Don't Look Away
Title: Don't Look Away
By: Christopher Cox
Genre: Horror
Language Difficulty: Intermediate
Story Difficulty: Easy
Ages: Teen+ (some bad language and scary scenes)
Run Time: 8 minutes 20 seconds
Listening
Test your understanding
1. What happens if you look away from the creepy man?
2. What does the creepy man look like?
3. What did we NOT see the man wearing?
4. What did the father use to get rid of the creepy man?
5. What is implied at the end of the video?
Find the Mistakes
The movie opens with a scene of a girl, Savannah, washing her hair. Her brother shouts at her from outside and they argue about who should do the chores. He opens her bedroom door and jokingly insults her. She responds by slamming the door and telling him to go away. She walks over to the window and looks out into the garden. There, she sees a creepy looking man standing behind a tree. The man's face is covered by a mask and he is wearing a black and white suit with a torn jacket. Right after seeing him, her phone rings and she answers it. It's her father calling. She tells him about the weird looking man. The father tells her not to look away from the man and that he will be home soon. Her brother knocks on the door and opens it. She tells him to lock all the doors in the house, but before doing that, he looks outside and sees the man in the suit. She explains to Jim that he must keep looking at the man, and says that she is going to lock the doors. She thinks that if one person looks at it, it will be good enough. But after locking the doors, she can't see the man anymore, even though Jim can. Suddenly she sees the creepy man sitting in her room. Savannah covers the man's nose with tape, thinking that that would protect her, but when she looks away, it attacks her. Jim jumps in to defend her. After a short fight, they can both see the man in the room, so he stops moving. The children's father runs into the room. He picks up a mirror and holds it in front of the man's face. When the man looks into the mirror, he is sucked into it. The father then smashes the mirror. Savannah demands an explanation for what has happened. Her father explains that the man has been following him and his wife for a long time. Suddenly, Jim realizes that he can't see the man that he was looking at outside. The father tells them that the creepy man had been able to make a copy of himself. When the doorbell rings, they realize that the danger is not over. The movie ends with the creepy looking man standing in the house.
Vocabulary
Real Talk
Cos
"Cos"는 "because"의 매우 흔한 비격식적인 축약형입니다. 캐주얼한 대화에서 원어민들이 항상 사용하는 것을 들을 수 있습니다. 예를 들어, "I'm tired, cos I stayed up late." (늦게까지 안 자서 피곤해.)라고 쓸 수 있습니다. 가끔 "cuz"라고 표기되기도 합니다.
Like
"like"라는 단어는 "um"이나 "uh"와 같이 군말(filler word)로 자주 사용됩니다. 이 클립에서 Savannah는 한 문장에서 이 단어를 여러 번 사용합니다.
Bitch
이 단어는 여러 가지 방식으로 사용됩니다. 대부분은 무례한 표현입니다. 특히 여성에게 이 단어를 사용할 경우, 매우 강한 모욕으로 간주될 수 있으므로, 어떤 의도로 사용되는지 정확히 알지 못한다면 이 단어를 사용하지 마세요. Savannah는 오빠가 그저 장난치는 것을 알지만, 그녀의 반응은 기분이 좋지 않음을 보여줍니다.
Speaking Activities
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