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Keep your English
up to date 4
Teacher’s pack
Lesson plan and student worksheets with answers
24/7
© British Broadcasting Corporation 2008
BBC Learning English – Keep your English up to date
24/7
CONTENTS
1.
Level, topic, language, aims, materials
2.
Lesson stages
3.
Answers
4.
Audio script
5. Student worksheets 1, 2, 3
Level:
Intermediate and above
Topic:
Changes in society
Aims:
Listening skills – A short talk
Language –
‘
24/7’
Materials:
Worksheet 1 – Introductory speaking and vocabulary exercises,
Listening section 1
Worksheet 2 – Listening section 2
Worksheet 3 – Extra work: Vocabulary, language and discussion
Audio script – Available in teacher’s notes
Recording of the talk – Available online at
bbclearningenglish.com
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24/7
LESSON STAGES
A
Explain to the students that they are going to listen to a talk by Gavin Dudeny, an expert
on the English language, and that the talk is about the way English is changing. This
particular talk is about the phrase ‘24/7’.
B
Hand out
Student Worksheet 1
. Students do
Speaking, Exercise 1
in small groups or
pairs.
C
Students do
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: Section 1, Exercise 3
and then listen to Section 1 of the talk.
They answer question ‘a’.
Students listen again and do
Listening: Section 1, Exercise 4
.
E
Hand out
Student Worksheet 2
Students read
Listening: Section 2, Exercise 5
and then listen to Section 2 of the talk.
They answer question ‘a’.
F
Students try to answer
Listening: Section 2, Exercise 6
. They listen again to 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.
The language work focuses on other phrases that include numbers.
The final discussion uses some of the language from the lesson.
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24/7
AUDIO SCRIPTS
Listening Section 1
Most of my work is done online these days, and I’m always surprised at how many people
expect me to be available 24/7, answering emails as soon as they arrive, night or day.
It wasn’t too long ago that people tended to work a fixed timetable – once the work was
done they headed home and that was it for the day, but the rise of the Internet, online
shopping and banking and other ‘always on’ services has given us the idea that everything
should be available all of the time. And that’s where the expression 24/7 comes in.
Listening Section 2
When something’s 24/7 you can pretty much guarantee that it’s always available, or that a
service is offered all day, without interruptions, around the clock. The Oxford English
Dictionary first included 24/7 way back in 1983, but it’s only in recent years that it’s
become so widespread, covering shops, websites and even people.
These days you might even find 24/7/365, meaning that a service is available every day of
the year – which more or less describes my work routine!
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24/7
ANSWER KEY
VOCABULARY
Exercise 2
a. a fixed timetable
when the times that something happens never change
b. always on
something is never turned off or stopped
c. to be available
you can get or have something
d. interruptions
when a process is temporarily stopped
e.
way back
a long time ago
f. widespread
very common and popular
LISTENING: SECTION 1
Exercise 3
a.
ii.
people want services available at all times
Exercise 4
a.
False – ‘I’m always surprised at how many people expect me to be available 24/7,
answering emails as soon as they arrive.’
b.
False – ‘It wasn’t too long ago that people tended to work a fixed timetable.’
c.
False – ‘the Internet, online shopping and banking.’
LISTENING: SECTION 2
Exercise 5
a.
‘When something’s 24/7 you can pretty much guarantee that it’s always available, or
that a service is offered all day, without interruptions, around the clock.’
Exercise 6
a.
False – ‘The Oxford English Dictionary first included 24/7 way back in 1983’
b.
False – ‘it’s only in recent years that it’s become so widespread’
c.
True
– ‘
a service is available every day of the year – which more or less describes my
work routine!’
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