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STORY

One Dark October Evening

I. Grammar.

A)Work at irregular verbs. Get ready for a quiz on them.

B)Comment on the following:

1.She was going to be late

2.to cross the road without looking ≠ not speaking English she didn’t understand the film

3.I nearly hit (killed) you

II. A) Read the story. Then complete it with a word or phrase from the box.

Hannah met Jamie in the summer of 2010. It was Hannah’s 21st birthday and she and friends went to a club. They wanted to dance, but they didn’t like the music, so Hannah went to speak to the DJ. ‘This music is awful,’ she said. ‘Could you play something else?’ The DJ looked at her and said, ‘Don’t worry, I have the perfect song for you.’

_______________ he said, ‘The next song is by Scouting For Girls. It’s called Blue As Your Eyes and it’s for a beautiful girl who is dancing over there.’ Hannah Knew that the song was for her. _______________ Hannah and her friends left the club, the DJ was waiting for her at the door. ‘Hi, I’m Jamie,’ he said to Hannah. ‘Can I see you again?’ So Hannah gave him her phone number.

_______________ Jamie phoned Hannah and invited her to dinner. He took her to a very romantic French restaurant and they talked all evening. Although the food wasn’t very good, they had a wonderful time. _______________ Jamie and Hannah saw each other every day. Every evening when Hannah finished work they met at 5.30 in a coffee bar in the high street. They were madly in love.

_______________ Hannah was at work. As usual she was going to meet Jamie at 5.30. It was dark and it was raining. She looked at her watch. It was 5.20! She was going to be late! She ran to her car and got in. At 5.25 she was driving along the high street.

She was going very fast because she was in a hurry. _______________, a man ran across the road. He was wearing a dark coat, so Hannah didn’t see him at first. Quickly, she put her foot on the brake…

B) Cover the text. From memory complete these sentences from the story with so, because, or although. Then check with the story.

1.She was going very fast __________ she was in a hurry.

2.__________ the food wasn’t very good, they had a wonderful time.

3.He was wearing a dark coat, __________ Hannah didn’t see him at first.

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III. There are two different endings to the story (happy and sad). Read both of them.

Happy ending

Suddenly, a man ran across the road. He was wearing a dark coat, so Hannah didn’t see him at first. Quickly, she put her foot on the brake. She stopped just in time. She got out of her car and shouted at the man.

“Don’t you usually look before you cross the road? I nearly hit you. I didn’t see you before until the last moment.”

“Sorry! Hey, Hannah, it’s me. It’s Jamie.”

“Jamie! What are you doing here? I nearly killed you!”

“I was buying something. I was in a hurry and I crossed the road without looking.” “Come on. Get in!”

Hannah and Jamie drove to the coffee bar. They sat down in their usual seats and ordered two cups of coffee.

“Here you are. Two cappuccinos,” said the waiter. “Thanks,” said Jamie and Hannah together. “What an evening! I nearly killed you.”

“Well, you didn’t kill me, so what’s the problem?”

“But what were you doing in the high street? I thought you were here, in the café, waiting for me.”

“I went to the theatre to buy these tickets for the Scouting For Girls concert. I know you wanted to go. And it’s on the 15th of October – next Saturday. Our anniversary.”

“Our anniversary?”

“Yes. Three months since we first met. We met on Saturday the 15th of July. Remember?” “Gosh, Jamie. I can’t believe you remember the exact day! What a romantic! It’s lucky I

didn’t hit you in the street…”

Sad ending

Suddenly, a man ran across the road. He was wearing a dark coat, so Hannah didn’t see him at first. Quickly, she put her foot on the brake. Although Hannah tried to stop she couldn’t. She hit the man. Hannah panicked. She drove away as fast as she could. When she arrived at th e coffee bar Jamie wasn’t there. She called him but his mobile phone was turned off. She waited for ten minutes and then she went home. Two hours later a car arrived at Hannah’s house. A policewoman knocked at the door.

“Good evening, Madam. Are you Hannah Davis?” “Yes, I am.”

“I’d like to speak to you. Can I come in?”

The policewoman came in and sat down on the sofa.

“Are you a friend of Jamie Dixon?” “Yes.”

“Well, I’m afraid I have some bad news for you.” “What? What’s happened?”

“Jamie had an accident this evening.” “Oh no! What kind of accident?”

“He was crossing the road and a car hit him.”

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“When… When did this happen? And where?”

“This evening at 5.25. He was crossing the road in the high street by the theatre.” “Oh no! How is he?”

“He’s in hospital. He’s got a bad injury to his head and two broken legs.” “But is he going to be OK?”

“We don’t know. He’s in intensive care.” “Oh no. And the driver of the car?” “She didn’t stop.”

“She”

“Yes, it was a woman in a white car. Somebody saw the number of the car. You have a white car outside, don’t you, Madam? Is your number plate XYZ 348S?”

“Yes… yes, it is.”

“Can you tell me where you were at 5.25 this evening?”

IV.Prepositions.

V. Active vocabulary. From memory reproduce the situations from the text, make up sentences of your own.

to worry about/ over/ at smth (what worries me is…) to have a wonderful (awful) time/ a whale of a time a favourite song ≠ a beloved girl (one and _ only)

to fall in love with smb; to be madly in love ≠ out of love; love at first sight; unreturned love; puppy love; a lovesick person

anniversary (a wedding anniversary, the 20th anniversary of the country’s independence) romantic person/ ideas/ place/ fiction/ writer; to look/ sound romantic; romance (in search of

romance)

luck; to be in/ out of luck; to bring smb luck; to try one’s luck; to push one’s luck; a lucky (unlucky) man; luckily; Good luck! Better luck next time! That’s just my luck! Break your leg!

to panic at (the sound of …); to panic smb; to get into a panic; to be panic-stricken

VI. A) Talking points.

1.Which ending have you chosen? Why?

2.Suggest your own ending.

3.Write down 4 questions that the policeman asked Hannah during the interrogation.

4.What features of the main characters stand out prominently in the text under consideration?

B)Start compiling your topical vocabulary on the basis of the texts for homereading.

VII. Writing (to choose)

a)A report of the accident.

b)An entry in Hannah’s diary.

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The Sources

1.Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koening. New English File. Pre-Intermediate. – Oxford University Press.

2.O. Nesterenko, L. Kozyuchenko. Parenthetical Units In the English Text// Manual. –

Volgograd, “Peremena”, 2009.

3.Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. New 8th edition.

4.R. Stout. Short Stories. – Айрис-пресс, М., 2007.

5.R. Acklam. First Certificate Gold. Coursebook. New Edition. – Longman.

6.Works by British and American writers.

Составители: О.Н. Нестеренко, И.А. Иванова ЧИТАЕМ И ОБСУЖДАЕМ. ДОМАШНЕЕ ЧТЕНИЕ

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