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The Full Monty! 

Professor David Crystal¹ 

Now that's a catchphrase from a film – a film title this time. I 

mean, people often don't take film titles and make them 

catchphrases. M-o-n-t-y, a name -capital 'M'. Now it had existed 

before as a phrase – but this was a new film, in 1997, a British film 

about a group of unemployed² men, who take their clothes off to 

earn some money.  

Now in fact the origin of the word is back in the 1980s, it's rather 

obscure³ word actually – nobody quite knows where it comes 

from. It might have come from a firm of clothing manufacturers⁴, 

famous men's tailors called 'Montague Burton', a complete suit of 

clothing in the 1970s, 80s, you'd say, we're "wearing the full 

Monty" – and of course, one's talking about the lack of clothing 

since the film came along.  

So in another words, the modern meaning of the phrase is "everything which you 

need" or "…is appropriate". If you're packing a suitcase you might say "I've got the 

full Monty now";  or you're packing a car, "I've got the full Monty"; and when this 

programme is over, you'll have had "the full Monty" too ….at least about this 

expression, anyway! 

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Lesson 2: The Full Monty 

CONTENTS 

1.  Level, topic, language, aims, materials 

2.  Lesson stages 

3.  Answers 

4.  Tapescripts 

5.             Student worksheets 1, 2, 3 

Level:       Intermediate⁷ and above 

Topic:       Films and consumer products 

Language:   A phrase from a film title and words from company product names 

Aims:       Listening skills – A short talk 

                Words from product names 

Materials:   Worksheet 1             –  Introductory speaking and vocabulary exercises,  

listening section 1 

                Worksheet 2             -   Listening section 2 

                Worksheet 3             –  Extra work: Vocabulary and writing 

                Tapescript                –  Available in teacher’s notes 

                Recording⁸ of the talk  –  Available online at bbclearningenglish.com 

This plan was downloaded from: 

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LESSON STAGES 

A 

Explain to the students that they are going to listen to a talk by Professor David Crystal 

and that the talk is about the way the English language changes. This particular talk is 

about a phrase used in a film title 

B 

Hand out Student Worksheet 1. Students do Speaking Exercise 1 in small groups or 

pairs.  

C 

Students do the Vocabulary Exercise 2, without dictionaries at first. 

Practise the pronunciation of the vocabulary, as they will hear it in the talk. 

D 

Students read Listening Exercise 3 and then listen to Section 1 of the talk. 

They answer the questions. 

Students listen again and answer Listening Exercise 4 

E 

Hand out Student Worksheet 2 

Students read Listening Exercise 5  

Students listen to section 2 of the talk and check their answer for Listening Exercise 5  

F 

Students try to answer Listening Exercise 6. They listen again to Listening Section 2 to 

check/complete their answers. 

G 

If you wish to do some extra work with the class, hand out Student Worksheet 3 

For the vocabulary exercise, give the students copies of the tapescript and play the 

complete talk as they read. 

The language work looks at some common products whose names have entered the general 

English language. Perhaps find pictures of these things on the internet, if you don’t use the 

products in your own country.

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TAPESCRIPTS 

Listening Section 1 

Now that’s a catchphrase from a film – the film title this time.  I mean, people often don’t 

take film titles and make them catchphrases.  M-o-n-t-y, a name (capital ‘M’).  Now it had 

existed before as a phrase – but this was a new film,  in 1997, a British film about a group 

of unemployed men, who take their clothes off  to earn some money.  In fact the origin of 

the word is back in  the 1980s, a rather obscure word actually – nobody quite knows where 

it comes from. 

Listening Section 2 

It might have come from a firm of clothing manufacturers, famous men’s tailors called 

‘Montague Burton’, a complete suit of clothing in the 1970s, -80s,  and say, we were 

“wearing the full Monty” – and of course, talking about the lack of clothing since the film 

came along.  So in another words, the modern meaning of the phrase is “everything that 

we need” or “…is appropriate”.  If you’re packing a suitcase you might say “I’ve got the 

full Monty” now;  you’re packing a car, “I’ve got the full Monty”; and when this 

programme is over, you’ll have had “the full Monty” ….at least about this expression, too! 

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ANSWER KEY 

VOCABULARY 

2.  

a.  a catchphrase             an expression connected to a famous person or organisation 

b.  unemployed  without a job 

c.  obscure                     not clear, or unusual, not very common 

d.  a tailor  someone who makes clothes, particularly men’s suits 

e.  the lack of something     not having something, being without something 

f.  modern                     up-to-date⁹, new or contemporary 

LISTENING SECTION 1 

3.  

a.  ii. The full Monty 

b.  1997 

4. 

a.  True 

b.  False – it had existed before as a phrase 

c.  False – a group of men 

d.  True 

e.  False – nobody quite knows where it comes from 

LISTENING SECTION 2 

5. 

a.  a complete suit of clothing 

b.  i.  All that is required 

  iv.   Something that is complete, or done completely 

6. 

a.  True – in the 1970s/80s, the film was in 1997 

b.  False 

c.  True 

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EXTRA WORK 

1. 

a.  to earn something 

b.  appropriate 

c.  to be over 

LANGUAGE 

2. 

a.  satphone 

b.  nanobots 

c.  threequel 

d.  spyware 

e.  Singlish 

3. 

a.  Hoover 

b.  Biro 

c.  google 

d.  Polaroid 

e.  Sellotape 

f.  escalator

WORKSHEET 1 

You are going to listen to a short talk given by Professor David Crystal about language 

change and new developments in English. 

SPEAKING 

1.  Discuss these questions with other students 

a.  What was the last film you saw? 

b.  What was it about? Who were the different characters? What happened to them? 

c.  Have you ever seen many British films?  

d.  Can you remember much about them? 

VOCABULARY 

2.  Match these words and phrases to their definitions 

a.  a catchphrase     without a job 

b.  unemployed  up-to-date, new or contemporary 

c.  obscure  an expression connected to a famous person or organisation 

d.   a tailor   not clear, or unusual, not very common 

e.   the lack of something   someone who makes clothes, particularly men’s suits 

f.    modern  not having something, being without something 

LISTENING SECTION 1 

3.  Now, listen to Professor Crystal talking about a phrase  which is connected to 

a British film. Answer these questions. 

a.  What is the phrase? 

i.  The full Manty 

ii.  The full Monty 

iii.  The full Munty 

b.  When was the film made? 

4.  Listen again and decide if the following statements are true or false, according 

to Professor Crystal. 

a.  It is unusual for a film’s name to become a phrase in the language 

b.  The phrase was not in the language before the film was made 

c.  The film is about a group of women who don’t have jobs 

d.  In the film, the characters takes their clothes off for money 

e.  The origin of the phrase is well known 

WORKSHEET 2 

LISTENING SECTION 2 

5.  Professor Crystal now explains where the word might have come from. Listen 

and answer these questions. 

a.  What did the tailors ‘Montague Burton’ use to produce? 

b.  Which words or phrases below describe the meaning of the full Monty (choose 

two)? 

i.  all that is required 

ii.  nothing that is needed 

iii.  something that is not yet finished or is incomplete¹⁰  

iv.  something that is complete, or done completely 

6.  Listen again to section 2. Are the following sentences true or false? 

a.  The tailor’s produced the clothing about twenty years before the film came out 

b.  In the film, the men wear the ‘Montague Burton’ suits 

c.  Professor Crystal thinks he has told you everything you need to know about ‘the full 

Monty’ 

Listen again to check your answers. 

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WORKSHEET 3 - EXTRA WORK 

VOCABULARY 

1  Look at the tape script⁶ and find words or phrases that mean the following. 

a.  to get money by working 

b.  to be suitable 

c.  to be finished 

LANGUAGE 

2.  The full Monty is a phrase that has come from a company product. In English there 

are many words that were originally a specific product name but which have become 

general words, usually representing the same type of product. 

For example, SONY produced a personal cassette¹¹ player called The Walkman. Soon, 

this name was used to describe any personal cassette player, not only those produced 

by SONY. 

Can you match the product names below with the more general meaning in the 

sentences? 

Hoover       google       Polaroid       Biro         Sellotape     escalator 

a.  The British use a ____ to clean their carpets. It is a vacuum¹² cleaner. 

b.  A _____  is a pen, usually a cheap one. 

c.  If you check someone’s details on the internet, you _____ them. 

d.  A _____ is a photo that develops instantly¹³ on special film. 

e.  You use _____ to repair torn paper or to seal an envelope or box 

f.  An _____ is a moving staircase, often found at subway stations 

1 crystal   

n.水晶，水晶饰品，结晶体；最好的玻璃器皿

参考例句：

• It used to be a crystal stream.那曾是条清澈见底的小溪。
• Those fine wine glasses are made of crystal.那些漂亮的酒杯是用水晶做的。

2 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

3 obscure   

adj.微暗的，难解的，不著名的，（语音学）轻音的；vt.使...阴暗，隐藏，使...含糊，成为含糊的元音；n.暗淡，模糊

参考例句：

• The point of his speech is obscure.他发言的要点模糊不清。
• The joke did not obscure the underlying seriousness of his point.玩笑并没有掩盖他的观点隐含的严肃性。

4 manufacturers   

制造商，制造厂( manufacturer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The manufacturers in some countries dumped their surplus commodities abroad. 一些国家的制造商向国外倾销过剩产品。
• Colour TV has been more aggressively promoted as more manufacturers have joined the competition. 由于更多的厂商参与竞争，推销彩色电视机的宣传更为激烈了。

5 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

6 script   

n.剧本，广播稿；文字体系；笔迹，手迹

参考例句：

• It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
• The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。

7 intermediate   

adj.中间的，居间的，中级的；n.中间体，媒介物

参考例句：

• This country is now at an intermediate stage of development.这个国家目前正处于发展的中间阶段。
• Gray is intermediate between black and white.灰色介于黑色和白色之间。

8 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

9 up-to-date   

adj.现代化的，最新的；跟上时代的

参考例句：

• The car is a beauty and quite up-to-date.那辆车子很漂亮是最新款的。
• He bought an up-to-date textbook.他买了一本最新的教科书。

10 incomplete   

adj.不完全的，不完善的

参考例句：

• The building was left incomplete.那座楼没有完工就停下来了。
• His novel was incomplete when he died.他死的时候他的小说没有写完。

11 cassette   

n.卡式录音带盒；卡式胶卷盒

参考例句：

• He inserted a cassette into the machine.他把一盒录像带放入机器。
• And let's not forget our cassette player and some tapes.还别忘了带上我们的卡式录音机和一些录音带。

12 vacuum   

n.真空，空间，真空吸尘器；adj.真空的，产生(利用)真空的；v.用吸尘器打扫

参考例句：

• Sound waves will not travel through a vacuum.声波在真空里不能传播。
• He sells vacuum cleaners.他经销真空吸尘器。

13 instantly   

adv.立即，立刻

参考例句：

• She was used to having her orders instantly obeyed.她习惯了让人即刻服从她的命令。
• Though he slept soundly,he awoke instantly.他虽然睡得很香，但是马上就醒了。