Unit 1- Making friends
Imagine you want to get to know someone. What questions do you ask in order to know person some more?
When I think of this, I always remember a beautiful -and a Hollywood Oldie- from one of my favorite old movies: the musical film called The King and I, with Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner. It's an 1956 film, and my mother used to sing it for me while playing the piano. She still plays the piano and sings it, so I can't forget this song.
The musical is based on the book Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon, and the plot comes from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, who became school teacher to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. Leonowens' story, The English Governess at the Siamese Court, was autobiographical, although her biographer, Susan Morgan, author of the 2008 biography Bombay Anna has discovered numerous inaccuracies and fabrications, possibly because she disliked the monarchy and because the king died and did not put her and her son into his will. Actually, King Mongkut did put Anna and her son on his will, but his successor and son King Chulalongkorn did not follow his father’s wishes and simply sent Anna a thank you letter.
Exercise. Follow the instructions on the document below, it's a Scribd document you can print, and it's got the lyrics to the song so you can sing along:
UNIT 1 Exercise
In case you can't see the Scribd, click on Scribd Exercise
Also watch the video, so you can answer the questions on the document.
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