Write 6 to 8 more lines of dialogue for the phone conversation

Then change each line of dialogue to reported speech.

Tom: I heard that Ahmed and his wife are fl ying to Jeddah this week.

Tom said he heard that Ahmed and his wife were fl ying to Jeddah this week.

Faisal: I thought Ahmed didn’t like fl ying.

Faisal said that he thought Ahmed didn’t like fl ying.

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4 Conversation

Real Talk

split up = stopped being friends

on again, off again = something that is not stable for good = permanently

behind (someone’s) back = without (someone) knowing backstabber = a person who says bad things about another

person behind his/her back bad-mouth = to criticize someone to other people

Your Turn

Role-play with a partner. Make up some gossip to tell your partner. Discuss the gossip, using the phrases for telling a secret and promising to keep a secret.

About the Conversation

1. What news does Keiko give Anna?

2. Why is Anna surprised at Stacy?

3. What is Anna’s response to Keiko’s suggestion?

Telling a Secret Promising to Keep a Secret

Can you keep a secret? I promise I won’t tell anyone.

Please don’t tell anyone I told you this, but… I won’t say a word about it.

You’ll never believe what I heard. My lips are sealed.

You’re not going to believe this, but… You can trust me.

4 They Said, We Said

Anna: Hello.

Keiko: Anna, I’m so glad I found you. You’ll never believe what I just heard. Ella and Susan had a huge argument and split up.

Anna: Again? That’s a real on again, off again friendship!

Keiko: Yes, but this time I hear it’s for good.

Anna: What happened?

Keiko: Rumor has it that Ella told Susan she was tired of her talking about herself and her problems and never wanting to listen to her. But the real reason was that she was really upset because she found out that Susan had been talking about her behind her back.

Anna: But she hadn’t, had she?

Keiko: No. But Stacy told Ella that she had heard Susan talking about her.

Anna: I thought Stacy was supposed to be Susan’s friend. What a backstabber! Why would she bad-mouth Susan like that?

Keiko: Isn’t it obvious? She said it because she wants to become Ella’s friend. But that’ll never happen because we’ll set things right!

Anna: We will? How are we going to do that?

Keiko: We’re going to talk to Ella and tell her that Stacy was lying. And we’ll do it in front of Stacy.

Anna: Oh, no. I don’t want to do that. You’re better at this sort of thing. I hate confrontation.

Keiko: But we need to confront Stacy with this. If we don’t, she’ll do it again. And it’s not right for Ella and Susan to fall out over a lie. They’d have gotten over that other issue about listening to each other but not this. Would you forgive me if you found out I had talked about you behind your back?

Anna: Absolutely not. Have you?

Keiko: Anna! This is not about us. It’s about Ella and Susan; they’ve been friends since kindergarten.

Anna: Well, so have we. OK, OK, Let’s do it!

Keiko: Great! I’ll call you back later with more details.

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Teacher’s Guide

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4 Conversation

zAsk students to open their books to page 48 and look at the picture of the two girls. Ask: What do you think the woman is doing? (She is dialing a number) Ask:

Who do you think she is calling? (maybe her best friend)

zTell student to close their books.

zWrite on the board: Who does Susan like? (one of the girls who is talking, Anna) Ask students to listen to the conversation for the answer to this question.

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Play the audio. Have students listen with the conversation covered or their books closed.

zAsk for the answer to the question on the board. Tell students to open their books.

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Play the audio again. Have students listen and read along in their books.

zAsk: Does this sound like a common conversation between two young people? Elicit students’ opinions.

Real Talk

zModel the expressions in the Real Talk box for students to repeat. Then ask who said each one and why. Possible answers include the following:

split up (Keiko says this, meaning that Ella and Susan are not friends anymore.)

on again, off again (Anna says this to describe Ella and Susan’s friendship, meaning that they often split up and then be friends again.)

for good (Keiko says this, meaning that this time Ella and Susan will not be friends again.)

behind his back (Keiko says this, meaning that Susan had been talking about Ella, without her knowing.) backstabber (Anna says this, meaning that Stacy said unkind things about Susan when she was supposed to be Susan’s best friend.)

bad-mouth (Anna says this, meaning that Stacy said bad and untrue things about Susan to Ella.)

zAsk students some questions to elicit use of the expressions. Allow students to answer the questions with a partner. For example, ask:

Do you know friends who have split up recently?

Do you know friends who have an on again, off again friendship?

zHave students practice the conversation in pairs. Have one pair act out the conversation for the class.

About the Conversation

zHave students work in pairs to ask and answer the questions.

zCheck answers as a class by calling on pairs to answer the questions. Ask other students to confi rm whether the answers are correct.

Answers

Answers will vary. Sample answers:

1. Keiko told Anna that Ella and Susan had split up.

2. She thought that Stacy was Susan’s best friend.

3. She is skeptical about it, because she doesn’t like confrontation.

Your Turn

zCall on a student to read the directions aloud.

zFocus students’ attention on the list of phrases for Telling a Secret. Ask a student to read the phrases aloud. Explain that these expressions are commonly used before divulging something that a person should not be telling.

zCall on another student to read aloud the list of phrases for Promising to Keep a Secret. Explain that people often use these phrases to persuade someone else to tell them a secret, regardless of whether or not they intend to keep the secret.

zTell students to try to use some of the Real Talk expressions in their role play.

zAsk a few pairs to act out their conversations for the class.

Language Builder

The word backstabber can be understood by thinking about its parts. A backstabber is a person who literally or metaphorically stabs another person in the back. In other words, the backstabber pretends to be a friend when the other person can see, but when the person doesn’t see, the backstabber does mean or deceitful things to him or her.

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z Read aloud the directions. Have students study the chart to understand what information to listen for.

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Play the audio twice. The fi rst time students just listen.

The second time they complete the chart.

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Play the audio a third time for students to verify and complete their answers.

Answers

Rumor Truth

1. They crashed their father’s van into a delivery van.

It was a hoax set up by their father and the police.

2. They were going to be hospitalized for at least a week.

It was fi lmed as part of a series on sensible driving for young drivers.

3. Their father was going to send them to a boarding school.

It was a hoax set up by their father to scare them into being more careful.

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Ryan: Mike, did you hear what happened with Mat and Jake yesterday?

Mike: No, Ryan. What?

Ryan: They got into a lot of trouble. Apparently, they were driving their father’s car and crashed into a delivery van that was parked near the school.

Mike: Was anyone hurt?

Ryan: Yes! Mat hurt his arm and Jake hit his head on the dashboard. I saw an ambulance that was on the way there and two police cars with sirens on.

Mike: Wow. So what do you think is going to happen?

Ryan: Someone said that they heard the police say that Mat and Jake were going to be hospitalized for at least a week. And their father is going to send them off to a boarding school to keep them out of trouble.

Mike: Wow. Isn’t that a bit harsh?

Ryan: Yeah…Don’t tell anyone what I told you.

Mike: I won’t.

Mike: Hey, Saeed. Did you hear the news about Mat and Jake?

Saeed: No! What’s going on?

Mike: Well, yesterday Ryan saw them crash into a van. They were both badly injured. They had to be taken to hospital in an ambulance.

Saeed: I can’t believe it. I know Mat; he is a friend of mine. He is a good driver.

Mike: What can I say? I’m just telling you the facts.

Saeed: That must be why I didn’t see Mat after school yesterday!

Saeed: Hey Mat! What are you doing here? I heard about all the trouble you got into yesterday.

Mat: What are you talking about?

Saeed: I heard about Ryan seeing you and Jake crash into a van.

He said you had been injured pretty badly and would have to spend a long time in hospital.

Mat: Don’t you know that expression, “Don’t believe everything you hear.”?

Saeed: Huh? But didn’t all that happen?

Mat: Yes. But it was all a hoax, set up by our father to scare us into being more careful. It was also fi lmed as part of a series on sensible driving for young drivers. The police were involved too to make it look more real.

Saeed: A hoax?

Mat: Yes, Saeed, a hoax. Jake and I believed it for a while until we saw our dad standing nearby, fi lming and watching, along with the police and the paramedics. But I tell you, it did the trick. I will think twice before speeding or anything like that. Make believe was enough to drive the message home for good!

6 Pronunciation

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Play the audio twice. The fi rst time, students just listen. The second time, they listen

and repeat, or speak along with the recording.

zCall on students to read the questions aloud with appropriate rising or falling intonation.

7 Vocabulary Building

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zHave students work individually to match the words with their meanings.

Answers

1. c 2. e 3. g 4. f 5. b 6. d 7. a

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zHave students compare answers with a partner.

Workbook

Assign page 35 for additional reading practice.

Teaching Tip

Encourage students to use dramatic expression and props when role playing. Create an atmosphere in which students feel comfortable acting dramatically.

Additional Activity

Make copies of the listening script. Arrange students in groups of four to role-play the script. Ask one group to perform the role play for the class.

A study done by the Social Issues Research Centre in the U.K.

found that 33 percent of men take part in gossiping every day, compared with only 26 percent of women.

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6 Pronunciation

Questions usually serve one of two purposes:

1. To fi nd out information that you don’t already know. This kind of question usually ends with falling intonation.

2. To confi rm that information you believe to be true is correct. This kind of question usually ends with rising intonation.

Listen and practice.

1. What do you think is going to happen?

2. What’s going on?

3. Isn’t that a bit harsh?

4. What are you talking about?

5. Didn’t all that happen?

7 Vocabulary Building

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