). Try to include at least 2 target phrases from the list in each paragraph

treat someone
be better off
lose it
lousy
infidelity
we're even
strained
rash decision
he didn't make it
pass away
look down on someone
let's get this over with
odd

1. I don’t like the way he treats someone who...

Question 4
4.

2. She tried to stay calm, but then she lost it when...

Question 5
5.

3. It was a lousy day because...

Question 6
6.

4. Their marriage ended due to infidelity, and now...

Question 7
7.

5. “You broke my phone, I broke your glasses - now we’re even,” he said as...

Question 8
8.

6. The conversation with my boss was really strained because...

Question 9
9.

7. Quitting college without a plan turned out to be a rash decision because...

Question 10
10.

8. The doctors tried their best, but sadly, he didn’t make it after...

Question 11
11.

9. My grandmother passed away last year, and since then...

Question 12
12.

10. People who look down on someone because of their job often...

Question 13
13.

11. “Let’s get this over with,” she said before...

Question 14
14.

12. It was an odd situation - I had never seen anyone...

Question 15
15.

13. You’ll be better off if you...

Question 16
16.

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

[00:01:06 - 00:10:10]

1. - My name is Mary Alice Young. And before I died, my life _______ . The secrets had begun 15 years earlier when my name was Angela Forrest, _______ . I'd feel it every morning as I made breakfast for my husband.
- If you could stop by the market today, that would be great. I'm _______ .
- And during the _______ ...
2. Angela, you're the only one _______ . Please. Please don't stop now.
3. No, I'm thinking about Dana. You'll give him a good home. Okay? He'll _______ .
4. We were as happy as any family could be. Until one night three years later... _______ . And _______ .
5. After all, it's one of the _______ ... Don't call the neighbors in the _______ . And so they came, with their _______ . They came because after all these years... they _______ .
6. - We were having a fight when he got the heart attack and _______ and...
- Honey, the doctors here are great.
- Yeah, and he's so young, he's gonna _______ .
7. - You know what? I am so happy that you guys came here. I really am. But I am trying really hard to be strong, so if you keep comforting me...
- You're _______ ?
- Then we won't comfort.
8. Why _______ when you can just come home with me? Let _______ . It would be my pleasure.
9. It's just that I've never sold a house over the phone before. You were awfully _______ .
10. Oh, honey. Escrow's closed. Now I can show you _______ .
Question 17
17.

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

[00:10:11 - 00:20:47]

1. Mike, hi, sweetie. I hope the job's going well. Um... So... I hope you're not ________ but I found Mrs. Huber's journal in your __________ and, well, I couldn't exactly not read it, so I did, and I know all about the ______________ , so call me, we'll talk. Love you. Bye.

I haven't heard back and I was getting a little ______________ . The girls and I were talking and we think that maybe Paul Young killed Mrs. Huber and if he did then maybe he killed your old girlfriend too so we should really talk about this, so call me. I love you. Bye.

I thought the ________________ of having a cell phone was so someone could __________ you when they needed to talk. How can we move forward as a couple if you won't communicate with me? Mike, I need you to call me back. I ____________ . Love you. Bye.

I'm so sorry for that last phone call. Um... let's just say it was the worry talking. I just really need to talk to you, and... Can you ____________ ? I got another call.
2. The reception's pretty __________ up here but I got your messages.
3. - OK. Hurry, though. I just have a feeling that Paul Young is __________________ of all of this.
- Well, let's not _________ to judgment.
4. I'm here to ____________ for you, Carlos. Can you take those ________ ? There's no way I'm dressing him.
5. Yes, well, Carlos, in some circles, beating people _______ at all is ____________ upon.
6. - Well, I'm _____________ be the mother of your child, which means a lot of responsibility and little time for myself. So if I'm gonna get you out of this mess, you have to ________________ .
- OK.
- When the baby cries in the middle of the night, you're going to get up, without saying one word. Doctor's _________________ , you're driving. I'm not putting a _____________ in my Maserati. And you will also be on ________________ . That means washing, sterilizing and ____________ . That way I'll have some ______________ of a life and then maybe I won't hate you so much. All right. There we go. So we're good? See you in court.
- Hey, Gabby. Aren't we __________________ ?
- Oh, honey, if you can __________ that one, more power to you.
7. What? You asked Peterson's wife to ______________ he wouldn't promote me. So he gives a ___________________ to Annabel so I _________ . What don't you understand?
8. - Oh, I was just um... thinking that I need to start ____________________ .
- You haven't done that yet?
- No, and I need to clean out our rain ____________ and ____________ the refrigerator, and I can't tell you how long it's been since I've replaced the _________________ so...
- Then you'll finish off with our wedding silver.
9. On the day we got married, I told her how happy I was. And she told me that even during bad times to always remember that the best was ___________ come.
10. - I'm sorry for everything I did. The moving out, the _______________ , the sex stuff.
- It doesn't matter. From here on in, can we just say that _______________ ?
11. - So you're gonna go live ___________ with the plumber slash ___________ ?
- It's funny you should mention sin. I think _____________ still _____________ that category.
12. If you don't want to talk to me, fine. At least have the _____________ to hide.
13. They just took her away in an ______________ . I'm totally ________________ . My guys haven't _____________ at the job site yet. I'm over there all alone, so do you think maybe I could just come in and _____________ for a while?
Other Answer Choices:
frowned
filling
quit
appointments
car seat
mean it
rush
huge promotion
we're even
hang on
whole point
spring-cleaning
falls in
shelf liners
freaked out
shown up
up
courtesy
ambulance
about to
ex-con
semblance
swing
truck
in the middle
reciprocate
in sin
beneath
off
lousy
reach
concerned
gutters
mad
bottle duty
blackmail
make sure
infidelity
hang out
yet to
testify
adultery
breastfeeding
Question 18
18.

5. Write a detailed summary of the scene

[00:20:48 - 00:32:44]

Use the following words and phrases in your writing:
mess
loneliness
strained
be convicted
Grand Jury Hearing
jealous
ease one's mind
falsely
have an affair
gay basher
approach
lawn
mow
order
justify
potassium
climb
kidney
ingest
onion
chart
earn the living
complain
the entire time
fair enough
pressure
power lunch
rash decision
misunderstanding
pass away
he didn't make it

Question 19
19.

6. Complete each gap with one word

[00:32:45 - 00:41:05]

1. I don't expect any _______ from you, obviously. But could you at least do me the _______ of telling me why we're here?
2. And I know what you did to her. She was just a sad girl with a lot of problems. And she did some terrible, crazy, _______ stuff. But you tell me what she ever could have done to _______ death at the hands of somebody like you.
3. - We have to get that _______ up in the back yard before the pool's finished.
- I know.
- I'm serious. You know how kids are _______ to water.
4. You did a good job _______ your _______ . I had to spend a lot of my father's money _______ you down.
5. - You know, I never told the police what happened.
- You didn't?
- They would have put Dana in _______ care. Or _______ , given him to my father.
6. If you think I'm giving my baby to some _______ , you're crazy.
7. You were always so _______ and _______ back at the clinic, looking _______ on us poor degenerates, _______ you wanted to help when all you really wanted was to feel _______ . You _______ bitch.
8. - You said they were _______ the _______ for the pool tomorrow?
- You can't be serious.
- They'll never find her. We can put her in this.
- She won't _______ .
- Then we'll have to make her fit.
- What are you doing?
- Checking for _______ marks.
9. - Deirdre had a baby?
- Let's _______ this over _______ .
10. It's an _______ thing to look back on the world, to watch those I left behind, each, in her own way, so brave, so _______ , and so very desperate. Desperate to _______ out, but afraid of what she'll miss when she goes. Desperate to get everything she wants, even when she's not exactly sure of what that is. Desperate for life to be perfect again, _______ she realizes it never really was. Desperate for a better future, if she can find a way to _______ her past. I not only watch, I _______ them on, these amazing women. I hope so much they'll find what they're looking _______ . But I know not all of them will. Sadly... that's just not the way life works. Not everyone _______ a happy ending.