《Lesson 73》.ppt

Lesson 73 The record-holder By Christine Listening comprehension 1. Answer the following questions. a. Why did the boy become a record-holder? b. Did the boy go where he wanted to? c. Which country did the boy come from? Listening comprehension 2. Fill in the blanks in no more than three words. Children who play truant form school are ___. A quiet days fishing, or eight hours in a cinema ___ the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get. They have all been ___ by a boy who, while playing truant, travelled ___ miles. He hitchhiked to Dover and, ___ evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais. No one noticed the boy as he ___. From there, he hitchhiked to Paris ___. The driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city. The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border. There he was ___ by a policeman and sent back to England by local authorities. He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who dream of ___! Vocabulary learning record-holder unimaginative truant local authority creep in the meantime hitchhike set up a record lorry pick up border evade Analysis of the passage Analysis of the passage Analysis of the passage Oral exercises 1. Tell me something about a record-holder. 2. Did you ever escape school? 3. What do you think of children who play truant from school? Writing exercise Immitate the writer’s style to complete the story, using the words and expressions you have learned. Please pay attention to the conjonctions. * Children who play truant form school are unimaginative. A quiet days fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as