English Listening Comprehension – Movie Clip 64

B2/C1
Movie Mary Queen of Scots — Historical Drama
Dialect Scottish English (first scene) & British English (second scene)
Watch the clip below and answer the questions.



QUESTIONS:

1. At the beginning of the video, the man tells the woman ______________.
2. Kate comes to show the woman _______________.
3. Who did Lord Bothwell swear an oath to?
4. What is Lord Bothwell driven by?
5. Which of the following is NOT true?
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Did you know? This clip uses the formal phrase “to swear an oath” (to make a solemn promise), and contrasts motivations like “ambition”, “duty”, and “hatred”. Historical dramas are a great source of this kind of formal, slightly old-fashioned vocabulary that still appears in serious writing today.


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