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4V Unit 3+4

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4V Unit 3 

Are you a lucky person?

Do you know anybody who is very lucky?

What is the luckiest thing that has ever happened to you?

Watch the video Get Thinking & do exercise 1 in groups of 3.

In groups of 3

Person 1: reads text 1 (p.31)

Person 2: reads text 2 (p. 31)

Person 3: reads text 3 (p.31)

Step 1: First answer the questions individually

1. Match the stories to one of the photos on p.30. 

2. How does the person in your text think they were lucky?

Step 2: Then discuss your answers in your groups.

Step 3: Answer the questions on p. 30 ex 3+4. 

Answers - Ex 3 and 4 (p.30)

• 1 T 
• 2 F (The interview there went well and the next day they phoned to off er me a job.) 
• 3 F (The interview there went well …) 
• 4 F (The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day.) 
• 5 T 
• 6 T
• 7 F (When it began to rain heavily, he sheltered under a tree.) 
• 8 T
  
  
• Ex 4. question 4. Which one do you think is the true story?
• Answer:  'Miracles do happen.'

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Complete: 

• Train to think (p.31) ex 5, 6, 7, in pairs. 
• Vocabulary (p.32) ex 5, 6 and (p.33) ex. 13.

Answers ex 5+6 (p.31)

Ex 5

• 1 It doesn’t say; it just says that women are not worse drivers than men.
• 2 Students’ own answers

Ex 6

• 1 personal 
• 2 widely held
  
• 3 widely held 
• 4 widely held
  
• 5 personal 
• 6 personal

Answers - Vocabulary p. 32 

Ex 5

• 1 worked out 
• 2 turned back
  
• 3 ran away 
• 4 stayed on 
• 5 came to
  
• 6 turned down 
• 7 fell over
  
• 8 set off 
• 9 picked up

Phrasal verbs are very common in English, especially in more informal contexts. They are made up of a verb and a particle or, sometimes, two particles. The particle often changes the meaning of the verb.

Vocabulary p. 33 - Match the definitions to the correct sentences in your book.

a. experiencing a surprisingly good situation
b. said to express sympathy with someone when something bad has happened to them
c. typical of one's bad luck.
d. take a risk on the assumption that one will continue to be successful or in favour
e. you believe that it has an influence on whether good or bad things happen to them
f.  good luck supposedly experienced by a beginner at a particular activity
g. used to indicate that something happened purely by chance
h.  used to say that one hopes someone will have more success in doing or trying something in the future

Answers to previous slide

1. C 
2. E
3. A
4. B
5. H
6. G
7. F
8. D

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Speaking (p.33)

Work in pairs and answer the questions.

1 Have you ever had bad luck that turned into good luck? When/How?

2 Do you or does anyone you know have any things that they do to bring them good luck?

3 Give an example of a time when you’ve pushed your luck.

' Normal' Conditionals 

p. 32 Grammar complete ex 1 and the rule box

Ex 1

• 1 b 
• 2 a 
• 3 c
  
  

RULE

• 1 present 
• 2 past 
  

• Now complete ex 2,3 and 4.

Answers ex 2 

• 1 hadn’t lived; wouldn’t speak
  
• 2 wouldn’t be; hadn’t learned
  
• 3 hadn’t eaten; I’d be
  
• 4 wasn’t always; wouldn’t have got
  
• 5 would still be; hadn’t said
  
• 6 was; would have been chosen

Answers ex 3

• 1 I wouldn’t know how to play the game if my friend hadn’t explained it to me yesterday.
• 2 If I had some money, I would have bought a present for my mum.
• 3 If my sister hadn’t had an accident, she wouldn’t be in hospital.
• 4 If he wasn’t a very talented tennis player, he wouldn’t have won four tournaments last year.
• 5 If I hadn’t missed the train, I’d (already) be in Manchester now

Answers ex 4

A few examples:

1. If I had been stuck in traffic, I wouldn't be here right now. 

2. I would be a winner if I had had a bit more luck.

Listening

• Can you name the people in the photos above? 
  
  
• What is the connection between the famous people and the objects?

Listening

Listen to check your ideas! 

Complete ex 11+12

FYI

Charles Dickens was a moralist, satirist and social reformer and is probably

the best-known English novelist of the Victorian era. His novels criticise the

injustices of the time, especially the brutal treatment of the poor.

Roald Dahl was a spy, fighter pilot, medical inventor and author from Wales.

He is best known for his world-famous children’s books.

Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player who reached the 2007 and 2015 semi-fi nals of the Wimbledon Championships and the semi-fi nals of the 2013 US Open.

Answers Listening (p.33) - ex 10

• Charles Dickens used a compass so that he could always face north while he slept and wrote. 
• Roald Dahl was a pilot during the Second World War.
• Richard Gasquet asks to use the same tennis ball for the next game if he wins a point

Answers Listening (p.33) - ex 11+12

Ex 11

• 1 Charles Dickens
  
• 2 Richard Gasquet 
• 3 Roald Dahl

Ex 12

• 1 compass 
• 2 slept 
• 3 pilot
  
• 4 in the newspaper 
• 5 the same ball

How do we feel about luck? (p.33)

Step 1: read through the 3 situations in ex 15. 

Step 2: Write down key words to respond to the situations. Include one of the following adjectives in each of your responses. Look up words you do not understand!

Step 3: Discuss your responses in full sentences with your neighbour. 

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Complete:

• Reading p.34 ex 1,2,3,4 and 5. 
• WordWise p.35 ex 10+11

Answers - Reading p. 34

• Ex 2. the fact of finding something  interesting, pleasant or valuable by chance.  

Ex 3

• 1 He was hoping to take a photograph of a heron.
• 2 It also had a rare woodpecker in it.
  
• 3 They feel that it is very difficult to define and translate.
• 4 The blog mentions the discovery that laughing gas could be used as an anaesthetic.
• 5 The blog cites the example of William Perkin discovering the colour purple when he was looking for a cure for malaria.
• 6 The writer gives the example of her friend’s discovery of a story that she could write an article about when visiting a café.
• Ex 4: 1x 2v 3v