Students’ handout for Ice AgeThe Melt down.doc

Students handout for Ice Age:The Melt downBy Zhuang JinPlot summary:When the valley where they live is threatened by the melt of the surrounding ice, the mammoth Manny, the sloth Sid and the saber-toothed tiger Diego advise the other animals to look for shelter outside the place. While escaping, they three meet Ellie, a female mammoth that believes she is an opossum like her two brothers-Crash and Eddie. And they start their adventure.当动物们所居住的山谷是遭到冰融化周围的威胁时，猛犸曼尼，树獭希德和剑齿虎迭哥奉劝其他动物到山谷以外的地方寻求庇护。在逃离的过程中，三人结交了艾莉一头自认为是负鼠的雌猛犸，及她的两个兄弟克莱希和埃迪。他们肩负着救助其他动物的使命，开始了他们的冒险。Nouns: 1. adventure 2. creature 3. sleepwalking 4. tribe 5. sloth 6. vulture 7. minefield 8. fur 9. offer 10. commitment 11. mammothVerbs:1. pull 2. shoot 3. fire 4. roll 5. embarrass 6. overslept (oversleep) 7. repopulate 8. kidnapped(kidnap) 9. worshiped(worship) 10. tossed(toss) 11. burst 12. hail 13. avert 14. scat Others.:1. alive 2. glorious 3. catchy 4. involuntary 5. forward 6. noble7. flaming 8. gooey 9. probablyUseful expressions:1. Can I help in any way here? ( )2. Youve done enough. ( )3. Whos gonna watch my back? ( )4. Whos gonna be my wingman of mayhem. ( )5. Everyones either a dude or our sister. ( )6. Can we slow down a little? ( )7. It was just a figure of speech. ( )8. We made it. ( )9. How bad could it be? ( )10. You mean it？ ( )11. Youve come along way since we met and Ill take full credit for that. ( ) ( )12. Ill keep in touch. ( )13. Point made. ( ) Attachment: Part I M=Manny; El=Ellie; C=Crash Ed=EddieM: So what do you want me to do? C: Pull back the tree and shoot me into the pond. M: I dont know. C: If youre too lame to do it, we can get Ellie. M: No,no,no.No, I can do it. I can do it. C: Yeah,yeah,yeah.Come on,come on. M: Have you done this before? C: Ha. Only a million times. Farther, farther, farther. Perfect. Fire! Yeah! I can fly! I believe I can fly. Er!Ed: Crash! Crash!Crash! Crash, are you OK? El: What happened? Ed: Manny shot him out of a tree. El: Whats wrong with you? M: He said he could do it. El: And you listened to him? Ed: Crash, whatever you do, dont go into the light. M: Can I help in any way here? El: Youve done enough. M: Are you happy now? Ed: Crash, Crash, dont leave me. Whos gonna watch my back? Whos gonna be my wingman of mayhem? Whos gonna roll in that dung patch with me? C: Dung patch? Wait. My legs. I can stand. Ed: He can stand. C: I can run.Ed:He can run. Its a miracle. El: Hallelujah! What can I say? Theyre boys. They make my life a little adventure. You guys are so dead. Thanks for embarrassing me. C: Not the face.=Part II M=Manny; S=Sid; D=Diego; El=Ellie; Brothers(C=Crash; Ed=Eddie)D: Water? Water! Ed: Crash, I told you not to drink before bed. C: I didnt do this. At least, not all of it. El:Whats happening? D: We overslept. We need to move. C: What if were the last creatures left alive? Well have to repopulate the Earth. Ed: How? Everyones either a dude or our sister. S: Hi. Hey, Manny. Wow. What a night. Youll never guess what happened to me. D: Im glad to say that you were sleepwalking. S: No,no,no. I was kidnapped by a tribe of mini sloths. D: That was gonna be my second guess. S: And they worshiped me. I mean, sure, they tossed me into a flaming tar pit, but they worshiped me. M: Sid, you were dreaming. Come on, the waters rising faster than were moving. S: Im telling you, I was kidnapped. I was worshiped. Guys. Fine. Can we slow down a little? Im dying here. It was just a figure of speech. M: They just sit there, watching us. S: I wish I knew what they were thinking. (music)M: There. Now you know what they were thinking. S: Food, glorious food.M&D: Sid! S: What? Its catchy. D: We made it. S: Yeah, we showed those scary vultures. S: Its just a little hot water and steam. How bad could it be? I just did something involuntary and messy. M: OK, come on. D: Manny. Get back. Its a minefield out there. M: Theres only one way to go. Straight through. El: Straight through? Wed like to keep the fur on our bodies, thank you. Well head back and go around. Thats safer.M: No, no. Theres no time. The dam will burst before we make it. Well drown. El: If we go through this, we get blown to bits. M:We go forward. El: We go back. M: Forward. El: Back. D: Can I say something? M&El: No. =Part III (MS=the Mini-sloth; M=Manny; S=Sid; D=Diego; E=Ellie)MS: All hail Fire King. S: Hi. MS: Fire King avert flood. Join us, O great and noble flaming one. D: No, not so fast there, OK. You make a quality offer. But Fire King has a prior commitment. His herd needs him. He is the gooey, sticky stuff that holds us together. He made this herd, and wed be nothing without him. S: You mean it?D: Sid. Sid. That doesnt meanwant to touch. Dont ask. E: Were not the last one any more. Youre not coming? M:You wanna go with them? E: I am a mammoth. I should probably be with a mammoth. Dont you think? M:Yeah, unless. E: Unless? M: Unless I. I just wanna say. I need to tell you. I hope you find every thing youre looking for. M: You too. S: Manny, youve come a long way since we met and Ill take full credit for that, but you need to let go of the past so you can have a future. D:Go after her. S: Its OK. Well always be here for you. M: Ill keep in touch. D: Yeah, yeah. Youre a good fr