The British (serves 60 million)

from "Wicked World" by Benjamin Zephaniah

Take some Picts, Celts and Silures
And let them settle,
Then overrun them with …….. conquerors.

Remove the Romans after approximately 400 years
Add lots of  ………. French to some
Angles, Saxons, Jutes and ………, then stir vigorously.

Mix some hot Chileans, cool ……………, Dominicans,
Trinidadians and Bajans with some Ethiopians, Chinese,
……………. and Sudanese.

Then take a blend of Somalians, Sri Lankans, …………..
And Pakistanis,  Combine with some Guyanese
And turn up the heat.

Sprinkle some fresh …………., Malaysians, Bosnians,
Iraqis and Bangladeshis together with some
Afghans, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Japanese
And ……………..  Then add to the melting pot.

Leave the …………….. to simmer.

As they mix and blend allow their languages to flourish
Binding them together with English.

Allow time to be cool.

Add some unity, understanding, and ……….. for the future,
Serve with justice
And ………….

In the beginning of the video, the former German coast-guard is instructing the new colleague on how to use the radar base (in German language).

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- Mayday, mayday. Hello, can you hear us? Can you hear us? Can you **** over. We are sinking, we are sinking.
- hello, this is a German coast-guard
- we are sinking! we're sinking!
- what are you thinking about?

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This poem was written by .....   who was ....

It is about the British nation which is seen as a '..............pot' in which .....

It is just like a recipe. We can notice the lexical field of ......

Every single ingredient is ..........

The writer believes that the nation is richer or ...............

Now act this scene out again 3 by 3 but imagine another possible ending to this video with the first German coast-guard coming back ...

After watching 'do you speak English?' fill in the missing words:

- Excuse me, excuse me. Sorry, do you speak English?
- No, I don't. Sorry.
- Oh! My 1. ___________ down and I 2. ________ if you 3. _____

________ me where to 4. _____________.
- Yeah. Well, you know, 5. ____________. I don't understand what you're saying.
- You 6. _____________________ at all?
- Not a word, no.
- It's 7. ____________________- where I wish I paid more attention in school but...

Answers:

1. car's broken

2. wondered

3. could tell

4. find a garage

5. that's wasted on me

6. don't speak English

7. one of those things

1. What happened in the video?

   1. A German coast guard rescued a boy.
   2. A German coast guard called for help.
   3. A German coast guard was attacked by a shark.
   4. A German coast guard received a call.

2. Who made the distress call?

   1. Someone whose plane was crashing.
   2. Someone whose boat was sinking.
   3. Someone whose bicycle was stolen.
   4. Someone whose car was broken.

3. How did the German coast guard respond?

   1. He called his supervisor.
   2. He did not respond at all.
   3. He thought it was a joke.
   4. He misunderstood the message.

1. Why is the woman asking for help?

   1. because she misplaced her purse
   2. because she is lost
   3. because her child is missing
   4. because she has a problem with her car

2. How did the people in the video answer the woman?

   1. They said that they were in a hurry.
   2. They said that they cannot understand her.
   3. They said that they are also lost.
   4. They said that they have no money.

3. What stopped people from helping the woman?

   1. time
   2. language
   3. money
   4. place

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