1. Listen to the tape and tick the words you hear. Then write down the main idea in one sentence.

□thief □knife □potatoes□carrots □mushrooms □midnight □shirt □trousers □spread □stole □whispered □shouted

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Listening on P55

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The story is about a thief who tries to steal some potatoes and Peter Who successfully prevents them from being stolen.

Listen to the story again and answerthe questions. Then check your answers with your partner.

1. Where did Peter get the potatoes?2. Why did he ask his wife to be quite when she heard the thief?3. Why couldn’t the thief take away the potatoes?4. Why was the thief angry?

1. Where did Peter get the potatoes?

2. Why did he ask his wife to be quite when she heard the thief?

Peter was given the potatoes by a friend.

He thought the thief might have a knife and he did not want to make him angry.

3. Why couldn’t the thief take away the potatoes?

4. Why was the thief angry?

Peter removed the shirt that the thief had planned to put the potatoes in.

He thought the husband had stolen his shirt so he could no longer steal the potatoes.

Listening text

Long ago there lived a poor couple, Peter and his wife. One day a friend gave them some potatoes and they put them on the floor. At midnight a thief broke into their house. It was very dark. The wife heard a noise and whispered,

WHO’S TAKEN MY SHIRT?

“Peter … Peter … Wake up. There is a t

hief in our house.”

Peter was clever. Thinking that the th

ief might have a knife, he did not want to

make him angry. So he said, “Be quiet! I

t must be a mice. There’s no thief.” So hi

s wife went back to sleep.

The thief found the potatoes on the flo

or. Having no bag to carry them, he took

off his shirt and spread it on the floor. As

he was picking up the potatoes to put the

m on his shirt, Peter quietly took the shir

t away and hid it under the bed. He did n

ot want to lose his potatoes.

The thief did not know his shirt hadGone, so he put the potatoes on what hethought was his shirt. However, when hetried to pick them up he could not do so. As he was looking for his shirt, Peter’s wife woke up again and shouted, “Peter. There is a thief in our house.” Peter became very angry. He shouted,

“ I’ve told you there’s no thief in our house.” Hearing this, the thief became very angry too. “Who says there’s no thief?” he said. “If there’s no thief in this house, then, who’s taken my shirt?”

Listening task on P58 Listen to the tape and choose thepicture which best describes whathappened.

B CA

1. Why did the children decide to give the dog to the teacher? A. Because none of them wanted to keep the dog. B. Because their teacher liked it. C. Because they could not decide which of them should own it. D. Because they thought the teacher had told the biggest lie.

Listen to the tape again and choose the best answer to each question.

2. What do you know about the children?

A. They all like dogs.

B. They all respect their teachers.

C. They all work hard at their lessons.

D. They are honest and lovely.

3 What do you know about the teacher?A He does not like these boys.B He wants to become the owner of the

dog.C He does not like the way the children

choose an owner for the dog.D He wants to stop the children telling lies

to own the dog.

Listen to the tape again and answer the questions: How do you think the teacher felt when he was offered the dog?

I think the teacher felt embarrassed when he was offered the dog, because he did not want it and had not expected to be offered it. And he felt very unhappy to be considered a liar.

Help the teacher Advice

to refuse to take the dog politelyto decide which boy should have the dog

Work in pairs. Discuss how you would solve these problems and help the teacher. Then be prepared to tell your ideas to the class.

Help theteacher Advice

to refuse to take the dog politely

The teacher should suggest to the boys that he would love the dog but that it is impossible for him to take it for walks as he has so much work to do. Offer it back to them as he can now see how well they would care for it.

Help the teacher Advice

to decide which boy should have the dog

The teacher should suggest that the boys explain how they would care for the dog. Note where they would keep it, what they would feed it on, how often they would take it for walks, whether their parents are happy to have a new dog. Then choose accordingly.

Listening text

One day a teacher was walking along the road. It was a lovely sunny day. The sky was blue and the birds were singing in the trees. The teacher felt happy until he saw five boys, standing around a thin and hungry dog.

WHO SHOULD OWN THE DOG?

It looked very frightened and the teacher felt sorry for it. So he asked the boys what they were doing with the dog.

“Oh,” said one of the boys. “We were just deciding who should take the dog home and look after it. We all want it for a pet but only one of us can have it.”

The teacher asked how they were going t

o choose the owner of the dog. “Well,” sa

id another boy, “We’ve decided that the

one who told the biggest lie should have

him.” At this the teacher became very an

gry. He began to talk to the boys about t

ruth and honesty.

He continued for ten minutes while the

boys listened carefully. Then he ended b

y saying, “And I never told a lie when I

was your age.” There was a long silence

as the boys looked at the teacher and th

en at each other. They seemed to agree

with what he had said.

The teacher was glad that his words ha

d impressed the boys. Then the first bo

y spoke again. “After what we heard, w

e think you should have the dog!”

Talking on Page 55 Humour makes people laugh, fell happy and relaxed. In groups, tell each other something you think is funny. These expressions below may be useful for you.

Useful expression It’s interesting that we both find …

funny.I burst into laughter when …I found it extremely funny that …I enjoy watching …How enjoyable that was!I laughed till my sides split when…

What’s so funny about that?I don’t think that’s funny at all.I couldn’t help laughing when… I’ve never laughed so much as when…Isn’t it amusing that…?I can’t understand why you laughedat that.

Sample dialogue:

S1: What do you find funny? I enjoy Mr Bean because he makes such wonderful faces as he does stupid things.

S2: I’m not surprised you like Mr

Bean, because all my family are

crazy about him and cannot get

enough of his programmes.

S1: We enjoy this kind of humour because my father loves Charlie Chaplin films. When he sees his stick and hat and that funny walk, he always bursts into laughter.

S2: What I like best is the problems Mr Bean has with everyday situations (like changing his clothes on the beach). I laughed till my sides split when I was watching it.

S1: Yes. I know that one. It reminded me when I stayed in England and I watched everybody try to change into their swimming costume, under a towel. It’s good that we both laughed at that!

1) Use a logical order: explain the situation, what happened and then give the punchline.

2) Read it through when you have finished checking for mistakes.

3) Read it to your partner and ask for advice.

4) Rewrite your story and put it into a class collection of funny stories.

Write down the story on page 23.

Sample writing:Stages in the story1. Mr Hills buys a hedge cutter mad

e in China.2. It breaks and he tries to mend it h

imself.

3. The instruction booklet says it should not be touched “without permission”.

4. He decides to get a new one so no one will ever know.

A TRUE STORY OF MR HILLS Mr Hills in London bought a hedge cutter made in China. It was very small and very cheap and it worked very well. At first he was very pleased with it. It made his hedges look smart and neat. Then one day it broke down. There was nothing he could do to make it work.

He took it apart and put it together again but still it would not work. Next he took out the booklet of instructions to see if they had any advice for him. Imagine his amazement when he saw these words written in the booklet. “No one is to touch or try to repair this hedge cutter without permission.”

What was he to do? Should he have written to the manufacturers in Beijing before he had his hedge cutter mended? Mr Hills thought long and hard. Finally he went back to the shop and bought another hedge cutter. He put his old one in the dustbin. He thought no one would ever know what he had done.