A matter of life and death

 

1 Look at the pictures and say what is going to happen.

 

 

Telephone

 

2 3

5 6 7 8

 

2 Report the sentences, beginning She said... Examples:

 

'I'll be at home tomorrow.'

$.h...SAi.d... (1b.Y.\\;.). he....9. l.d.....Q.t..home..........

to.m.or.r:o.w....................................................................................

'You'll be late.'

S.h.. q,i_Q., (th -t:)..I....W.Q.ld... b....lo...:te.....................

'Mary's going to have a baby.'

.She..s.Q4.d..(tho.!.)...w...w.o.....gQi."'B.. to.. ho.e....

Q.....b..bj..-.......................................................................................

 

1. It will probably rain.

3 Spelling revision. Write the contractions.

1. lam rm... 3.there is 7. I will youare there is not you will he is 4.do not he will she is does not it will

it is 5. did not we will we are 6.have not John will they are has not 8. cannot

2.I am not 9. I would youare not 10. should not she is not

 

2. I'm going to see Anna.

3. It's late.

4. Jack's going to change his job.

5. I won't be at school on Friday.

6. There will be a meeting next Tuesday.

7. Alice and Rita are going to buy a car.

8. I'll always love you.

9. You'll forget me.

10. Prices are going to go up next week.

4 If you have Student's Cassette B, find Lesson 20,

Exercise 5 (only the first speaker is recorded here).

List the numbers 1 to 20 on a piece of paper; listen

to the recording and write the words that are missing from the text.

 

Well, we've decided that we're going to........L..... ten kilograms.........Z........ And we're going to...... J.........

two blankets, one kilogram of dried........4........, two backpacks and the.......5........ Erm, we're going to

........9......... sic -, we're going to take six........7........ of

........S.................?........• Erm, we're going to take the

......10........ We're going to take the....... U........ We're

going to take.......U...... in case of erm,....... U....... We're going to take the.......1.4.............J>...............H>........ We're going to take two......J.7....... of...... J.S........ We're going

to take a..... J......... and we're going to take two signal

flares........0.......

 

5 We asked two soldiers who are trained in survival to do Exercise 3 in the Student's Book. Read their solution and the reasons for it. You can use a dictionary.

 

I think it is going to take us about five days to get to the nearest village. If both of us are fit, the woman can carry

15kg and the man can carry 20kg - don't' forget that the packs are going to be lighter every day as we eat and drink. We are going to travel at night in the desert (using blankets

for warmth) and sleep in turns during the day (under a

blanket 'tent'). In the mountains we are going to travel during the day and sleep at night. Before we begin walking on the first day we are going to eat, and have a good drink of water.

 

Some things we are not going to take are:

- tent: too heavy, and we can use the blankets for a tent

- cooking equipment: we can cook and eat food from the tins

- radio receiver: we can't transmit

- rifle: we don't want to frighten people who see us

- tin opener: there's one on the knife

Here's what we're going to take:

- 2 backpacks

- rope (to make tent, to climb in mountains)

- 4 blankets (to make tent in the desert, for warmth when

it's cold)

- 5 signal flares

- 12.5 litres of water

- torch and batteries

- 9kg of tinned food (to eat, possibly without cooking, from

the tin)

- first aid kit (taking contents out of box)

- 0.2kg of newspapers (for 'floor' of tent)

-map

-compass

-sun cream

- 1kg of dried fruit (to eat in small portions for quick energy)

- knife

- sunglasses

- matches

 

 

6 Look again at Student's Book Exercise 3. Now write a similar problem yourself. It can be about somebody who is in trouble in the Arctic,

or on the moon, or on a small island, or somewhere else - you decide.

 

21 If you see a black cat,• • •

 

1 Grammar revision. Complete the table of irregular verbs.

2 If or when?

1................... I get enough money, I'll buy myself

INFINITIVE

break fall

hurt see

 

throw

PAST TENSE PAST PARTICIPLE

 

burnt

drawn

 

got

hit

meant shut

stolen '

 

won

a new car.

2. The house is so big - it's a bit frightening at night.................. it's dark.

3. I suppose I'll have more time to myself.................. the children get older.

4................... it rains this afternoon, we won't have to water the flowers this evening.

5................... a stranger offers you a ride home from school in his car, just say 'No, thank you' and walk straight on.

6. My mother is going to move to the country

.................. she retires.

7................... I live to be 100, I'd like to have an enormous party.

8. You'll feel much better tomorrow.................. you go to bed early tonight.

9................... you go to bed tonight, could you leave the kitchen light on?

10. I don't think life will be worth living.................. there is a third world war.

11. We'll have an easier time with money after

November,.................. we finish paying for the car.

12. Monica usually brings her cat.................. she

comes to visit us.

 

 

 

 

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3 Put in the correct verb tenses.

 

1. I.......i....P?.me.......and see you tomorrow if

I........... h Y............. time. (come; have)

2. I.................. you when I................... (phone; arrive)

3. If it.................. a warm night, we.................. the party

in the garden. (be; have)

4. Do you think you.................. a job when you

.................. school? (fznd; leave)

5. If you.................. hungry, tell me and I..................

you' something to eat. (be; get)

 

 

4 Vocabulary. How many of these do you know the names of? Use a dictionary if necessary;

learn the words you didn't know.

 

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, J \1.

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6. If you.................. me the keys, I.................. your car round to the front door. (give; bring)

7. When I.................. time, I.................. myself some new

clothes. (have; buy)

8. If it.................. at the weekend, we.................. at

home. (rain; stay)

9. If Mother.................. on Sunday, I.................. a lemon meringue pie. (come; make)

10. When I.................. work, I.................. round the world. (stop; travel)

 

 

5 If you have Student's Cassette B, find Lesson 21, Exercise 5. Listen to the recording and decide

whether the following sentences are true or false.

 

1. John orders four bottles of champagne.

2. Olga wants to go to the zoo.

3. Olga has a green bag.

4. John finds Olga's address in her bag.

5. John doesn't go to the police.

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6. John gets back to the office at five o'clock.

7. John takes £10,000 from the office safe.

8. At the airport, John sees Olga again.

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"All creatures great and small: this is the Lord speaking! I want you all to get to bed early tonight. You're going to have a big day tomorrow!";

 

6 Reading skills. Read the text; don't use a dictionary. Then find the words great, count, about, odd, custom, anxious in the text. Each of these words can have several different meanings. Read the explanations and choose the meanings that the words have in the text.

 

great 1. very important

2. very big LOVEIS ANINSIDE-OUTNIGHTIE

3. well known

4. good and enjoyable

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count 1. If you count you are important. the name of your future husband.

2. find out how many there are Accordingto an old He's about topublish

3. a kind of lord superstition,you willdream a botik-calll!!d-Cross Your

.1bout 1. If you're about to do something, of your husband-to-be Fingers,SpitInYour Hat-

you're going to do it soon.

if you- acollectionof the

Wearyour nightie inside superstitionsandodd

2. not exactly out. customspeopleuseto

3. on the subject of OR sleep witha mirror helpthem throughlife.

4. round in a circle underyour pillow. Andhehasfoundthat

OR count ninestars each we're just asanxiousto

odd

1. Odd numbers are 1, 3, 5, 7 etc.

night,for ninenights. court lady luck as any

2. strange OR rubyour bedposts other generation.

3. not happening very often witha lemon. We don't just believeold

OR eat100chicken wives' tales- we're busy

custom 1. thing that people like to do at gizzards. making up new ones.

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nightie: night-dress superstition: belief in luck,

gizzard: part of a bird's magic, etc.

digestive system court: try to get the favour of

spouse: marriage partner old wives' tales: superstitions