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 smash at 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 guilty mean to grumble accidentally 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? 1Just walk by the money as if you did not see it. 2Pick up the money and donate it to Project Hope. 3Pick up the money and stand waiting for the person who lost it. 4Pick up the money and give it to a policeman. 5Pick up the money and use it to buy some books.

What should you do? 1Keep the dog as your pet. 2Just drive the dog away. 3Raise a dog of your own to keep watch over garden.

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

1Letter 1 is probably about a flowerpot falling _____ a flat. a. inside b. outside 2 Letter 2 is probably about ______ the underground. a. riding b. bad behaviour on 3Letter 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: 1Have you ever encountered a problem and difficulty handling it by yourself? 2If you don’t know how to deal with a problem, who do you turn to for advice? 3Why do you turn to that person? 4Have you ever done something that you regret? If so, have you thought of doing something to make up for it?

Scanning Scan the excerpts to answer the following questions. 1In Letter 1, who did the police question? ________________________________ 2In Letter 2, who did the tough guys bully? ________________________________ 3In 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 home tough guys sat down bully him continued their bullying obviously frightened got off regret 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. 1In Letter 1, a girl knocked over a flowerpot and did not tell anyone. 2Someone was injured by the accident caused in Letter 1. 3In Letter 2, the three young men were being friendly to a young boy. 4The writer of Letter 2 was frightened by the tough guys. 5The checkout assistant in Letter 3 gave a customer an extra ₤10 note. 6The customer gave the money back. ( ) 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 1Why did you say nothing before you left for the cinema with your friend? ____________________________________ 2Why did the police take a neighbour’s son to the police station? ____________________________________ 3. Why did your friend say nothing to the police? ____________________________________ 4Why 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.