Hello
there,
I finally have time to write this
thing again, after my brother’s wedding party I don’t really have much time to
think about other things... In fact I was so happy that I couldn’t remember any
home works I got.. and that wasn’t cool... because I had to skip class to avoid
the lecturers’ wrath.
In this post, I’d like to tell you about
what happened during english class today. If I can say, today is the best
english class... because we are told to watch a movie. The title is Akeelah and
the Bee. I thought it’s an amateur film created by some college students out
there in US, but it turned out to be an awesome film, with some familiar faces
like Tzi Ma, the one who play Consul Han in Rush Hour 1 and 3.
The film itself tell a story about an
11-year old girl named Akeelah Anderson who possess the ability to spell words
with ease and her effort trying to take part in National Spelling Bee despite
her mother’s objections. There are times that she almost gave up but somehow
she managed to push herself right back to her feet and try again. I really
wanted to tell you how good this movie is, but I think those who haven’t
watched it yet will not appreciate any spoilers....
Right before the movie starts, the
lecturer gave us three questions to answer... they are as follows:
1. Who is your favorite characters...
and why did you chose her/him?
2. What is the best scene in the movie
and what does it taught you?
3. Write 10 words that the characters
in the movie spelled, along with their meaning.
And I answered on my paper (I don’t
bring any textbook as usual... pfft)...
1. My favorite character is
Akeelah, not because she is the main protagonist but she is very much like me.
Sometimes she felt like she doesn’t fit in with others, like a lost person or
some outer space creature form planet Zorg... (what the?). And she have skill
in spelling but her mother doesn’t support her to make use of it.. (in my case
my skill is drawing but.... yeah). She also have a problem with self confidence...
and so do I.
2. The best scene (spoilers...
pfft) is the moment Akeelah participate in regional bee and she cannot spell a
word she was given. And when the next speller tried to spell the word she has
to spell (spelling pun hahahah.. cough) he was stuck in the last three words
(If I’m not mistaken) and his mother helped him from the audience seat...
Akeelah sister noticed that he was cheating, but the speller’s mother tried to
cover their act, before the speller himself said they were cheating... This
scene taught me that honesty is what you need to win even when you lose..
3. The 10 words~~~~
a. Brunneus : Dark brown colors,
used in scientific things... (why don’t they just say brown?)
b. Fortification : A defensive
wall built to strengthen something...
c. Doubt : Questioning one’s
idea.
d. Fanciful : I dunno, something
fancy? Exotic or what?
e. Ambidextrous : Able to do things
with either left or right hand with the same efficiency
f. Pterodactyl : Yo! Flying
ancient birds...!
g. Intussusception : (Medical)
The inversion of one portion of the intestine within another.. (thank God
google exist..)
h. Staphylococci : A
bacteria. I’ll leave it at that.
i. Laboratory : A place
where smart-heads do their experiments
j. Rhesus : A small
yellowish monkey from India.
That’s all I have to
share.. I don’t know how to put an ending so... this is it... see you!
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