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Yes-Man

Yes-Man. A guy challenges himself to say "yes" to everything for an entire year. About it. Produced by Bruce Berman known for Matrix Features Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel / ’ zoʊi :  deɪʃə ’ nɛl/ Awarded: Best Co ’ medic Performance ( MTV Movie Award ) BMI Film Music Award

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Yes-Man

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  1. Yes-Man A guy challenges himself to say "yes" to everything for an entire year.

  2. About it Produced by Bruce Berman known for Matrix Features Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel /’zoʊi:deɪʃə’nɛl/ Awarded:Best Co’medic Performance(MTV Movie Award) BMI Film Music Award Based on a book by Danny Wallace who has once started his own cult, with a mind to encourage people to commit random acts of kindness.

  3. Vocabulary • Ennui - a feeling of listlessness and general dissatisfaction resulting from lack of activity or excitement • Covenant - a binding agreement; contract • A riff – a quick, witty remark, especially one that is part of a rapid exchange • Torgue – (in physics and mechanical engineering) moment of force, is the tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis , or pivot. Just as a force is a push or a pull, a torque can be thought of as a twist (крутящий момент). • Airtight - 1.impermeable by air: not allowing air in or out 2.flawless: without flaws or vulnerable points

  4. To smother 1. allow or get too little air: to deprive somebody or something of air, or be deprived of air 2. overwhelm somebody with affection: to give somebody too much love or affection with the effect that he or she feels restricted 3. put out fire: to extinguish something such as a fire, or go out from lack of oxygen 4. suppress or hide something: to suppress or hide the expression of something • To put finger on - to identify and state the essence of something • Ballsy - a highly offensive term meaning unusually tough, courageous, or determined (slang taboo ) (напористый).

  5. Cultural Note Bridal shower - a gift-giving party held for a bride-to-be in anticipation of her wedding. Hollywood Bowl - a modern amphitheater in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, that is used primarily for music performances. It has a seating capacity of 17,376. It is known for its band shell, a distinctive set of concentric arches that graced the site from 1929.

  6. Discussion: a bold life 1. How is “making life happen” related to “world as a playground”? 2. Balancing “living a life” and expenses of such a lifestyle.

  7. Discussion: Lifestyles 3. What does it take for a person to change his lifestyle? 4. Hedonism as a life philosophy. (Hedonism is a school of thought which argues that pleasure is the only intrinsic good; a hedonist strives to maximize net pleasure (pleasure minus suffering). 5. Closed-off-little-box lifestyle as a choice.

  8. Discussion: freaky and funky 6. How much fun or trouble can freaks be to be around? Funky 2. casual: down-to-earth and informal, sometimes in ways seen as lacking style or as tasteless ( slang ) These clothes are too funky to wear to work.3. fashion unconventional: offbeat, creative, and novel (informal ) 6. U.S. uncomfortable: causing discomfort or unease (slang )

  9. Discussion: sects How useful or harmful can sects (schools, cults) be? A sect is a group with distinctive religious, political or philosophical beliefs.

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