i | oT, amy ie a Mysteries, problems, oddities Modals and related verbs Past modals Vocabulary and speaking: Strange events Listening: Mysteries of everyday life Wordspot: wrong Pronunciation: Stress and weak forms of past modals Task: Solve the mysteri Real life: Saying what's wrong with things Vocabulary and speaking Strange events Match the words and phrases below with one of the situations 1-12 4a case of mistaken identity a.coincidence 4 ghost story a hoax @ miracle @ mysterious disappearance @ natural phenomenon ‘a premonition supernatural powers telepathy a trick an unsolved murder 2. Check the words and phrases below in Your mini-dictionary. Which of the things above do you find ... amazing? ridiculous? disgraceful? f spooky? cc disturbing? g suspicious? d_ hard to believe? h weird? Compare your answers with a partner. 3, Discuss the following questions in small groups. + Doyou know of any cases similar to the ones above? + Has anything similar ever happened to you, or to anyone you know? 96 OCR RECs hat eT CCR Rett a ee Onecare Cat eee See Cee cece eerste) At an airport in a strange city, you get into on Con rec ca nS Cee Nice NC Ce ona eee Perce ioe POE eee Ae Oe ASR tinny Pee ee ome erie Oyen a mene a nic} During winter, in Norway, Alaska and Finland it is Pero car heen emer eee agen Cena ei kere ace besa) which have been thrown out by the sun. RO once CA ei Sd wakes up in a panic. The next day there is a devastating plane crash near her city. A boat carrying fifteen passengers on a trip along Pen ogee es eee eS a tS eee res ne Pee CR cd STC eon co ccd obvious clues, and no suspect has ever been cece POS ee Ee RECs ns accused of being involved in smuggling arms. Two days later, he is released without charge. The police admit they had arrested the wrong James Allen. Seen ere neuen rt rng PO Ue enc RCs ence rte nd eStart ed named it the Piltdown Man. @ OUR en Rec n an eT eee ee ence ey clothes standing over him. When he turns on the eae ee ease Rea ts toate eg en eee ues nats Oa Ron ce Ren newts without telling him what it is. You put it back and ea ee ester ied reListening Mysteries of everyday life Y — Discuss the following questions in groups. ‘+ Are you very ticklish? + Doyou often get hiccups? How do you usually cure them? ‘+ Have you ever sleepwalked? What happened? Do you know the answers to the questions below? Compare your ideas in pairs. ‘a. Why do so many men go bald but almast na women? b Why do we laugh when people tickle us? Why do some people sleepwalk? d_ Why do people yawn ~ and why do people cover their mouth when they do it? e What causes hiccups and what's the best way to stop them? Why do people say ‘bless you’ when someane sneezes? 32 Check these words in your min dictionary. Then listen to the explanations for the questions in exercise 2. Which questions do these words and phrases relate to? The Bubonic Plague the diaphragm The Middle Ages oxygen preadolescent boys the soul a state of panic stress swallowing rapidly testosterone bb Listen again. Why are these words and phrases important in each explanation? How many answers did you get rightin exercise 22 Which information did you find the most surprising or interesting? 7