The American Dream
Vocabulary
Doube Entendre
"Don's Story"
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What is the American dream?
The idea that if you work hard, you will be successful.
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What does the word prosperous mean?
Having wealth or good fortune.
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What does doube entendre mean?
It's a word, phrase, sentence, or expression with two meanings.
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What did Don win in "Don's Story"?
What is Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture.
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What does it mean to equate prosperity with happiness?
It means to regard them as equals.
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A group of people with similar characteristics or traits.
Class
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What is the double entendre in this sentence, "Describe your perfect date."
The sentence tells you to describe either a day of the year or an outing with a significant other.
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Who did Don talk to on the bus?
Mrs. Toni
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In the 1600s people thought that they were successful if they owned two things. What were those two things?
land and a prosperous business
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A group of people with similar language, culture, religion, or the like.
Ethnicity
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What is the double entendre in the title of this newspaper article "Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers."
The police are trying to stop people from crossing the street illegally, and it also sounds like police are going to "run down" jaywalkers with cars.
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What is strange about Don's relationship between him and the head of Paramount Pictures?
Mr. Tartikoff would never be that interested in Don.
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"What version of the American dream is 'especialy true for the immigrant community'?
That the parents want their children to do better than them and vice versa.
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What does the word belies mean?
To give false impression of.
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What is the double entendre when we talk about the American dream.
The American Dream suggests both ideals and illusions. It can also literally be suggesting that an American is dreaming.
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Do you think Don was really giving an acceptance speech at the Academy Awards? Give one example to support your answer.
For example: I do not think that Don was really giving an acceptance speech becuase he would never have been able to make such a long speech at that Awards Ceremony.