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TIME PARADOX

ACTIVE SPEAKING - PART A

A paradox is a situation that does not seem to follow logic.

What kind of situation is a paradox? A paradox is a situation that does not seem to follow logic.

Take the time traveling story written by Robin Le Poidevin for example.

Who wrote the time traveling story? Robin Le Poidevin wrote the time traveling story.

Tim is a young boy visiting his grandfather in the countryside one summer.

Is Tim an adult or a boy? Tim is a boy. Who is he visiting? He’s visiting his grandfather.

He explores his grandfather’s library and finds something strange.

What does he explore? He explores his grandfather’s library.

In one of the dusty old bookshelves, he finds a curious book with no title.

Are the bookshelves clean? No, the bookshelves aren’t clean. The bookshelves are dusty.

What does he find on one of the dusty old bookshelves? He finds a curious book with no title on one of the dusty old bookshelves.

He opens the book and sees that it is a diary.

What kind of book is it? It is a diary.

Strangely, the handwriting looks familiar.

What’s strange about the handwriting? Strangely, the handwriting looks familiar.

He excitedly reads the diary until he comes to something unimaginable.

Is he excited or bored? He is excited. Does he excitedly read something unimaginable? Yes, he excitedly reads something unimaginable.

There are written instructions on how to build a time machine.

What kind of instructions are there? There are written instructions on how to build a time machine.

Tim studies these detailed instructions and spends the next few years building the time machine.

What does he do for the next few years? He spends the next few years building the time machine.

When it is ready, Tim steps into the machine and turns it on.

What does he do when it’s ready? When it is ready, Tim steps into the machine and turns it on.

He travels 50 years back in time in the blink of an eye.

How long does it take him to travel 50 years back in time? He travels 50 years back in time in the blink of an eye.

He arrives safely, but the machine and the diary are destroyed.

Does he arrive safely? Yes, he arrives safely. What happens to the machine and diary? The machine and the diary are destroyed.

Tim tries to write down everything he can remember about how to build the machine, but it’s no use.

What does Tim write down? Tim writes down everything he can remember about how to build the machine.

The materials he used to build the machine don’t yet exist.

Do the materials he used to build the machine exist? No, the materials he used to build the machine don’t yet exist.

He realizes that the only way back to his original time is the natural way.

What is the only way back to his original time? The only way back to his original time is the natural way.

He must travel in the same slow way that we all do at 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Do we all travel through time at 24 hours a day? Yes, we all travel through time at 24 hours a day.

Tim eventually grows up, marries and has a daughter.

Does Tim grow up and get married? Yes, Tim grows up and gets married. What else does he do? He also has a daughter.

He moves to an old place in the country and puts his diary on a forgotten bookshelf.

Where does he move? He moves to an old place in the country. What does he do with his diary? He puts his diary on a forgotten bookshelf.

One day his grandson comes to visit and finds the diary on the shelves.

Who comes to visit Tim one day? His grandson comes to visit Tim one day. What does he find on the shelves? He finds the diary on the shelves.

Clearly the grandson and the grandfather in this story are the same person.

Who are the grandson and the grandfather? The grandson and the grandfather are both Tim.

Like any paradox, it doesn’t seem possible.

Do paradoxes seem possible? No, paradoxes don’t seem possible.

Young Tim has gone back in time and grown up to become his own grandfather.

Who did young Tim grow up to become? Young Tim grew up to become his own grandfather.

And even stranger, Tim’s daughter grows up to become Tim’s mother.

Who did Tim’s daughter grow up to become? Tim’s daughter grows up to become Tim’s mother.

Aside from the family mix-up, in this story, neither young Tim nor old Tim originally thought of the idea for the time machine.

Did young Tim or old Tim originally think of the idea for the time machine? Neither young Tim nor old Tim originally thought of the idea for the time machine.

So where did it come from? The End.