Forest Gump. Дроздова И.В. - 7 стр.

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mobs and the police. Civil rights workers were jailed, beaten, and sometimes even
murdered.
    By the mid-1960s the civil rights movement had gotten the attention of the nation
and of Congress. Congress had passed laws making segregation illegal, making job
discrimination illegal, and strengthening voting rights. The movement had achieved
many of his goals. However, King and others realized that these changes in the law
were not enough. There was still much discrimination and prejudice, and blacks on
average earned far less than whites. King was convinced that problems of poverty- of
blacks and whites, in the South and in the North- had to be dealt with. In 1968, he was
organizing a Poor People’s Campaign. On April 4, while visiting Memphis, Tennessee,
to speak to striking workers, King was assassinated. America has made great progress.
But King’s dream of true equality for all still has not fully come true.



                                        Unit III

                                  First Viewing Task

Watch the clips up to «Forest Gump’s Induction» and answer these questions:
         A Is Forest Gump “naïve “?
         B Does it mean that he is natural and innocent in speech and behavior?
             Use other adjectives to describe his way of behaving.
         C Has he ever given any thought to his future?
         D What is Jenny’s «long life» dream?
         E Is Forest Gump «dizzy» or does he feel «uneasy»?
         F What does it feel like being one of «All American Team»?
         J What does Forest feel like when he says, «must be hard being brothers»?
         H Did he feel the same way when he said about E.Priesly «must be hard
         being King»?
         I Does F. Gump understand why John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy were
             killed?
                            Comprehension Task (see keys)

Fill in the gaps in these quotes:
           A Jenny:
                I wonna be famous, I wonna be a singer… There gonna be me… with my
           guitar and my boys. I wonna reach people… When the people say things…
           B Forest:
                They did put me on a thing called _ _ _ _ » to meet the President of the
           US. Now, the real good thing about meeting a president of the US is …. They
           put you in this little room with … Number one: I wasn’t hungry, but ….. ;
           number two they were….
           C John F. Kennedy:
            Сongratulations, how …..