INTERMEDIATE

DJ And Danny Talk About Body Image [Full house]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKf7i3DZi-
c&list=PLJN5nyxVGYoTZlWKZJkxAsT0PpIZZPC_X&index=8&t

WARM UP
1) Write the following items in the line according to your confidence level.

Speaking English
Job interviews
Speaking in public
In yourself

2) How can people become more confident?

3) What do you know about body image? How can people be more confident about that?

VOCABULARY - PART 1
1) Match the vocabulary with their definition or picture.

a) (as) good as new - Yaman fixed my computer, and now it’s good as new.

b) big deal - Going to college is still a big deal.

c) teeth and gums - How do you keep your teeth and gums healthy?

d) pinky-swear - This is the most sacred pinky-swear in the history of the world!

e) cranky - Travelling can make you cranky, tired, and tense.

f) hang on - Hang on a minute - I'll be with you in a moment!

( ) something important
( ) easily annoyed or upset
( ) in very good condition again, after not working well
( ) a traditional gesture most commonly practised amongst children involving the locking of the
pinkies of two people to signify that a promise has been made.
( ) to wait for a short time

( )
WATCHING - PART 1
Watch until 1:30

1) What is the problem with DJ?

2) How did their family discover her problem? Were there any symptoms before they discover
it?

3) Listen to the first part again and complete the gaps.

a) You feeling better after your ____________, honey?

b) Would everybody ____________ making such a big deal about this?
c) DJ, I made your favorite chicken, parmesan, come here and ____________ ____________ this
sauce.
d) I don't care I don't want you to ____________ ____________. Dad, I know why DJ’s acting so
cranky and why she got ____________ today. She hasn't eaten anything in three days.
e) I can't, I'm finally starting to lose ____________.
f) No, you did the right thing, she's ____________ to have a sister like you.

4) Have you or someone you know been in a similar situation? What happened?

VOCABULARY - PART 2
1) What do you know about these characters? If possible, find pictures and describe their
appearance.

a) Charlie Brown
b) Hulk

2) What do these expressions mean? Find their definition and a sentence in which they fit.

a) have it easy
b) stick out
c) deep down
d) terrific

Definition:
( ) in the part of your mind where your strongest and often most secret feelings are
( ) to be very easy to notice
( ) be free from difficulties; be fortunate
( ) very good

Example:
( ) The children built a ________________________ treehouse.
( ) She certainly ________________________ in a crowd.
( ) You say you forgive him, but ________________________, aren’t you still angry?
( ) Women and girls don't ________________________ in some countries, like Afghanistan.

WATCHING - PART 2
1) Before you watch: What advice you would give to DJ?

2) Watch until the end. What points were there in common in your advice and DJ's father one?
What points were different?
3) Match the sentences halves from the video.

a) Maybe that's because deep down inside you know that how
b) I don't like the way I look.
c) You care about people and
d) Honey, people come in all different
e) He was just nice and average,
f) I’ll start out with a salad,

( ) dressing on the side.

( ) he wasn't too tall, wasn't too skinny, he didn't stick out like I thought I did.
( ) shapes and sizes
( ) a person looks on the outside isn't nearly as important as who they are on the inside.
( ) I want to look like these models.
( ) that's why people care about you.

TALKING POINT
1) How many people lack confidence because of the way they look?

2) What kind of lesson did DJ's father give her? Do you think it was helpful? Why?

3) In the video, recorded in 1990, DJ is comparing her body to the models of a magazine.
Nowadays, what tools do teenagers use to compare themselves with others? How can these
tools hurt them?

4) Do you agree with this statement: "how a person looks on the outside isn't nearly as important
as who they are on the inside". Explain.

5) If you are worried about a friend in a similar situation, what can you do?

EXTRA READING
Read this article and make a mind map based on it.

https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/body-image/

GRAMMAR - WISHES
1) In the video the dad said:

'I just wish you would try to see yourself the way you see your friends."

We can use __________+ __________ if we are annoyed or dissatisfied about something that is or
is not happening.

2) Choose a verb below that fits the context to write more examples of wish + would

come - go - stop (2x) - be

a) I wish you would __________ smoking.

b) I wish she’d __________ quiet.
c) I wish it would __________ raining.
d) I wish you wouldn’t __________ through the kitchen with your dirty boots on.
e) He’s embarrassing everyone. I’m just wishing he would __________ away!