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Juno is a 2007 comedy-drama film about Juno, a 16-year-old high-school junior, who discovers she's pregnant after one event in a chair with her best friend, Paulie Bleeker. In the waiting room of an abortion clinic, the quirky and whip-sharp Juno decides to give birth and to place the child with an adoptive couple. She finds one in the Penny Saver personals, contacts them, tells her dad and step-mother, and carries on with school. The chosen parents, upscale yuppies (one of whom is cool and laid back, the other meticulous and uptight), meet Juno, sign papers, and the year unfolds.

 


Task 1: Contextual Awareness and Understanding


Watch the video excerpt from the film in which Juno tries to tell her parents about her pregnancy and answer the following questions.


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Task 1: Contextual Awareness and Understanding


The unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events put pressures of adult life onto young Juno. Watch another excerpt from the film which shows Juno’s conversation with her father after she learns about the marriage break-up of the couple who were to adopt her baby. Juno is now having doubts about relationships and the meaning of love.

Read the sentences from this clip below and replace the underlined parts by choosing the option with the closest meaning.

 

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