
| Shallow Grave ABefore Watching:
Look at the following pieces of dialogue - Which character do you think says which parts of the dialogue?
- Where do the conversations take place?
- Who are they talking to?
-1- 'What happened to that guy?' 'What guy?' 'That guy, that one that died.' What guy that died?' 'That one, last week.' 'Here?' Yeah, here, I mean, where else?' 'Oh him. Well, he died.' 'That's what I thought'
-2- ´What do we do here?' 'Sorry?' 'Here' 'Right here?' 'In this firm.' 'Well, it's a wide range of, eh -' 'Exactly what I was -' ' _________is often sneered at. Were you aware of that?' 'Not any real sneering as such, no.' 'There's a whole wide world out there, and it all needs to be accounted for, doesn't it?' 'Oh, it's unfashionable, I know, but, yes, we're methodical, yes, we're dilligent, yes, we're serious,and where's the crime in that, and why not shout it from the rooftop, yes, maybe sometimes we are a little bit boring, but by God, we get the job done.'
-3- "Now, was there a pet in the house? Yes, a pet. like a dog or budgie or a gerbil. You see, what I need is 'PC Plod rescues Harry the Hamster from House of Horror'. all right...well, that's a pity, you see, no pets, no human angle."
While WatchingNow watch the film and say : i)which order they come in the sequence ii) Who says the following : - "He's still there"
- "Yeah, he couldn't get his car started…"
iii) What differences are there between the workplace of Alex and David ? After WatchingRoleplayWith another student, choose one of the work situations and continue the conversation,taking the role of either one of the characters or a colleague.
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