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Unit 6
That’s impossible Reading; Speaking; Pronunciation
6 Monitor to help with any
HOW ON EARTH
difficulties, but do not interrupt HOW ON EARTH THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE UNIT 6
as this is a fluency activity. You
might also offer ideas if students
have none. At the end of the
exercise, listen to some of the
students’ ideas and encourage
open class discussion. Perhaps the world’s most famous magician,
David Copperfield has entertained his
audiences for years with his fantastic
magic tricks and thrilling illusions. 1
Pronunciation ‘How did he do that?’
The /ʒ/ phoneme
Student’s Book p120
In a 1986 TV special, Copperfield appeared to walk through
the Great Wall of China. 2 First, he stepped into a
Homework box and the audience could see his silhouette on the white
screens around the box. Then, he appeared to enter the
Ask students to write a short wall. Minutes later his silhouette could be seen pushing
out through the wall into a similar box on the other side.
paragraph summarising their The white screens were lifted and there stood the magician, Imagine the scene at one of David
Copperfield’s shows. From the stage, 13 soft
discussion in Exercise 6. on the other side of the wall. balls are thrown into the audience.
4 These 13 volunteers enter a cage,
A live TV event was staged in April 1983. A huge audience which is raised above the stage. The people
inside are given torches to shine at the
Culture notes sat on Liberty Island in New York Harbour, facing the audience, and then a cover is lowered over
Statue of Liberty. There was a column on each side of the
stage and the statue was visible between the two columns. them. When the magician lifts the cover, the
David Seth Kotkin, known A white screen was raised and the statue was hidden from cage is empty – but then, moments later, the
professionally as David Copperfield, view. Minutes later, the screen was lowered, and to the 13 people reappear at the back of the theatre,
still holding the torches they were given.
amazement of the audience, the statue had disappeared.
is a highly successful American 3 Then, as the stunned audience watched, the screen 5 This is David Copperfield’s famous
illusionist and magician. Born in was raised again. But this time, when it was lowered, the Lucky 13 trick, which he performed for
nearly 20 years. How did he do it?
Statue of Liberty was there again.
New Jersey in 1956, Copperfield has
acquired 11 Guinness World Records
and a knighthood from the French Normally magicians guard their secrets, but this time we know the answer. In 2013, 55-year-old chef Gavin
government during his 40-year Cox was at one of Copperfield’s shows in Las Vegas. He was called up to the stage by the magician to take part
in the Lucky 13 illusion. As soon as the cage was covered, he and the other 12 volunteers were pushed quickly
career. into a secret passage and outside the theatre. In the confusion, Mr Cox was injured. “They were shouting ‘Hurry!
Run, run, run’,” he said. He didn’t know where he was going. 6 After the accident, there was a court case
The Great Wall of China is a military and Copperfield had to reveal the trick and the technique of his famous ‘disappearing audience’ illusion.
construction in China. Spanning
the historical northern borders,
some parts were built as early as
7th century BCE and joined together SPEAKING
at various points throughout 6 Work in pairs. Discuss these questions.
history. Its exact route is difficult to 1 What other magic tricks can you think of?
determine as it is not complete in 2 How do you think the Great Wall and the Statue of
places. The idea that the wall can be Liberty tricks were done?
seen from space is a myth. PRONUNCIATION
Th e /ʒ/ phoneme Go to page 120.
The Statue of Liberty (official name:
Liberty Enlightening the World) is 57
a large neoclassical copper sculpture
on Liberty Island, New York harbour
in the United States. It was a gift Activity idea Extension
from the French people to the US
population and was dedicated in If you have access to the internet, do a video search for walking on water
1886. It was designed by the French revealed. During feedback, ask students how they think the trick was done
sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi before showing the video to explain it.
and built in part by Gustave Eiffel.
The statue is of a Roman goddess
of liberty holding a torch above
her head with her right hand, and
in her left hand carrying a tablet
with the date of the US Declaration
of Independence. A broken more
shackle and chain lie at her feet,
to commemorate the then recent
abolition of slavery. Workbook
Pronunciation p119
Worksheets
Project Magic tricks
Communication How do they do it?
Get ing What is your favourite
magic trick?
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