Favourite movie speeches #1 - 'Heart of Glass' (1976) - Open cloze exercise (B1+/Exam)

Exercise 1
Complete the gaps with the correct word.

A rocky island far out 1. ____ the sea, and a second, smaller island. They lie on the far edge of the inhabited world. 2. ____ one island, for centuries, some forgotten men have lived. And because they live on the far edge 3.____ the inhabited world word has not reached them that the Earth is round. They 4. ____ retained the belief that the Earth is flat and that the ocean far beyond ends in a yawning abyss. I see a man on top of 5. ____ rock. For years he stood alone, looking out over the sea day after day, always in the same place, He is the first 6. ____  to doubt.

Three men in a boat (medical vocabulary, level B2+)

Step 1

Have you ever watched a medical drama, eg. House, ER, Grey's Anatomy etc? Which one is your favourite?

Step 2

In three minutes make a list of all the diseases that you can remember.

Step 3

Read the text and add some diseases mentioned by the author to your list.

There were four of us—George, and William Samuel Harris, and myself, and Montmorency.  We were sitting in my room, smoking, and talking about how bad we were—bad from a medical point of view I mean, of course.