Unit 4 - What a story!

Page 22 - Exercise 2

Perspectives - Surprise endings

Part A - Listen to the news stories. In which news category from exercise 1 do you think each story belongs?

“An attempted robbery took place at Eastern Bank today. A man was trying to rob the bank, but he wasn’t very lucky! While he was escaping from the bank, the robber got caught in the revolving door. The police arrived and took the man to jail.”

” It was a strange soccer match last night. The Bears won the game, but the Lions scored the winning goal for them. As Jake Walters was running toward the ball, he tripped and accidentally kicked it into the wrong goal. The score was Bears 1, Lions 0.”

“An electrical problem at Pax Arena interrupted a Planets concert last night. The planets were performing a new song when the lights went out - but the show went on! The planets continued to play in the dark and the lights came back on an hour later.”