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FOCUS ON LISTENING

THE CRAZY ONES

Your TASK : You will watch a video about The Crazy Ones .

Imagine WHO the Crazy ones may be referring to ?

Now watch the filming with the sound off and check your
predictions.

Tick the people who actually appear in the video.

According to you , what do they all have in common ?

Albert Einstein Bob Dylan Martin Luther King Rosa Parks

Jr. Richard Branson John Lennon (with Yoko Ono)
Freddie Mercury Buckminster Fuller Thomas Edison Nelson
Mandela Muhammad Ali Malcolm X Ted Turner Maria
Callas President JF Kennedy Mahatma Gandhi Amelia
Earhart Alfred Hitchcock Martha Graham Jim
Henson (with Kermit the Frog) Frank Lloyd Wright
Pablo Picasso Steve Jobs

Speculate about the nature and topic of the document

under study. Then check your predictions while listening to it.

Speculate about the narrator (voice-over) .

 Listen and tick the verbs you actually hear.

have respect quote agree disagree admire

trust glorify hate vilify ignore change
push do celebrate witness hear see think
believe

Fill in the script with the missing words. The definitions will
help you identify the words if you are unable to identify them
while listening.

"Here's to the . . .

The. ( = the people who do not fit in society ) .

The. (= the people who are disobedient or rebellious) .
The. (= the people who look for trouble ) The pegs
in the. holes. The . who
.things.. They're not.
of., and they have no . for the status quo. You can
.them, .with them, .and vilify them,
but the only thing you. do is.them because they
. .. They. the human .
. . And while some . . them as the
. . , . see . , because
the. who are . enough to. they can
. the. , are the. .
. ! "

Steve Jobs

Tick the adjectives that best describe the overall tone.

negative positive nostalgic full of admiration sad

joyful (= joyeux) emotional (= plein dmotion) moving (= mouvant)
powerful humorous (= humoristique ) sarcastic
enthusiastic resentful (=plein de ressentiment) loving
(=affectueux/aimant)
 Tick the adjectives that best apply to the narrators
feelings and point of view .

You will need to justify your choices.

He sounds .. / He is. / He seems to be . /

Feelings

depressed(= dprim) annoyed(=agac) sad indifferent

determined proud (= fier) disappointed (= du) moved (=
mu) irritated(= agac) resentful(=plein de ressentiment) loving
(=affectueux/aimant) supportive (of)(= tre en faveur de) committed(=engag)
nostalgic enthusiastic hostile understanding (=comprhensif)
animated disrespectful(=irrespectueux) joyful (= joyeux)
contemptuous (= ddaigneux/mprisant)) full of admiration
condescending(=condescendant) critical neutral biased (=partial)
unbiased (=impartial) provocative(=provocateur) persuasive(=convaincant)

Do you find this commercial effective ? How does it

make you feel ? Explain what impact the narrators
voice has on your ears.

To what extent Steve Jobs could

have been included in this Apple commercial as one of the

Crazy Ones ?