Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is based on the first in a series of books by C.S. Lewis. The movie follows four children who are sent from London to live with an eccentric professor in the countryside.
While playing hide and seek in the old house, one of the children finds a portal to the fantastical land of Narnia.
Listen to Taylor and I talk about this movie.
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.
Dave: You saw Narnia the other day, didn’t you?
Taylor: Yes, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Dave: Yeah. So, where does it start? What happens?
Taylor: Well, it starts in, ah, the early stages of World War II.
Dave: Okay.
Taylor: London is being bombed.
Dave: Okay.
Taylor: The mother of, um, four children sends her children away to go live with a family friend, a professor.
Dave: Right. He’s like…
Taylor: Right.
Dave: ..the reclusive scholar.
Taylor: And he lives out in the hills, and they enter into the house, they’re not allowed to touch anything, you know. They find this magic passageway through a, ah, a wardrobe.
Dave: Okay, and that brings them into the magical world of…
Taylor: Narnia.
Dave: Well, there you go. And then that’s where?
Taylor: That’s where all the fun happens. You’ve got a talking, walking lion, who makes sacrifices. You’ve got an evil white witch who is bent on tempting the children and turning them against each other.
Dave: I remember the evil white witch from the books.
Taylor: Yes, and it’s fantastic.
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Discussion
Much of the hype about the movie has focused on its Christian themes of sacrifice, redemption and resurrection. The author, C.S. Lewis, was a famous scholar and Christian convert, though he always said that he did not write the books in order to preach Christianity to children.
Have you seen the movie or read the books? What are your thoughts?
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