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Movie Clip 4-5
Part I
Language through Movie
Section 1
Before-class Activities
B
Extensive Listening Activities
1. According to the reporter, what are the two nicknames of Mr. Stark? Why do
people call him those names? What does Mr. Stark think of his nicknames?
He is called
鈥晅he Da Vinci of our time鈥?/p>
, as he is a great genius in inventing
weapons.
But
he
thinks
this
nickname
is
ridiculous.
He
is
also
called
鈥晅he
Merchant
of
Death鈥?/p>
,
as
he
not
only
creates
weapons
but
also
promotes
his
weapons to countries all over the world, thus causing casualties in battles. He
thinks this nickname is not bad, and he doesn
鈥?/p>
t take the nickname seriously.
2.
According
to
Mr.
Stark,
what
is
the
philosophy
of
his
father?
When
being
criticized as
鈥晈ar
-
profiteering鈥?/p>
, how does Mr. Stark defend this philosophy?
What do you think of this philosophy?
Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.
He defend this philosophy by showing that military fund benefits medical and
agricultural technology.
(Open
question)
This
philosophy
is
reasonable.
Having
a
bigger
stick,
i.e.
stronger military force, allows you to achieve a sort of diplomacy through the threat
of
force.
/
This
philosophy
is
ridiculous.
Developing
weapons
definitely
causes
danger to world peace.
Movie Clip 1
-Christine:
Mr.
Stark!
Excuse
me!
Mr.
Stark!
Christine
Everheart,
Vanity
Fair
magazine. Can I ask you a couple of questions?
-Security: She's cute.
-Tony: She's all right? Hi.
-Christine: Hi.
-Tony: Yeah. Okay, go.
-Christine: You've been called the Da Vinci of our time. What do you say to that?
Movie
Clip 1
Watch
the
scene
on
Mr.
Tony
Stark
being
interviewed
by
a
reporter
from
Vanity
Fair
magazine
and
answer
the
following
questions.
00:07:37
鈥?/p>
00:08:48