In this activity we are going to look VERY closely at one small extract from this interview.
Challenge 1- Articles
-/a/the
Choose the correct one before listening:
I grew up with -/a/the violence in ___ home so I developed -/a/the really acute emotional sense, you know, out of -/a/the defence - you know I just needed to make sure that ___ father was okay, I needed to make sure that -/a/the things were going well, and I just became really hypersensitive to -/a/the emotional movement in a room as -/a/the defence mechanism. And then as I grew and as I started to develop that* heightened sense that started out as -/a/the defence, as I settled down and came into -/a/the deeper understanding of ___ power and ___ desires in the world, it was easier to connect to -/a/the people in -/a/the loving way - it transferred easily from -/a/the defence mechanism to -/an/the ability to love and care for -/a/the people.
1. The same word is used in all the gaps - what is the word?
2. Why does Will use the word "that" instead "a" or "the" as an article here?
More practice with articles here
Listen to 5.30-6.30 to check.
Will Smith
Challenge 2 - listen for these words and number them in the order they are spoken:
acute
heightened
started out
defence
make sure
make sure
hypersensitive
defence mechanism
defence mechanism
develop
1. violence
developed
in a loving way
transferred
ability
deeper understanding
in the world
connect to
Challenge 3 - without referring to the list of words above, try to remember the words Will used:
I grew up with ________ in my home so I ________ a really _____ emotional sense, you know, out of ______ - you know I just needed to ______ that my father was okay, I needed to ______ that things were going well, and I just became really_______ to emotional movement in a room as a _______. And then as I grew and as I started to ______ that _______ sense that ______ as a defence, as I settled down and came into a ______ of my power and my desires ______, it was easier to ______ people ______ - it _____ easily from a ______ to an _____ to love and care for people.
Check
I grew up with violence in my home so I developed a really acute emotional sense, you know, out of defence - you know I just needed to make sure that my father was okay, I needed to make sure that things were going well, and I just became really hypersensitive to emotional movement in a room as a defence mechanism. And then as I grew and as I started to develop that heightened sense that started out as a defence, as I settled down and came into a deeper understanding of my power and my desires in the world, it was easier to connect to people in a loving way - it transferred easily from a defence mechanism to an ability to love and care for people.
Challenge 4 - try to report what Will said about himself in the third person, using these list of words (they are in the order he said them) and the helpful prompts...
Will grew up with Violence so he developed acute out of
Defence He just needed make sure and to
make sure And he just became hypersensitive to the....
as a defence mechanism And then as he... and as he...
develop that heightened that started out
as a... as he settled... and came deeper understanding
of his... in the world It was easier to connect to
in a loving way It transferred easily
defence mechanism to an ability to...
