English Level:
Advanced
Content Warning:
Domestic Abuse, Assault, Alcoholism, Violence
Fast-speaking, Colloquial Language, Distracting Background Music
Vocabulary
I have chosen not to include the definitions here to give you the opportunity to find the information yourself. The information you find this way will stay with you longer. Please take the time to find out the meaning of the vocabulary.
Act up
A grown-ass man
What’s going on?
Rise above
Beat his ass
Assault
Rage
Goaded
Prodded
Look the other way
Turn the other cheek
Pre-Listening
These warmup questions are intended to introduce you to the topic
- How were you disciplined as a child?
- When does discipline become punishment?
- Do you know anyone who becomes violent when they are drinking?
- What should you do if you know someone being abused?
- How can you tell if one of your students is being abused?
Listening
As you listen, try to answer these questions.
You may need to listen more than once.
- What is his earliest memory?
- How did he get strong / strength?
- Why does he work out?
- What happened during the Christmas from Hell?
- What did he do when he found out his father hit his mother again?
- How did punching his father make him feel?
- Who prepared him to handle physical situations?
- Who assaulted him?
- Why didn’t he hit the agent back?
- What is strength about (according to Terry)?
Video
Post-Listening
Reflect on what you have learned.
- What would you do if someone was hitting someone you care about?
- Do you know anyone that has a drinking problem?
- How has alcoholism affected your life?
- What does turning the other cheek mean to you?
- “You didn’t come from your parents, you came through them.” What does Terry mean?
- Identify at least one key issue from this video that you could research more.