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    The video narrates the story of an Italian man who went to Malta on holiday and had a series of misunderstandings due to his poor pronunciation in English. [1] He complained at a restaurant because he received one piece of toast instead of two, and the waitress sent him to the toilet thinking he said he wanted to "piss". [2] At the restaurant, there was no fork on the table. The man said he wanted a "fuck" but meant a "fork", and later said he wanted a "shit" but meant a "sheet". [3] The misunderstandings culminated with the hotel manager greeting him politely but the man thought he said "Piss on you"

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    The video narrates the story of an Italian man who went to Malta on holiday and had a series of misunderstandings due to his poor pronunciation in English. [1] He complained at a restaurant because he received one piece of toast instead of two, and the waitress sent him to the toilet thinking he said he wanted to "piss". [2] At the restaurant, there was no fork on the table. The man said he wanted a "fuck" but meant a "fork", and later said he wanted a "shit" but meant a "sheet". [3] The misunderstandings culminated with the hotel manager greeting him politely but the man thought he said "Piss on you"

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    Listening Activity - The Italian Man Done

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    Malena Zarate
    The video narrates the story of an Italian man who went to Malta on holiday and had a series of misunderstandings due to his poor pronunciation in English. [1] He complained at a restaurant because he received one piece of toast instead of two, and the waitress sent him to the toilet thinking he said he wanted to "piss". [2] At the restaurant, there was no fork on the table. The man said he wanted a "fuck" but meant a "fork", and later said he wanted a "shit" but meant a "sheet". [3] The misunderstandings culminated with the hotel manager greeting him politely but the man thought he said "Piss on you"

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    The Importance of a ‘good’ pronunciation in English

    Pronunciation corner

    The Italian Man who Went to Malta


    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1TnzCiUSI0)

    BEFORE YOU WATCH:

    1. Read the information about Malta in the box below.

    Where is Malta?

    The island of Malta is a small independent nation state


    located in the centre of the Mediterranean in Europe,
    between Sicily and North Africa. Malta consists of three
    islands: main island Malta, Gozo and Comino. The main
    island of Malta is the largest and most developed one. It is
    considered a pleasant and beautiful place to spend relaxing
    holidays. There are two official languages in Malta: Maltese
    and English.

    1. What do you think the video is about? Underline the sentence/s that, in your
    opinion, complete/s the idea best:

    The video narrates the story of an Italian man who went to Malta on holidays and…

    a. met the woman of his dreams at a restaurant.


    b. didn’t enjoy his brief stay in this beautiful place.
    c. was misunderstood by the Maltese, the native people.
    d. got into trouble with the police in a bar

    2. Tick the words that you think you will hear in the video

    Receptionist Knife, fork and spoon Spaghetti


    Waitress Museum Theatre
    Hotel room Station Manager

    WHILE YOU WATCH

    3. 1st Watching: Watch the video once and check your predictions, that is, your
    answers to activities 1 and 2.
    The Importance of a ‘good’ pronunciation in English

    3.a. Watch the first part of the video and answer these questions (from 00:00 to
    00:28).
    He was in Malta´s best restaurant
    1. Where did the man stay?
    He wanted two pieces of toast
    2. What did he want for breakfast?
    3. Why did he complain? Because he received just one
    4. Why did the waitress send him to the toilet?
    Because she understood he wanted to piss
    3.b. Watch the second part of the video and tick say if these sentences are True
    or False. When False, provide the correct answer (from 00:29 to 00:49).

    1. At the restaurant, there was a spoon, a knife and a fork on the table. T/F
    2. The man sad that he wanted a fork on the table. T/F
    3. The waitress said that everybody wanted a fork. T/F
    4. She ordered him to leave the restaurant. T/F

    3.c. Watch the final part of the video and match the two columns to make a true
    sentence according to what happened to the man at the end of the story (from
    00:50 to 01:13).

    1.The man went back to his room in the


    a. he needed a sheet on his bed
    hotel
    b. but he misunderstood the man’s
    2. He told the hotel manager that
    kind attitude and left the hotel angrily
    c. and he saw there was no sheet on
    3. The manager got angry so
    his bed
    4. The man at the desk greeted the d. he ordered the man to go to the
    Italian man politely toilet

    1 _____ 2 _____ 3 _____ 4 _____

    After you watch


    3.d. These pairs of phrases show the mispronunciations made by the man.
    What mistake do they have in common?
    He said … He should have said …
    …”to piss…” …” two pieces…”
    “I want to fuck” “I want a fork”
    “I want a shit” I want a sheet”
    The manager said … He understood
    Peace on you! Piss on you!

    These are Some Misfortunes of Being Unintelligible.

    Los términos de esta última actividad son generalmente considerados vulgares. Se


    han utilizado aquí con fines pedagógicos.

    3.b 3.d
    1. There wasn´t any fork They have in common that both words sound
    3. She said that everybody wanted to fuck like each other

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