Worksheet 7.1a
Could, managed to
Who is this man?
What’s he doing?
Why is he doing it?
What’s he escaping from?
A New Escape
Can you do things like this?
Houdini: the great escape artist
Houdini was a famous magician who lived about a hundred years ago. He could
escape from anywhere. He could get out of any locked box or room. In 1905, he
managed to escape from a famous prison in Boston. In 1909, he managed to free
himself from chains while hanging off the Brooklyn Bridge. In 1910, he managed to
stay underwater for two and a half hours without drowning. How did he manage to do
that? Was it real or was it a trick?
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OHT 7.1 a
Houdini: the great escape artist
They put him in chains.
They put him in a locked wooden box.
They put the wooden box into a locked metal box.
They hung the box over a bridge with a rope.
They lowered the box into the river.
After 30 minutes Houdini escaped.
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OHT 7.1b
Which prepositions go with which verbs?
in
on
into
onto
across
off
from
out of
through down
over
climb
hang
jump
crawl
walk
run
hide
step
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OHT 7.1c
How did you manage to escape?
Use the map to tell your story.
Railway
station
Sea
Port
50
km
Road
Desert
Outer
fence
Minefield
Woods
Guards
Railway
station
Electric
fence
Your
cell
Dogs
Barbed
wire
fence
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OHT 7.2
Jobs and work customs
Box 1
honest
generous
sensible
gentle
practical
friendly
brave
thoughtful
patient
clever
kind
funny
strong
professional
Box 2
lawyer
TV interviewer
accountant
politician
ambulance driver
soldier
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Worksheet 7.2
Jobs and work customs
In the UK
In Qatar
1
People usually work from
9 to 5.
2
In offices, people usually wear
suits and smart clothes.
3
There’s one hour for lunch.
4
Most people have to work late
sometimes.
5
People get 4 weeks holiday a
year.
6
People in government jobs
retire at 65.
7
People get paid at the end of
the month.
8
Men and women get the same
income for doing the same job.
9
The people you work with
usually become your friends.
10
It’s normal to change your job
several times in your life.
11
People usually don’t use
personal connections to get
jobs for their relations.
In VN
Main differences
2½ hour lunch breaks
in Vietnam
Adapted from People Like Us by Simon Greenall, Macmillan Education Ltd. 2003
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OHT 7.3
The parking attendant’s story
Number the pictures 1 to 6 according to their order in your story.
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Worksheet 7.3a
Just leave the keys in it, sir
Stan Murch, in a uniform-like blue jacket, stood on the sidewalk in front of
the Hilton and watched cab after cab make the loop into the main
entrance. Doesn’t anybody travel in their own car any more? Then at
last, a Chrysler Imperial with Michigan plates came hesitantly up Sixth
Avenue, made the left-hand loop into the Hilton driveway and stopped
at the entrance. As a woman and several children got out of the doors
on the right of the car, toward the hotel entrance, the driver began to climb
heavily out on the left. He was a big man with a cigar and a camel’s-hair
coat.
Murch was at the door before it was halfway open, pulling it the rest of
the way and saying, ‘Just leave the keys in it, sir.’
1
5
10
‘Right,’ the man said around his cigar. He got out and sort of shook
himself inside the coat. Then, as Murch was about to get behind the
wheel, the driver said, ‘Wait!’
Murch looked at him. ‘Sir?’
15
‘Here you go, boy,’ the man said and pulled a folded dollar bill from his
pants pocket and handed it across.
‘Thank you, sir,’ Murch said. He saluted with the hand holding the dollar,
climbed behind the wheel, and drove away. He was smiling as he made
the right turn into 53rd Street; it wasn’t every day a man gave you a tip
for stealing his car.
Adapted from Bank Shot by Donald E. Westlake, 1972
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Worksheet
7.3b(i)
Just leave the keys in it, sir
Find words, phrases or sentences that tell you the following.
1 Stan Murch looked and acted like he worked at the Hilton as a parking attendant,
even though he didn’t work there.
2 The Hilton Hotel has a circular driveway that goes around to the entrance.
3 Stan Murch wants to steal a private car but he can only see taxis.
4 He is waiting a long time.
5 The car owner doesn’t come from New York; he is visiting New York from the
country.
6 The car owner is married and has a family.
7 The car owner is rich.
8 The car owner is fat.
9 A Chrysler Imperial is a big car.
10 The car owner thinks he is important and that Stan Murch is like a servant.
11 Stan Murch is polite to the car owner.
12 Stan Murch tells the car owner he will park the car.
13 Stan Murch could be frightened when the car owner says, ‘Wait’.
14 Stan Murch thought it was funny that the car owner gave him a tip.
15 This is an extract from a story about bank robbers.
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Worksheet
7.3b(ii)
Answer these questions in your own words.
1
Why is Stan looking for a privately owned, out-of-town-car? Why doesn’t he
want a taxi or a New York registered car?
2
Why is the car owner dressed how he is, smoking a cigar, paying for all his
family to stay at the Hilton and happy to give Stan a tip?
3
Why does the writer want us to like Stan more than the car owner?
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Worksheet 7.3c
Reporting a crime
Criminal Report Form
Suspect
Stan Murch
Today’s date
Nature of crime Stolen car
Details
Description of
crime scene and
address
Description of
stolen vehicle
The crime took place outside the …
on …
Make:
State:
Description of
owner
The car owner was wearing …
Description of
suspect
The suspect was wearing …
He was ...
He was standing …
He was pretending to work for …
Sequence of events
1
The car arrived at the Hilton.
2
The car owner’s wife and kids …
3
4
5
6
The suspect was arrested for speeding down 53rd Street.
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OHT 7.4
Energy resources
R
E
N
E
W
A
B
L
E
E
D
I
T
A
T
I
A
A
Find these words
fuel, coal, oil, gas
earth, sea, sun, wind,
S
A
G
R
V
O
R
O
R
tide, waves, rock,
heat
O
U
T
A
E
M
I
C
T
power, renewable
U
A
N
L
S
S
G
A
H
resources, sources,
solar, electric, atoms
R
E
W
O
P
R
E
A
D
C
S
X
S
I
H
O
N
A
rig, dam, pit, geo
These are the directions
the words go in
E
L
E
C
T
R
I
C
M
S
F
U
E
L
W
R
O
K
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Worksheet 7.4a
Energy resources
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Worksheet 7.4b
Energy resources
1
Match the words and use them to fill in the gaps. Remember to change the
words from singular to plural. The first one has been done for you.
plant
Oil rigs extract 20% of the world’s oil from under
hydroelectric
rig
Gas, coal and oil burning _________ waste natural
solar
wind
resources and pollute the environment.
panel
geo-
station
_________ produce electricity from running water.
_________ use the wind to produce electricity.
oil
power
In ________ , atoms are split to give off heat and
produce electricity.
thermal
nuclear
the sea.
turbine
_________ use energy from rocks below the ground.
_________ store energy from the sun.
dam
2
Match the completed sentences as captions to the seven pictures of energy
resources.
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Worksheet 7.4c
Energy resources
Answer the questions with full sentences. If you can, put the answers to two
questions together into one sentence.
Paragraph 1
How important are energy resources in modern life?
Apart from our houses, what else do we need energy to run?
Where do all the energy resources we use come from?
What are the three main sources of energy that we use?
Paragraph 2
What are the three fossil fuels?
Do they come from plants and animals? Did the plants and animals die recently?
Is nuclear power produced by splitting atoms? What do the atoms do then?
Where does renewable energy come from? Can the sea be a source of renewable
energy? What is the source of geo-thermal energy?
Paragraph 3
Can fossil fuels be renewed? Do they waste our natural resources?
Are coal-burning power stations dirty? Do they cause pollution?
Can nuclear power stations be dangerous? Is it easy to get rid of nuclear waste?
What does renewable mean? What are the advantages of renewable energy?
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