Activities
1 Listen to the film clip and fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard
2 Listen to the film clip again and role-play it with your partner
O: Un… No. Who did it? What’s that? I think he did it.
L : Leave! Vacate the premises! Take your ax and ①
!
O: And who are you?
L : I’m the Lorax! Guardian of the ②
. I ③
the trees. So you’re telling me, you just didn’t see me magically ④
out of that stump? With all the lightning and thunder and stuff. You didn’t see any of that?
O: No, but that sounds amazing. Can I see some of that?
L : Uh, yeah, I could ⑤
you. But that’s not how it works.
O: OK. Um… Didn’t really ⑥
. Oh, I know what you want! I’ve got one of these for the cutest little guy I ever saw! Yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy…
L : How dare you! Give me that! I’m going to eat this, but I am highly offended by it.
O: What are you… Hey, Mustache! Will you stop that? What’s your deal, man?
L : Pull them right out time for you to go, Beanpole!
O: Just going to put them right back in. We can do this all day.L : Stop right there! Stop it! So you would hammer one of nature’s innocent creatures?
O: What? No! I would never hit this little guy. You, ⑦
, I would gladly pound you and your mustache into the ground!
L : Behold! The intruder and his violent ways. Shame on you. For shame!
O: All right, you know what? That’s it! You listen to me, you furry meatloaf. I’m going to chop down ⑧
trees as I need. OK? Newsflash! Not going anywhere! End of story!
L : Then you leave me no ⑨
. If you are not gone by the time the sun sets on this valley, all the forces of nature will be unleashed upon you and curse you until the end of your days! You have been ⑩