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Study Time

60 Minutes

Lesson #

18

1.21 Gigawatts - Back to the Future

Level

Intermediate

MovieClips

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With Marty's (Michael J. Fox) future knowledge of a storm, he and Doc (Christopher Lloyd) concoct a plan to harness 1.21 gigawatts for the DeLorean.

Vocabulary

Read and memorize the vocabulary. Use the arrows on the side to navigate.

ESL Vocabulary Images

radiation

a form of energy that comes from a nuclear reaction and that in large amounts can be very dangerous

Listening

Discuss the questions with your classmates or teacher. Play the video for a hint. 

1.

What do Marty and Doc watch on TV?

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They watch Doc from the future when he is old.

2.

What is Doc happy about?

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He is happy he still has hair.

3.

What is Doc wearing in the video?

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He is wearing a radiation suit.

4.

What does Marty say they need to make the 1.21 gigawatts of power?

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He says they need plutonium.

5.

Where does Doc think people from the future can by plutonium?

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He thinks they can get it at drugstores.

6.

Why doesn't Marty want to be stuck in the past?

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He want's to go back to see his girlfriend.

7.

What's the only source of power that can make 1.21 gigawatts in 1955.

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A bolt of lightning.

8.

How does Marty know when they bolt of Lightning will strike?

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The time and place of a future lightning strike is written in a old article Marty brought from the future.

9.

When and where will the lightning strike?

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It is going to strike the clock tower on Saturday and 10.04pm.

10.

What does Doc want to do with the power from the lightning strike?

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He wants to harness it and channel it to the flux capacitor.

Discussion Questions

Discuss the questions with your classmates or teacher.

Part 1

  • Did you like this film clip?

  • Have you seen the movie "Back to the Future"?

  • Would you like to see this movie (again)?

  • Do you like comedy movies?

  • What movies are nostalgic for you?


Part 2

Talk about what you life was like when you were a child. You should say;

  • Where you grew up

  • what you liked to do

  • some memories from your childhood


Part 3

  • If you could time travel, would you prefer to go to the past or the future?

  • If youu could travel to the past, where and when would you like to go?

  • How do you think the future will be different?

Would you like to chat with the teacher about this topic?
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