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Unit 10
Unbelievable news Listening; Grammar; Speaking; Writing

7 Write some of the students’
ideas on the board, but do not uNbELIEvAbLE NEWS uNIT 10
comment at this stage. LISTENING
RULE: In reported 4 ,
SPEAKING You are going to listen to an interview
SPEAKING
8 10.04 7 with Janice Gordon, a foreign correspondent. we use if or whether and the same word order as in
a statement.
1 T 2 F (Her work is dangerous What do you think her job involves? Compare your In reported 5 , we use
the question word and the same word order as in
some of the time, but not all the ideas in pairs. a statement. We do not use auxiliaries.
10.04 Janice is being interviewed about her

time.) 3 F (She couldn’t imagine 8 work by a group of students at a careers fair. In reported 6 , we use
asked + person + infinitive.
working in an office.) 4 T 5 T 6 T Listen to the interview and mark the sentences
T (true) or F (false). 12 Here are more questions the students asked Janice.
9 10.04 Ask students to answer 1 A lot of the time, Janice is not at home. Write them as reported speech. Be careful with the
as many of the questions as they 2 Her work is always dangerous. word order.
3 Sometimes, she would prefer to be a reporter
0 ‘When did you start this job?’
can from memory before you play in an office. One of the students asked her when she had
the audio to check. 4 In some cases it’s important that she’s started that job.
physically fit.
1 get close to the action 2 She’s 5 Not everyone trusts her reports are an accurate 1 ‘Which newspaper do you work for?’
2 ‘Where are you going next?’
helped by drivers, translators reflection of what happened. 3 ‘Have you ever been scared in your job?’
and people who arrange 6 She thinks she is lucky to have her job. 4 ‘Is your job well-paid?’
5 ‘Who is your boss?’
interviews. 3 She has to 9 10.04 Listen again and answer the questions. workbook page 91
train. 4 running ten kilometres 1 What does a correspondent have to do to
‘get a really good story’?
with a heavy pack on her back 2 How does Janice rely on the help of local people SPEAKING
5 Yes. She says it’s a fantastic job. in her work? 13 Work in groups of four. Imagine you are journalists.
3 What does she sometimes have to do in order You are going to interview some well-known
to get fit? people you have never met before. Agree together
10 Discuss any interesting points as 4 She mentions one thing she didn’t enjoy. on four people. For each person, write four or five
a class. Ask: Do you think foreign What was it? questions to ask them.
correspondents are necessary? 5 Does she recommend her job? Why (not)? 14 Act out the interviews. One of you is the famous
Why (not)? 10 SPEAKING Work in pairs and discuss the questions. person. The others ask questions and write down
SPEAKING
the answers.
1 Would you like to be a foreign correspondent?
Why (not)? 15 Each group reports to the class about the
26 Grammar video! 2 Which place(s) do you think would be the most group’s interviews.
difficult for Janice to go to right now? Why?
Reported questions and GRAMMAR Grammar video 26 We talked to Harry Styles.
requests Reported questions and requests We asked him when he started
11 Here are three sentences from the interview singing. He said he had always sung …
with Janice. Which are questions and which are
requests? Write the direct questions and complete
11 Remind students they may need the rule with requests, yes/no questions or
to change pronouns and add wh- questions. WRITING
auxiliaries when transforming 1 You asked me if my job was dangerous. A magazine article
2 He asked me to run ten kilometres.
sentences from indirect to direct 3 Just now, someone asked me why I do [this job]. 16 Write a magazine article about one of your
speech. a ‘Is ?’ interviews. Make sure you do these things.
Write 200-250 words.
1 question 2 request 3 question b ‘Can , please?’ • Give a short introduction to the person.
a your job dangerous c ‘Why ?’ • Say why you chose to interview this person.
b you run ten kilometres • Include reported questions and statements.
c do you do that/your job
RULE: 4 yes/no questions 95
5 wh- questions 6 requests
12 1 One of the students asked her 15 Give students time to change the sentences into reported speech.
which newspaper she worked for.
2 One of the students asked her 16 Students can do the preparation in class and complete the writing at home.
where she was going next. Clarify that students should use reported questions and statements.
3 One of the students asked her if/
whether she had ever been scared in
her job. Homework
4 One of the students asked her if/
whether her job was well-paid. Ask students to report the questions
5 One of the students asked her who from Exercises 9 and 10, starting My
her boss was. partner asked me …
Workbook p91
more
13 Before students do the task, elicit Activity idea Extension
names of famous people that Ask students to write three questions Practice Extra Worksheets
students would like to meet. and two requests about next Unit 10 Practise it! Grammar
weekend. Students work in pairs Worksheets 10
14 Allow students six to eight and take turns to ask a question or Workbook Grammar video!
minutes to prepare their make a request. Their partner then Listening p96, Ex.1–2 Reported questions
interviews. Encourage students puts the question or statement into Grammar p91, Ex.5–8 and requests
to get into character and give reported speech. Developing Writing
detailed answers. p95

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