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Lesson 23
Gobsmacked
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Lesson 23: Gobsmacked
CONTENTS
1.
Level, topic, language, aims, materials
2.
Lesson stages
3.
Answers
4.
Tapescripts
5. Student worksheets 1, 2, 3
Level:
Intermediate and above
Topic:
Being surprised
Aims:
Listening skills – A short talk
Language – compound words connected to the parts of the mouth
Materials:
Worksheet 1 – Introductory speaking and vocabulary exercises,
Listening section 1
Worksheet 2 – Listening section 2
Worksheet 3 – Extra work: Vocabulary and language
Tapescript – 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 and that
the talk is about the way the English language changes. This particular talk is about
compound words.
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 listen to section 2 of the talk and check their answer for
Listening exercise 5
F
Students try to answer
Listening Exercise 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 tapescript and play the
complete talk as they read.
For the language work, you night need to explain the words used in the exercise to the
students first.
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TAPESCRIPTS
Listening Section 1
English loves compound words: 'washing machine' and all that sort of thing. But when you
get a compound word, the two parts of the compound are usually stylistically very
homogeneous, in other words, they are the same style: formal first part - formal second
part, and so on. You don't usually get a compound word where the first part is a slang thing
and the second part is a rather ordinary or formal thing - they don't usually mix - but
gobsmacked is a perfect exception to that rule.
To be gobsmacked - it means to be astounded, flabbergasted, speechless with amazement.
Listening section 2
And what you've got is the perfectly ordinary word 'smacked' (to smack) and a northern
word 'gob'. Gob is the Nnorthern word for mouth. I used to live in Liverpool for many
years and you'd say to people "ah, shut yer gob", you know, and it simply means, mouth.
So, to be 'gobsmacked' is to be struck dumb as if by a smack in the face.
Now, it's got a more general use these days than just in the north. I've heard it used
throughout the south of England - I've heard it used abroad; it's now very widely used 'to
be gobsmacked'. Now, why? Because it became a very fashionable expression by people
on television, not everybody on television, I'm thinking especially of people like sports
personalities having a terrible day, something horrible happens: footballers in particular
are always saying that they're gobsmacked at something happening.
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ANSWER KEY
VOCABULARY
2.
a.
homogenous
when the members of a group are all the same or similar
b.
slang
informal language, colloquial
c.
to be astounded
to be very surprised or shocked
d.
Liverpool
a city in the north of England
e.
a sports personality
a famous sports player e.g. David Beckham
f.
horrible
not nice or not pleasant
LISTENING SECTION 1
3.
a.
iii - gobsmacked
b.
to be very surprised, to be speechless with amazement
4.
a.
True – “English loves compound words”
b.
False – “But when you get a compound word, the two parts of the compound are
usually stylistically very homogeneous, in other words, they are the same
style: formal first part – formal second part, and so on.”
c. False – it is the exception to the rule (as given in 4b above)
LISTENING SECTION 2
5.
ii. mouth
6.
a.
False – it is a “perfectly ordinary word”. Gob is the slang word
b.
True – “Gob is the northern word for mouth”
c.
False – “I’ve heard it used abroad.”
d.
True – “It became a very fashionable word by people on television.”
e.
True – “footballers in particular are always saying that they’re gobsmacked at
something happening.”
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