Lucky

encounters
 01
What would you do
if ..
1 somebody in the street asked you for money on your way home tonight

2 you were driving home at night and you saw somebody who had run out of petrol

3 you saw an old man being attacked in the street by a couple of teenagers

4 you were in a queue at a station or airport and someone asked to go in front of you
because he/ she was as in a hurry
Listenin
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Listen and answer the
questions.
1 What did Bernard have to do
as soon as he got off the train?
2 How ...
did Bernard react?
3 What did the ticket inspector
then ask him to do?
 Tell us ● Where it happened

your story ● What the problem was

● What the stranger(s) did to help
 Third Conditional
We use it when talking about

● unreal situations in the past,

● something that happened in the past or didn’t happen in the past

● to express regrets and criticism

If I had studied harder, I would have passed the exam.

(I didn’t study hard enough and failed the exam.)

If you had told me, I would have helped you.

(You didn’t tell me, so I didn’t help you.)

 Zero 1st
If I see him, I will
If the sun goes down, it
tell him you said
gets dark outside.
“hello.”

2nd 3rd
If I had known you were
If I were rich, I would
sick, I would have
travel the world.
called you.
 Speaking
Do you consider yourself in general to be a
lucky person? Why (not)?
Can you remember a time when you were
either very lucky or very unlucky? What
happened?
Do you know anyone who you think is
particularly lucky or unlucky? Why?
THE BEATLES
● 1. Where did the play and
between which years?
● 2.Where did the club owner
usually get bands from?
● 3 How much did they have to
play?
● 4 How many times had they
performed live by 1964?
Bill GATES
● 5 When did his school start a
computer club?
● 6 Why was this unusual?
● 7 What did he and his friends
do at weekends?
● 8 How many hours did he
spend at the computer club
every week?
Read the article A question of luck? about a book by Malcolm Gladwell,
and answer the questions.

1. What three factors docs he think being successful really depends on?

2. Why is it an advantage for sports players to be born in the first 11 1onth s

of t he year in some countries?

3. What is the 10,000 hours theory?

Vocabulary bank
 GAME
1 fortune ( 11 Words)
2 comfort (9 Words)
3 luck (7 Words)
4 care (6 Words)
5 patience (12 Words)
 Thanks!
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