2.2 Same or Different .

Lesson 2

AIMS
• To listen for specific details
• To listen for phrases which express attitude

Listening &

Speaking

Pre-listening 1

Lead-in

1. Look at the picture taken from a historical film. In which historical period is the story? How do you know? Find unusual things in the picture and then compare your answers with your partner.

2. Do you know anything about a man called Spartacus? Read the Greek text in Appendix II (p. 157) about the slave revolt in Ancient Rome and summarise it in English (relevant sites can be found on page 190).

Task 1 - Listening for detail

a) Listen to the monologue about a historical film called ‘Spartacus'.
b) Put a number in the boxes beside each picture in the order they are mentioned.

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Same or Different

Task 2 - The differences

In pairs, look at the picture and discuss what happened in this kind of place.

Εικόνα Listening 2 - Answer the questions

Listen to a dialogue between two friends discussing the film ‘Spartacus' and answer the questions.

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a. Did George like the film or not?
b. What was the film about?
c. What historical period did the film refer to?
d. Was the film exactly like the story in history?
e. How did Spartacus die?

Compare your answers with your partner.

Task 1 - The missing words

1. Listen to the dialogue again and complete these phrases with a missing word. Compare your answers with your partner and then read the listening text on p. 155 to cross-check.

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2. Look at the phrases above and decide with your partner if they are positive or negative. Put a P beside the POSITIVE and N beside the NEGATIVE phrases.

1. it wasn't ___________ bad
2. you must be ___________
3. I can't ___________
4. a bit ___________
5. far ___________ long
6. that's ___________ stupid
7. that's ___________ wrong
8. you're ___________

Task 2 - Extension: Using phrases from the listening

In pairs, use a suitable phrase from those in TASK 1 to respond to the following statements and questions.

Then, with your partner, recreate situations where you can use the responses from Task 1.

Example: You and your parents went to a new Italian restaurant for dinner. When you met your friend he/she asked you how the food was:

A: Was the food any good?
B: It wasn't that bad!

1. Did you enjoy her biography?
2. I saw ‘The Fall of the Roman Empire' ten times!
3. Constantine grew up in Troy.
4. How long did the film last?
5. What do you think of historical films?
6. Was the lecture any good?

Lesson 2

Task 3a - The play

Work in pairs: Use the following information to create a short dialogue between the two characters in the pictures.

- place: stadium
- event: Nika Revolt
- fact: Justinian wanted to leave Constantinople but Theodora persuaded him to stay as required by his role as Emperor.

Task 3b

In pairs, imagine you have seen a play about the Nika Revolt. You can read more about it on the internet (a relevant site can be found on page 190). Write a review for your school magazine.
You can find useful material in Appendix II (Resource Material)

Task 4 - The research

Find as many films as you can about ‘The Romans and Byzantium’ and write the titles in your notebook.

The student with the most titles can consider himself or herself a very good researcher. Ask your teachers and use the internet to help your research.

Writing

Report writing

Your school council is organising a cinema night for the students of your class, but they don't know what kind of film to show.

Your job is to find out about the students' taste in films. You conduct a survey to find out about the films students saw recently.

Films	horror	adventure	comedy	historical	other
Number of students
very good
Opinion quite good
not good
Main actor

1. In pairs, go around the class and complete the chart.

	Same or Different
2. Transfer the data from the chart to complete the graph below in order to show the relationship between the different kinds of films students watched.

3. Write a short report for the school council using the plan given below. Your aim is to report on the most popular kind of film and recommend which one you should see. Study the model below and use it to write your own report.
Films preferred
To: The School Council Subject: Films preferred I asked ……… students in my class what films they saw last month and this is what I discovered. Films seen: ……… saw ………………… films and they liked/disliked them very much. ……… saw ………………… films but they didn't enjoy / and they enjoyed them. ……… students saw ………………… and said they thought they were quite good/ not bad/ terrible. Main actors: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. Conclusion: Therefore, because ……… liked ………………… films, I strongly believe that we should arrange to see a /an ………………… film.
4. How successful were you with your report? Ask your teacher to give you his/her opinion.