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<p>GENERAL ENGLISH · GENERAL ISSUES · ADVANCED (C1-C2)</p><p>HEAAADERLOGORIGHT</p><p>THAT’S</p><p>EMBARRASSING!</p><p>QrrkoD Scan to review worksheet</p><p>Expemo code:</p><p>1DPZ-U4L8-83SF</p><p>1 Warm up</p><p>Read the following situations and rate them from 1 (least embarrassing) to 10 (most embarrassing).</p><p>✷ You walk into a room with people you don’t know and realise that your shoelace is undone.</p><p>✷ You’re walking your dog and see someone you think is very attractive. Your dog goes to the</p><p>toilet just as they get near to you.</p><p>✷ You accidentally call your female teacher ‘Mum’.</p><p>✷ You’re walking down a busy street and trip over your own feet.</p><p>✷ You lean in to give a relative a kiss and hit them with your head.</p><p>✷ You’re on a first date and you accidently burp loudly.</p><p>✷ You’re with your friends and you accidently burp loudly.</p><p>✷ You forget your father’s birthday.</p><p>✷ A stranger speaks to you in English and you don’t understand, even when they’ve repeated it</p><p>three times.</p><p>✷ You use a friend’s toilet without realising that it is broken and won’t flush.</p><p>FOOOOTERRIGHT 1/8Learn without forgetting!</p><p>Scan the QR at the top of Page 1 to review the lesson flashcards with Expemo.</p><p>© Linguahouse.com. Photocopiable and licensed for use in Tiago Matos's lessons.</p><p>ADVANCED (C1-C2)</p><p>THAT’S EMBARRASSING!</p><p>HEAAADERLOGORIGHT</p><p>2 Focus on vocabulary</p><p>Part A: Match the vocabulary items to their correct definitions.</p><p>a) exacerbate (v) b) incongruous (adj.) c) resentful (adj.) d) foolish (adj.)</p><p>e) po-faced (adj.) f) humiliation (n) g) dignity (n) h) self-importance (n)</p><p>1. a feeling of being ashamed because you look stupid in front of other people</p><p>and have lost respect</p><p>2. not being suitable in a particular situation</p><p>3. feeling angry about a situation that you think was unfair</p><p>4. make a situation worse</p><p>5. looking as though you do not approve of something</p><p>6. not making sensible decisions or showing proper judgement</p><p>7. a belief that you are superior to other people</p><p>8. respect and honour given to someone by other people</p><p>Part B: Complete the following sentences with the vocabulary from Part A. You may need to change</p><p>the form of the word.</p><p>1. In retrospect, the decision to run naked into the police station was a pretty one.</p><p>2. Any sense of I had was lost when I angrily walked out and hit myself in the face</p><p>with the door.</p><p>3. When he emerged from the toilet to realise he was still on the video call, his was</p><p>complete.</p><p>4. After all these years, my brother is still of the time I pulled his swimming trunks</p><p>down in front of a group of girls he liked.</p><p>5. I thought it was hilarious when my sister farted loudly in church, but I turned around to see my</p><p>mother looking very about it.</p><p>6. Not realising he’d ripped the back of his trousers was made all the funnier by his .</p><p>7. The kids’ laughter over the chair collapsing only served to the teacher’s anger.</p><p>8. With him being well over six foot and her being just over four feet tall, they made for a rather</p><p>couple.</p><p>FOOOOTERLEFT 2/8Learn without forgetting!</p><p>Scan the QR at the top of Page 1 to review the lesson flashcards with Expemo.</p><p>© Linguahouse.com. Photocopiable and licensed for use in Tiago Matos's lessons.</p><p>ADVANCED (C1-C2)</p><p>THAT’S EMBARRASSING!</p><p>HEAAADERLOGORIGHT</p><p>3 Focus on idioms</p><p>For each of the following sentences, write the meaning of the words in bold.</p><p>1. He was so full of self-importance that people couldn’t resist taking him down a peg or two.</p><p>2. I ended up with an egg on my face when it turned out that she’d been right all along.</p><p>3. I was sitting thereminding my own business when a cow came over to me and started eating my</p><p>lunch.</p><p>4. When he walked into the room with toilet paper stuck to his shoe, everyone fell about laughing.</p><p>5. When everyone turned around to look at me, I wanted to curl up and die.</p><p>6. I was trying to enjoy being with my friends, but the situation at work was preying on my mind.</p><p>7. I fell over in the middle of the dance floor which everyone saw. I wished the ground would open</p><p>up and swallow me.</p><p>8. He tried to regain some dignity after he’d squirted ketchup in his face, but there was no coming</p><p>back from that one.</p><p>FOOOOTERRIGHT 3/8Learn without forgetting!</p><p>Scan the QR at the top of Page 1 to review the lesson flashcards with Expemo.</p><p>© Linguahouse.com. Photocopiable and licensed for use in Tiago Matos's lessons.</p><p>ADVANCED (C1-C2)</p><p>THAT’S EMBARRASSING!</p><p>HEAAADERLOGORIGHT</p><p>4 Listening for details</p><p>Listen to the podcast about an embarrassing situation and possible reasons for its humour. Which of</p><p>the following idioms were not mentioned by the speakers?</p><p>1. minding your own business</p><p>2. curl up and die</p><p>3. egg on your face</p><p>4. fall about laughing</p><p>5. take someone down a peg or two</p><p>6. no coming back from that one</p><p>7. prey on someone’s mind</p><p>8. wish the ground would open up and swallow me</p><p>5 Listening comprehension</p><p>Listen to the podcast again and choose the best answer a - c for each of the questions 1 - 7.</p><p>1. In the anecdote, the train was</p><p>a. crowded.</p><p>b. virtually empty.</p><p>c. about half-full.</p><p>2. The first man to use the toilet was ... the second man.</p><p>a. unable to get out for</p><p>b. shouted at by</p><p>c. disturbed by</p><p>3. Why does the male host describe the situation as "beautiful"?</p><p>a. Strangers worked together to solve a problem.</p><p>b. It brought together a group of strangers in laughter.</p><p>c. There was respect for the first man’s dignity.</p><p>FOOOOTERLEFT 4/8Learn without forgetting!</p><p>Scan the QR at the top of Page 1 to review the lesson flashcards with Expemo.</p><p>© Linguahouse.com. Photocopiable and licensed for use in Tiago Matos's lessons.</p><p>ADVANCED (C1-C2)</p><p>THAT’S EMBARRASSING!</p><p>HEAAADERLOGORIGHT</p><p>4. What does the female host think causes the laughter in that situation?</p><p>a. The enjoyment derived from seeing a figure of authority looking foolish in front of other</p><p>people.</p><p>b. The physical comedy involved in a very public situation that was a complete surprise for</p><p>everyone.</p><p>c. Its unexpected nature and observers who felt relieved that it was someone else who was</p><p>embarrassed.</p><p>5. The first man reacted to the situation with</p><p>a. shock. b. irritation. c. amusement.</p><p>6. How does the female host think that culture plays a part in the episode?</p><p>a. There’s a lot of jokes based around going to the toilet which is inherently funny to a lot of</p><p>people.</p><p>b. There’s a particular love of people being humiliated, no matter who they are.</p><p>c. People get a lot of enjoyment from watching people who think they are better than others</p><p>look silly.</p><p>7. What does the male host think everyone was laughing about?</p><p>a. The general circumstances.</p><p>b. The first man’s reaction.</p><p>c. The first man’s embarrassment.</p><p>6 Reading for accuracy</p><p>You are going to read an article about viral embarrassing situations. Choose the best word A - C to</p><p>complete the gaps 1 - 10 in the text on page six.</p><p>1. A. convenient B. inconvenience C. convenience</p><p>2. A. alarm B. panic C. nervousness</p><p>3. A. took B. had C. made</p><p>4. A. bring B. hold C. talk</p><p>5. A. really B. very C. extremely</p><p>6. A. shamed B. blamed C. named</p><p>7. A. setting B. getting C. rounding</p><p>8. A. hush B. flush C. brush</p><p>9. A. article B. pronoun C. particle</p><p>10. A. assistants B. assistance C. insistence</p><p>FOOOOTERRIGHT 5/8Learn without forgetting!</p><p>Scan the QR at the top of Page 1 to review the lesson flashcards with Expemo.</p><p>© Linguahouse.com. Photocopiable and licensed for use in Tiago Matos's lessons.</p><p>ADVANCED (C1-C2)</p><p>THAT’S EMBARRASSING!</p><p>HEAAADERLOGORIGHT</p><p>Everyone knows!</p><p>Viral embarrassing situations</p><p>a. Anne Hughes arrived at work one March morning and waited outside for her boss to open up. Although she’d</p><p>retired some years earlier, she worked as a cleaner at a local 1 store in Wales. This particular</p><p>morning, she was leaning against the shutter with her shopping trolley when it began to open. Unbeknown to her,</p><p>her coat had become attached to the metal screen and as it slowly cranked open, it hoisted her coat up with it. In</p><p>a slight 2, she grabbed her shopping trolley in an attempt to steady herself, but it was no match</p><p>for the machinery and the trolley</p><p>went with her. Anne very quickly found herself dangling several feet above the</p><p>ground, clutching her shopping trolley and shouting at her boss to stop. Unfortunately, the noise drowned out her</p><p>pleas.</p><p>b. The entire incident was captured on security cameras and it wasn’t long before the clip 3 its</p><p>way to TikTok where the hilarious accident was able to be viewed by millions and received coverage in the press.</p><p>Thankfully, Anne was left unharmed, if a little disconcerted, by the episode. Her manager eventually heard her</p><p>cries for help and was able to 4 her down safely. ‘I’ll never hear the end of it,’ she joked. ‘My</p><p>boss has said he’s never liked his staff hanging around.’ Shortly afterwards, local graffiti artist Tee2Sugars, was</p><p>commissioned to immortalise the event on the 5 shutters where it happened. ‘Shop shutter gran’,</p><p>as Anne was dubbed, is said to be very proud of it.</p><p>c. As embarrassing episodes go, however, Anne Hughes got off lightly compared to another viral incident in 2017.</p><p>Liam Smith, a postgrad student in Bristol, went out for the evening with a woman he’d met on Tinder. For reasons</p><p>that will become clear, she was not 6. It was their second date and they enjoyed a meal and a few</p><p>drinks together as they got to know each other even more. With the evening having gone well, they decided to</p><p>adjourn to Smith’s flat to end the evening. On arrival, the woman asked to use the bathroom, 7</p><p>off a series of possibly the worst events that could happen in an early dating scenario.</p><p>d. The woman, having relieved herself, found that she was unable to 8 the poo. In a panic, she</p><p>scooped it out of the toilet with a plastic bag and jettisoned it out of the window into the garden. However, the</p><p>unpleasant package instead got wedged between two non-opening windows. Desperate to salvage the situation,</p><p>the woman then climbed up to try and retrieve the offending 9, but managed to get stuck herself</p><p>forcing her to ask Smith for help. Despite his best efforts he was unable to pull her out and was left with the only</p><p>option of calling the fire brigade for 10. Liam had to explain to the emergency responders what</p><p>had happened when they arrived. Ultimately, the firemen were able to free the ill-fated lady by carefully breaking</p><p>the window, but only after they had finished cracking up.</p><p>source: bbc.com</p><p>FOOOOTERLEFT 6/8Learn without forgetting!</p><p>Scan the QR at the top of Page 1 to review the lesson flashcards with Expemo.</p><p>© Linguahouse.com. Photocopiable and licensed for use in Tiago Matos's lessons.</p><p>ADVANCED (C1-C2)</p><p>THAT’S EMBARRASSING!</p><p>HEAAADERLOGORIGHT</p><p>7 Reading comprehension</p><p>Part A: Decide if the following sentences are true (T), false (F) or not given (NG).</p><p>1. Anne Hughes was an elderly lady.</p><p>2. Anne Hughes had been working at this particular place for many years.</p><p>3. Her shopping trolley prevented her from having a serious accident.</p><p>4. Her boss heard her shouting for help immediately.</p><p>5. The situation was reported in local news before going international.</p><p>6. The viral incident happened the first time Liam Smith met the woman.</p><p>7. Liam Smith’s toilet was not functioning correctly.</p><p>8. The firemen found the situation amusing.</p><p>Part B: Answer the following questions in your own words.</p><p>1. What did Anne Hughes mean when she said I’ll never hear the end of it in paragraph B?</p><p>2. What does Anne Hughes got off lightly mean in paragraph C?</p><p>8 Talking point</p><p>In pairs, discuss the following questions.</p><p>1. What is the most embarrassing situation that you have ever been in?</p><p>2. What is the most embarrassing situation that you have seen someone else in?</p><p>3. What situations generally have the potential to embarrass you?</p><p>4. Is there anything you avoid doing because you’re worried about embarrassment?</p><p>5. What do you think is the best way to react to an embarrassing situation? Why?</p><p>6. What would you have done in any of the situations described in the reading article or the podcast?</p><p>FOOOOTERRIGHT 7/8Learn without forgetting!</p><p>Scan the QR at the top of Page 1 to review the lesson flashcards with Expemo.</p><p>© Linguahouse.com. Photocopiable and licensed for use in Tiago Matos's lessons.</p><p>ADVANCED (C1-C2)</p><p>THAT’S EMBARRASSING!</p><p>HEAAADERLOGORIGHT</p><p>9 Optional extension / homework</p><p>Complete the crossword using vocabulary from the lesson.</p><p>FOOOOTERLEFT 8/8Learn without forgetting!</p><p>Scan the QR at the top of Page 1 to review the lesson flashcards with Expemo.</p><p>© Linguahouse.com. Photocopiable and licensed for use in Tiago Matos's lessons.</p><p>TEACHER MATERIALS · ADVANCED (C1-C2)</p><p>THAT’S EMBARRASSING!</p><p>HEAAADERLOGORIGHT</p><p>Transcripts</p><p>4. Listening for details</p><p>Jamie: ... Talking of embarrassment, I’ve got a perfect example for you. So you know the fairly</p><p>modern trains in the UK where the toilet is close to the door and it’s operated by buttons?</p><p>Inside there’s a button that opens and closes the door and another that locks it? They’re</p><p>quite large and wheelchair accessible?</p><p>Dakota : Oh yeah, with the thing above the sink that gives youwater, and soap and dries your hands?</p><p>Jamie: Yes. So I was on one of those recently and it was quite busy, so a lot of peoplewere standing</p><p>up because they couldn’t get a seat. So this guy comes through and goes into the toilet.</p><p>Everyone was just looking at their phones and minding their own business. He disappears</p><p>into the toilet and the door shuts. So far, so good. No problem.</p><p>Dakota: Oh no. I’m feeling embarrassed already and I don’t know what happens.</p><p>Jamie: About a minute after he’d gone in, another guy comes around the corner and goes to use</p><p>the toilet too. He pushes the button and it slowly opens to reveal the first guy, sitting on</p><p>the toilet, trousers around his ankles. He’d forgotten to lock the door. He looks up to see</p><p>about fifteen strangers looking at him. He can’t do anything about it because he’s too far</p><p>away from the door. The second guy apologises and hits the button again and the door -</p><p>very slowly - closes again.</p><p>Dakota: (laughs) Oh my word! I’d want to curl up and die! What happened?</p><p>Jamie: Fifteen strangers fell about laughing is what happened. It was kind of beautiful as everyone</p><p>bonded over this poor guy’s humiliation. Of course, he then had to come out of the toilet</p><p>in front of everyone when he’d finished. When he came out, he said something like ‘Ha ha,</p><p>very funny,’ but very quickly got out of there, unsurprisingly.</p><p>Dakota: It’s interesting, isn’t it? Because I think anyone listening to that story would find it funny</p><p>and it’s because there’s a couple of things going on. Firstly, there’s the incongruous element</p><p>of seeing someone in such a personal situation in a public setting. Then there’s the relief</p><p>that you’re not the one that it’s happening to.</p><p>Jamie: That’s right. And later I wondered if he ever saw the funny side. He seemed quite resentful</p><p>when he came out, and you can understand why. No one wants to be laughed at by people,</p><p>but in a lot of ways he exacerbated the situation by being so po-faced about it. Some</p><p>people started laughing even more when he reacted against the situation which made him</p><p>look even more foolish.</p><p>Dakota: Well, yes. There’s quite a tradition in our culture of laughing at self-importance too. We</p><p>love to take people down a peg or two. So, by trying to regain some dignity, he made</p><p>everyone want to laugh at him more. Everyone’s just seen you on the toilet. I mean, there’s</p><p>just no coming back from that one, is there?</p><p>FOOOOTERAPPENDIXRIGHT iLearn without forgetting!</p><p>Scan the QR at the top of Page 1 to review the lesson flashcards with Expemo.</p><p>© Linguahouse.com. Photocopiable and licensed for use in Tiago Matos's lessons.</p><p>TEACHER MATERIALS · ADVANCED (C1-C2)</p><p>THAT’S EMBARRASSING!</p><p>HEAAADERLOGORIGHT</p><p>Jamie: Yes, and the thing is, people don’t remember details in situations like that. I’m sure it preyed</p><p>on his mind for days afterwards. But I’d be willing to bet that if the people there saw him</p><p>half an hour later, theywouldn’t have recognised him. The humour came from the situation,</p><p>there was nothing personal</p><p>about it. You could have swapped him for absolutely anyone</p><p>else and it would still have been funny.</p><p>FOOOOTERAPPENDIXLEFT iiLearn without forgetting!</p><p>Scan the QR at the top of Page 1 to review the lesson flashcards with Expemo.</p><p>© Linguahouse.com. Photocopiable and licensed for use in Tiago Matos's lessons.</p><p>TEACHER MATERIALS · ADVANCED (C1-C2)</p><p>THAT’S EMBARRASSING!</p><p>HEAAADERLOGORIGHT</p><p>Key</p><p>1. Warm up</p><p>5 mins.</p><p>This task is a light-hearted introduction to the subject of embarrassment. People are embarrassed by different</p><p>things, so it will be interesting to note how students react to the different situations. Note that there will be</p><p>the chance to discuss more personal examples of embarrassment at the end, so try to keep this focused on</p><p>hypothetical situations.</p><p>2. Focus on vocabulary</p><p>10 mins.</p><p>Part A</p><p>Students match the vocabulary items to their correct definitions.</p><p>1. f) humiliation (n) 2. b) incongruous (adj.)</p><p>3. c) resentful (adj.) 4. a) exacerbate (v)</p><p>5. e) po-faced (adj.) 6. d) foolish (adj.)</p><p>7. h) self-importance (n) 8. g) dignity (n)</p><p>Part B</p><p>Students complete sentences with the vocabulary from Part A. They may need to change the form of the word to</p><p>fit the sentence.</p><p>1. foolish 2. dignity</p><p>3. humiliation 4. resentful</p><p>5. po-faced 6. self-importance</p><p>7. exacerbate 8. incongruous</p><p>3. Focus on idioms</p><p>5 mins.</p><p>Students write the meaning of the words in bold. Monitor the task.</p><p>Note that fall about laughing (laugh without being able to stop) is a phrasal verb.</p><p>1. make someone realise that they are not as important or as good as they believe themselves to be</p><p>2. made to look stupid</p><p>3. not being nosy or showing interest in anyone else’s affairs (note: not to be confused with ‘mind your own</p><p>business’ which is telling someone not to interfere or be nosy)</p><p>4. laughed a great deal</p><p>5. feel a great deal of embarrassment</p><p>6. constantly worry about something</p><p>7. want to find some relief from a very embarrassing situation</p><p>8. no ability to recover from a very embarrassing situation</p><p>FOOOOTERAPPENDIXRIGHT iiiLearn without forgetting!</p><p>Scan the QR at the top of Page 1 to review the lesson flashcards with Expemo.</p><p>© Linguahouse.com. Photocopiable and licensed for use in Tiago Matos's lessons.</p><p>TEACHER MATERIALS · ADVANCED (C1-C2)</p><p>THAT’S EMBARRASSING!</p><p>HEAAADERLOGORIGHT</p><p>4. Listening for details</p><p>5 mins.</p><p>Students listen to the podcast and tick all the idioms not mentioned in the recording.</p><p>3. ✓ egg on your face 8. ✓ wish the ground would open up and swallow me</p><p>5. Listening comprehension</p><p>10 mins.</p><p>Students listen to the podcast again and choose the best answer a - c for each of the questions. Ask students to</p><p>answer the questions after the first listening, then listen again to check their answers.</p><p>1. a. 2. c. 3. b. 4. c. 5. b. 6. c. 7. a.</p><p>6. Reading for accuracy</p><p>10 mins.</p><p>Students read an article and choose the best word A - C to complete the gaps 1 - 10 in the text. You may want to</p><p>set a strict time limit on this task to encourage students to skim the text.</p><p>1. convenience 2. panic</p><p>3. made 4. bring</p><p>5. very 6. named</p><p>7. setting 8. flush</p><p>9. article 10. assistance</p><p>Article sources:</p><p>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-68480196</p><p>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-68582018</p><p>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-41167296</p><p>7. Reading comprehension</p><p>10 mins.</p><p>Part A</p><p>Students decide if the following sentences are true (T), false (F) or not given (NG). Ask them to underline where</p><p>they find the answer. If they are unable to do this, the answer is likely to be not given.</p><p>1. True. "..she’d retired some years earlier...‘Shop shutter gran’, as Anne was dubbed..."</p><p>2. Not given.</p><p>3. False. "...it was no match for the machinery..."</p><p>4. False. "Unfortunately, the noise drowned out her pleas."</p><p>5. Not given. It just says it was covered by the press, but not which press.</p><p>6. False. "It was their second date..."</p><p>7. Not given. It says she wasn’t able to flush the poo, but not why.</p><p>8. True. "Ultimately, the firemen were able to free the ill-fated lady... after they had finished cracking up."</p><p>Part B</p><p>Ask the students to answer the questions based on the context of the highlighted phrases.</p><p>1. That people will never stop talking about it.</p><p>FOOOOTERAPPENDIXLEFT ivLearn without forgetting!</p><p>Scan the QR at the top of Page 1 to review the lesson flashcards with Expemo.</p><p>© Linguahouse.com. Photocopiable and licensed for use in Tiago Matos's lessons.</p><p>TEACHER MATERIALS · ADVANCED (C1-C2)</p><p>THAT’S EMBARRASSING!</p><p>HEAAADERLOGORIGHT</p><p>2. Her situation was not as serious or as bad as it could have been.</p><p>8. Talking point</p><p>10 mins.</p><p>Ask students to discuss the questions in pairs or small groups. Circulate and help as needed.</p><p>9. Optional extension / homework</p><p>10 mins.</p><p>Students complete the crossword using vocabulary from the lesson.</p><p>Answers:</p><p>Across: 2) hoist, 4) exacerbate, 6) dignity, 7) incongruous, 9) immortalise</p><p>Down: 1) ill-fated, 3) self-importance, 5) resentful, 8) dangle</p><p>FOOOOTERAPPENDIXRIGHT vLearn without forgetting!</p><p>Scan the QR at the top of Page 1 to review the lesson flashcards with Expemo.</p><p>© Linguahouse.com. Photocopiable and licensed for use in Tiago Matos's lessons.</p>