Lesson B

Video Course  Mysteries and strange events

Part 1 Global Viewpoints     Mysteries and strange events

1. Before You Watch

A

Here are some words you will hear in the interviews about "Mysteries and strange events." Write the correct word under each picture.

1. The Pyramids

2. UFOs

3. moster

B

You will also hear the underlined words in the interviews. Study the sentences. Then write the letter of the correct definition next to each sentence.

1. Everyone said the old house was haunted and full of ghosts! b

2. The fire alarm was only a hoax; there was no fire. d

3. People are fascinated by The Pyramids because of the mystery about how they were made. g

4. He was really sneaky and climbed out a window so no one saw him. c

5. Some people wander from country to country; others stay in the same place. f

6. She began to weep for her lost love. e

7. Did you witness the car accident? a

a. observe an incident or crime

b. lived in or visited by the spirits of dead people

c. acting in a secret or dishonest way

d. a false warning about something dangerous

e. cry

f.  go from place to place without a definite plan or purpose

g. an event that has a hidden or unknown cause

2. While You Watch

A

What mystery or event does each person mention? Watch the interviews and match the names with the correct information.

1. Agnes e

2. Dave d

3. Catherine b

4. Lourdes c

5. Alejandra f

6. Calum a

a. a scary event that happened in his dorm

b. the "Jersey Devil"

c. UFOs

d. a Mexican tale about a woman who wanders the streets

e. a strange event that happened in her grandfather's village

f. the Pyramids

B

What do these people say? Watch the interviews again and choose the correct words.

1. Agnes says the women in the village went to a special place to make the rain stop/fall. fall

2. Dave says people say you can hear "La Llorona" when there is a strong/no wind. a strong

3. Catherine says the Jersey Devil is big, hairy, and very sneaky/slow. sneaky

4. Lourdes would like to think that UFOs are real/a hoax. real

5. Alejandra would like to know when/how the Pyramids were made. how

6. Calum says the lights in his dorm turned on/off suddenly. off

C

Listen to Agnes and Calum talking about their memories of strange events. Fill in the blanks with information you hear.

Agnes (1) witnessed a very strange event in her grandfather's village. It wasn't raining and the women of the village went to a special place to (2) make the rain fall . It rained that night. Calum's teacher told them the dorm they lived in (3) was haunted and one time (4) late at night , all the lights (5) turned off suddenly and it was (6) very strange and quite scary .

Your View on ... Unsolved Mysteries

How about you? Think about a strange or interesting event you have witnessed. Then answer the questions below.

1. Where and when did you witness the event?

2. Who was with you?

3. What happened?

4. How did you feel?

Part 2 City Living  Elementary, my dear Tara!

Main characters

Tara Greene

Roberto Chavez

Takeshi Mifune

Claudia Oliveira

Sun-hee Park

Mike Johnson

1. Preview

A

In this video, Tara acts like her favorite detective to solve "the mystery of the missing yogurt."

B

Look at the pictures above. Then answer the questions. Choose a, b, or c.

1. According to Tara, who committed a crime?  a

a. one of her friends

b. a person they don't know

c. a neighbor

2. How does Tara describe the "criminal"?  b

a. nervous

b. calm

c. noisy

3. What is Roberto's alibi?  b

a. He was asleep.

b. He was out of town.

c. He doesn't like yogurt.

4. What "crime" is Tara accusing Claudia of committing?  b

a. breaking something

b. stealing something

c. lying about something

5. How does Tara say Claudia took the yogurt?  a

a. slowly and neatly

b. quickly and noisily

c. nervously and quietly

2. While You Watch

Language Notes

Everyday English

Come on

Does anybody know ... ?

Go on.

Note ...

What are you talking about?

What's up?

Who knows ...

Well, ...

Now.

Talking about possibility and impossibility

It's very likely ...

Maybe ...

Adverbs of manner

calmly

carefully

neatly

quietly

slowly

A

What happens? Watch the video. Number the sentences from 1 to 6 to put them in order.

4  Tara shows everyone the "weapon."

2  Tara comes in and starts talking about a "crime."

1  Roberto, Claudia, Takeshi, and Sun-hee are sitting in the living room.

6  Mike comes in, goes to the refrigerator, and takes some yogurt.

5  Tara accuses Claudia of eating Sun-hee's yogurt.

3  Sun-hee says her yogurt is missing.

B

What do they say? Watch the first episode of the video and answer the following questions.

1. Why are Roberto and his friends meeting?

Tara asked them to come because she wanted to solve a crime.

2. What crime is Tara saying someone has committed?

Someone stole and ate Sun-hee's yogurt.

3. What is Sun-hee's attitude towards the crime?

Sun-hee thinks it's OK, because it's only yogurt.

4. How does Tara feel about the crime?

Tara feels it's serious, because if the thief is not caught more things are likely to go missing.

C

What do they say? Watch the second episode of the video and write the words you hear to fill in the blanks.

Tara: (1) It's very likely one of you did it because you all have a key to this apartment.

Takeshi: I only use my key (2) for emergencies . And (3) besides , you live here, you have a key ... maybe you took it ...

Tara: I'm the detective, I didn't do it. (4) Now . The thief worked (5) calmly , quietly, and very (6) neatly . (7) Note the weapon . Clean and dry.

Roberto: I didn't do it. (8) I have an alibi . I was out of town last week ... just got home last night.

Tara: I know you didn't do it, Roberto. I asked you to come here today because (9) you are a friend of the thief--Claudia!

D

What do they say?

Activity 1: Now watch the third episode of the video and fill in the blanks with words you hear.

Claudia: (1) What ?

Tara: (2) Confess ! You're always (3) too busy to go shopping ! You didn't have any yogurt. You were hungry. It was late! You waited until everyone (4) went to bed and then you slowly entered the kitchen, you (5) made sure no one was there, then you (6) carefully took this spoon and--very quietly--opened the refrigerator door and ate Sun-hee's yogurt!

Claudia: (7) No! No! It's not true! !

Mike: (8) Hey , everyone! Thanks. Nice hat! (9) What's up ?

Activity 2: Class work. Now watch the third episode of the video again and act it out as a class.

3. After You Watch

A

These conversations are from the video. Study the expressions in blue. Then match each expression with the correct definition.

Useful expressions

1. Tara:

It starts with yogurt. Next time it's your cookies, your ice cream ... Who knows where it will end?

Sun-hee:

OK ... OK. Go on.

Tara:

It's very likely that one of you did it because you all have a key to this apartment.

2. Tara:

The thief worked calmly, quietly, and very neatly. Note the weapon. Clean and dry.

1. an expression that means an answer is uncertain Who knows

2. something people say when they want someone to continue talking go on

3. an expression used to draw attention to something Note

something people say when they think something is probably true It's very likely

B

Dictation. Listen to the summary of the City Living story twice and fill in the blanks with words and sentences you hear.

One day, Tara found that someone had eaten Sun-hee's yogurt (1) without notice . So, she asked everyone to help her (2) solve this "crime" . She thought that (3) it was very likely that one of her friends stole Sun-hee's yogurt because they all had a key to the apartment. While Sun-hee the owner was quite calm and generous about the missing yogurt, (4) Tara got serious about the matter . She warned everyone that a misdemeanor might gradually become a real crime (5) if it were not checked at the start . She seemed to be determined to solve the crime, (6) though in a humorous way . She accused Takeshi first, but he denied it. While Tara was showing everyone the "weapon"--a clean, dry spoon--Roberto said that (7) he had an alibi and hadn't done it . Tara said she knew he hadn't done it and that Claudia had done it! (8) Just as Claudia was protesting that it wasn't true , Mike suddenly walked in. He calmly went to the refrigerator, took out some yogurt, and ate it! (9) Finally everyone came to know who the "thief" really was .