"The King's Speech" - listening exercise - answers

The time has come for the answers! Let's check them, shall we?

1. The woman informs the speech therapist that her husband

is having difficulty in giving speeches. What does he first advise him?                                    .......................to change jobs..................................

2. What is the essential thing the therapist needs to work with a patient?

     ............................he needs total trust.................................
3. What highly personal question, according to the king, has the therapist asked? 
............the therapist asked what was the king's earliest memory.......

4. The queen says that the therapist's methods are ... 
.....unorthodox and controversial.......

5. The therapist expresses his conviction that the king can become a good speaker 
if he is not led by...

    .....................fear.......................

6. Whose chair has the therapist sat on?

    ............................Saint Edward's chair.........................................

7. What does the king think about Hitler's speech?

    ......he doesn't know what he is saying but he is saying it rather well.........

8. What is the biggest challenge George VI has to meet?

    ............a speech broadcast at the beginning of the Second World War.........

9. What is the final piece of advice the therapist gives to the king?

    .............to forget everything else and say the speech to him.................

I hope you have you done really well!