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Ratatouille

Date: Jun 08 2021

Intro

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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

Rémy wants to be a chef, and luckily, he lives in the best culinary city in the world, Paris, France.

But there’s one problem.

Rémy is a rat.

And rats can’t be chefs. They aren’t even allowed in kitchens! Listen to Mason tell Amanda about how Rémy the rat makes for his favorite movie of the summer, Ratatouille.

Dialog

1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.

2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Mason

Amanda

Mason: Have, uh, seen the best movie of the summer yet?

Amanda: Uh, Transformers, yes.

Mason: Well I was uh…I was talking about Ratatouille...

Amanda: No, but what a fun word to say!

Mason: It is a fun word. A friend actually pointed out to me…It’s funny, on the posters they spell if phonetically because there’s probably a fair portion of Middle America that’s never really seen that word before and wouldn’t know how to pronounce it.

Amanda: Nor would they know what it is, right?

Mason: To be honest, I know it’s food…

Amanda: Well, it’s a French dish, stewed vegetables, sometimes a side dish, sometimes served as a main course. I’ve never had it myself, but it sounds wonderful. Think about how many people probably ate it on opening night.

Mason: And of course, the name is funny for the movie because the main character is a rat...

Amanda: Oh, I hadn’t really thought of that…

Mason: ...who wants to be chef, in France, and then they bring the dish in the climactic scene. Oh it’s so good. Beautifully animated like all Pixar stuff is. The story’s fantastic.

Amanda: And isn’t it the first film since the Disney-Pixar merger? I think it’s the first one out of the gates.

Mason: Since the merger?

Amanda: Yeah, between Disney and Pixar.

Mason: They joined?

Amanda: Yes! I believe this is the first child since.

Mason: I don’t know…

Amanda: I thought. I could look it up on Wikipedia.

Mason: You know, you might be right, and if so, I would say that Pixar has survived the crushing hand of Disney that they escaped from.

Amanda: Fantastic.

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Discussion

When Mason asks if Amanda has seen the best movie of the summer, she assumes he’s talking about Transformers.

But he means Ratatouille, a movie that Amanda informs him is named for a French dish of stewed vegetables. Mason points out that it’s the perfect name for the movie because it’s about a French rat who wants to be a chef.

Amanda asks if Ratatouille is the first Pixar film since the company merged with Disney. Mason says he doesn’t know, but that if it is, Pixar survived the merger.

Have you ever felt like a rat trying to become a chef? Have you ever wanted a job that seemed impossible to get?

Comments

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Reyes10

United Kingdom

I love is .. it is very interesting .. I hope everyone to watch the film .. the cortoons is very fuuny ..

joscarmont

Costa Rica

I haven’t seen that movie, yet. Of course, there is something in that movie that calls my attention. That’s why I’m very anxious to see it.

Elishka

Russian Federation

very cute movie

snello

Saudi Arabia

i heard about this movie and i scheduled it but i never got to see it : S,, since it is all about cooking,, i know i would enjoy watching it :P

RIMY

Algeria

well!well!well! even a rat has such a great ambition ! why not?He could be a chef but because I haven't seen the movie yet,I can't tell if he will be what he wanna be.

wym_fz

China

It sounds very interesting a movie,I'm eager to watch it

Alexander02

Russian Federation

Haven't seen it yet. Hope to watch it soon as a like cartoons, especially made by Disney and Pixar. Now after they mergered i hope they will create many funny cartoons and movies. And of course that is very useful and interesting to watch cartoons in inglish , killing two hares: having fun and improoving language :))

usman rashid

Pakistan

really very interesting

takeshiman

Japan

The idea that a rat become French chef is very interesting!! I want to watch this movie. "Transformer" is interesting to me ,too.

Monday

China

nose of the little rat is funny

Monday

China

i like the little rat

MR.D

Saudi Arabia

I haven't seen the movie, but I think it will be a wonderful movie and exiting too. That because any animation produced by DISNEY company, should be a great big production,no dobt

hannababy

China

I did not see the movie。 How about it??

RaneeConstantine

Indonesia

I’ve already watched Ratatouille with my students in the language laboratory. What a great movie!
A Brilliant Idea I must say ^_

lips

Malaysia

I love it. Very interesting.

jennybetty

China

I have seen the film Ratatouille and like it very much ,It not only have vividly picture and funny conversation but also inner meaning ,hope everyone have a dream and make it ture by yourself hard work. It is a film worth seeing.