im People use the word story in many diferent ‘ys for example, a news story or a bedtime sion. What are some other ways people use siory? Make a list and tll the class A Read these four short conversations. Wha do you think might have these conversations? Where might ‘the peaple be? 1A: What's hie story? Br He says he was at home watching TV when the robbery occurred. 2. As [don't want to hear any more staries out of you, young man! 1B: Bat i's true! I didn’t eat all the evokes, [syeart 3. A: What's the magazine's cover story this week? 1B: The Olympics. The Games are big news right 4. A: How was the movie? Bi The special effects were excellent, but the Stary ws too prediccable B Pair work. Look ot the conversations in A. How is ‘the word story used in each one? Match each use with its definition. —— am article or seport in a newspaper or magazine —— the events in a book, movie, or persan’s life an alibi 1 fabricated description of events CT Pair work. Read what the three people in the pictures _are saying, Pay attention to the words in blu. Unit 1 * What's the Story? What's ie Ss ae Lesson A |The story of my life We had two suspects. I belleved the first ‘guy: We could verify hia axory easity—ail ‘the facts made sense. The second guy was completely inconsistent and wee alwayo alteving his story. All the facts were conflicting, You can usually tll when someone is making up.a story. I Just doesn't seer real | gould go after a ot of stories, There are many choices, but have to pick one. Personally. Ike +o cover the eteries about politica, OF course, before a story Is published, | have to go overit and rake eure the facts are accurata. That part 2f the ob is bering. Feopleincerpres my shor’ stories in diffrent ways. Everyone has their om opinion about What Fhey mean. My stories sre complex You have ta ploce tagochor the story and figure ‘ue who you think the criminalDD Prace the verbs in blue in C into the chart below. Meaning 1. inventing something ((o fad so lyze (to get the meaning) changing & report a ews soy 7. pursue an idea check to see if somethin, true Ceres cere All the weos in C are used with the word story Other verbs, such as kill and ‘hong, are also used with story, Whet do you think those phrases mean? What other verbs ean be used with story? Everytody has a story. A. Pir wore. Al Benning, a professor in the anthropology department aLUCLA. is doing 2 community research project called “Everybody Hes Cassandra Chu, 1 Stary.” What do you think it's about? Tell your partner peererss st EVERYBODY HAS A STORY, Leson As Thestoryof my ite 3DB pair work. Listen, Take notes and then answer these questions @) 4 with a partner (CD Track 01) 1. What is the “Everybody Has a Story” boot and how does itv? 2. What is the story booths purpose? [Listen agnin to Mary’ story only Complete the chart (CD Trac 02) 1. Year she started working in cate 2. What she did in the eft Review of the simple past and present perfect B. Giive Edwards's a journalist, Read about his life and notice ‘the highlightes verb forms. Then read the sentences below ‘and circle the correct answers My father worked as a Journalist for over thicty years. He dled ten years ago. I've also worked as a journalist for my entire carver. It ‘A wonderful job. | worked for CNN In the 19803, ahd now | work For ‘The Sun Times, Nw reported from countries in Aela, Africa, and South America, Ive saen a lot of exctting eltuations, | ust received iny new assignment They want to send me to Mexico City. don't know iF ll accept It. | haven't decided yer. 4, The seutence “My father worktd asa journalist...” lls us that Clive father is sil J 0 fonger a journalist, 2, The sentence "Tve also worked as a Journalist..." rlls vs that Clive is stil | no longer a journalist 3. The sentenice “l worked for CNN... tes us about a specific point / non-specific time in Clive's work history. 4. The senisnce “Te reported from countries... ells us about a specific point / non-specih time in Clive’s work history 5. The sentence ve seen u lot of exciting situatlous” cells us that Clive i talking about a repeated action j something that happened once in the indefinite past 6G. The sentence “ haven't desided yet” shouts that the present perfect + not jet is sel fo tll abiout things that have nat happened before now / happened ata specific time in the past Unit 1 + What's the Story?B Read this radio interview with journalist Clive Edwards. White the simple pastor present perfect form of the verb in parentheses Interviewer: Today's guest Is Me Clive Féwards. He 0 graduate) summa com aude from Brown University in 1991. Today tre i> an ‘award-winning journalist for the XPTV Netwock. Haw — you 2. ware) as 2 reporter? Giver More than fifteen years. Int: Mr Edwards, what memorable experience to date? (2. bet your most ce: |_______ (4. gates) many stores in my career ‘pi the ene about the international space station © (6. be) the most memorable tn fit, Tmt Fi covering that story a8 i eontinves 19 develop. Inc You {6, vist some dangerous ples in the 19908 (6: Yes Tid often __ (7 0) to war zones, tts __ you ~(@.-ehoose) where you wuld be esigned? CE: No just____ (0. gol orherever | was toe nt you ever __ (10. feel) seared on the jo? CE: OF course. Just last year « bomb (11. explode) near me, That___ 02.) teaitying it you ever__ (13. be) injured? CE: Fortunately, no, 'm happy t0 say T never (14. be) hurt at all! I's amazing ‘Gonsidering some of the things I've done to yet a story! Yesterday you (15, win} the *Coucage in Journalism’ award, Congratulations! | ce: Thanks. G Pair work. Act out the rote play. Student A: layin you are 3 famous person sou : son fom rudent Tot area jours ‘one af the following fields or one of: oe afer om. rs, Think a theo For auctions Tel your pare year ome Poe ae oe eniert sports How long have you... polis ce When did you first.» ? — What has been your most memorable. ? Have you ever ..? Pair work. Switch roles and do the role play again, Lesson'A'e Thestory of myiite §Did | ever tell you abaut the time... ? ‘A. Pur the events of the staryin order. Notice the expressions in blue that are used when teling a story. &% It happened when we were living in an old house Beach Street. Everyone in the neighborhood said it hhatnted, but we just laughed and ignored thee, 1b. Iwas shocked at what I sgve! The living room furniture ‘vas in diferent poshlans! My’ wife ienmediately sai, °A shost moved our furniture!" Then we heard 2 noise from the closet. In the end, ic wasn’t a ghost afier all We opened the door and saw my cousin hiding there. He was playing a joke on us, © __ Did Fever tell you about the time there was a host In our house? ‘An on figs dragce with the help of a 4.__ It seems fanny nov, but at the time we were really talking doncey 2nd then marries beautiful scared! princess? Old news! The storyline fem the it movie Shrekis exciting but nothing new. A © __ One ight howeves, we were asleep In our betrooms hero facing a challenge; meeting a magical upstairs. Suddenly, we heard some loud thumping hnelpes, and being rewarded ae all examples of rises downstais AC fist [was toa sleepy to do universal themes=stary concepts that ean he anything about it But finally, Lwent downstairs found almost anywhere in the world! to investigate B White each expression from A under ¢n appropriate category in the chart below. ie Ging acon Rackound aE a Kents a MRE Galle oben ones introducing the action Ending the story ‘Reflecting baek on the story All of ee i apd lie wi] Eola ck oa TS Pair work. Think of a time when one of these things happened. Then tell your pertner a story about it Use the expressions From 8. > You save something scary + You lost something important. ‘© You did something very embarrassing/funny risky. Tiimever forget the time last fy Huse Keys ft as o couple oF yearsag0 6 Unit 1+ What's the Story? = Your idea:What's the Story? [4essonB | Tell mea story. a The moral of the story Do you have a favorite story? What is i? What is it about? Does it teact @ lesson? A Pair wack. Read this excerpt from Amy Tan's book The Joy Luck Club. ‘Then answer the questions below with a partaer, 1. What's the moral ots story? 2. bo, Do not ride your bicycle around the comer the mother tad tod her daughter when she was seven, why net!” provested the girl ‘Because then | cannot 486 you and you Wil fail dawn and ‘ery and will mat ber you: 1 “ow do you know I'l fll?” whined the git tts in book, The Tieemy Sic Mategnant Gate, al the bad things tbat can happen to you ouside the protection of this house.” f {dow tbelieve yen. Letimesee the book zl itis writen in Chinese, You cannot understand it, Tht is ‘why you mist listen me.” 5 “tare they, chen” the girl demanded. Tell me the ‘vemty shat. [Bl the mathe sr iting in silence: What twenty-six!" shouted the ge q “The mother sil did not answer het: : ‘You cant tell me because you don’t know! You don’t : ‘koow anybing!™ And the get ran outside, jumped on bet | cyele, and in her mary 10 get away, ah ell bafbne she even resched the commer B Pair work, The words and phrases below are all in the reading on page 9. What do you think the story ‘excerpt is going to be about? Tell your partner Then read the story excerpt and see if your ideas were correct. stormy night family visitor magicsharm wish fate Lesson B Tellme astory 7‘The Monkey's Paw AL ead the exeerpt from the story “The Menkey's Paw" on page 9. Then umber the events fram the story in the correct ordex. Mr. White uses the monkey's paw to make a wish Lt. and Mrs. White receive some many. Sergeant-Major Marrs returns From traveling overs — Herbert ors to work, —— Mons visits the White family and shows them a monkey's paw. Mortis tries to destray the monkey's pan — ‘Aman from Maw and Meggins comes to visit Mz and Mes. White, Bead the story excerpt again. Then complete the sentences by circling the correct answer, 1, The word expeciantiy in line 5 means with anger / In anticipation. 2. The word sony inline 41 signa in Gouble (embarrassed, 4. The word solemnly in line 45 means very cheerfully f seriously. 4 The word consequences in line 54 means bad or harmful results / postive ar exciting rests ‘5. The phrase your Joss in line 83 refers to the death of a loved one {something misplaced, Pir work. Answer these questions on a separate piece af paper. Then check your answers with a partnes, 1. How docs Sergeant-Major Mors feel about the monkey's paw? ‘What docs Herbert sink af it? Explain your answers. 2. A'man from the factory comes to visit the Whites. How docs he feel? Why does he fee this way? 3. What is surprising about the end of the story exeempe? 8 Unit 1+ What's the Story?8 (Chas rw trey htt inte White's sat vngsoom, te Fr burned ett Me ‘iin issn Hater. wore playin am ‘ches wn tie as sk ate doe ‘Thee i” al Hebe ape nS sri ik, leit eee he 90 folomed yl beng an “Sergent aj Meni” WAI isotopic. "Theil sald shook sacs >it Mos When Hater He hen i comfy ere wile Whe in Al; fos nd a, Maris 965 Mc hhc and bug 0 tes Us overs. 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Whit, she a b= aban were ating dine thomex xen pave be vl ped Be Whi, ba "sy ies, tething word nyt Pls wife did tee: She was washing a" ‘esi fc ous, Serta tha he rte WS Gelli He paso he gate. Mrs ie Tio ener te ae, She bough sant jpte eran" some fran Maw 28 Nes” aiden th fairy? Hs sometry kaye Meer? anked Ms. Wide aris vey, Your som was caught ie MEET” the visors ey. The i wats ef el You Iso ey ae or yur ssid “They Wish fopireyoutibsehech.” Mite sod wp nd ok in boror ats ston, “Wow moxt™ “yo fase pou Sir teacnosticupeaeoeyChronological order 10 AL Pair work Read the story. Then answer the questions with a partner. 1. What “mistake” isthe autor writing about? 2, Why was thisa mistake? What went wrong? 3. What is the author's advice o the reader? SoObSECHSS SUS Soor One af the yt stk I've ove made was buying neat Lala wanted ot and thought that having one would make my Ife easle. till remember the day | ought the car—my earl—and drove It home. It was the happiest day of my Ife... and everything went wrong. fg ta tt or eed ea ne ine eee naw ear that 1 teas how ast was og Later when got Home. hare wa ere to park ‘onthe street. looked for parking simon thirty mines: Finally, founda pane blocks from my house! The next morning, | deeided to drive to school, The traffic was ferrlble and | was fifteen minutes late for clare All this happend in the first twenty” | Tour hours of owning cart By the end of the fret year Lwas almost '2000 In debt. needed money for ear payments, gas, and Insurance. it was crazy! In the end, Ihad 16 tll the car to pay my bill. Sowhat’s the moral of the story? If you don't need a oar. don't buy one. They are at ‘expensive headachet Beat ne storys addin he wor and hess DU youre frum Can tine eres aed to ow fe orden wh the cx ime expressions Fa tons her ocr onto a happened, ‘to write a paragraph about your experience. © Think of somethi Ly fink of ing you did in your life—something Pale work. Exchange your paper with a partner. that turned out differently than you expected, Notice the time expressions your partner uses, Lintahe pepeenc Ur reste tetoie Isthe sequence af events ce or? Ask your parter oooegogsoesocosoieg) Something you thought would be great: Example: buying a dog | | Unit 1 « whae's the story?Activity 12 What's yaur stor AL imagine that Ai Benning (from Listening, page 3) has set up a story booth in your city. You're at the booth with your partner. Read the intervicw questions ‘oclow and add two of your own, Everybody Has a Story 1, Please tell me your name and where you were born. 2. What was it like growing up in__ [your city}? What were some of your favorite places? Have those places changed? 3. What did you want to be when you were a kid? 4, Who were your heroes or role models growing up? Who did you look up to? CA aad ‘work, Use the questions above to interview your partner During the interview, ask additional questions to learn more details Take notes. © croup war Review your notes. What's one new thing you Iesmed about yur pares? Tell the class {Activity 2: The story continues A. Group work, Get into a group of three pcople, Look beck at the end of “The Monkey's Paw" on page 9. Follow the steps below. The stony does: not end with the Whites receiving the 200 pounds. What do you think happens next in the story? Disciss your leas, 2, Basel on your ees, make up a dialog to end the story 3. Practice acting out your dialog. BB Group work. Perform your role la for anther group Were your endings silo ferent? CIN ,cneexcorme cue vito. Leson8*Tellmeastory 1wn o S [ty = = a = o i x ui A. teh cach exresion containing io hs mage 1. To make a fom story shost, | applied for the Job, uct didnt ge {don't care if Laura gets angry with ine, I'm not going wo ber pary-end of story, — ‘Lis the same old story: I went on a diet, t Last ten pounds, ane tien | gained ther all back, Js ike fat ime. . Paseh’s office is nest and well onpanized, but his apanment isdn story —_ Whats she sty? You promised you ‘wo hours aso! be here Fill in the blanks with one of the expressions From A. to show a contrast between two things. expecially one that surprises you ta demand an explanation for something that you are unhapey about fo talk about something disappointing dat has happened many times before to summarize a sequence of events and avoid telling ‘every detail to put astop to an argument and show that you don’t Want tb diseuss someting anymore 1, Tdon't care what's om TV! You cam watch i undl you've finished your homework That's the rule 2. Just ifke always, Fmict «nice guy ar work, We went oul on a few dates, and then he never called me agoln 3. Tt raimed every day, the hotel was tebe, there was a tat crivers’ strike so we couldn't go anywhere + it was an awful vacation 4. You told me you were going to bay groceries, but che fridge is empry. 5. My old bss was realy niee and easygoing My new boss, satisfied with anything! she's never Read shout these different types of stories, and think of examples of each, ‘Then complete the sentences with one of the words in blue, adding articles (a. an hel as needed. jnary events, such as 2 fairy tale ora folktale, A report gives a detailed and objective presentation of facts, such as a mewspaper report or a government 2eport, while a statement isa short summary of facs, Speakers and writers like to use ancedotes, shart stories about a real event, to ilkistrate and explain an idea. ‘A chronicle isa long narrative of hisiorieal events tol jn rime ones. A yarn isa long entertaining siory loosely ‘based on the truth. Children enjay fables, old stories aout animals that teach & moral lesson, And toa many people enjoy gossip—ofien untrue rumors alt people Sarah's presemtatian had some inseresting. bnusinesses - In my country, we have a lot of oll ) The government issued a brie My grandfather loves to tell lot, but they're really entertaining! The Ministry of Environmental Protection released fen years, I don’ believe that David ix wetting martied, 1 think (3 Just a you kno about dhe ant apd the srasshoppet? This history book contains a detaled ___ of our country’s struggle Far independence borat ramen Wwho have started their own about ghosts and princesses. about the president's tip to Africa about his adventures when he was in the navy, He exaggerates @ ‘on changes in water quality over the past Expansion Pages: Unit 1Incorrect: I got on my ear and drove to the office. Correet: J gor into my ear and drove to the affice. BD Review the meaning of these words from “The Monkey's Paw" on page 9. Then use them to. ‘the sentences. Pag ‘complete fate lines 29 & 31) spell ine 31) solemnly (ine 46) expectantly fine 5) consequences (line 54) firm (tne 82) 1. My grandmother relly believes in . She thinks that we ean't do anything to change ‘what will bappen to us in the future, 2. We waite to find out the winner ofthe talent competition, 3, Infotek isa that surveys consumers about thelr opinions on computer products, 4. AL the president’ Funeral, thousands of people lined the strets of the capital and watched as the car carrying his remains passed by. IF you cheat on an exain at our university, you face serious a failing grade, or even be expelled fom the university. «Tn the old Story, the witch puta on the three chllren and turned them into trees. You could receive ‘An alt! ts proof that someone was not neat 1 crime scene and therefore could not have committed the crime: He is wot o suspect Beewuse he lias a good oli: he was out of town visiting his sister om the aight the robes took pleec, ‘An excuse is tezsom given co explain 2 wrongdoing or offence: He had a goed excuse for being late for the meer his car broke down. ‘An explanation is information given to help someone understand something: The guide in the museum provided « very clear crptaration of how the ancient povtery was made ont wsed. ‘A moral isthe practical lesson in a fable; The moral of “The Grasshopper ani she Ani” is shat we should ‘hoa’ plan for the furure, ‘A lesson is something that you lear from an experience: I Jearmed many lessons from twaveling alone, Its also course of insiructon that develops a kill: Sarai is taking swimming lessons ‘A. message isthe most important idea in a book or movie: The message af the movie Titanic 15 that love fs sironger than death, tell aid say. ‘The verb rel fs used with an abject: Holé my friend a joke / the nash / story {a lie / the answer We use say wien we teport someone's words: [sald “You're late.” He said ire kad missed the bus. 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