English Level:
Advanced
Content Warning:
Dying, Graphic Violence, War, Body Mutilations
Fast-Speaking
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. Â
Embedded
Under fire
IED
Impact
Ambushed
Intensive care
It suddenly hit me
Colostomy bag
Maim
Ditch
In peril
Metropolis
Stern
Tetraplegic
Make-shift tent
Refugee
Pre-Listening
These warmup questions are intended to introduce you to the topic
- What is the most dangerous thing to take photos of?
- Why would someone go to dangerous places?
Listening
As you listen, try to answer these questions.
You may need to listen more than once.
- Where was he working?
- What happened when he triggered the IED?
- What was more difficult than the actual accident?
- What did he think the first time he saw himself in the mirror?
- How did he originally see war? What did he think about war?
- Where was the hardest place to photograph?
- Why was it difficult to take a picture of the boy (Darwood) who was injured like him?
- Who was Hallude?
- What is Hallude’s husband’s biggest fear?
- Why didn’t he want to give the photograph back?
Video
Post-Listening
Reflect on what you have learned.
- Â What does being completely helpless mean to you? How does it compare to his experience?
- Â What was his motivation for taking war photos and how has that changed since his accident?
- Â How do you celebrate life?
- Â How does war affect citizens?
-  Now what does he feel the pictures are about. (He doesn’t take pictures of guns, etc.)
-  Are you going to change the world? Are you trying to inspire someone who can?
- If you got injured at work, would you return to that job?
- Do you need to be brave to be a war photographer?
- Identify at least one key issue from this video that you could research more.