W e m u s t b e li e v e in lu c k .

F o r h o w e l s e c a n w e e x p la in
t h e s u c c e s s o f t h o s e w e d o n ’t lik e ?
Jean Cocteau, French writer and artist

9A Lucky encounters

1 GRAMMAR third conditional 2 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress

a C o m p le te th e s e n te n c e s w ith th e c o r r e c t fo r m o f th e a L is te n a n d c o m p le te t h e s e n te n c e s .

1 W e ’d h a v e g o t t e n t o t h e m o v ie t h e a t e r o n t im e i f
w e ’d taken a taxi .
2 I f y o u ’d _______________ m e a b o u t t h e _________________,
would have arrived I ’d h a v e g o n e .
o n t i m e i f t h e t r a i n h a d n ’t b r o k e n d o w n , (a r r iv e ) 3 S h e w o u ld h a v e b o u g h t t h e c o a t i f i t _______________
3 hadn't forgotten
I f h e __________________________________________________________ b e e n s o _______________ .
h is k e y s , h e w o u ld n ’t h a v e g o n e b a c k h o m e , ( n o t fo r g e t) 4 I f I ’d _______________ y o u w e r e ________________ . I w o u ld n ’t
4 had checked
Y o u w o u ld h a v e s e e n m y m e s s a g e i f y o u _________________ h a v e c a lle d .
____________________________ y o u r c e l l p h o n e , (c h e c k ) 5 I f t h e y ________________________________ s o b a d ly in t h e
5 would have missed
I _______________________________________________________________ s e c o n d h a lf , t h e y w o u ld h a v e w o n t h e g a m e .
t h e f l i g h t i f t h e p la n e h a d n ’t b e e n d e la y e d , (m is s ) 6 T h e f lig h t w o u ld h a v e b e e n c h e a p e r i f w e ’d ________________
6 I f y o u ’d c o n c e n t r a t e d o n w h a t y o u w e r e d o in g , y o u l a s t ________________.
wouldn't made
b L i s t e n a g a in a n d r e p e a t t h e s e n t e n c e s . C o p y t h e r h y t h m .
s o m a n y m is t a k e s , ( n o t m a k e )
7 woukldn't have worn
I f I ’d k n o w n it w a s g o in g t o s n o w , I _______________________
_______________________________ a c o a t , (w e a r) 3 VOCABULARY making adjectives
8 wouldn't have invited
W e ______________________________________________________ Jo e and adverbs
i f w e ’d k n o w n y o u d id n ’t lik e h im . ( n o t in v ite )
a C o m p l e t e t h e c h a r t w i t h t h e t w o a d je c t i v e f o r m s o f
b C o m p le te th e s e c o n d s e n t e n c e s o th a t it m e a n s th e
e a c h n o u n in th e b o x .
s a m e a s th e fir s t.

1 I g o t to t h e r e s t a u r a n t la t e b e c a u s e I w e n t to t h e w r o n g care eomf-or-f fortune luck patience

p la c e f ir s t .
I f I h a d n ’t g o n e t o t h e w r o n g p la c e f i r s t , I wouldn’t 0 0
have gotten to the restaurant late .
a d je c t iv e en d in g 1 c o m fo rta b le 2 uncom fortable
2 T h e y c a lle d u s b e c a u s e t h e y h a d a p r o b le m .
in -able
T h e y w o u ld n ’t h a v e c a lle d u s _____________________________
if they hadn't had a proble m a d je c t iv e en d in g 3 fortumate 4 unfortunate
in - a t e
3 H e le n d id n ’t h a v e t h e r ig h t q u a l i f i c a t i o n s s o s h e d id n ’t
g e t t h e jo b .
a d je c t iv e en d in g 5 careless 6 uncareless
in -ful / -less
I f H e le n h a d h a d t h e r ig h t q u a l i f i c a t i o n s , _______________
she would have gotten the job a d je c t iv e en d in g 7 patient 8 unpatient
in -ient
4 A le x w a s n ’t v e ry c a r e f u l w ith h i s g la s s e s , s o h e
a d je c t iv e en d in g lucky unluky
b r o k e th e m . 9 10
in -y
I f A le x h a d b e e n m o r e c a r e f u l w i t h h i s g l a s s e s ,_________
he wouldn't have broked them

5 Y o u g o t l o s t b e c a u s e y o u d id n ’t f o l lo w m y d ir e c t i o n s .
Y o u w o u ld n ’t h a v e g o t t e n l o s t ____________________________
if you had followed directions

6 W e d id n ’t p la y t e n n i s t h i s a f t e r n o o n b e c a u s e it
w a s w in d y .
I f it h a d n ’t b e e n s o w in d y t h i s a f t e r n o o n , _______________
we would have played tennis

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b C o m p l e t e t h e t e x t w i t h t h e c o r r e c t a d je c t i v e 4 LISTENING
o r a d v e rb o f th e n o u n s in p a re n th e s e s .
a L is t e n t o fiv e s p e a k e r s t a lk in g a b o u t s u p e r s titio n s .
M a t c h th e s p e a k e rs w ith th e p ic tu re s .

b L i s t e n a g a i n a n d m a t c h t h e s p e a k e r s w i t h t h e s e n t e n c e s b e lo w .

Sp eaker 1 Sp eaker 4
d
b ____
Sp eaker 2 Sp eaker 5
c a
A n A m e ric a n te e n a g e r m ad e a 1 careless
Sp eaker 3
( c a r e ) m i s t a k e y e s te r d a y w h e n h e f o r g o t
e
t o c h e c k a r iv e r f o r a l l i g a t o r s b e f o r e g o in g
s w i m m in g . K a le b L a n g d a le fo u n d h i m s e l f a H e / S h e w a s fr u s tr a te d b y th is s u p e r s titio n .

confortable
in t h e 2_________________ ( c o m f o r t ) p o s it io n b F ie / S h e d o c s s o m e t h i n g d a n g e r o u s b e c a u s e o f a s u p e r s t i t i o n .

o f s h a r i n g t h e w a t e r w ith a n a llig a t o r , c H e / S h e s a y s t h a t t h i s s u p e r s t i t i o n u s e d t o b e a k in d o f s e lf - d e f e n s e ,

w h ic h s t a r t e d t o a t t a c k h im . H e w a s d H e / S h e d o e s s o m e th in g to m a k e s o m e th in g g o o d h ap p en ,
lucky e H e / S h e s a y s t h i s s u p e r s t i t i o n is a s s o c ia t e d w i t h d e a th .
3 _______________ (lu c k ) e n o u g h t o e s c a p e
t h e f i r s t a t t a c k a n d h e b e g a n to s w im c L is te n a g a in w ith th e a u d io s c r ip t o n p. 7 5 .
t o t h e b a n k , w h e r e h is f r ie n d s w e r e
4 _______________ ( d e s p e r a t io n ) w a itin g fo r h im .
fortunate
3_________________ (fo r tu n e ), th e te n -fo o t
a n i m a l a t ta c k e d a g a in , a n d t h i s t im e it h eld
luky
o n t o K a l e b ’s a r m . 6_________________ (lu c k ),
K a le b m a n a g e d t o g e t a w a y , b u t h e lo s t h is
r ig h t a r m in t h e p r o c e s s . K a le b is n o w r e s t i n g
confortable
7_________________ ( c o m f o r t ) i n t h e h o s p it a l,
d e s p ite h is h o r r i f i c i n ju r i e s . H e r e c o m m e n d s
t h a t a n y b o d y w h o g o e s s w i m m i n g in t h e
C a l o o s a h a t c h e e R i v e r in F lo r id a c h e c k
careless
t h e w a t e r 8_________________ ( c a r e ) b e f o r e
ju m p in g in .

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 5 READING b R e a d th e a r t ic le in th e c o r r e c t o r d e r a n d a n s w e r th e
q u e s tio n s .
a R e a d t h e a r t ic le o n c e a n d n u m b e r t h e
1 W h e n did M r . a n d M r s . H a m ilt o n h e a r t h e a c c id e n t h a p p e n ?
p a r a g r a p h s in th e c o r r e c t o rd e r.
T hey heard it after they had gon e to bed. __________________
2 W h a t d id th e y s e e w h e n t h e y lo o k e d o u t t h e i r b e d r o o m
w in d o w ?

2 3 W h y h a d M r . H a m ilt o n in s t a lle d s e c u r it y c a m e r a s in
A __ After he had seen the pictures of the crash, Mr. Hamilton
h is y ard ?
called emergency services. The police came immediately
and an ambulance arrived on the scene soon after. A
4 W h y d id t h e c a r c r a s h t h r o u g h t h e w a ll o f
spokesperson from the ambulance service said that the
M r . H a m i l t o n ’s y a r d ?
couple both had minor injuries, but only one of them had
been taken to the hospital. A neighbor said that she had seen
the young couple having an argument in the car when the 5 W h a t h a p p e n e d t o t h e b o y f r ie n d ?
accident happened.

B __6 Instead of going downstairs to talk to the couple in 6 W h a t h a p p e n e d t o t h e c o u p le w h e n e m e r g e n c y s e r v i c e s

a r r iv e d ?
his yard, Mr. Hamilton went to look at the pictures on his
security cameras. He had installed the cameras a few years
earlier to deter people from stealing the potted plants outside 7 W h a t did a n e ig h b o r sa y a b o u t t h e c o u p le in t h e a c c id e n t?
his front door. The Hamiltons live on the corner of a road that
leads to the main road, and passersby can easily step over the 8 W h y a r e t h e r e s o m a n y a c c id e n t s o n t h a t c o r n e r ?
low wall that surrounds his yard. When he played back the
pictures of the accident, he could not believe his eyes.
c L o o k a t th e h ig h lig h te d w o r d s a n d p h r a s e s . W h a t d o
C J_ An elderly couple from Central England, had a shock y o u th in k th e y m e a n ? U s e y o u r d ic tio n a r y to lo o k up
last night after they had gone to bed. Seventy-five-year old t h e ir m e a n in g a n d p r o n u n c ia tio n .
Howard Hamilton and his wife were just falling asleep when
they heard a big bang in their front yard. They both jumped d C o m p le te t h e s e n te n c e s w ith o n e o f th e h ig h lig h te d
straight out of bed to look out the window and see what had w o rd s o r p h ra se s.
happened. What they saw was a badly damaged car lying 1 I had a sh ock l a s t n ig h t w h e n t h e p h o n e r a n g a t
in their front yard. Next to the car there was a young couple m id n ig h t .
hugging each other. Once Mr. Hamilton realized that nobody emergency services
2 Y o u s h o u ld a lw a y s c a l l ___________________________________i f
had been hurt, he decided to go and find out what had
t h e r e is a f i r e i n y o u r h o u s e .
caused the accident. the
around
3 T h e li b r a r y is j u s t ___________________________________
3
D __ Apparently, this is the fourth time that a car has corner
_________________ fro m m y h o u se.
driven through the wall of Mr. Hamilton’s yard. This is 4 R a c h e l f e l l o f f h e r b ik e y e s te r d a y , b u t lu c k ily s h e o n ly
because drivers often go around the corner too fast, and lose minur injures
h a d ___________________________________.
control of their vehicles. Mr. Hamilton’s sister Joyce, who 5 lose control
I f y o u d riv e f a s t , i t ’s e a s y t o _________________________________
lives next door, said that it had been lucky that nobody had o f th e c a r an d c ra s h .
been walking on the sidewalk. She said that she didn’t know passerby
6 _________________ d e s c r i b e d w h a t h a p p e n e d t o t h e p o lic e .
what would have happened if there had been somebody
there. Regarding the number of accidents that have
happened on the corner, she said, “We’re getting used to it.”
USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES
E_ 5 On the recording, he saw that the girlfriend had
L e a rn th ese w ords and p h rases.
been driving the car. He watched her turn the corner and
lose control of the car. The car crashed right through the c o u n t r y s id e / 'k A n tr is a id / u p s e t (a d j) /A p 'sst/
wall of his yard and came to a stop in the middle of the s t r a n g e r (n o u n ) / 's t r e i n d ja r / f e e l lo n e ly / f il T o o n li/
lawn. But the most dramatic thing is what had happened to h it c h h i k e / 'h i t jh a i k / g e t t o t h e (to p )
her boyfriend. Before the crash, the sunroof of the car had m is s (th e c o n n e c t i o n ) / m is / / 'g e t ta ð ə /
been open. When the car hit the wall, Mr. Hamilton saw the in o r d e r t o (d o s o m e th in g )
p o u r (g a s in t o a c a r ) /p a r/
boyfriend fly out of the sunroof and land heavily on the lawn. / in 'o rd a r ta r /
s h iv e r /'JTvar/
Miraculously, he was not hurt. Instead, he got up, and went to
find his girlfriend. She didn’t seem to be badly injured either
- she appeared to be wearing her seat belt when the accident
happened.
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