UNIT 1.

EDUCATION (4)

1. Watch the clips from these TV shows and lms. Fill the gaps with the discourse markers you hear:

CLIP 1. THE CROWN:

DUKE OF WINDSOR: There are things I wish to say.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA: In which capacity? You're no longer their king.

DUKE OF WINDSOR: As a private individual.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA: Oh, no one wants to hear from a private individual.

DUKE OF WINDSOR: Well, …………………………………………………. The newspapers are for me.

CLIP 2. THE CROWN

QUEEN ELIZABETH: I’m proposing to let the Duke of Windsor back into public life. And, as an example of a
Christian in a Christian country, to forgive.

TOMMY LASCELLES: Your Majesty, that would... [clears throat] …………………………………………………

…… [sighs] be a mistake.

CLIP 3. THE CROWN:

MICHAEL ADEANE: Among the papers which von Loesch kept back, there was one le pertaining to Anglo-
German relations, in particular, the relationship of Nazi high command with His Royal Highness, the Duke of
Windsor.

QUEEN MOTHER: I think ………………………………………………………… the reality exceeded even our

worst fears.

CLIP 4. THE CROWN:

HAROLD MACMILLAN: Is that the le in question?

HISTORIAN: Yes.

HAROLD MACMILLAN: ……………………………………………………………………………………….

CLIP 5. ZOE’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST:

ZOE: Hey, Autumn.

AUTUMN: Hey, Zoey. The usual?

ZOE: Yeah. And, actually, I think I'll get something to go for my buddy, Max. Speaking of Max,
………………………………………………………………………………… You like his vibe? Appearance?

CLIP 6. DERRY GIRLS:

(The girls were angry at the headteacher of their Catholic school as they thought that their favourite teacher,
Miss De Brun, had been sacked. They meant to kidnap the precious statue of the Child of Prague to force
the school to readmit Miss De Brun. However, during the operation, the statue gets broken and they are
found out).
ERIN: How could you have glued his head on upside down, orla? He's wearing a hat, for Christ's sake!

HEADTEACHER: Quiet!

MUM 1: All right, Mary, Sarah, Deidre. Your girls involved in this beheading too, then?

CLARE: It wasn't me, mammy!

MUM1: Do not speak to me, Clare. In fact, don't even breathe.

HEADTEACHER: Take a seat, Mrs Devlin. The statue was stolen from this room, so I've asked Miss Mooney
to photograph the scene. Either it is replaced, at your expense, or the school will sue.

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MUM 2: ……………………………………………… sister, and I'm not just saying this - I think he looks better.

HEADTEACHER: He looks like his head's on upside down. And I'll be suspending them for a week.

CLARE: Please, god! No!

MUM3: A week? We're going to be stuck with them for a week?

MUM1: Be reasonable, sister! We didn't behead the fella.

MUM4: By Christ, you're in for it, Erin.

ERIN: It was an accident, mammy.

HEADTEACHER: So you accidentally wrote a ransom note, did you?

ERIN: OK, that bit wasn't an accident. But we were so upset by what happened to Miss de Brun. It was
wrong. She shouldn't have been sacked.

HEADTEACHER: She wasn't.

ERIN: What?

MS. DE BRUN: …………………………………, sister. But if I could just grab the old p45, then I'll be out of
your way.

ERIN: Excuse me?

HEADTEACHER: Miss de Brun has decided to leave us.

MS. DE BRUN: I got o ered a post in St Dominic's girls. Better wages, holiday pay, great pension - the
works. I couldn't say no, really.

ERIN: But what happened to living for the moment? What happened to "life should be spontaneous"?

MS. DE BRUN: Yeah, I know, but I'm buying a house and the mortgage rates are absolutely crippling at the
minute.

MUM4: .…………………………………….

MUM1: Desperate.

HEADTEACHER: Part of the reason I became a nun - free accommodation.

ERIN: But, Miss de Brun, you inspired me to do my greatest work.

MS. DE BRUN: …………………………………………………………………. Which was?

ERIN: My poem. My glass doll poem. She's a doll made of glass. She's a glass doll. I read it to you last
night.

MS. DE BRUN: Yeah. I wasn't really listening, ………………………………………. Cheers. Carpe diem.

CLIP 7. THE HANDMAID’S TALE

OFFRED: What did you do to her?

COMMANDER: We helped her. We saved her. We had a doctor take care of the problem. It's such a small
problem, …………………………………………….

CLIP 8. HOT FUZZ.

DANNY: Well, you are always thinking away.

ANGEL: It’s what I do.

DANNY: ………………………………………………, I think it’s amazing.

ANGEL: Really?

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CLIP 9. MOTHERLAND
(Julia’s daughter is going to start secondary school, and Julia panics about which catchment area she lives
in. Even though she is not in the least religious, she even considers a fake religious conversion to get a place
for her daughter in the nearby Catholic school).

SISTER: I think it's best if you make an appointment to see Sister Benedict. Now, I'm sorry to rush you but

I'm just about to start locking up.

JULIA: Oh, yes, of course. Yes, thank you. Thank you so much for your time. I'll just, um… Just
……………………………………………………………………… I think I'll be seeing you on the rst day of next
term.

CLIP 10. THE MANDALORIAN.

BO-KATAN: Enough! Both of you! If we had shown half that spine to the Empire we would’ve never lost our
planet. We will help you. In exchange, we will keep that ship to retake Mandalore. If you should manage to
nish your quest, I would have you reconsider joining our e orts. Mandalorians have been in exile from our
home world for far too long.

THE MANDALORIAN: ……………………………………………………………………………………………

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