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Lesson Plan: Teacher's notes
Bless
Teacher’s notes contents
1.
Level, topic, language, aims, materials
2.
Lesson stages
3.
Answers
4.
Audio scripts
5. Student worksheets 1, 2, 3
Level:
Intermediate and above
Topic:
The use of the word ‘bless’ to talk about sweet or cute things
Language:
The word ‘bless’ and ‘blessing’
Aims:
Listening skills – A short talk
Materials:
Worksheet 1 - Introductory speaking and vocabulary exercises,
listening section 1
Worksheet 2 - Listening section 2
Worksheet 3 - Extra work: Vocabulary and language
Audio script - Available in teacher’s notes
Recording of the talk - Available online at:
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 LESSON STAGES
A
Explain to the students that they are going to listen to a talk by Professor Crystal from the
University of Wales and that the talk is about the way the English language changes. This
particular talk is about the word ‘bless’.
B
Hand out
Student Worksheet 1
. Students do
Speaking Exercise 1
in small groups or
pairs.
C
Students do the
Vocabulary Exercise 2
, without dictionaries at first.
Practise the pronunciation of the vocabulary, as they will hear it in the talk.
D
Students read
Listening Exercise 3
and then listen to Section 1 of the talk.
They answer the questions.
Students listen again and answer
Listening Exercise 4
E
Hand out
Student Worksheet 2
Students answer
Listening Exercise 5
Students read the three summaries and then listen to section 2 of the talk to choose the best
one.
F
Students try to answer
Listening Exercises 6
. They listen again to
Listening Section 2
to
check/complete their answers.
G
If you wish to do some extra work with the class, hand out
Student Worksheet 3
For the vocabulary exercise, give the students copies of the audio script and play the
complete talk as they read.
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AUDIO SCRIPTS
Listening Section 1
There’s quite a range of explanations using ‘bless’ in English, all originally from the
religious use of the word. ‘Bless you!’ somebody says after a sneeze. ‘Ah! Bless my soul!’
– a rather older fashioned one. ‘Bless you!’ An interesting one is, ‘Bless your heart!’ used
mainly by adults talking down – ‘Ah! Bless your heart!’ - to a child. And in the 1990s,
this remarkable use, the verb by itself, usually preceded by the interjection, ‘Ah!’ - ‘Ah!
Bless!’ – that sort of use. Notice the tone of voice there. I heard it when a little child had a
cat snuggling up to her and the parent said, ‘Ah! Bless!’ And then the child hurt her finger,
‘Ah! Bless!’ People at the zoo, looking at penguins, ‘Ah! Bless! Isn’t it sweet!’
Listening Section 2
Of course, when you get a usage like that it can get ironic very quickly. A politician now
in parliament complains of harsh treatment and somebody says, ‘Ah! Bless! Isn’t it sad
that he’s so upset!’ Or somebody’s really trying to do something but not succeeding, ‘Ah!
Bless!’ once again. It’s a general expression of indulgent sympathy - ‘Isn’t that sweet?’ –
always with that distinctive tone of voice, always a hint of talking down.
Never, never, never, use it to your boss, not if you want to keep your job!
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ANSWER KEY
VOCABULARY
TASK 2
a) a sneeze
when air comes noisily from your nose because you
have a cold
b) to snuggle up to someone
to get physically close to someone in order to feel warm
and comfortable
c) parliament
the place where politicians meet to discuss and make
laws
d) harsh
severe, cruel or unkind
d) indulgent
when you allow someone to have a special treat or
something enjoyable
f) sympathy
when you feel sorry for someone who is in a bad
situation
LISTENING SECTION 1
TASK 3
a. i. Bless
you!
b. i and ii c. iii and iv
ii. Ah! Bless my
soul.
iii. Bless your
heart.
iv. Ah!
Bless.
TASK 4
b.
True – ‘originally from the religious use of the word’
c.
False – Adults often use it when talking to or about children
LISTENING SECTION 2
TASK 5
The best summary is ‘b’.
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a.
True – ‘in the 1990s’
TASK 6
a.
True – ‘complains of harsh treatment’
b.
False – ‘always a hint of talking down’ – this means the speaker feels superior to the
other person.
c. True – ‘never use it to your boss’
EXTRA WORK
VOCABULARY
1.
a.
interjection b. remarkable c. ironic
LANGUAGE
2.
a – 3
b – 2
c – 4
d – 1
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