PRE-INTERMEDIATE

NHS nurse who inspired four of her children

to be nurses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXWg3flINq0
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-56205708

WARM UP

1) Who is the person that inspires you the most? Why?

VOCABULARY

2) Divide the words in the box into positive and negative personality traits.

cruel arrogant kind egocentric

selfish selfless caring loving

angry outgoing moody joyful

POSITIVE NEGATIVE

3) What makes someone a good person? Talk about the personality characteristics of the
person that inspires you.
4) Match the expressions with the definitions.

A. take someone’s life away. Eg.: Covid took her life away.

B. follow in someone’s footsteps. Eg.: They followed in her mother’s footsteps and became
nurses.
C. why don’t you…? Eg.: Why don’t you come with us?

D. follow suit Eg.: In 2020, China started a lockdown and other

countries quickly followed suit.
E. carry something on Eg.: You can never carry on as if nothing's happened.

( ) to do the same thing that someone else has done

( ) to continue doing something, or to cause something to continue
( ) to kill someone
( ) used to make a suggestion
( ) to do the same work or achieve the same success as someone else before you

WATCHING FOR GENERAL UNDERSTANDING

5) Why has she been considered a superhero by her children?

6) What were Linda’s main characteristics?

7) What happened to Linda?

WATCHING FOR DETAIL

8) Choose the correct answer.

A) How old was Linda?

a) 59 b) 60 c) 61

B) How many children followed in her footsteps and work in the health care system?

a) 1 b) 3 c) 4

9) Match the sentences halves from the video

1. That motherly love, _ ( ) with her massive encouragement.

2. I always look at my mom _ ( ) she had that in abundance.
3. One thing I can never forget _ ( ) everyone would love to have.
4. So, all followed her in her footsteps _ ( ) as a superhero.
5. She was the type of mother _ ( ) is her smile.

10) Read the news extract and underline 5 jobs related to the health service.

NHS nurse who inspired four of her children to be nurses

A nurse who died with Covid-19 inspired nearly her entire family to join the NHS.

Linda Obiageli Udeagbala, from Croydon, died aged 60 earlier this month, after 17 years
working for the health service.

She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Francis, a psychiatric nurse, and five adult
children: Cheyrinne, a midwife, Angelica, a paediatric nurse, Gerard and Colin, who are both
mental health nurses and Marvin, who is self-employed.

Available at: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-56205708

TALKING POINT

11) In your opinion, what makes someone inspiring?

12) Are there jobs that are more inspiring than others? If yes, which ones? Why?

13) If you could choose to have any job in the world, which one would it be and why?