Modul 2: Story 25 Security system
Video 01 Presentation 1
Video 02 Presentation 2
Video 03 Presentation 3
Audio 01 The story
Security system
Mr and Mrs Young lived in a small town. They had three children. The children
grew up and moved away to the city, but the parents stayed in the small town.
They lived in a small house and were very happy.
Then, Mr Young died. Mrs Young was eighty-five years old. Her children thought
she was too old to live alone. One said to her, “Come and live in a house near
us.” Another child said, “Come and live with me in my house.”
But, Mrs Young did not want to move. She said, “I like my house and this small
town. I am staying here.”
Her children went back to the city. They were worried. Her oldest son called his
sister and said, “There are a lot of burglars there now. One could come into her
house and take her money and nice things. She could be hurt.”
So, that Sunday, the daughter went to her mother’s house. She saw a key on the
ground at the side of the front door. “Mother!” she said. “You should not put
your key there. That is a terrible place! Burglars will see it and open the door!”
Mrs Young smiled. “No burglar will get into my house!”
Her daughter said, “But there is a key right next to the front door!”
“Try to open the door with the key,” Mrs Young said and went back inside.
Her daughter tried to open the door with the key. It made a lot of noise but did
not open the door. Then, suddenly, her mother was standing next to her with a
rolling pin in her hand!
“When I hear the key in the lock, I get this rolling pin and go out through the
back door.”
Video 04 Part A
Audio 02 Questions Part A
1. Did Mr and Mrs Young live in the capital?
2. Did they have three children?
3. Did their children move away?
4. Did the children move abroad?
5. Did the parents leave the small town too?
6. Did Mr and Mrs Young live in a small house?
7. Were the parents worried?
8. Was Mrs Young 85 years old when her husband died?
9. Did her children think that she was too old to live alone?
10.Was Mrs Young’s key right next to the front door?
11.Did her daughter try to open the front door?
12.Did she kick the door open?
13.Did the key open the door?
14.Did the old lady get out through the back door with a rolling pin in her hand?
Video 05 Part B
Audio 03 Questions Part B
1. Who lived in a small town?
2. Who grew up and moved away?
3. Who lived happily together?
4. Who died?
5. Who talked with the widow’s daughter on the phone?
6. Who could come into Mrs Young’s house to steal?
7. Who used a fake key to try to open the front door?
8. Who had a rolling pin as a weapon?
Video 06 Part C
Audio 04 Questions Part C
1. Did the married couple live in the capital or in a small town?
2. Did the Youngs have a lot of children or only three?
3. Did the children move away or stay with their parents?
4. Were the parents very happy or very worried?
5. Was Mrs Young in her seventies or in her eighties?
6. Did her children worry about her or did they feel relieved?
7. Did the daughter go to her mother’s house or to the police?
8. Did Mrs Young’s daughter see a key or a letter on the ground?
9. Was Mrs Young prepared or unprepared for burglars?
Video 07 Part D
Audio 05 Questions Part D
1. Where did the Youngs live?
2. How many children did they have?
3. How happy were Mr and Mrs Young?
4. How old was Mrs Young when her husband died?
5. Why did she refuse to move to her children?
6. When did her daughter go to Mrs Young’s house?
7. What did the daughter see right next to the front door?
8. Which door did Mrs Young go out with a rolling pin in her hand?
Video 08 Part E
Audio 06 Questions Part E
Ask me…
1.
a. if the Youngs lived in a village.
b. where the Youngs lived.
2.
a. if the children moved away after growing up.
b. what the children did after growing up.
3.
a. if Mr Young died young.
b. at what age Mr Young died.
4.
a. if Mrs Young’s oldest son called his sister.
b. who the oldest son called.
5.
a. if the old lady’s children worried about her.
b. how her children felt.
6.
a. if Mrs Young was prepared.
b. what she was like.
7.
a. If Mrs Young used a golf bat.
b. what she used.
8.
a. if the daughter tried to pry the door open.
b. what the daughter tried to do.
Video 09 Part F
Audio 07 Questions Part F
Audio 08 Variations
The story:
Mr and Mrs Young lived in a small town with their 3 children. When the children
grew up, they moved to the city, but the parents stayed in the town. Mr and Mrs
young lived happily, but Mr Young died when Mrs Young was 85. The children
asked her to move into the city, but she liked her house and the town, so she
stayed there. The children were very worried about their mother because a
burglar could break into her house to steal her nice things so her daughter
visited Mrs Young one Sunday. To her surprise, she found a key on the ground,
so she picked it up and tried to unlock the door but the door didn’t open
because the key was wrong. Very soon, her mother was standing behind her
with a rolling pin in her hand.
Mrs Young’s story:
I and my husband lived in a small town with our 3 children. When the children
grew up, they moved to the city, but we stayed in the town. We lived happily,
but my husband died when I was 85. The children asked me to move into the
city, but I liked my house and the town, so I stayed there. The children were very
worried about me because they thought a burglar could break into my house to
steal my nice things so my daughter visited me one Sunday. To her surprise, she
found a key on the ground, so she picked it up and tried to unlock the door but
the door didn’t open because the key was wrong. Very soon, I was standing
behind her with a rolling pin in my hand.