I LOVE YOU
I Love You
A look at some top “I love you” moments in films and TV series. By Lauren Katz
“I
love you!” Those three magic words that mean so much. But
there are lots of other ways of declaring your love. Here are a few
famous expressions of love from the cinema and TV.Friends (1994-2004) In the sixth
season of Friends, Monica and Chandler
inally get engaged. In this scene, Chandler
manages to propose to Monica without
cracking a joke – a big achievement for him:
“...the only thing that matters is that you
make me happier than I ever thought I could
be. And if you let me, I will spend the rest of
my life trying to make you feel the same way.’’West Side Story (1961) West Side Story
is a modern-day love story based on William
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It takes place in
New York City in the mid 1950s. Tony and Maria
are in love, but they’re from rival families. In
this scene, the young lovers imagine what their
wedding day might be like. The following is
part of a song they sing together:
“Make of our lives one life. Day after day,
one life. Now it begins, now we start. One hand, one heart. Even death
won’t part us now.”The Notebook (2004) Noah (Ryan
Gosling) and Ali (Rachel McAdams) have
never forgotten the time they spent together
one summer. Some years later, Ali returns to
visit Noah, despite the fact that she’s about
to get married to another man. In this scene,
Noah tells Ali that he’s the one for her:
“So, it’s not gonna be easy. It’s gonna be
really hard. We’re gonna have to work at this
every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you,
forever, you and me, every day.”When Harry Met Sally (1989) Harry
(Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) meet for
the irst time when they share a car trip from
Chicago to New York. Over the following 12 years,
they have several chance encounters in New
York City. The ilm looks at the question, “Can
men and women ever just be friends?” In this
scene, Harry tells Sally why he loves her so much:
“I love that you get cold when it’s 71 degrees out.
I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a
little crinkle above your nose when you’re looking at me like I’m nuts. I love that
after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And
I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And
it’s not because I’m lonely, and it’s not because it’s New Year’s Eve. I came here
tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with
somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” GLOSSARY
to declare vb
if you “declare” your love to someone,
you tell them that you love them
to get engaged exp
if two people “get engaged”, they
promise to marry one another
to propose vb
if you “propose” to someone, you ask
them to marry you
to crack a joke exp
if you “crack a joke”, you tell a joke
an achievement n
something good you have done –
often something diicult for you
rival adj
your “rivals” are the people you are
competing with
to part vb
if something “parts” two people, it
separates them
the one for her exp
the man that she should marry
gonna exp informal
going to
to share a car trip exp
to go with someone in a car on a
journey somewhere
a chance encounter exp
if you have a “chance encounter”
with someone, you meet them
accidentally / by mistake
71 degrees exp
Americans use Fahrenheit for
temperatures. 0ºC = 32º Fahrenheit,
20ºC is 68º Fahrenheit, and 100ºC is
212º Fahrenheit. In order to convert
from Fahrenheit to Celsius you
take the temperature in Fahrenheit
subtract 32 and then divide by 1.8.
So, 71º Fahrenheit is 21.6º Celsius
a crinkle n
a little line on the skin - they often
appear with age
nuts adj informal
crazy / mad / insane
lonely adj
if someone is “lonely”, they are sad
because they are aloneSee the clips here:
Friends: http://youtu.
be/oItPcug9VfI
West Side Story:
http://youtu.be/_
A0fVWomFThe Notebook:
http://youtu.
be/2IeX5dwJAfQWhen Harry Met Sally:
http://youtu.be/
zMo36SfyQhwANSWERS PAGE ON
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(^1) Pre-reading
Discuss these questions with a
partner. Can you think of any famous
ilms about love? What are some
famous love scenes in ilms? What
is the meaning of love? Who do
you love? Who loves you? What is
romance? Are you romantic? In what
ways?
(^2) Reading I
Read the article once. Which
declaration of love is the most
romantic? Why?
(^3) Reading II
Write the name of a ilm or TV series
next to each statement.
- The story is based on a
play by Shakespeare. - The two people in this
scene irst met during a
car journey. - The person who
proposes is called
Chandler. - The woman in this scene
is already engaged to
another man.
(^4) Language focus
The use of get
Look at the extract from the
article on this page, “...Monica
and Chandler inally get
engaged...” The writer has
used an expression with “get”.
Complete the sentences with the
words from below.
- We got in a
church. - I got very
after walking up the
mountain. - We got in
the mountains and
had to call for help. - It was raining and I
got really.
lost tired wet
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