Self-study activity:
1) Counter 00:00-00:45. Sound off. Describe what you see.
2) Counter 00:45-1:30. Sound off. Which story is Andrew telling with his hand?
a A day in the life of a seagull
b The Apollo 11 moon landing
c My summer holiday in Greece
3) Counter 0:00-1:30. Sound on. Check your answers to activity 2.
4) Before watching. Put Andrew's story in the correct order.
a Last year he worked as a choreographer on an opera in New York.
b He then got fascinated by the hands and realised how he could tell stories with his hands.
c He also occasionally works as a hand model in commercials and photography.
d Originally, he was told by his drama teacher that he was a really bad actor.
e That led to creating his own theatre show and touring around the planet.
f As a result he became interested in dance and more physical theatre.
5) Counter 1:30�2:50. Sound on. Check your answers to activity 4.
6) Match the sentence halves to make complete sentences.
| 1 If we go back in evolutionary terms | a- the fingers a little longer. |
| 2 Then it became something | b- that is unique to us. |
| 3 Then little by little we became bipedal | c- that you would walk on. |
| 4 They could be a little softer, | d- we wouldn�t have any of this around us. |
| 5 We end up gaining an enormous amount of dexterity | e- this hand was used for hanging out of a tree. |
| 6 Without that dexterity | f- and these hands were free. |
7) Counter 2:50-3:40. Check your answers to exercise 6.
8) Counter 3:40�4:43. Watch the final part of the video and answer these questions.
1 Name two things Andrew says we wouldn�t be able to do without our hands.
2 What does he describe as �the most magical thing�?
3 Do you notice anything about Andrew�s hands?
You can check your answers by reading the transcript of the video here.
Adapted from Global Lessons online, MacMillan Publishers
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