Keynote Intermediate Unit 1
Prediction task and first watch
The video is about someone who works as head of development for a non-profit called Robin Hood but is also assistant captain of a volunteer fire company. Try to predict these things about that role:
- What are the duties of a firefighter (including volunteer firefighters)?/ What does a firefighter have to do?
- Which of those things are the most important duties? What other less important things does a firefighter have to do?
- How does the fire service decide which firefighters get the biggest responsibilities?
Watch the video for the first time and answer these questions:
- What was the bigger responsibility?
- What was the smaller responsibility?
- Who got each responsibility?
- How was that decided?
- How did each person (probably) feel at the time?
- How does the speaker feel now about his responsibility? Why did his feelings change?
- What lesson does the speaker draw from the experience?
Detailed comprehension/ Second watch
Who is being talked about in each sentence below? Try to remember, then watch again to check.
- have to get to the fire scene pretty early to get in on any action
- be the second volunteer on the scene
- have a very engaging conversation with the homeowner
- have one of the worst days of her life
- stand outside in the pouring rain, under an umbrella
- arrive just before me
- get to the captain first
- asked to go inside and save the homeowner’s dog
- stunned with jealousy
- get to tell people that he went into a burning building to save a burning building
- wave me over
- pretty much done putting out the fire
- no hero
- gotten her a pair of shoes
- be witness to acts of generosity and kindness on a monumental scale
- achieve or are on their way to achieving remarkable levels of success
- serve food at a soup kitchen
- clean up a neighbourhood park
- get in the game
- save the shoes
Feedback on Mark Bezo’s presentation skills discussion
- What information was in the (personal) introduction? Why do you think he chose that information? Would you add, cut or change any info?
- Is there a hook in the presentation? Was one necessary? Why/ Why not?
- Did the presenter have an aim? If so, what was it, and do you think he achieved it (with that audience on that day)?
- Did the presenter say anything specific to the situation and/ or audience on that day? What can doing that achieve? Do you think he achieves that thing?
- How did the presenter finish the presentation? Are there any other ways which are just as good or better?
- What was good about the presenter’s body language? What are other tactics for good body language?
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