Unit 6 The truth can be stranger than fiction.

Basic listening CCADB

Listening in 

Task 1  CBADC

Task 2

terrible    misfortune     reflection     damaged     heaven                                            

pick     washed                                        

Some people claim that the number is bad luck because 13 people sat down for the Last Supper before Jesus was crucified

Friday the 13th of any month is considered especially bad or unlucky, and Friday the 13th of March is the worst of them all

they mean that every seven years a person undergoes a complete change in personality 

Task 3

falling stock markets       even more superstitious    much less

constructive action     less lucky    worked      more satisfied

exams   trust     revision

Let's talk

Task 1

mystery     inside out    largest    three million     outside

inner     his theory   used up    the base     137-meter

purpose   tall, narrow    100,000 or so    radar 

Further listening and speaking

Further listening

Task 1    ABDDB

Task 2    AABBA

Task 3

1. The magician did the same tricks over and over again.

2. The captain's parrot watched every show and began to understand what the magician did in each trick. Once he understood that, he started shouting in the middle of the show.

3. Each time the parrot revealed one of his secrets, the audience roared with laughter. The 4. performance he intended to be dark and mysterious turned into a comedy.

4. The ship collided with an enormous iceberg and sank. The magician found himself on a piece of wood, in the middle of the ocean, and the parrot was by his side.

5. He said, "OK, I give up. But I hope you'll tell me what trick you are going to do with the boat."

Viewing and speaking

Task 1

 feet    shapes   theory   man-made    look after    experts

a million    outer space     extraterrestrial    conceivable

circle maker   image    explain     genuine    lifting out of

rubbish    mystery    mysterious    farmers   catch

appear     landscape

Unit test 6

DACCC

discovered

eager

died

convincing

writing

Indians

taught

The Easter Islanders lived on sweet potatoes they farmed. These sweet potatoes came from the Americas

Remember that the distances involved were great, further than the distance from Europe to the closest place in the Americas

a few American Indians could have reached Easter Island, because of a storm, and brought the seeds of sweet potatoes with them

BDACD

ADDDC ABCCC