Video Class:

Class The Simpsons

“The
The Regina Monologues”
Monologues
(Season 15 Episode 4)
BEFORE WATCHING

1) What famous places/ things in London do you know? Complete the word map with
the words from the box.

TAXIS BUSKERS PUBS RESTAURANTS CHURCHES CLUBS CINEMAS

THE UNDERGROUND ART GALLERIES WATER BUSES PALACES BUSES
DISCOS THEATRES CATHEDRALS MUSEUMS HARRODS COVENT GARDEN

TRANSPORT SHOPPING

LONDON
NIGHTLIFE SIGHTS

ENTERTAINMENT

WHILE WATCHING

2) Who said that?

HOMER MARGE BART LISA

“Whose picture's on it? It would
have to be somebody famous.”

“You did the right thing, Bart.

And now you can keep the
money.”
“Bart, why don't you spend the
money on something for Mom?”

“Marge, I’ll be on my best

behavior. You have my word
as a gentleman and a lady.”
 3) Watch the Simpsons episode and put the London attractions in order.

__St Paul’s Cathedral __Red double-decker bus __Art

Art Gallery

__The tower Bridge __

__House of Parliament __The
The London Eye __The Big Ben

__Harrods Department Store __Buckingham Palace __The

The Tower of London

4)) The Simpsons meet Tony Blair at the airport. Listen and complete their conversation
with the words/expressions in the box.

AIRPORT CASTLES HELLO! COUNTRY

THANK YOU CITY AMERICAN TOUR

Tony Blair:: ....................................... Welcome to the United Kingdom.

Lisa: Prime Minister Tony Blair?
Bart:: Why are you greeting lowlifes like us at the .......................................?
Blair:: Because I want to encourage all the world to come see the beauty
of 21st century Britain.
Homer:: Would an ....................................... dollar encourage you
to leave us alone?
Blair:: No, but ........................................
Marge: Tony, I mean, Mr. Prime Minister, what should we see first?
Blair:: There's so much to see here. Parliament, Stratford-on-Avon,
the White Cliffs of Dover,, oh, and since you Americans love .......................................,
there's a huge one ………………………………………….
……………………. in Edinburgh,, the .......................................
where I was born.
Homer:: The place where I was born is now a gator farm.
Blair: Smashing.
Lisa: Maybe you could give us a personal ....................................... of your .......................................?
Blair: I'd love to. But I'm late for an appointment.
appointment. I'm greeting a lovely Dutch couple at Gate 23. Cheerio.
Homer: Wow, I can't believe we met Mr. Bean!

5) The family meets J.K. Rowling emerging from

rom a bookshop. Listen to their conversation and put
it in the correct order.

Lisa:: Yes...

Rowling Thank you, young Muggle.

J.K. Rowling:

Rowling He grows up and marries you. Is that what you

J.K. Rowling:
want to hear?

Lisa:: Look, it's J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books.
You've turned a generation of kids onto reading.

Lisa:: Can you tell me what happens at the end of the series?

AFTER WATCHING

6) Complete the summary of the episode with the correct form of the verbs in the PAST
SIMPLE TENSE.

When Bart _________ (find) $1000, Lisa __________ (convince) him to take the family
on a vacation to England instead of spending it on
himself. The Simpsons __________ (visit) London, where
Grandpa __________ (want) to meet his old sweetheart
Edwina. Confused
sed by the London traffic system Homer
accidentally__________ (crash) Queen Elizabeth's coach
and___________ (get) in the Tower of London. Homer
___________(escape) through a secret tunnel and he
__________ (end) up in the queen's
qu bedroom but she__________(agree)
(agree) to let him go
backk to America as long as he __________(take) Madonna with him. At the airport
Grandpa finally __________(meet) Edwina and her daughter - who __________ (look)
a lot like Homer.