Futurama (season 1, episode 2) Activity 1 Answer the questions:

1. What was the first episode of “Futurama” about? 2. Who are the main characters? 3. Read the short summary of episode 1, can you remember more details: A down-on-his-luck pizza delivery guy, Fry, is accidentally frozen on New Year's Eve 1999, and wakes up in 2999.

Created by Maria Tsedrik for Skyteach Activity 2 Match the words and the pictures:

1. delivery /dɪˈlɪvəri/ A. 6. a ride /raɪd/ F.

2. An amusement park B. 7. a barn /bɑːn/ G. /əˈmjuːzmənt pɑːk/

3. An intern /ˈɪntɜːn/ C. 8. oxygen /ˈɒksɪdʒən/ H.

4. The moon /muːn/ D. 9. to freeze /friːz/ I.

5. A mission /ˈmɪʃən/ E.

Created by Maria Tsedrik for Skyteach Activity 3 Watch the video. Match the crewmembers and their duties: an intern an accountant a delivery boy a staff doctor the captain a lawyer

1. Hermes Conrad – 2. Turanga Leela – 3. Philip J. Fry – 4. Doctor John Zoidberg – 5. Amy Wong –

Created by Maria Tsedrik for Skyteach Activity 4 Watch the video again. Are these sentences True or False?

1. The new Planet Express crew gets their first mission: a delivery to an amusement park on the Moon. 2. Leela is enthusiastic about the idea of going to the Moon, but is disappointed that people only go there for the amusement park and wants to see the "real Moon". 3. Fry takes one of the rides with Leela on the Moon's surface. 4. They crash the car and ask for oxygen in a hydroponic farm. The farmer is happy to give oxygen right now. 5. Bender, Leela and Fry run away from the angry farmer. 6. They find Apollo 11 lander and hide inside not to freeze. 7. Amy learns to operate the controls and save Bender, Leela and Fry.

Created by Maria Tsedrik for Skyteach Activity 5 Answer the questions:

1. What do you think of “Futurama”? 2. What happened in episode 2? 3. Would you like to travel to the Moon? 4. What do you think will happen in next episode?

Created by Maria Tsedrik for Skyteach Answers:

Activity 2 1 - D, 2 - B, 3 - A, 4 - H, 5 - F, 6 - G, 7 - E, 8 - I, 9 - C

Activity 3 1. Hermes Conrad - an accountant 2. Turanga Leela - the captain 3. Philip J. Fry - delivery boy 4. Doctor John Zoidberg - staff doctor 5. Amy Wong - an intern

Activity 4 1. The new Planet Express crew gets their first mission: a delivery to an amusement park on the Moon. T 2. Leela is enthusiastic about the idea of going to the Moon, but is disappointed that people only go there for the amusement park and wants to see the "real Moon". F (Fry) 3. Fry takes one of the rides with Leela on the Moon's surface. T 4. They crash the car and ask for oxygen in a hydroponic farm. The farmer is happy to give oxygen right now. F (after they do some work) 5. Bender, Leela and Fry run away from the angry farmer. T 5. They find Apollo 11 lander and hide inside not to freeze. F (only Leela and Fry, without Bender) 7. Amy learns to operate the controls and save Bender, Leela and Fry. T

Created by Maria Tsedrik for Skyteach