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e A fter this story was on the news, several people w rote in with 2 GRAMMAR third conditional
their stories about being helped by strangers. A read The
students, a M atch the sentence halves from the story.
B read The angel. 1 Q If the inspector hadn’t stopped the train
to Leeds,...
2 [__I If the couple hadn’t helped K a rin a ,...
The students
3 O If the man in the car hadn’t stopped, ...
I was living in Korea at the time,
teaching English. I had to leave A she would have been alone without
the country and return again any money.
because of problems with my
B they would have had to walk for miles in
visa, so I booked a ferry to
the cold.
Fukuoka in Japan. I intended
to change some South Korean C he would have missed his connection.
money into Japanese yen when
b Now look at the sentences below. W hich one
I got there, but when I arrived, I discovered it was a holiday in
describes what really happened? W hich one
Japan and all the banks were closed. I didn’t have a credit card, so
I walked from the ferry terminal toward the town wondering what I describes how the situation might have been
was going to do without any Japanese money. I was feeling lonely different?
and depressed when suddenly I heard a young couple speaking
French. I asked them if they spoke any English, and they told me (in 1 If the inspector hadn’t stopped the train, he
good English) that they were Belgian students. When I explained would have missed his connection.
2 The inspector stopped the train, so he didn’t
my problem, they immediately offered to take me around the city
and look for somewhere where I could change money. They paid miss his connection.
for my bus ticket, and they took me to several places, and in the
end, we found a hotel where I was able to change my cash. They c >• p.148 Grammar Bank 9A. Learn m ore
then invited me to join them and their friends for the evening. I had a about the third conditional and practice it.
fantastic night and have never forgotten how they changed all their
plans just to help a stranger. - Karina
3 PRONUNCIATION
The angel
sentence stress
It was a cold Sunday evening
in Manchester. I was a college a 5 4))) Listen and repeat the sentences. Copy
student, and my girlfriend and the rhythm .
I had been invited to dinner with
our tutor at his house about
18 miles away. We decided to go ı if I’d known you were sick, I would have
on my motorcycle, but we hadn’t come to see you.
realized how cold it was, so we 2 if the weather had been better, we
hadn’t dressed warmly enough, and after ten minutes on the bike would have stayed longer.
we were absolutely freezing. When we were about half way there,
the bike started to make a funny noise and then stopped. We had 3 if ı hadn’t stopped to get gas,
run out of gas. We stood at the side of the road, shivering with cold, ı wouldn’t have been late.
and not sure what to do.
4 We would have missed our flight if it
Suddenly a passing car stopped. The driver got out, opened the hadn’t been delayed.
trunk of his car, and took out a can of gas. He walked up to my bike,
opened the gas tank, and poured the gas in. He then closed the
b 5 5))) Listen and w rite five third conditional
tank and got back into his car, without saying a single word, and
sentences.
drove away. We couldn’t believe our luck. We sometimes wonder if
the man who rescued us was an angel... - Andy
c > - Communication G uess th e conditional
A p.106 B p.108.

f In pairs, tell each other your story. Tell your partner:

Where it happened
What the problem was
What the stranger(s) did to help

g W hich o f the three stories do you think was a) the m ost
surprising b) the m ost moving? W hy?

h Have you ever helped a stranger, or been helped by a stranger?
W hat happened?
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