unit 12

Activity 1 A Pair work Look at these pictures from the TV news. What do you think each story is about? Use the words in the box and your own ideas. Competition lost prize reunited sign waves Flood ocean rescue rowboat trophy winner I think the woman is the boy’s mother. She looks happy. Maybe the boy was lost Maybe. Can you read the sign behind them? B Listen You will hear four news reports. Complete the summaries. 1. Brennan Hawkins, 11 , got _____in the mountains of Utah while camping with the Boy Scouts. Over _______ people quickly joined the search after the family created a Web site asking for __________ He was found ________ days later, hungry and , but fine 2. Ollie Hicks, 23, is the ________ person to row across the Atlantic Ocean from west to east. His time of ____days is also the ________On the beach to meet him on arrival in Cornwall, England, was his old_____Friend, prince William. 3. The number one speller in the United States is Katharine Close 13, from Spring Lake, New Jersey. She won the Scripps National ________Bee on her ________ attempt. She won more than $ _______ in cash and prizes. She practices her spelling every________. 4. There were bad ________ when the Red _______ burst its banks in Grand Forks, North Dakota. One family lost their home ._________ days later, Scott Frederick heard barking from the family’s _________. He saved the dog in his boat C Group work Discuss these questions. Which story had the happiest ending? Which story did you like the best? Have you read or heard about any similar stories? Activity 2 A Pair work Choose one picture. Use the questions below to make a story Who are the people?  What happened? What happened before?  What happened later? B Jon another pair Tell your story. Whose story is more interesting? Activity 1 A Work alone Complete this survey B Pair work Compare your answers. Then discuss these questions. How are you and your partner similar? How are you different? If you read a newspaper, which section do you read first? Is it important for you to learn about current events? Why or why not? What news sources do you trust the most? the least? “We both bet some of our news from…” You spend more time learning about the news than me. I only spend Activity 2 A Pair work What were the five most important stories from the past year? B Join another pair Compare your lists. Try to agree on a single list. We think the election was an important story Really? We think …was more important because……” C Group work Discuss these questions. Which story from the past year do you think got too much attention? Why? What is this week’s “big” story? Why is it important? Activity 3 A Pair work Read these news articles. Try to guess the missing words. Dog Helps Burglar Bruce Green of Brisbane, Australia, trained his dog to _______ the front door from inside the house. The dog learned to______ up and pull the handle down with its paws. But last weekend, the house was _______ A burglar stole $100 in _________and a computer from the house. Because there was no sign of a break-in the________are sure that the dog opened the door. . Time is money Mary Brown of Chicago was very ______________ when her ex-husband remarried. She still had the _________to his apartment. While he and his new wife were on their __________, she went to the apartment and called the Speaking Clock in London for the ___________. She didn’t hang up the phone. When the couple returned two weeks later, the phone was still on. The phone bill was $____________ . about? Use the words in the box and your own ideas. Competition lost prize reunited sign waves Flood ocean rescue rowboat trophy winner I think the woman. England, was his old_____Friend, prince William. 3. The number one speller in the United States is Katharine Close 13, from Spring Lake, New Jersey. She won the