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Vocabulary adjectives (1 ); connecting
VOCABULARY words (1 )

2C AND SKILLS Coincidences Skills Reading: a magazine article;
Listening: a story

QUICK REVIEW Past Continuous Write five
different times of the day. Work in pairs. Ask what
your partner was doing at these times yesterday:
A What were you doing at 8.30 a.m. yesterday?
B I was driving to work.

Many of us experience strange coincidences at some time
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in our lives. For example, we might meet people we know in
a What is 'a coincidence'? Do you know any the most unexpected places. Perhaps when we're on holiday,
interesting stories about coincidences? If so, tell thousands of miles from home, we suddenly see our neighbour on
the class.
the beach. In fact, this type of coincidence is quite common, but
b Before you read, check these words with there are some coincidences which are really incredible. Here are
your teacher. three of the strangest.

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sink (Past Simple: sank) a survivor drown
• An unbelievable coincidence happened on a beach near Salem, USA .
a restaurant owner shoot (Past Simple: shot)
In 1965 a woman called Alice Blaise saved a four-year-old child from
an accident
drowning in the sea. The boy's name was Roger Lausier. In 1974, on the
same beach, Roger saved a man from drowning. The man he saved was
c Read the article. Then match coincidences 1-3
Alice Blaise's husband.
to pictures A-C.
If you're travelling by boat, the luckiest name to have is Hugh Williams.
a Read coincidences 1-3 again and answer the
On 5th December 1660, a boat sank near Dover, England. There was
questions.
just one survivor - a man called Hugh Williams. On 5th December 1767,
1 Who nearly drowned in the sea in 1965? Who another boat sank in the same area and the only survivor was another
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saved him?
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man called Hugh Williams. On 8h August 1820, a boat sank on the
2 What happened at the same beach nine years later?
River Thames and there was only one survivor - his name was also Hugh
3 What do the stories about people called Hugh
Williams. The next extraordinary coincidence in this story happened on
Williams have in common?
10th July 1940. A man and his uncle were the only survivors after a fishing
4 Did the two survivors in 1940 know each other?
boat sank out at sea. They were both called Hugh Williams.
5 What did King Umberto I and the restaurant owner
have in common? Find at least four things. In the nineteenth century King Umberto I of Italy went to a small
restaurant in Monza for dinner. The King noticed that he and the owner
b Work in pairs. Which coincidence do you think is
of the restaurant looked exactly like each other. They began talking and
the most surprising? Why?
discovered some amazing coincidences. They were both born in the
same town on the same day, 14th March 1844, and they both had wives
Vocabulary Adjectives (1) called Margherita. Aso Umberto became king on the same day that the
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restaurant owner opened his restaurant. However, there was one last
a Work in new pairs. Try to match the adjectives in
bold in the article to definitions a-e. Then check in unfortunate coincidence. On 29th July 1900, the restaurant owner died
i!Ntt;i:lil!J;tflt p129. in a shooting accident. While someone was telling King Umberto I about
this, a man shot and killed the king.
a very surprising amazing
b you don't expect it to happen

c unlucky or having a bad result
d very difficult to believe ----
e very unusual

b Work in pairs. Test your partner.