1.

Listen to the song and fill the missing words:

A long, long time ago there was Chorus
____________ Rising from the sea below stood a
living all alone in the middle of the sea __________ volcano
He sat high above his bed watching all the Looking all around but she could not see
_____________ play him
And wishing that he had ___________, too. He tried to sing to let her know that she
And from his lava came this song of hope was not there _____________
that he sang But with no lava, his song was all gone
out loud everyday for years and years. He filled the sea with his tears and watched
Chorus his dreams ____________
I have a dream I hope will come true As she remembered what his song meant
That you're here with me and I'm here to her.
with you Chorus
I wish that the ___________________ up Oh they were so happy to finally meet
above above the sea
will send me someone to lava. All together now their lava grew and grew
Years of singing all alone turned his lava No longer are they all alone, with aloha as
into ________________ their new ______________
until he was on the brink of _______________ And when you visit them this is what they
But little did he know that living in the sea sing.
below I have a dream I hope will come true
another volcano was listening to his song. That you'll ____________ with me and I'll
Everyday she heard his __________her lava _____________ with you
grew and grew We thank the _________________, we thank
because she ___________ his song was
meant for her too.
Now she was so ready to meet him above I lava you
the sea I lava you
As he sang his song of ______for the last I lava you.
time.

2. Read the text about the creation of the cartoon:

The Real Geology Behind Pixar's Short Film

Lava
Pixar’s geological love story Lava isn’t just meant to evoke the tropical islands of
Hawaii; it’s actually inspired by a real underwater volcano off the coast of the Big
Island.

“I took my family on vacation to the Big Island,” Lava director

James Ford Murphy told us in an interview. “We took a
helicopter tour and I saw Kīlauea and that was huge. Then, on
the last day, we were all kind of sad and leaving and we were
walking through this shopping mall that had this diorama of
the Big Island. And it’s five volcanoes that form the Big Island
that have all merged together over time. But then there’s
this little sign on the bottom that said ‘Lōʻihi.’ And I was like,
‘What is Lōʻihi?’

“So when I got home, I started doing my research and I

found out that it is an underwater volcano that is slowly
going to connect [to the Big Island]. And that just
blew my mind, because I just thought, ‘Does Lōʻihi
know that the Big Island is up here? And does the
Big Island know that Lōʻihi [is down there]? And what if
they didn’t know?’”

From that moment of anthropomorphism came the seeds of Lava. And just as a
real volcano inspired the film, Murphy and his team used real places to construct
their volcanic characters.

3. Match the highlighted words with their meanings:

 Arousal of the mind to special unusual
To evoke activity or creativity.
Attribution of human motivation,
To be inspired by characteristics, or behavior to inanimate
objects, animals, or natural phenomena.
A source or beginning; a solid thing inside
To merge fruit.

Bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or

To blow smb’s mind image) to the conscious mind.

antropomorphism To become combined or united.

seed To surprise or shock.

4. Are these sentences true or false? Yes no

The volcano in the cartoon is the exact copy of a

real volcano.
James Ford Murphy saw an underwater volcano from
the helicopter and got the idea for the cartoon.
Hawaii is actually 5 volcanoes that have merged
together.
On the last day on Hawaii the director and his family
took a helicopter tour.
Lōʻihi is never going to connect to the Big Island.
The creator of Lava gave the volcanoes human
aspirations before he decided to make a cartoon.

5. Discuss these questions with your

groupmates:

The two volcanoes in this cartoon

are called Uku and Lele. Why do
you think the author has chosen
these names? What bond does it
symbolize?
Answers
1. Listen to the song and fill the missing words:
VOLCANO
COUPLES
SOMEONE
EARTH, SEA, THE SKY
STONE
EXTINCTION
TUNE
BELIEVED
HOPE
LOVELY
ALONE
DISAPPEAR
HOME
GROW OLD
GROW OLD
EARTH, SEA, THE SKY

2. Match the highlighted words with their meanings:

To evoke Arousal of the mind to special unusual

activity or creativity.
To be inspired by Attribution of human motivation,
characteristics, or behavior to inanimate
objects, animals, or natural phenomena.
To merge A source or beginning; a solid thing inside
fruit.
To blow smb’s mind Bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or
image) to the conscious mind.

antropomorphism To become combined or united.

seed To surprise or shock.

3. Are these sentences true or false?

NO, NO, YES, NO, NO, YES