UNIDADES TECNOLOGICAS DE SANTANDER

LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT- II 2021

Student: Group:
LEARNING GUIDE - English III- HELGA SANABRIA
What to do?
UNIT 5- I invite you to visit the proposed links and pages in this learning
guide. In addition, participate in our virtual meetings or watch
ETHICS AND the recordings if you can’t attend. Finally, practice and practice
VALUES a lot in your books and platform (myenglishlab). If you do not
understand instructions or topics, please contact your teacher.

Objectives of Unit 5

 Discuss ethical choices

 Express personal values
 Discuss acts of kindness and honesty
 The unreal conditional
 Possessive pronouns/ whose
 Write about a moral dilemma

For students who have the book, please study the material and
do the exercises in the following pages:
p. 64, 65, 67, 71

For students who do not have the book, please study this material
and do the following activities:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwOQ7ZqDWN4

Vocabulary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a1Fc6nwpks
https://thewordsearch.com/puzzle/1195054/core-values/
Idioms
Situations that require ethical
choice
Personal values
Nov 5th – Nov 6th
Reading: For students who have the book, please go to:
Page 72 (Exs A-C)
AN ARTICLE ON
KINDNESS AND
HONESTY
For students who do not have the book, please read the text below
A DILEMMA
Nov 12th- 13th
 Grammar: p. 66
p. 68
 The unreal conditional
Nov 12th-
 Possessive pronouns
Nov 19th p. 85

Listening: For students who have the book, please go to:

p. 70- p. 74
Listen for main ideas and
understand vocabulary from
For students who do not have the book, please do these listening
context
activities:
Nov 12- 13th
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/business-and-
ethics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNOnFsnjYh
Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HEnohs6yY
w

It is advisable to check correct pronunciation before recording at: https://howjsay.com/

Tom’s Uncle Philip was an inventor and was extremely rich. He was a strange old man, he
lived alone, had no wife or friends, and spent all his money in buying precious stones
One day, about a week before Uncle Philip died, he sent for his nephew. Here it
must be explained that this was the first time the two met. Many years earlier Philip had a
big quarrel with his sister, who was Tom’s mother, and since then he had never spoken to
her again, or to Tom. He hated them both very much.
When Tom came to see him, Uncle Philip was lying ill in bed. “I am leaving all my
precious stones to you. You will find them in a iron box in the bank. Bun before you unlock
the box, read the letter which lies on top of it. Also, be careful not to shake the box.”
Tom thought that that this was very strange, but as his uncle was known to be a
strange man, he believed that everything will be all right.
After Uncle Philip’s death Tom went to the bank for the box. Before he started to
open it, he read the letter. Here is what it said:

“Dear Tom,
This box contains a large number of precious stones. I
am leaving them to you because I want you always to
remember your dear uncle. The box also contains a
powerful charge of dynamite which will explode as soon
as you unlock it. If you do not believe me, open it and
you will be blown into items. Do not forget your uncle.”

He thought for a whole week until he got the idea of opening the box from a distance with
the aid of wires. He would not be injured if the dynamite exploded. But then he realized
that if the dynamite exploded it would blow the stones into bits.
From that time on Tom could not think of nothing but the box and fortune that
awaited him if could open it safely. He asked everyone he knew for advice. Some people
suggested ways of opening the box, but they did not believe in their ideas enough to try
them out.
One day a government official came to collect the tax on Tom’s inheritance. Tom
was delighted. He showed the tax collector Uncle Philip’s letter and offered him the key to
the box. The man said he would think it over and come back later. Of course, he never
came back. Would you?
So there is Tom’s dilemma. A rich man, he is at the same time poor. He has an iron
box that contains great wealth, but also contains dynamite that will explode when the key
is used to unlock it.
What would you advise?

Answer the questions

1. What do you know about Tom’s Uncle Philip?

 2. Did Uncle Philip have a family?
3. How did he spend his money?
4. When did Uncle Philip send for his nephew?
5. Had Uncle Philip met his nephew before?
6. Why did he hate Tom and his mother?
7. What was the Uncle Philip doing when Tom came to see him?
8. What did Uncle Philip leave to Tom?
9. Why did Tom hope that everything would be all right?
10. What did the letter on the box say?
11. How did he plan to open the box?
12. Could Tom continue to live quietly after he had got the fortune>
13. Who came one day?
14. Did the tax collector try to open the box?
15. Was Tom a rich man?
16. What is his dilemma?
17. What would you advise?

FINAL ORAL EXAM- PAIR WORK

For the final oral exam, your teacher will assign a partner
to work with in order to discuss a moral dilemma.
Partners list and link for submitting the video will be
published on Nov 20th