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Tell a story from two points of view
Preparation
‘la Look at the pictures. They show an incident that
happened to Bill and Frank after they had been to a
party. Match the words in the box to the pictures.
laugh your head off thick ice
a police car sway all over the place
break into a car police cell
a slippery road be drunk
swear assteep hill
b Work in groups. Can you guess what happened
to Bill and his friend? is there anything you don't
understand from the pictures?
2 Workin groups.
Group A:4? 3.4 Listen to what Bill told his lawyer
after the incident.
Group 8:40! 3.5 Listen to what the old lady told the
police. Listen as many times as necessary to be sure
of the details. Make notes if necessary.
Task
1 Practise re-telling the story with students from the
‘same group.
> Useful language a and b
2a Work in pairs, one person from Group A and one
from Group B. Take turns to report what Bll and the
old lady said.
b Make alist of differences between the two stories
and any information that one person mentioned, but
the other didn't. Compare your list with the class.
> Useful language c
3 Workin pairs. Discuss the questions below.
+ Whose side of the story do you believe?
*+ Were the police right to arrest Bill and his friend?
+ What further action do you think the police took?
