02.04.13 Skimming for Secretariado

Hi, a good way of practising our skimming skills is trying to tell about a film. Try this for Wednesday and get a good mark Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) was raised by eccentric parents who—believing erroneously that she had a heart defect—prevented her from meeting other children; she was home schooled by her mother. She developed an active imagination and fantasy life to cope with her loneliness. After the death of her mother and her father's subsequent withdrawal from society, Amélie leaves home and becomes a waitress at Café des 2 Moulins in Montmartre, staffed and frequented by a collection of eccentrics. Spurning romantic relationships after a few disappointing efforts, she finds contentment in simple pleasures and letting her imagination roam free. On 31 August 1997, Amélie is startled by the news of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, causing her to drop a glass ball which in turn dislodges a loose bathroom tile. Behind the tile she finds an old metal box of childhood memorabilia hidden by a boy who lived in her apartment decades earlier. She resolves to track down the boy and return the box to him, and promises herself that if she finds him and it makes him happy, she will devote her life to bringing happiness to others. Good Luck