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A Beautiful Mind
Before watching
I. Match each expression in column A with the meaning in column B. Make five of your own sentences with the expressions.
| A | B |
| 1. avoid a scene; 2. stare into space; 3. give somebody the cold shoulder; 4. Big Brother; 5. so something at sb’s whim; 6. lone wolf; 7. lose track of somebody/something; 8. an odd duck; 9. lose one’s grip on something; 10. elbow out the delusions; 11. an acquired taste; 12. cornerstone of something. | a. look for a long time at nothing; b. any person, organization, or system that seems to want to control people's lives and restrict their freedom; c. having a sudden feeling that you would like to do something, especially when there is no important or good reason; d. failure to pay attention to someone or something, so that you don’t know where they are or what is happening to them; e. someone who prefers to be alone; f. prevent a loud angry argument, especially in a public place, from happening; g. deliberately ignoring someone or be unfriendly to them, especially because they have upset or offended you; h. fight the false beliefs, thoughts, images; i. stop understanding something; j. someone who is regarded as strange by other members of society; k. something that is extremely important because everything else depends on it; l. something people begin to like after they have tried it a few times. |
“An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.” – Albert Camus
