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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Murphy's Law

Student’s book Unit 8B

p. 64

talk about something that went wrong for you this week

vocabulary

• queue
• supermarket
• umbrella
• aerospace engineer
• military 
• reputation
• glove
• urgently

what is the right definition of
- queue

1. a large shop where you can buy different types of food
2. a line of people, usually waiting for something
3. Something you hold over your head to stay dry when it rains.
4. A person who designs airplanes and rockets

what is the right definition of
- supermarket

1. a large shop where you can buy different types of food
2. a line of people, usually waiting for something
3. Something you hold over your head to stay dry when it rains.
4. A person who designs airplanes and rockets

what is the right definition of
- umbrella

1. a large shop where you can buy different types of food
2. a line of people, usually waiting for something
3. Something you hold over your head to stay dry when it rains.
4. A person who designs airplanes and rockets

what is the right definition of
- aeroplane engineer

1. a large shop where you can buy different types of food
2. a line of people, usually waiting for something
3. Something you hold over your head to stay dry when it rains.
4. A person who designs airplanes and rockets

what is the right definition of
- military

1. A group of people who protect a country (like soldiers)
2. What people think about someone or something.
3. Something you wear on your hands to keep them warm
4. Very quickly, because it is important.

what is the right definition of
- reputation

1. A group of people who protect a country (like soldiers)
2. What people think about someone or something.
3. Something you wear on your hands to keep them warm
4. Very quickly, because it is important.

what is the right definition of
- glove

1. A group of people who protect a country (like soldiers)
2. What people think about someone or something.
3. Something you wear on your hands to keep them warm
4. Very quickly, because it is important.

what is the right definition of
- urgently

1. A group of people who protect a country (like soldiers)
2. What people think about someone or something.
3. Something you wear on your hands to keep them warm
4. Very quickly, because it is important.

What usually happens when you're in a slow queue at a supermarket and you change queue?

Reading

Now we are going to read the first two paragraphs of the article

student's book p. 64 exercise 1b

who was Murphy?
What is his law?

Look at the 8 examples of Murphy's law in the article

1. work on your own to find the 8 sentences in the article and match them to sentences A-H
2. discuss your answers with your partner
3. discuss your answers in class