EVERYDAY HEROES
Sometimes ordinary people save the day.
Here’s a fi ne example…
THE TRUE SPIRIT OF JORDAN
In December 2015, a Jordanian teenager was walking through a market in the town of Salt when he discovered a bag containing 12,000 Jordanian dinar. At first, the young man couldn’t believe it. Then he realised he had to make sure the bag was returned to its owner, so he asked for help from his father, a local trader.
Despite not coming from a rich family, the young man immediately knew he had to find the bag’s owner. He and his father set out straight away to find the owner of the bag and were able to return the money to him a few
When the Jordanian teenager was interviewed on national radio, the head of the radio station said that the young man represented the true spirit of Jordan. His father was very proud that his son had decided straight away to do the right thing.
Are you an everyday hero? Or have you heard of one? Write in and tell us your stories about heroes.
• Say when it happened:
This happened last week/just before the summer.
It was about three months ago.
• Say where it happened:
We were at home.
I was in a shop.
• Give some background. Use the Past Perfect and the Past Continuous:
I’d decided to buy a pair of jeans.
I was waiting to pay when …
• Say what happened. Use the Past Simple, direct speech and/or reported speech:
A man stopped a heavy shelf falling on me and walked away. I ran after him.
He said, ‘Don't worry about it’./He told me not to worry about it.
• Say how you (or other people) felt:
I was so frightened.
She seemed surprised.
He felt like laughing.
• Connect your sentences:
At first, … but then …
when/while/as soon as/right after that/ later
a few days before that/just before/the day before
so/so that/and/but/because/although
