The very honest Austrian bus driver

You are going to

• listen to the story of a man who found a lot of money in a bag
• do a listening comprehension activity
• practise the 2nd conditional

1) Discuss

• What would you do if you stumbled across a bag containing just over half a million dollars?
• Would you take it and say nothing or would you do the right thing and hand it in to the police?

2) Listen
Listen to the radio clip.
You are going to hear about a bus driver who found a lot of money in a bag.

• How much money was in the bag?

listen to ‘The very honest Austrian bus-driver’ on Audioboo

3) Practise
Now do the quiz

4) Read
Go to the link below and read the text
Find out

• How old was the elderly lady?
• What was the bus driver's name?
• How did the police trace the owner of the money?
• What did he bus driver's employers think of him?

Click here to read http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20631852







5) Discuss

• Do you think the driver should have got a reward?
• Do you think he should have got more?

6) Write
The bus driver wanted to meet the lady.
Imagine their conversation when they meet.

• Where do they meet?
• What do you think they say to each other?
• What questions do you think the driver asks the lady?
• Does she give him a reward?

Printable worksheet here





7) Speak
2nd Conditional
Look at the presentation below and discuss the questions

                     If... 2nd conditional from David Mainwood

More
2nd Conditional
http://efllecturer.blogspot.com.es/2011/12/what-would-happen-if-2nd-conditional.html

Excellent clip using "The Big Bang Theory" http://www.luizotaviobarros.com/2012/12/teach-second-conditional.html

Gap-fills
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-2/exercises

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-2/exercises?02

How much does the internet weigh?

You are going to

• watch a video about the internet and answer some questions
• look at an infographic and do a multiple choice exercise
• practise the language of trends and graphs

1) Discuss

• What do you know about the internet?
• How many people in the world use it now?
• What do you think are are the most popular online activities?
• How much does the internet weigh?

Watch the video and find out.

2) Practise
Now do this True / False exercise on the information in the video clip

What do you think is the most "mind blowing" fact in the clip?







3) Read
Look at this infographic. What does it show?

infographic by http://open-site.org/



Look at the infographic again and do the multiple choice and matching exercises below.
1) Gap-fill

2) Matching exercise. Relative clauses - who / which / that

Printable exercises here

4) Practise

Look at the presentation below.

What language do you know for describing graphs and bar charts?

                  IELTS Task 1 vocab from David Mainwood

5) Write (IELTS)
Try this IELTS academic task 1 writing question on computer ownership.

The graphs above give information about computer ownership as a percentage of the population between 2002 and 2010, and by level of education for the years 2002 and 2010.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.
http://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/prepare-test/free-sample-tests/writing-sample-test-1-academic/writing-task-1


Go here for excellent advice on how to plan and write an IELTS academic task 1 writing question

Dominic Cole's IELTS and Beyond
http://www.dcielts.com/writing-2/academic-task-1/








More
More IELTS task 1 vocabulary
http://www.goodluckielts.com/ielts-writing-task-1-vocabulary.html



Read
Are you addicted to the internet? Take the test
http://counsellingresource.com/lib/quizzes/net-addiction-testing/internet-addiction/

Will the internet become conscious?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121121-will-the-net-become-conscious



More All Time 10s http://www.youtube.com/user/alltime10s



Why not try this?
http://efllecturer.blogspot.com.es/2012/07/what-is-weight-of-human-race.html