English Level:
Expert
Content Warning:
death, murder, bombs, war, British Accent, technical language (subtitles are recommended)
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.
Demolition
Abrasive Cutter
Deserted
Evacuation
Air-drop
By design
Fuse
Saline solution
Clog
Crude
Casing
Steamer
Bomb charge
Relatively
Humanitarian work
Improvised
Standards
Shirt tail
Control point
Nosy
Not on my radar
Assessment
Pull back
Pickets
Creeping forward
Rubbish
Progressing
Torch (British)
Glint
Bead of a wire
Pressure plate
Initiate
Detonator
Projectile
Crush wire
Det cord
Virtually
Snip
Normality
Gratitude
Reconnaissance
These warmup questions are intended to introduce you to the topic
- What is an NCO?
- What does “fail to initiate” mean?
- What is ‘conventional munitions disposal? How do they compare with improvised weapons?
- Why might homemade weapons be harder to diffuse?
- What is an IED?
- Where can you find bombs?
As you listen, try to answer these questions.
You may need to listen more than once.
- Blue lighted is an obscure term used to mean ‘advanced quickly’. Why was he blue lighted to the center of London?
- Why was the place deserted?
- How many airdropped weapons fail to function?
- Why don’t the airdropped weapons explode?
- What is fuse immunization? How do they do it?
- How do they remove the explosives?
- What did they do after the level of explosives was at a safe level?
- How do the UK jobs compare to ones in war zones?
- Why does he listen to children?
- What does he do before anything else?
Reflect on what you have learned.
- Why is the purpose of technical language?
- Why is it important to have people like Chris?
- Will robots replace people for bomb disposal?
- In these poor places, why not just explode the bomb?
- Should people with dangerous jobs make extra money?
- Identify at least one key issue from this video that you could research more.