Listen&Learn: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Posted by: Jaksyn PeacockPre-listening vocabulary
- science fiction: a genre of stories about futuristic ideas like aliens and time travel
- protagonist: the main character of a story
- escape: to leave a dangerous situation
- reveal: to give someone information that they didn’t know before
- satirical: using humour to criticize something
- adventure: an exciting and sometimes dangerous experience
Listening activity
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Gapfill exercise
Comprehension questions
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a novel based on a
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a novel based on a radio series.
2. Arthur goes to space because
Arthur goes to space because he learns that the world is about to end.
3. Arthur learns that Earth was actually
Arthur learns that Earth was actually a computer.
Discussion/essay questions
- Can you think of some other books, movies, or TV shows that use humour to criticize society?
Transcript
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a comedy science fiction novel by English author Douglas Adams. The book is based on a radio series that Adams created in 1978. The protagonist, Arthur Dent, learns from his alien friend Ford Prefect that the world is about to end. Ford helps Arthur escape, and the two begin to travel through the galaxy. Along the way, Arthur learns that Earth was really a computer built to reveal the truth about “life, the universe, and everything”. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a very satirical story. Many of the humorous events in the book represent problems in society. Adams published four more novels about Arthur Dent’s adventures before his death in 2001.
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10 comments
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English Club Indonesia says:
There are many movies or TV shows that do the same thing, but I can’t think of one right now.
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Hotma Nurhayati says:
Thank you for sharing with us. It improves my listening skill in learning English
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Nur alyaa says:
I think some of other books , movies or tv shows that we humour to critize society is the student.
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Alma J. De LeĂłn mora says:
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Shaheen says:
If I have time, I wish to read the novel. Thanks.
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Lutur Alam says:
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Phương says:
Thank you very much!
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The King Of Love From IRAN says:
Thank you for sharing it with us,
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Michael J. Sullivan says:
What about Charles Dickins’, novel, “Oliver Twist?” A satire of societal attitudes towards children in an industrializing Britian of the 1800’s.
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Ramu says:
I am from Myanmar and I want to learn English and work at US .Now I am a student and my dream is to shift my family to Canada ,I don’t want to live here .My countries people of 80% have no brain like kindness on each other and a lot of are poor .So I am now study English and work in other development country and etc.