The secret garden

DVD LESSON – ‘The Secret Garden’

Before watching….
This is the introduction to the story you’ll be watching. Use your imagination to think of suitable words to fill in the blanks.
The story
1911, India.
Mary Lennox, suffers a terrible t………………………………….. She finds that her parents d……………… of cholera. She is found by two s………………….and returns to England, to her uncle´s m…………………………….. Mrs. Medlock, the h…………………………, travels to London to bring Mary to her uncle's estate. Her uncle is home when she a…………………………., but does not wish to see her that evening. He departs the next morning to continue the travel..... Mary c………………….. sleep the first night because the old house is full of sounds. She hears s…………………………………….crying.
“The secret Garden” is the story of Mary Lennox, a ….................. girl, who lives in …............... , with her ….......................... and ….............. her ….............. Kamala, until one day, she ….................. to England to live with her uncle because her parents have died. There,she discovers two secrets: a…………………….. full of roses, which has been locked for ….................years, and her…............... , who is very sick.
Together, they ….................... into the secret garden and ………………………….. to life again. She also helps Colin to ………………………. Again and get …………………………..

Her dream of having a real family came ………………….

While watching….
1) Watch the first scene which happens in India and put these events in the correct order.
a) She smashes her ivory elephant onto the floor.
b) Her parents die.
c) She feels very lonely in India.
d) She is sent to England by boat.
e) She is not allowed to go to parties.
f) A terrible earthquake takes place.
g) Mary is dressed by her servants.
h) She says her parents hardly ever talk to her.

2) Watch the next scene, at Liverpool Port. Say if these statements are true (T) or false (F).
a) Mary´s servants carry the luggage for her.
b) She does not know anybody in England.
c) Ms. Medlock is waiting for her when she arrives.
d) Mary is passenger number forty – four.
e) She is the last child to leave the port station.
f) Ms Medlock is kind and friendly to Mary when they first meet.
g) Mary behaves as a spoilt child as soon as she wakes up the next morning.
h) She stays in her room all day.
I) Two days after her arrival, she starts hearing the crying.
j) She finds her aunt´s room very similar to her mother´s.

3) Look at the previous scene again and put the phrases in the order you hear them.
o Children change!
o Her mother was a beauty.
o For Lord Archibald Craven, her uncle and guardian.
o I´ve come to claim her.
o Ah! At last.
o What a queer, irresponsive little thing!
o My mother didn´t have the time to tell me stories.
o Your aunt is dead. Didn´t your mother tell you?
o Is that Mary Lenox?
o Come along

4) Watch the next two scenes and then complete the script.
- There´s your¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ _____________________________________________
- You can change after you __________________________________
- There are new _________________________ in the wardrobe.
- Who´s going to ___________________ me?
- As _________________ as you are?
- What do they do with _____________________ in India? Carry you around in a ______________________?
- We´ve far much too ___________________ already!
- So, you´ll have to look __________________________________________
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- The house seemed ________________, like a spell had been cast upon it.
- The _______________________ tables were the same.
- What ________________________? What did I tell you?
- I heard ______________________________________

5) Watch the scene where Martha appears.
Think and give your opinion:
a) What is she like?
b) What is Mary like?
c) How does she win Mary´s trust?

6) Watch the scene in the garden. How many animals can you see?Name them
_________________________, ________________________ , __________________________ , _______________________

After watching……
7) Comparison between the film and the book
Name at least four differences that you found between the film and the book and describe them briefly.
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