Many cities around the world are celebrating Charles Dickens' bicentenary today, so why not pay one of the major novelists in English Literature a little homage and see the following videos? Happy Dickens' Year!
1) MATCH the beginning with the end of the sentence:
The man in the brown jacket
The blonde girl.
The man in the dark jacket The girl in the pink blouse
is terrified of repetition is scared of apologies. is afraid of silences. has a fear of the word which is spelled “aagh!” (screaming).
2) Answer the following questions with your partner.
Are you afraid of any of these? Do you know anyone?
Which are the most common phobias? Write a list
In the video you have just watched, which of these expressions are not recommended?
Sorry! Aagh! -Hi! Hello!
-Hi!
(Silence) I apologize for that…
(Screaming) Can you repeat that?
3) this is another video, this time the original version, the British sketch.. It was titled “the Phobias workshop”. You’ve got the option of reading the subtitles too.