worksheet (listening am e leo's bad luck)

Before you listen

Task 1. You’re going to watch an extract from an interview with Leonardo DiCaprio in which he talks about a scary thing that happened to him.

Look at the following word cloud created out of the interview transcript. (1) What topic is he going to talk about? (2) How many words connected with this topic can you find? Circle them.

Listening Link: https://youtu.be/fNJI2A0v8yI?t=3m3s

Task 2. Watch the extract once. What happened to Leonardo DiCaprio? Take notes and then share what you caught with your partner.

Notes:

Task 3. Listen to this extract again. Your teacher is going to play each line several times. Fill the gap, then listen again and cross out the sounds that are missing.

Ellen: So what's the (1) scaries t thing you’ve ever done ?Leo: (2) ___________ on a plane to Russia, (3) ___________ the engine exploded. (4) ___________ the window (5) ___________ entire engine (6) _____________________ a fireball. (7) ___________ right after Sully had that incident happen to him where the geese flew into both engines.Ellen: Right. And he landed on the river.Leo: Yeah. (8) ______________ one of the engines, (9) ______________ the only person there that (10) __________ this, but it was a flaming fireball, and it was all Russian passengers.Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNJI2A0v8yI Youtube channel: TheEllenShow P a g e 1 | 10

Worksheet by Olya Sergeeva. Find more listening lessons at eltgeek.wordpress.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNJI2A0v8yI

https://youtu.be/fNJI2A0v8yI?t=3m3s

Task 4. Sort the phrases from the gaps in Task 3 into the diagram:

Task 5. Sit back, close your eyes and listen to this part of the interview again.

Grammar

Task 6. Look at the transcript in the box. Find:

(1) an example of Present Perfect: ____________________________(2) all examples of Past Simple: _____________________________________(3) an example of Past Continuous: ____________________________

Ellen: So what's the scariest thing you've ever done?Leo: I was on a plane to Russia, and the engine exploded. I was looking out the window and the entire engine just turned into a fireball. This happened in one of the engines, and I was the only person there that seemed to see this, but it was a flaming fireball, and it was all Russian passengers. And I kinda felt like I'd already died and gone to heaven 'cause no one said anything.

Task 7. Which tense(s) is used

Example from the text Tense(1) at the beginning of the dialogue, to ask about general life experience?(2) throughout the story, to talk about events that happened one after another (in sequence)?(3) to give background information

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNJI2A0v8yI Youtube channel: TheEllenShow P a g e 2 | 10


-t/-d missing

(1) the scariest…

Vowel missing

(2) I was (‘uwz’)


Task 8. Fill the gaps. Then listen and check. Link: https://youtu.be/fNJI2A0v8yI?t=3m36s

And I (1) ______________ (scream) at the top of my lungs saying, "What the hell is going on here?" And the people just kinda (2) ______________ (look back) at me and the stewardess (3) ______________ (come out) and (4) ______________ (say), "We seem to have a slight problem here."And the Russian guy finally said, "What is the problem?" And he said, "Well, we – we lost one of our engines." And he sa – he goes, "How many engines did we have?" He goes, "Well, we had two. Now we have one." And... he proceeded to say, "That is not – that is not good. That is not good."And we basically (5) ______________ (dump) fuel for 45 minutes, and (6) ______________ (do) an emergency landing, and all our tires (7) ______________ (explode) and there was a hundred different ambulances there, and it was on CNN. That was another bummer.

Task 9. Think about a scary thing that you’ve done and prepare to talk about it.

Make sure you use:

Past Simple to talk about things that happened one after another

Past Continuous to describe what was happening in the background

Spoken grammar: ‘And he/she goes ‘…’’ to report what someone said

Task 9b. In pairs tell each other your story. Help your partner by asking follow-up questions!





Task 10. [Optional / homework] Fill the gaps in another story that happened to Leonardo DiCaprio (use Present Perfect, Past Simple or Past Continuous). Then listen and check. Link: https://youtu.be/fNJI2A0v8yI?t=1m41s (up to 3 min: 1 sec)

Ellen: So you (1) ______________ (always/be) like a daredevil, but you (2) ______________ (do)… – I think I (3)______________ (talk) to you about – you swim with sharks, or you have…Leo: Yeah. Ellen: And you (4) ______________ (jump out) of an airplane. Leo: Yeah.Ellen: On a regular basis, or…? Leo: I only did that once.Ellen: Once. Will you do it again?

Leo: When you're.. When both parachutes don't open, you tend to not go repeat something like that, yeah.Ellen: What are you talking about? Well then, how'd you get down?Leo: I (5)______________ (jump) out of the airplane, and then my first chute (6) ______________ (not open). It’s tandem, so somebody's on your back. They (7) ______________ (cut) that line. We've started freefalling towards Earth, and that's when you get the, you know, 8x10 glossies of your whole life flashing before your eyes. And then, the second one was tangled as well, and I (8) ______________ (see) my friends sort of popping off with their, you know, their parachutes, and I'm still plummeting towards planet Earth. And – and then that was tangled for about a good, I don't know, 20, 30 seconds, and then he (9) ______________ (untangle) it, and then he (10) ______________ (tell) me, "Oh, you're probably gonna break your legs now because this – we're going too fast." So it was one of the worst experiences of my life, and I'll never do it again. Ellen: And (11) ______________ (you/break) your legs?Leo: I (12) ______________ (not break) my legs. Ellen: Wow. So he's whispering in your ear – or yelling in your..Leo: No, he (13) ______________ (scream). Ellen: Screaming in your.. [whispering] "Break your leg."Leo: "You're gonna break your legs."Ellen: "What? I can't hear you." Wow, that's just horrible.

Task 10b. Spoken grammar [Optional, for a stronger group]



Notice that at some points Leo starts using Present tenses instead of Past tenses to create dramatic effect, e.g.

[Story 1] And he goes: ‘How many engines did we have’?[Story 2] …and I’m still plummeting towards planet Earth.

How many examples of this use of present tenses can you find in the story in Task 10?

Glossary

parachute / chute (see the picture): a large piece of material used to drop slowly and safely from a plane to the ground

tangled: the strings of the parachute are in a mess so it can’t open

to untangle: to tidy up the strings of the parachute so that it opens

plummeting: going very fast



Task 11. Brainstorm adjectives that could replace the word ‘scariest’ in Ellen’s question:

So what's the scariest thing you've ever done?

Task 12. In pairs ask each other the question What’s the _______ thing you’ve ever done? and tell each other stories.




Teacher’s notes and key

Worksheet by Olya Sergeevahttps://eltgeek.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/leos-bad-luck-a-lesson-plan

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNJI2A0v8yI Story 1 (tasks 1- 8) starts at 3 min 3 seconds till the end; Story 2 (task 10) starts at 1:41 (up to 3 min 1 second)

Lead-inTask 1

Tell the group they’re going to watch a fragment of an interview. Project the word cloud (or refer to the cloud in the worksheet) and invite the s/s to brainstorm possible topics. Board the topics. Ask the s/s to find words related to the topics (in pairs).

KeyTopics: airplanes, accidentsRelated words (airplanes): engines, stewardess, passengers, landed, fuelRelated words (accidents): exploded, fireball, died

Possible warmer: the s/s chat in pairs/groups if they’re scared of flyingTask 2 https://youtu.be/fNJI2A0v8yI?t=3m3s

The s/s watch once and share in pairs what they caught. Group FB (it’s OK if they don’t get something right at this point – T shouldn’t correct or replay.

Task 3 Aim: Draw the s/s’ attention to the way Past Simple/Continuous verbs and linkers associated with narrative structures (and) are pronounced in fast speech. Features:

/d/, /t/ sounds at the end get dropped or are barely audible, especially when the word is followed by a t/d/th sound (e.g. and the, seemed to)

The vowel in ‘was’ is barely audible (e.g. I was /wz/)[Option 1] To play individual line, use the interactive transcript on youtube (Click ‘more’>>’Transcript’) under the video). Switch the projector off, click on the lines in the transcipt to replay them. [Option 2] Download the Power point presentation from https://eltgeek.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/leos-bad-luck-a-lesson-planUnpack the presentation and the folder Leo/Audio files to the same folder it and use it to play individual lines and isolated words.

KeyMissing sounds

1 The scariest thing you’ve ever done scariest2 I was /aɪ_wɒz/3 and the and the4 I was looking out I was /aɪ_wɒz/ looking out5 and the and the6 just turned into just turned into7 It was It was8 And this happened in And this happened in9 and I was and I was10 seemed to seemed to




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Task 4 -t/-d missing: (1), (3), (5), (8), (10)Vowel missing: (2)Consonant and vowel missing: (4), (6), (7), (9)

Task 5 Do not skip this task. Aim: To support the s/s psychologically by giving them the experience of fully understanding an authentic passage and thus giving them the feeling that they’ve achieved progress in their listening skills.

Tasks 6 and 7

Key:Present Perfect: you’ve ever done – general life experience Past simple: the engine exploded, the engine turned into, this happened, that seemed to see, it was, I felt like, nobody said – events in sequencePast continuous: I was looking out – background information

Task 8 Link: https://youtu.be/fNJI2A0v8yI?t=3m36s

Key:(1) was screaming (2) looked back (3) came out (4) said(5) dumped (6) did (7) exploded

Task 9 Before the s/s do the task, point out the examples with ‘He goes’ in Task 8 and invite them to give a synonym (‘He says’).

Task 10 Key: (1) ‘ve always been(2) ’ve done(3) ‘ve talked(4) ‘ve jumped out(5) jumped(6) didn’t open(7) cut(8) saw(9) untangled(10) told(11) did you break(12) did not(13) was screaming

Task 10b

There are three (possibly, four) examples of present simple used to talk about past event to create a dramatic effect. After gap (7):

We’ve started freefalling towards Earth; [?] And that’s when you get the 8x10 glossies of your whole life flashing before your





eyesAfter (8):

and I’m still plummeting towards planet EarthAfter (12):

So he’s whispering in your ear – or yelling in you…Task 11 Get the s/s to brainstorm in pairs; board their suggestions.

Possible adjectives: The saddest / funniest / most challenging / weirdest / most dangerous /…




Transcript

Story 1 (tasks 1 – 8) 3:03So what's the scariest thing you've ever done?3:05- I was on a plane to Russia, and the engine exploded. I was looking out the window and the entire engine just turned into a fireball. It was right after Sully had that incident happen to him where the geese flew into both engines.3:18- Right. And he landed on the river.3:19- Yeah. This happened in one of the engines, and I was the only person there that seemed to see this, but it was a flaming fireball, and it was all Russian passengers. And I kinda felt like I'd already died and gone to heaven 'cause no one said anything. And I was screaming at the top of my lungs saying, "What the hell is going on here?" And the people just kinda looked back at me and the stewardess came out and said, "We seem to have a slight problem here."3:48And the Russian guy finally said, "What is the problem?" And he said, "Well, we – we lost one of our engines." And he sa – he goes, "How many engines did we have?" He goes, "Well, we had two. Now we have one." And... he proceeded to say, "That is not – that is not good. That is not good."4:16And we basically dumped fuel for 45 minutes, and did an emergency landing, and all our tires exploded and there was a hundred different ambulances there, and it was on CNN. That was another bummer.4:27- Wow. Oh, my God. That's incredible.4:32- I feel like I should write a book now.4:33- Yeah, well no, I'm gonna write it.




Story 2 (Tasks 10 and 10b)1:41So you've always been like a daredevil, but you've done – I think I've talked to you about you swim with sharks, or you have.1:49- Yeah. - And you've jumped out of an airplane. - Yeah.1:52- On a regular basis, or – - I only did that once.1:55- Once. Will you do it again? - When you're – 1:56When both parachutes don't open, you tend to not go repeat something like that, yeah.2:01- What are you talking about? Well then, how'd you get down?2:03- I had – I jumped out of the airplane, and then my first chute didn't open.2:09They cut – it's tandem, so somebody's on your back. They cut that line.2:13We've started freefalling towards Earth, and that's when you get the, you know, 8x10 glossies of your whole life flashing before your eyes. 2:20And then, the second one was tangled as well, and I saw my friends sort of popping off with their, you know, their parachutes, and I'm still plummeting towards planet Earth.2:30And – and then that was tangled for about a good, I don't know, 20, 30 seconds, and then he untangled it, and then he told me, "Oh, you're probably gonna break your legs now because this – we're going too fast."2:42So it was one of the worst experiences of my life, and I'll never do it again. - And did you break your legs?2:46- I did not break my legs. - Wow.2:47So he's whispering in your ear – or yelling in your – 2:49- He was screaming. - Screaming in your – 2:52[whispering] "Break your leg."2:53- [whispering] "You're gonna break your legs."2:55- [screaming] "What? I can't hear you."Wow, that's just horrible.




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