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English Adventure Level 3 Do you know the difference between Monsters, Inc. and Toy Story 2? Do you know who Mowgli is?Unit 1 Cinderella
There is news of a great ball at the Prince’s castle, and Cinderella longs to go. With the help of her Fairy Godmother, Cinderella is given a beautiful ball gown to wear and an elegant coach and horses to take her. The magic spell will only last until midnight when Cinderella’s coach will change back into a pumpkin, the horses into mice, and her ball gown into a drab dress. Her Fairy Godmother reminds her to watch the time. Cinderella and the Prince meet and fall in love. Cinderella doesn’t notice the time passing. Just before midnight, she has to flee, and leaves behind one of her small glass slippers. The Prince picks up the slipper and promises to marry the girl who can fit into it. The Prince searches for the girl he loves, and many maidens attempt to fit into the glass slipper. Both Anastasia and Drizella try and try, but the slipper doesn’t fit. Cinderella is discovered in the house, and everyone is amazed to see that the glass slipper fits! The Prince has found his true love at last! He takes Cinderella to his castle, where the two live happily.
A great misunderstanding has spread in the world of children. Children everywhere believe that the monsters hiding in their rooms are there, waiting to hurt them. In fact, the monsters only visit children at night because it’s their job! Monsters Inc., a huge factory in the monster world, hires monsters called Scarers to process children’s screams, which are turned into needed energy. Sulley—a big, furry blue monster—is one of the best Scarers around. He is assisted by Mike, a green one-eyed monster. The monsters believe the children are the real danger and must never be allowed into their monster world. The monsters are in fact scared of the children! Sulley opens a closet door and accidentally allows into the monster world a little human girl named Boo. Mike and Sulley keep Boo hidden from the Child Detection Agency, but they repeatedly fail to return her to the human world. Sulley actually grows to like the little girl very much, and gives up his job as a Scarer. A suspicious monster named Randall looks for evidence of a child loose in the factory. He frightens Mike into confessing, and Randall and the factory boss Waternoose plan to trick Sulley and Boo. But Sulley and Boo defeat Randall, and Waternoose is arrested by Roz, an undercover CDA agent. Roz allows Sulley and Mike five minutes to say goodbye to Boo forever. Boo’s door is shredded so that no monster can ever go through it again. Missing Boo, Sulley explains how Boo’s laughter generates energy, just like screams. Sulley becomes president of the company, which retools to collect energy from laughter, and profits soar. Mike reconstructs Boo’s shredded door, and Sulley and Boo are happily reunited.
Lilo is a lonely little girl who has lived with her big sister, Nani, ever since their parents died. She lives in Hawaii and dreams of finding her own special friend. Stitch is an alien—the result of a dangerous experiment by a mad scientist named Jumba Jukiba, who calls his creation “Experiment 626.” Stitch has been sent to Earth, which is an environmentally protected planet. Lilo adopts Stitch as a pet, thinking he is a playful, mischievous dog that will keep her company. Neither Lilo nor Nani realize that the small, six-legged Stitch was created to be an indestructible fighting machine, programmed to destroy. The aliens, Jumba and Pleakley, come to Earth to capture Stitch and take him to a distant asteroid prison. Stitch believes that as long as he pretends to be Lilo’s family pet, he will not be caught. The problem is that Stitch has no idea of how a pet behaves. He causes all kinds of trouble by destroying everything he finds. However, over time, Stitch grows to love Lilo because she gives him something that he has never known before: a family and the ability to truly care for someone else.
In the churchyard of a cathedral in London is a sword, magically embedded in a stone. Words engraved on the sword blade claim that whoever can pull the sword out of the stone is the true and rightful King of England. Many men try, but no one can pull out the sword. Eleven-year-old Arthur, better known as “Wart,” lives in the castle of Sir Ector, where he works as a servant and apprentice squire. One day, at a tournament in London, Wart realizes he has forgotten his master’s sword. On his way back to get it, he sees the sword embedded in the stone. Rather than going back to the castle, Wart pulls the sword out of the stone. No one can believe that a mere boy removed the sword from the stone. Wart has to prove to the knights that he achieved this feat, and he is eventually proclaimed King Arthur of England. Fortunately, the nervous new king has his wizard friend Merlin to guide him with his wisdom and magic.
This is the story of Mowgli, a human boy or ‘Man-cub’ who is raised in the jungle by wolves. There are, however, many dangers in the jungle. The greatest danger is Shere Khan, a fearsome man-eating tiger who has promised to kill the boy. For safety’s sake, it is decided that Mowgli should return to civilization. Bagheera the panther goes with him. On the journey, he rescues Mowgli from Kaa, a huge python. Determined to recover Mowgli, Baloo dresses up as a female ape and dances with King Louie while Bagheera attempts to get Mowgli. But Baloo’s disguise falls off, and the angry monkeys attack. Baloo and Bagheera escape with Mowgli. But Mowgli still doesn’t want to leave the jungle and runs away. The fierce tiger Shere Khan attacks Mowgli, but Baloo grabs his tail. When a lightning bolt strikes a tree, Mowgli ties a burning branch to the tiger’s tail; and Shere Khan runs away. Mowgli’s friends take him to the Man-village, where he sees a pretty young girl. He decides to stay.
Belle is a beautiful, polite, and clever young woman. Gaston is a vain and determined man who wants to marry Belle. She ignores him and spends her time looking after her father, Maurice, an eccentric inventor. One day, Belle’s father gets lost in the woods and finds an enchanted castle, where all the servants have been magically changed into household objects. He meets Lumiere the French candelabra, Cogsworth the clock, Mrs. Potts the teapot, and Chip, her teacup son. The servants do their best to make Maurice feel welcome. But their master the Beast puts him in the dungeon. The Beast is a frightening and bad-tempered creature who can only break the powerful magic spell that turned him into the Beast if he can learn to unselfishly love another and be loved in return. Belle comes to rescue her father and agrees to remain in the castle with the Beast if her father is set free. The Beast starts to fall in love with Belle, but Belle misses her father so much that the Beast, in spite of his love for her, allows her to go home. Gaston gathers a mob of angry citizens to attack the Beast in his castle. Belle now realizes that she loves the Beast, and rushes back to the castle to warn him. She arrives just in time: the spell is broken, and the Beast is turned back into a handsome prince.
Alice, a pretty sight in her blue dress and white pinafore, is an adventurous little girl. Out with her sister one afternoon, feeling bored and sinking into a dream-like state, she follows a white rabbit to see where it goes. This rabbit is dressed in a waistcoat and is worriedly saying how late it is! Curious, Alice follows White Rabbit into a burrow, where she will grow to a huge size and also shrink to half her original size several times. Washed through a keyhole by an ocean of her own tears, Alice winds up floating inside a bottle. She eventually enters Wonderland—a world as upside-down and backwards from her own world as anything can be. Alice meets a range of fascinating characters: the storytellers Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, a garden’s worth of singing flowers, a Caterpillar who smokes and talks; a Cheshire Cat who can quote nonsense poetry and disappear; and the illogical Mad Hatter and March Hare, who give a very strange Tea Party. Still on the trail of the rabbit, Alice encounters an army of playing cards hard at work, painting white roses red. She is taken before the Queen of Hearts, who is angry because her tarts have disappeared. Convinced Alice took them, the Queen brings her up on trial. Alice shrinks and grows in size before she gets back to the ocean and to the door with the talking doorknob through which she entered Wonderland. She sees herself sleeping, and begins to wake herself up as her sister calls her name. Once awake, she and her sister realize it’s time for tea and return home.
Andy is a boy with a big collection of toys that secretly come to life when no humans are in sight. His collection includes Mr. Potato Head, Slinky the spring dog, Rex the toy dinosaur, Bo Peep the shepherdess lamp, Hamm the piggy bank., Buzz Lightyear the space action figure, and Woody the cowboy. One day, a greedy toy collector named Al grabs Woody and takes him to his Toy Barn. There, Woody meets some new toys, including Jesse, Bullseye, and the Prospector. Woody finds out that he was the star of a TV show called Woody’s Roundup!, along with Jessie, Bullseye, and the Prospector. Woody is the missing last piece in a valuable toy collection, and Al is going to sell him. Woody’s loyal friends come to rescue him, but Al puts Woody into a suitcase and heads to the airport. The toys follow and see Al’s suitcase on a conveyor belt. Woody and Bullseye escape from the suitcase, but Jessie is trapped inside. Woody bravely rescues her just as the plane is about to take off. Things end happily, and Jessie and Bullseye join the other toys in Andy’s room. |
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