Twilight

Vocabulary• mysterious: difficult to understand or explain• captivating: very attractive and interesting• determined: decide to do sth and will not stop!• unravel: to learn secret of sth that is mysterious

and difficult• terrify : scared• passionately: having very strong feelings about

sth • unconditionally: without any limitations, “no

matter what”• forbidden: not allowed

Outline

Bella Swan was not expecting anything

out of the ordinary to happen when she

moved to live with her Dad in Forks,

Washington. But this is where her life truly

begins. There she meets Edward Cullen,

a mysterious and captivating student at her new high school.

Bella soon discovers that Edward is hiding a

secret, after he impossibly saves her

life from a van with his super-human strength

and speed. She is determined to unravel

his secret, but the truth is more terrifying than she realized. Edward is

a vampire.

Any normal person would just keep away from him, but Edward and Bella have fallen

passionately and unconditionally in love with each other. And so begins their

forbidden relationship between a human and a vampire. But the young lovers soon discover that their troubles are only just

about to begin.

Characters

Full name: Bella Marie Swan

Status: Human

Special abilities: Accident prone,

attracts bad luck and vampires cannot access her mind

Full name: Edward Anthony Masen Cullen

Status: Vampire

Special abilities: Mind reading, super-speed, Extraordinary

strength

Vocabulary in the Video

Vocabulary1. pale white : weak, colorless white

2. camouflage : mask, disguise

3. predator : animals that live by hunting other animals

4. scent : smell

Video Time

Question

1. How does Bella discover Edward is a vampire?

• He is impossibly fast and strong, his skin is pale white and ice cold, he never eats or drinks, and he never goes out in sunlight.

2. Why doesn’t Edward show himself in sunlight?

• Because his skin will shine in sunlight.

3. "What quality does Edward have that attracts Bella?"

• His voice, his face, even his smell.

4. What is Edward’s nature ?

• He is a killer.

5. How is Edward’s family different from other vampires?

• They only kill animals, they have learned to control their thirst for

blood.

other issues about Twilight

• Why are people so interested in Vampire movies? What other kinds of monster movies are there? How many other kinds of monsters can you name?

• Why are girls and women especially interested in Vampires and the actors that play vampires?