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Notting Hill - Dinner scene




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William invites Ann to her sister's birthday party.
 
 
 
 
https://youtu.be/hZ8PfLIc8MI
 
 

A) Watch the scene and answer the questions. Choose from the following list of characters.

 

Anna - William - Max - Bella - Honey

 
 
Who...
 
...is on a wheelchair?  
...gets too friendly too soon?
...introduces Anna to the rest of the characters?
...offers Anna something to drink?
...is a bit shocked at some moment?
 
 

B) Choose the word that corresponds to the definition.

 

:   people

 :  marked by calm and self control.

you say this when you believe that something very good has happened to you by chance.

:   opposite of succeed.

:   past and past participle of bring.

:   important.

:   the meat of a bird used as food.

:  someone who looks very much like someone else.


C) Here's the conversation. Fill in the gaps with the words from exercise B or choose the correct option.

MAX   Come on in.  Vague food crisis.

BELLA  Hiya -- sorry -- the guinea  is proving more complicated than expected.

WILLIAM  He's cooking guinea fowl?

BELLA   Don't even ask.

ANNA   Hi.

BELLA   Hi.  Good Lord -- you're the  of...

WILLIAM  Bella -- this is Anna.

BELLA    Right.

MAX    Okay.  Crisis over.

WILLIAM Max.  This is Anna.

MAX  Hello, Anna ahm...Scott -- have some wine.

ANNA    Thank you.

 
MAX     I'll get it.
 
WILLIAM Red or white?
 
MAX    Hi. Yes, Happy Birthday.

MAX  Look, your brother has this girl, and ahm...

HONEY   Hi _______ . Oh holy fuck.

WILLIAM  Hun -- this is Anna.  Anna -- this is Honey -- she's my baby sister.

ANNA     Hiya.

HONEY     Oh God this is one of those moments in life, when it's possible you can be really, genuinely -- and I'm going to just a hundred percent.  I absolutely and totally and utterly adore you and I just think you're the most beautiful woman in the  and more importantly I genuinely believe and I've believed for some time now that we can be best friends. So, what do you think?

ANNA    Ahm... I think that sounds -- you know -- .  Happy Birthday.

HONEY   Oh my God.  You me a present. We're best friends already.  Marry Will -- he's a really nice guy. Then we can be sisters.

 

ANNA    I'll think about it.