Modul 2: Story 20 Goodbye, mother
Video 01 Presentation 1
Video 02 Presentation 2
Video 03 Presentation 3
Audio 01 The story
Goodbye, mother
Owen is a young man. He lives by himself in a flat. He has a good job and a car of his own. He wears fine clothing to work.
One day after work, Owen stopped at the supermarket to buy a few things. He needed bread, milk, and eggs. An old woman followed him around the store. She had grey hair and walked slowly.
She followed him when he got his bread. She followed him when he got his eggs. And, she followed him when he got his milk. Finally, he went to pay for his groceries, but the old woman went in line in front of him.
“Excuse me,” she said, “I am sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable.” Owen smiled at her. He did not know what to say. “But, you look just like my son who died recently.”
Owen felt very sad. “I am very sorry,” he replied. “Is there anything I can do for you?”
“Yes,” she said. “When I leave, can you say, ‘Goodbye Mother’? It would make me feel so happy.”
“Yes, I can do that,” Owen said. He was happy to help the old woman feel better. As the old woman left the store, Owen called out, “Goodbye, Mother!” The old woman did not turn around or wave back at him.
Owen stepped up to pay for his groceries. The young woman who worked at the store said, “Your total is £109.75.”
“How can that be?” he asked. “I only bought bread, eggs, and milk!”
“Your mother said that you would pay for her,” said the young woman
Video 04 Part A
Audio 02 Questions Part A
1. Is Owen a teenager boy?
2. Does he live with his family in a detached house?
3. Does he drive the company car?
4. Does he wear fine clothing to work?
5. Did he stop at a corner shop to buy a few things after work?
6. Did he need to top up his phone?
7. Did an old woman follow Owen in the parking lot?
8. Did the old woman walk slowly?
9. Did she go in line together with Owen?
10. Did the old woman’s son die long ago?
11. Did Owen feel very sad?
12. Was Owen upset to help the old woman?
13. Did he call out “Goodbye, Mother!”, as the old woman left the store?
14. Did the shop assistant think the old woman was Owen’s mother?
Video 05 Part B
Audio 03 Questions Part B
1. Who is a young man?
2. Who lives by himself in a flat?
3. Who followed Owen around the store one day?
4. Who went in line behind the old woman?
5. Who didn’t turn around or wave back at Owen?
6. Who told Owen the total of his shopping was £109.75?
Video 06 Part C
Audio 04 Questions Part C
1. Is Owen an old man or a young man?
2. Does he have a car of his own or does he drive his parents’ car?
3. Does he wear casual clothing or fine clothing for work?
4. Did Owen stop at the local market after work one day or did he stop at the supermarket?
5. Did he need some food or a phone top-up?
6. Did some cheeky kids follow him around the supermarket or did an old woman follow him?
7. Did the old lady have dark hair or grey hair?
8. Did she say that her son or her husband had died recently?
9. Was Owen happy with the total of £109.75 or was he shocked at it?
Video 07 Part D
Audio 05 Questions Part D
1. Who does Owen live with?
2. Where does he live?
3. Whose car does he use?
4. What kind of clothing does he wear for work?
5. When did he stop at the supermarket one day?
6. Why did he stop at the supermarket?
7. What was the old lady like?
8. How did she walk?
9. Where in the line did the lady stand?
Video 08 Part E
Audio 06 Questions Part E
Ask me…
1.
a. if Owen is an old man.
b. who Owen is.
2.
a. if Owen lives with his parents.
b. who Owen lives with.
3.
a. if he stopped at the supermarket before work.
b. when he stopped at the supermarket.
4.
a. if he needed bread, milk and eggs from the supermarket.
b. what he needed from the supermarket.
5.
a. if a homeless man followed him around the store.
b. where an old woman followed him.
6.
a. if the old woman went in line behind Owen.
b. where the old woman went.
7.
a. if Owen felt sad for the old lady.
b. how Owen felt.
8.
a. if the old woman tricked Owen into paying for her shopping.
b. what the old woman did to Owen.
Video 09 Part F
Audio 07 Questions Part F
Audio 08 Variations
The story
Owen stopped at the supermarket to buy some bread, milk and eggs. An old woman followed him around the store. When Owen went to the cash register, the old woman went in line in front of him and apologised to bother him. She told him that her son had died recently and Owen felt sorry for her. When Owen asked her how he could help, the woman said he could say “goodbye mother” when she left. Owen did so, but then got a shock when the shop-assistant said his total was £109.75. The shop assistant thought the old woman was Owen’s mother.
Owen’s story
I stopped at the supermarket to buy some bread, milk and eggs. An old woman followed me around the store. When I went to the cash register, the old woman went in line in front of me and apologised to bother me. She told me that her son had died recently and I felt sorry for her. When I asked her how I could help, the woman said I could say “goodbye mother” when she left. I did so, but then got a shock when the shop-assistant said my total was £109.75. The shop assistant thought the old woman was my mother!
The old woman’s story
A young man stopped at the supermarket to buy some bread, milk and eggs. I followed him around the store. When he went to the cash register, I went in line in front of him and apologised to bother him. I told him that my son had died recently and I think the young man felt sorry for me. When he asked me how he could help, I said he could say “goodbye mother” when I left. He did so, but then I think he got a shock when the shop-assistant said his total was £109.75. I told the shop assistant that I was this young man’s mother, and he would pay for everything.