Lesson

Warm Up

In groups of three, pretend you are suicide bombers. Discuss where you would like to blow yourselves up—and why.

Example: I’d like to blow myself up at St James’ Park, because I support Sunderland.

Listening Zone

Read and listen to this conversation on the London Underground.

Abdul: Single to Green Park, please.
Ticket seller: What’s in that rucksack?
Abdul: It’s not a rucksack, it’s a backpack.
Ticket seller: Are you telling me how to speak English? This is England, mate, home of William Shakespeare, not some poxy desert full of camel shit. It’s a fucking rucksack and I want to know what’s in it.
Abdul: Books.
Ticket seller: Books? What kind of books? Books on how to blow yourself up and kill dozens of innocent people?
Abdul: No, books for English language students.
Ticket seller: A likely story.
Woman behind Abdul: Will you get a move on?
Ticket seller: You keep out of this. Every day I’m trying to save the Piccadilly Line from Muslim fucking terrorists and all some people do is whinge. (To Abdul) Women!
Abdul: I know, they’re just the same in my country.
Ticket seller: Is that right? Course, you lot got the right idea, not letting them vote or anything. All right, here’s your ticket, mind how you go.
Abdul: Thank you. Goodbye.
Ticket seller: Next!

Now practise the dialogue with a partner.

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Language Spot

Underline all the questions in the above dialogue. Then write the questions on small pieces of coloured paper and stick them up around the classroom. Then see if the teacher can come up with something creative that involves movement.

Teachers: Sorry, you are on your own for this one.

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Practice Pod

Bomb-making is easy. Here is a recipe for making plastic explosives from boardmarker ink.

• Student A, use the instructions below.
• Student B, turn to page 542 (Activity 5.3 B ii).

In pairs, pretend to ask questions about each other’s handout, while peeking.

Example:

Student A: What do we do to the school’s boardmarkers?
Student B: Steal them.

Student A

1. First,      steal      the school’s boardmarkers and drain off the ink.
2. Next, ________ the ink and add shoe polish, while stirring.
3. ________ the solution cool, then filter out the crystals.
4. ________ the crystals with tap water.
5. Heat until it boils and ________ the solution.
6. Then ________ 4 parts KY Jelly with 11 parts paraffin wax.
7. Dissolve this in bleach, and ________ this liquid on to the crystals.
8. Knead this liquid into the crystals.
9. Finally, ________ the explosive in a cool, dry place.
10. Now choose your target!