WARM-UP VIDEO FOR PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Instructions. Watch the story of how Jill Bolte Taylor realized she was having a stroke and type phrases in Present Continuous.

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Exercise. Complete each gap with suitable words and expressions you hear from the video.

which is a full-body, full-exercise machine. And I'm jamming away on this thing, and (1) …………..that my hands look like primitive claws grasping onto the bar. And I thought, "That's very peculiar." And it was all very peculiar, and my headache was just getting worse. So I get off the machine, and (2) ………….. across my living room floor, and I realize that everything inside of my body has slowed way down. And every step is very rigid and very deliberate. and there's this constriction in my area of perception, so I'm just focused on internal systems. And (3) ………….. in my bathroom getting ready to step into the shower, and I could actually hear the dialogue inside of my body. blended with the atoms and molecules of the wall. And all I could detect was this energy -- energy. And (4) ………….. myself,"What is wrong with me? (5) ………….. on?" And in that moment, my left hemisphere brain chatter went totally silent. Just like someone took a remote control and pushed the mute button. and it says to me,"Hey! We've got a problem! We've got to get some help." And (6) ………….. , "Ahh! I've got a problem!" (Laughter) So it's like, "OK, I've got a problem." "Hey! You've got to pay attention. We've got to get help." And (7) ………….. , "I've got to get help. I've got to focus." So I get out of the shower and I mechanically dress and (8) ………….. around my apartment, and (9) ………….. ,"I've got to get to work. Can I drive?" And in that moment, my right arm went totally paralyzed by my side. Then I realized, "Oh my gosh! (10) ………….. a stroke!" And the next thing my brain says to me is, Wow! This is so cool! so I remembered, in my office I had a business card with my number. So I go into my business room, I pull out a three-inch stack of business cards. And (11) ………….. at the card on top and even though I could see clearly in my mind's eye what my business card looked like, So I take the phone pad and I put it right here. I take the business card, I put it right here, and (12) ………….. the shape of the squiggles on the card to the shape of the squiggles on the phone pad. But then I would drift back out into La La Land, so that as I would come back to normal reality, I'd be able to tell, "Yes, I've already dialed that number." Eventually, the whole number gets dialed and (13) ………….. to the phone, and my colleague picks up the phone and he says to me, "Woo woo woo woo." (Laughter) that I couldn't speak or understand language until I tried. So he recognizes that I need help and he gets me help. And a little while later, (14) ………….. in an ambulance from one hospital across Boston to [Massachusetts] General Hospital. And I curl up into a little fetal ball.

Key: Look at the key and say aloud the script from the video to improve your English.

which is a full-body, full-exercise machine. And I'm jamming away on this thing, and (1) (I'm realizing) that my hands look like primitive claws grasping onto the bar. And I thought, "That's very peculiar." And it was all very peculiar, and my headache was just getting worse. So I get off the machine, and (2) (I'm walking) across my living room floor, and I realize that everything inside of my body has slowed way down. And every step is very rigid and very deliberate. and there's this constriction in my area of perception, so I'm just focused on internal systems. And (3) (I'm standing) in my bathroom getting ready to step into the shower, and I could actually hear the dialogue inside of my body. blended with the atoms and molecules of the wall. And all I could detect was this energy -- energy. And (4) (I'm asking) myself,"What is wrong with me? (5) (What is going) on?" And in that moment, my left hemisphere brain chatter went totally silent. Just like someone took a remote control and pushed the mute button. and it says to me,"Hey! We've got a problem! We've got to get some help." And (6) (I'm going) , "Ahh! I've got a problem!" (Laughter) So it's like, "OK, I've got a problem." "Hey! You've got to pay attention. We've got to get help." And (7) (I'm thinking) , "I've got to get help. I've got to focus." So I get out of the shower and I mechanically dress and (8) (I'm walking) around my apartment, and (9) (I'm thinking) ,"I've got to get to work. Can I drive?" And in that moment, my right arm went totally paralyzed by my side. Then I realized, "Oh my gosh! (10) (I'm having) a stroke!" And the next thing my brain says to me is, Wow! This is so cool! so I remembered, in my office I had a business card with my number. So I go into my business room, I pull out a three-inch stack of business cards. And (11) (I'm looking) at the card on top and even though I could see clearly in my mind's eye what my business card looked like, So I take the phone pad and I put it right here. I take the business card, I put it right here, and (12) (I'm matching) the shape of the squiggles on the card to the shape of the squiggles on the phone pad. But then I would drift back out into La La Land, so that as I would come back to normal reality, I'd be able to tell, "Yes, I've already dialed that number." Eventually, the whole number gets dialed and (13) (I'm listening) to the phone, and my colleague picks up the phone and he says to me, "Woo woo woo woo." (Laughter) that I couldn't speak or understand language until I tried. So he recognizes that I need help and he gets me help. And a little while later, (14) (I am riding) in an ambulance from one hospital across Boston to [Massachusetts] General Hospital. And I curl up into a little fetal ball.

Sources: 

Channel: TED. My stroke of insight | Jill Bolte Taylor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU

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