1 FILM CLIPS AVATAR M1 PRODUCTION USA 2009 DIRECTOR James Cameron STARRING Sam Worthington (Jake Sully), Zoe Saldana (Neytiri), Stephen Lang (Col. Miles Quaritch), Michelle Rodriguez (Trudy Chacon), Sigourney Weaver (Grace) A SYNOPSYS The film is set in the mid-22nd century. Humans are colonizing Pandora a densely-forested moon in the Alpha Centauri star system though its atmosphere is poisonous to humans. The story s hero is Jake Sully, a former marine confined to a wheelchair. Jake has been recruited to join an expedition to Pandora in order to extract a precious mineral, whose exploitation might solve the Earth s energy problems. To facilitate their work, the humans use a link system that projects a person s consciousness into a hybrid of humans and Pandora s indigenous, 3-metre-high blue humanoids, the Na vi. This human-Na vi hybrid is known as an Avatar . In his new Avatar form, Jake can walk once again. His mission is to interact with the Na vi with the hope of obtaining their help in extracting the precious mineral. A beautiful Na vi female, Neytiri, saves Jake s life, although reluctantly, because even in his Avatar body, Jake represents to her the human intrusion into the Na vi s untouched world. As Jake s relationship with Neytiri deepens, along with his respect for the Na vi s environment and traditions, he leads an epic conflict that will decide Pandora s destiny. ONLINE RESOURCES BEFORE VIEWING After viewing activities Answer the following questions. 1. After reading the synopsis, surf the net to find information about an Avatar and Pandora. 2. Pandora is a luxuriant moon. What do you think its natural environment could be like? 3. How is Pandora different from the Earth? FILM CLIP 1 Now watch the film clip and fill in the script with the phrases in the box below. this is sad my fault cannot learn like a child don t understand this why save you to say thanks learn to speak English a baby making noise your little forest friends Jake s Avatar, on a mission with other Avatars, gets lost in the forest. He is frightened. Suddenly a pack of wild wolf-like creatures attack him. Hidden in a tree, Neytiri (N) sees the scene and decides to rescue the Avatar (A). A.: Look Hey, probably you (1) ..............................., but thank you thank you this was pretty impressive I would have been screwed if you hadn t come along Hey, wait a second Hey, where re you going? Wait up Just slow down Look, wait up. I just wanted (2) ............................... for killing those things. Damn! N.: Don t thank. You don t thank for this. (3) ................................ Very sad only. A.: Okay, okay, I m sorry. Whatever I did I m sorry. N.: All this is your fault. They did not need to die. A.: (4) ...............................? They attacked me. How am I the bad guy? 340 FURTHER MATERIAL N.: Your fault! Your fault! A.: Easy, easy N.: You re like (5) ..............................., don t know what to do. A.: Easy, fine, fine If you love (6) ..............................., why don t let them just kill my ass? What s the thinking? N.: (7) ...............................? A.: Yeah, yeah, why save me? N.: You have a strong heart, no fear, but stupid, ignorant (8) ................................