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Unit 5 Unsolved Unit 5 Unsolved MysteriesMysteries

Part One: Vocabulary Link--Cops and Part One: Vocabulary Link--Cops and Robbers (15 minutes)Robbers (15 minutes)Part Two: Listening--The Greatest Detective Part Two: Listening--The Greatest Detective (15 minutes)(15 minutes)Part Three: Speaking (60 minutes)Part Three: Speaking (60 minutes)Part Four: Video Course (35 minutes)Part Four: Video Course (35 minutes)Part Five: Listening (25 minutes)Part Five: Listening (25 minutes)Part Six: Speaking--Group Discussion (30 Part Six: Speaking--Group Discussion (30 minutes)minutes)

Part One: Vocabulary Part One: Vocabulary Link--Cops and RobbersLink--Cops and Robbers

1. Vocabulary Review1. Vocabulary Review

Verbs Nouns

Vocabulary Link

Use each verb with a noun to make eight expressions. Write the expressions on the lines below. Some of the nouns will be used more than once.

arrest catch question

break have solve

commit make

an alibi a law a crime

a confession a criminal

_______________ _______________ _______________

a criminala criminal

_______________ _______________ _______________

_______________ _______________

a crime

Cops and robbers

arrest a criminal

break a law

commit a crime

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catch a criminal

have an alibi

make a confession

question a criminal

solve a crime

2. New Vocabulary• arrest a criminal: seize and hold a person for breaking the law.

• break the law: fail to obey of follow the law.

• catch a criminal: find and take hold of a person who has broken the law.

• commit a crime: perform an illegal act.

• have an alibi: have proof that one could not have committed a crime.

• make a confession: admit to being guilty of a crime.

• question a criminal: attempt to get information from a person who has broken the law.

• solve a crime: find the person or persons responsible for an illegal act.

• scarlet: a strong o vivid red or reddish orange colour.

• scottish: of or relating to Scotland or its people, language, or culture.

Vocabulary Link

Look at the expressions the former exercise. Which actions does a police detective do?

Which ones does a criminal do? Label the actions D (detective) or C (criminal).

Cops and robbers

arrest a criminal

break a law

commit a crime

catch a criminal

have an alibi

make a confession

question a criminal

solve a crime

D( ) D( ) D( )

C( ) D( )C( )

C( ) C( )

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Vocabulary Link

Look at the pictures. What is happening? Make at least two sentences about each picture. Use expressions from the first exercise.

Cops and robbers

Part Two: Listening--Part Two: Listening--The Greatest DetectiveThe Greatest Detective

1. Culture Link--Sherlock Holmes• Sherlock Holmes is the world's most

popular fictional detective, as was the hero of dozens of stories that were published regularly in Strand Magazine. In 1893, the author "killed" Holmes in a story, but was forced to bring him back to life when readers complained.

• The character of Sherlock Holmes was based on Dr. Joseph Bell, who was Sir Arthur Conan Doyles's professor at Edinburgh University. Bell taught his students to collect scientific evidence and use logic to understand medical cases that seemed impossible to solve.

Listening

Proper names Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Dr. Watson Scottish 221B Baker Street A Study in Scarlet The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Other words imaginary intelligent detective criminal

Language Notes

The greatest detective

one of the most famous detectives ever known

Listening

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The greatest detective

Listen and complete the following sentence.

Sherlock Holmes is

who

written by

___________________________________

is an imaginary detective who appeared in sixty stories _________________________________________

the Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle_________________________________.

Listening

The greatest detective

Listen again and check ( ) the box of each correct answer.√

actor writer doctor( ) ( ) √( )

1. What was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s first job?

2. When was the first Sherlock Holmes story published?

1877 1878 1887( ) ( ) √( )

3. Holmes was very _________.

intelligent strong quick( ) ( )

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4. Who did Holmes work with?

Dr. Samson Dr. Watson Dr. Smith( ) √( ) ( )

5. Where is the Sherlock Holmes Museum?

Scotland England The United States( ) √( ) ( )

√( )

Part Three: SpeakingPart Three: Speaking

1. Useful Expressions for Talking about Possibility and Impossibility• Possibility• It's likely (that) ...• There's a good chance (that) ...• I bet (that) ...

• Impossibility• It's unlikely (that) ...• It doesn't seem possible (that) ...• I doubt (that) ...

2. 2. Pair WorkPair Work

Speaking

1) Listen to the conversation between Detectives Stye and Frye. Then practice the conversation with a partner.

Stye:Frye:Stye:Frye:Stye:

Frye:stye

Do you know the Dodd Diamond?Of course! The museum owns it.Not anymore! Someone stole it last night!Really? How did it happen?Well, it’s unlikely the criminal walked into the room.There’s an alarm on the floor.But there’s no alarm for the skylight.You’re right! I bet the criminal climbed down a rope.Then he took the diamond without touching the floor!

Speaking

1. I love chocolate.

2. My family has moved house six times.

3. _______________________________

4. _______________________________

5. _______________________________

6. _______________________________

Write 6 statements about yourselves. Some of the statements should be true and some should be false.

3) Take turns reading the statements to your partners. The partners should say whether each statement seems likely or not and give reasons for saying so. Use expressions of possibility.

Speaking

A: I love chocolate. B: There’s a good chance that’s true. I know you like sweets.

You probably like chocolate, too.

A: My family has moved house six times. B: It doesn’t seem possible. A: Why do you say that? B: I’ve known you since we were kids. And my mother told me that

your parents have worked here for more than twenty years.

4) Think of a strange event or story you heard of. Talk to your partners.

3. Group Discussion: The Lindbergh Kidnapping• Charles Lindbergh was a famous pilot. He was

the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Anne Lindbergh was his wife. They were very rich. On the cold night of March 1,1932, someone kidnapped their baby from their home. The kidnapper used a ladder. The person wrote a note and asked for $50,000.

Communication

There were many people involved in the Lindbergh case. Read each profile. Which people seem suspicious to you?

Charles and Anne Lindbergh

Someone kidnapped their baby.Charles was a reserved man.Anne was shy and quiet.

The Lindbergh kidnapping

Communication

The Lindbergh kidnapping

There were many people involved in the Lindbergh case. Read each profile. Which people seem suspicious to you?

Violet Sharpe

She was one of the Lindbergh’s maids. She was not in the house on March 1. She was sad and unhealthy. She drank poison and died.

Communication

The Lindbergh kidnapping

There were many people involved in the Lindbergh case. Read each profile. Which people seem suspicious to you?

Ernie Brinkert

He was Violet’s boyfriend.He knew about the Lindberghs.His handwriting didn’t match the kidnapper’s note.

Communication

The Lindbergh kidnapping

There were many people involved in the Lindbergh case. Read each profile. Which people seem suspicious to you?

Bruno Hauptmann

He was a carpenter.Detectives found money in his house.He had a ladder.

Communication

The Lindbergh kidnapping

There were many people involved in the Lindbergh case. Read each profile. Which people seem suspicious to you?

Betty Gow

She was one of the Lindbergh’s maids. She was the last person to see the baby. She loved the baby. She fainted at the trial.

Communication

The Lindbergh kidnapping

There were many people involved in the Lindbergh case. Read each profile. Which people seem suspicious to you?

Amandus Hochmuth

He was 87 years old.He was the Lindbergh’s neighbor.He saw Bruno in a car near the Lindbergh mansion.

Communication

The Lindbergh kidnapping

Read more about the Lindbergh case.

Decades later, there is still no proof of who the real kidnapper was in the Lindbergh case. Tragically, the baby was found dead two months after the kidnapping. Bruno Hauptmann was arrested and executed in 1936, but he never made a confession. Many people still believe he was not the real kidnapper.

Communication

The Lindbergh kidnapping

Discuss with a partner which person possibly committed the crime. Use expressions for talking about possibility and impossibility. You may or may not agree with your partner.

A: Do you believe that Bruno Hauptmann was the real kidnapper? B: I doubt that he was. He never made a confession, did he? A: If it wasn’t him ... it could have been Betty Gow. What do you

think? B: Well, it’s unlikely that she did it. She loved the baby. And she

even fainted at the trial.

Information for practice

Communication

Strange events

The Lindbergh kidnapping

MysteriesPossibilityIt’s likely to be just a coincidence.It could be a UFO. It can be a power breakdown.

When Several years ago One night When I was visiting

my grandfather in his village

…

make the rain fall, and it rained that night.

hovering in the distance and it didn’t move for an hour.

the lights turned off suddenly and it was quite scary.

Women gathered and prayed to

I saw a bright object

In the dorm where we lived,

What happened

Part Four: Video CoursePart Four: Video Course

1. New Vocabulary

• haunt: (of a ghost) to appear in a place repeatedly.

• hoax: a trick in which someone tells people a lie.

• pyramid: an ancient stone building with four triangular sloping sides, built in ancient Egypt to contain the bodies of their kings and queens.

• sneaky: doing things in a secret and unfair way.

• wander: to move about without a definite destination or purpose.

• weep: to cry.

2. Mysteries and Strange Events

Keys

Global Viewpoints

While You Watch

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

1. Agnes

2. Dave

3. Catherine

4. Lourdes

5. Alejandra

6. Calum

a

.

b

.

c

.

d

.

e

.

f.

a scary event that happened in his dorm

the “Jersey Devil”

UFOs

a Mexican tale about a woman who wanders the streets

a strange event that happened in her grandfather’s village

the Pyramids

e____

d____

b____c____

f____

a____

_______1. Agnes says the women in the village went to a special place to make the rain stop / fall .

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

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

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

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

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

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Global Viewpoints

While You Watch

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

_____________

__________

_________

________

_____

3. 3. Elementary, My Dear TarElementary, My Dear Tara!a!

Look at the photos below. Then answer the questions. Choose a, b, or c.

1. According to Tara, who committed a crime?

2. How does Tara describe the “criminal”?

3. What is Roberto’s alibi?

City Living

Preview

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Someone in this room has committed a crime.

The thief worked calmly, quietly, and very neatly. I have an alibi. I

was out of town last week.

a. one of her friends b. a person they don’t know c. a neighbor

a. nervous b. calm c. noisy

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?

5. How does Tara say Claudia took the yogurt?

City Living

Preview

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a. breaking something b. stealing something c. lying about something

a. slowly and neatly b. quickly and noisily c. nervously and quietly

It was late … you slowly entered the kitchen …

Lesson B Mysteries and strange eventsLesson A A detective is on the case.

Look at the photos below. Then answer the questions. Choose a, b, or c.

While You Watch

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

City Living

While You Watch

Part Five: ListeningPart Five: Listening

1. Story Summary

• You are going to hear the story summary three times. For the first time, you should listen carefully to understand its meaning. For the second time, you should fill in the blanks with what you hear. For the last time, you should check your answers.

2. A Strange Story

• You are going to hear a strange story two times. For the first time, you should listen carefully and fill in the blanks with what they hear. For the last time, you should check your answers.

3. The Marfa Mystery Lights

• 1) New words and expressions• spaceship: a vehicle that travels in space.• vanish: to disappear in a way that you ca

nnot explain.• uranium: a chemical element used main

ly in producing nuclear energy.

• 2) Listen to an interview carefully, and number the questions as they are asked in it.

• 3) Preview the list of quotations. Then listen to the interviews again and correct them accordingly.

Part Six: Speaking--Part Six: Speaking--Group DiscussionGroup Discussion

• 1. Have you seen strange lights in the sky at night? If so, what's the story? If not, have you heard stories like this? What do you think causes mysterious lights in the sky?

• 2. Do you know some story of a notorious robbery or other crime in your city or country? How did detectives find the criminals?

• 3. Do you know any other mysterious events? What are they?

• 4. When finished, invite a few volunteers to present their stories to the whole class.