City University of Hong Kong - LC


ELSAC Workout: Listening 3, Movies

Title: Kingsman - The Secret Service (2015)
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Taron Egerton
Genre: Spy/Espionage, Comedy, Action-Adventure
Rating: 15+ (with violence scene)

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Language Focus:

  • Listening for main ideas and specific details
  • Vocabulary building: Understanding idioms and useful expressions

Level: Foundation / Undergraduates
Time: 2h 9m + 1-hour practice
Suggested next workout: Applying learned idioms/expressions in conversations

Extra support: ELSS Pronunciation Material: Accents (American)

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Part 1:

Practice 1:
Listen to the conversations and decide whether they are TRUE or FALSE by clicking on the (T) or (F) letter next to the statements.
Statements True or False

Conversation between 26:00 and 30:00
1. Eggsy did not watch My Fair Lady. True False
2. Kingsman was an independent, international intelligence agency. True False
3. Harry and Eggsy were late. True False

Conversation between 38:50 and 39:45
4 Every candidate needed to choose a puppy. True False
5. Roxy chose a poodle because it is easy to train. True False

Conversation between 47:51 and 53:44
6. Roxy was not scared of jumping off the plane. True False
7. One of them had no parachute. True False
8. Digby needed to go home. True False

Conversation between 58:59 and 01:00:43
9. All three of them had to join a party in London. True False
10. Eggsy thought the champagne tasted awful. True False

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Practice 2:
Listen to the conversation between 01:31:34 and 01:34:33. Match the actions in column A with the letters in column B. Letters can be used more than once.
A B
1. Stay on the plane 1 a) Eggsy
2. Pretend to be Arthur and get inside the bunker 2 b) Merlin
3. Get into a halo suit 3 c) Roxy (Lancelot)
4. Shut down Valentine's mainframe 4
5. Deploy missile to destroy one of Valentine's satellites 5

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Practice 3:
The following questions are about the villain in the movie - Valentine. Valentine had a crazy idea and wanted people dead. Please choose the correct answer to finish the task.
1. From 32:47 to 33:22, Valentine believed that:
a. Global warming is reversible
b. Everyone is worth living
c. Money cannot solve global warming, but reducing the population can

2. According to Valentine's announcement (start from 46:30), everyone can claim a free:
a. Smartphone
b. Smartwatch
c. SIM card

3. Valentine wanted to broadcast his "neurological wave" through (01:45:36):
a. TV
b. Satellites
c. Computers

4. What happened when Valentine activated the satellites and started broadcasting (01:51:06)?
a. People started killing each other.
b. All the people died instantly.
c. The safe site exploded.

5. If Valentine saw blood, he would (01:56:55):
a. Vomit
b. Faint
c. Have a headache

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Practice 4:
Drag the missing sentences and drop them in the appropriate gaps to complete the storyline.

1. After Eggsy's father died in 1997, young Eggsy received a medal from Harry Hart.

2. 
(1)

3. Eggsy was told that his father was a kingsman agent, and the Kingsman had a vacancy. Then, he went for the selection process.

4. 
(2)

5. 
(3)

6. Valentine gave out free SIM cards for everyone except the world's elites. He had implanted them with chips that can block the rage signal that kills everyone.

7. Eggsy found that Arthur, the head of Kingsman, was compromised.

8. 
(4)

9. 
(5)

10. Finally, Eggsy killed Gazelle and Valentine to stop the signal.

Missing topic sentences. Drag and drop to the correct place above.

  • a. Eggsy met a group of candidates and became friends with Roxy.
  • b. Roxy destroyed one of the satellites and delayed the broadcast while Eggsy tried to blend in.
  • c. Eggsy joined Merlin and Roxy at the Kingsman's base and planned to stop Valentine.
  • d. Eggsy and Roxy went through Kingsman training, and eventually, Roxy was selected as the new agent.
  • e. Arrested for stealing a car, Eggsy called the number on the medal.

Part 2: Vocabulary building

Practice 5:
Match the phrases in column A with the definitions in column B. The timestamp is given in column A.
A B
1. Manners maketh man. (20:52) 1 a. Private conversation
2. On my life! (23:18) 2 b. An oath emphasizing that what one has said is genuine or sincere
3. bite his head off (31:27) 3 c. Reply sharply to someone
4. A tete-a-tete 4 d. A good man has a strong sense of morality
5. With flying colors 5 e. Very successfully

Part 2: Vocabulary building

Practice 6:
Drag the words of phrases below and drop them in the gaps to complete the sentences. Timestamps are provided accordingly.

1. You must be
(1) . Let's have dinner!
2. We've had a little
(2) , and we need your help.
3. My father and I don't
(3) on choosing the color of the new curtain.
4. It will
(4) if we choose a 5-star hotel to stay in.
5. People tells
(5) stories just to show off.
6. Remember to keep an eye on your things as some people here are
(6)
Cost a fortune (38:45)
famished (54:46)
far-fetched (56:27)
see eye to eye (01:27:44)
light-fingered (01:29:59)
hiccup (01:45:53)

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