Unit 5 Module 3

Reading Problems and advice

1. After the exam, the student ________not having studied the night before.

2. The football player had a clear shot, but he _______ the goal, causing his team to lose the game.

conscience purchase regret queue tough miss

Complete these statements with the words in the box below. Change the form of the words as necessary.

regretted

missed

3. The two boys argued all day about who was _______, Jackie Chan or Jet Li.

4. The wife reminded her husband to make a _______ of milk on his way home from work.

5. The woman had a guilty __________ after she ate a cake instead of staying on her diet.

6. Everyone stood in a _______ to buy fireworks for the Spring Festival.

tougher

purchase

conscience

queue

accidentally temporarily grumble smashat this point behaviour mean to guilty

Complete the news article with the words in the box. Change the form of the words as necessary.

temporarily behaviour smashed

guiltymean to

grumbleaccidentally

at this point

What do you know about…?

Discuss with your classmates the problems in the pictures below. Then match the advice in the box to the picture by writing the advice in the blanks.

______________

____________________

______________tell the owner

give it to the police

build a fence

What should you do?

1 Just walk by the money as if you did not see it.2 Pick up the money and donate it to Project

Hope.3 Pick up the money and stand waiting for the

person who lost it.4 Pick up the money and give it to a policeman.5 Pick up the money and use it to buy some

books.

What should you do?

1 Keep the dog as your pet.2 Just drive the dog away.3 Raise a dog of your own to keep watch

over garden.

What should you do?

1 Ask your parents for help to solve the problem.2 Go away and pretend you had nothing to do

with it.

1 Letter 1 is probably about a flowerpot falling _____ a flat.

a. inside b. outside2 Letter 2 is probably about ______ the

underground. a. riding b. bad behaviour on3 Letter 3 is probably about how a rude checkout

assistant ____. a. made a mistake b. changed into a polite one

b

b

a

Skimming

Read the passage quickly and answer the question.

What are the problems they are seeking advice for?

Ask and answer:1 Have you ever encountered a problem and

difficulty handling it by yourself?2 If you don’t know how to deal with a

problem, who do you turn to for advice?3 Why do you turn to that person?4 Have you ever done something that you

regret? If so, have you thought of doing something to make up for it?

ScanningScan the excerpts to answer the following

questions.

1 In Letter 1, who did the police question? ________________________________2 In Letter 2, who did the tough guys bully? ________________________________3 In Letter 3, how much extra money did the

writer keep? ________________________________

Everyone in the high-rise.

A young boy.

₤ 10.

Listen to the tape of Letter 1 and answer the questions.

1 Who knocked a flowerpot from the window of a new high-rise flat?

2 Was anyone hurt by the flowerpot? 3 What did the police do to a neighbour’s son?

Listen to the tape of Letter 2 and fill in the blanks.

Last night, while _______________ on the underground, I saw three ___________ enter my almost empty carriage.

They ________ beside a young boy who was travelling alone and began to tease and ________. Their behaviour was so bad that it made him move to another seat, but that did no good. They just followed him and ___________________. The boy was _________________. At this point, I stopped looking and _________ at my station, feeling sorry for the boy. I ____ not helping him, but not being Superman and ____________, what could I do? Should I…?

travelling hometough guys

sat downbully him

continued their bullyingobviously frightened

got offregret

hating violence

• When?• About whom is the

story?• How much did I give

to her• What was she busy

doing? How much did I get more?

• What did I do then?• How about her?• What was the end?

• A few days ago

• the checkout assistant at my usual supermarket

• a fifty-pound note to pay for a six-pound purchase.

• grumbling, and she gave me an extra ten-pound note.

• Went back to tell her and to correct the error.

• Barked…let me wait in the queue

• Left …with.. and a clear conscience.

Use the information in the excerpts to decided if the statements below are true. For true statements circle T, and for false statements circle F.

1 In Letter 1, a girl knocked over a flowerpot and did not tell anyone.

2 Someone was injured by the accident caused in Letter 1.

3 In Letter 2, the three young men were being friendly to a young boy.

4 The writer of Letter 2 was frightened by the tough guys.

5 The checkout assistant in Letter 3 gave a customer an extra ₤10 note.

6 The customer gave the money back.

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( )

( )

( )

( )

( )

T

F

F

T

T

F

A teacher questioned the letter writers about why certain things happened. Suppose you are the letter writers. Answer the questions below, starting each answer with Because, or write I do not know if appropriate.

Letter 1

1 Why did you say nothing before you left for the cinema with your friend?

____________________________________2 Why did the police take a neighbour’s son to

the police station? ____________________________________3. Why did your friend say nothing to the police? ____________________________________4 Why did you write to the counsellor? ____________________________________

Because no one was hurt.

Because the police thought he was guilty.

Because she was frightened.

Because I had a guilty conscience.

Letter 2

5 Why did the tough guys begin to bully the boy? ____________________________________6 Why did you get off the train? ____________________________________7 Why didn’t you help the boy? ____________________________________

I do not know.

Because it was my station.

Because I did not know what to do.

Letter 3

8 Why was the checkout assistant grumbling? ____________________________________9 Why did you go back to speak to the

checkout assistant? __________________________________________________________________________10 Why was your conscience clear when you

left the shop? ____________________________________

I do not know.

Because I discovered that she had accidentally given me too much change.

Because I did my best to correct my error.