1. LISTENING EXERCISE
TED MOVIE TRAILER
Listen to the video and fill in the blanks with the correct words.
MALE SPEAKER: It has been said that 1. ( _____ ) vanished from our world a
long time ago, but if there's one thing you can be sure of.
JOHN: I wish you could really talk to me.
MALE SPEAKER: It's that nothing is more 2. ( _____ ) than a young boy's wish.
TED: You're my best friend, John. 3. ( _____ ).
MALE SPEAKER: But eventually, everyone grows up.
JOHN: I'm taking Laurie to 4. ( _____ ). You don't think she's going to be
expecting something big, do you?
TED: It's been four years, Johnny. You and me have 5. ( _____ ) together for 27
years.
Where's my ring.
Huh?
Where's my 6. ( _____ )?
Put it on my pudgy finger, and quit muttering.
Come on.
JOHN: Knock it off.
TED: All right, I'm just 7. ( _____ ).
JOHN: Man.
TED: That's my bad.
I was sending a tweet.
THOMAS: John.
2. JOHN: Hi Thomas, 8. ( _____ ) ?
[CAR ALARM]
LAURIE: Baby, please ask Ted to 9. ( _____ ). So we can move on with our lives.
JOHN: I'm not that psyched to just, like, 10. ( _____ ) him out.
LAURIE: Oh.
TED: Laurie.
Hey, you're home early.
LAURIE: Who are 11. ( _____ ) girls?
TED: Oh, my god.
Where are 12. ( _____ ) ?
Laurie, this is Angelique, Heavenly, Cherine, and
Sauvignon Blanc.
I swear to god, her name is Soven Yanblanc.
Show her your Chevron card.
JOHN: Ted, you gotta move out.
I'll help you get on your feet out there, I 13. ( _____ ).
TED: Bring it in, 14. ( _____ ).
Come on. (HIGH-PITCHED VOICE) I love you.
Sorry, that's the—
JOHN: Oh.
TED: The thing.
JOHN: The old—
TED: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
JOHN: Yeah, I know. 15. ( _____ ).
TED: I met a girl.
3. JOHN: Nice.
TED: She's a 16. ( _____ ).
Know what I like to do to her?
Something I call a dirty Fozzy.
TED: Down here.
Not looking up your towel.
Swear to god.
Not 17. ( _____ ) at your funny business.
JOHN: Sometimes I think back to that 18. ( _____ ) when I was eight years old.
I wish I'd just gotten a Teddy Ruxpin.
[SHOUTING]
TED: Why are you crying?
JOHN: My junk is squished by the TV.
TED: I look 19. ( _____ ).
JOHN: No you don't.
You look dapper.
TED: John, 20. ( _____ ) something you give to your kid when you tell him
grandma died.
4. ANSWERS
1.magic
2.powerful
3. I love you
4. dinner
5. been
6. ring
7. saying
8. how are you?
9. move out
10. kick
11. these
12. my manners
13. promise
14. you bastard
15. I know
16.cashier
17. looking
18.Christmas morning
19. stupid
20.I look like
![JOHN: Hi Thomas, 8. ( _____ ) ?
[CAR ALARM]
LAURIE: Baby, please ask Ted to 9. ( _____ ). So we can move on with our lives.
JOHN: I'm not that psyched to just, like, 10. ( _____ ) him out.
LAURIE: Oh.
TED: Laurie.
Hey, you're home early.
LAURIE: Who are 11. ( _____ ) girls?
TED: Oh, my god.
Where are 12. ( _____ ) ?
Laurie, this is Angelique, Heavenly, Cherine, and
Sauvignon Blanc.
I swear to god, her name is Soven Yanblanc.
Show her your Chevron card.
JOHN: Ted, you gotta move out.
I'll help you get on your feet out there, I 13. ( _____ ).
TED: Bring it in, 14. ( _____ ).
Come on. (HIGH-PITCHED VOICE) I love you.
Sorry, that's the—
JOHN: Oh.
TED: The thing.
JOHN: The old—
TED: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
JOHN: Yeah, I know. 15. ( _____ ).
TED: I met a girl.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)