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Unit 5

Lessons 6

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Third section

Communication

Read this extract from a detective story adapted from Mahmoud Salem’s The International Smuggler

John Kent is an international thief. Police are looking for him because he stole old Egyptian treasure from a museum. They think he has gone to hide the treasure in his village so they wait by all the road entrances. They hope to catch him and take the treasure back. They wait for a long time but never see him. At night, a group of visiting hunters were stopped by a strange man. He looked tired and was carrying lots of plastic bags. He wanted to know how they were able to see in order to hunt at night. They were pleasant and showed him the special cartridges they use to light the night sky. A while after he had left, they noticed that some of their cartridges were missing! Then they saw a light flash in the sky across the lake. The hunters crossed the lake. Sending another flare into the sky, they saw a well and some empty plastic bags just like the ones the strange man had been carrying. There was a rope in the well but no bucket to get water. Above the water it looked like there was a door but the hunters just wanted to drink. They were thirsty after their hunt and managed to get water from the well. As they did, they heard strange noises and became afraid. They called the police and ...

Talking about the clues

1 Imagine you are a detective and have to find John Kent. Answer these questions as part of your investigation.

a. The police waited at the road entrances to the village. How did John Kent get in?

b. John Kent couldn’t hide the statues during the day because the police would have seen him. What could he have used to help him see at night?

c. There was no bucket to get water from the well. What did the hunters use to get water?

d. There was water in the well but what was making the strange noises?

The answer: . a. John Kent used an aeroplane for watering crops to get into the village.

b. He could have used flares to help him see at night.

c. The hunters used empty plastic bags to get water.

d. It was John Kent escaping through the hidden door in the well.

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AB page 51 / exercise 2:

2 Use the following clues to tell the police what has happened: plane, cartridges, plastic bags, well.

The answer:  Students’ own answers

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AB page 51 / exercise 3:

What do you think happened to John Kent? Could there be a way to escape?

The answer: Students’ own answers

Fourth section

Focus on writing

Punctuation: writing dates

 • In British English, it is usual to write the date before the month: 31st January 2011 or 31 January 2011 • In American English, it is usual to write the month before the date: January 31st 2011 or January 31, 2011 • We can write dates in different styles: 31/01/11 – 31.01.11 or 1/31/11 – 1.31.11 1 Complete this table with the corresponding dates

The answer:

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Spelling

AB page 52 /exercise 2:

2 Complete these comparative and superlative adjectives with the correct spelling

. a. o _ d _ _ _

b. ki _ _ _ _

c. h _ _

d _ _ d. w _ _ _ r

e. h _ t _ _ _ _

f. b _ s _ _ _

g. f _ s _ _ _

The answer: a. oldest b. kinder c. harder d. wiser e. hottest f. busier g. faster

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