Modul 3: Story 34 The Alien Landing
Video 01 Vocabulary Presentation 1
Video 03 Story Presentation 02
Audio 01 The story
The Alien Landing
Kenneth lives alone in a huge house with an enormous garden. He is retired, so he spends the majority of the days in the week alternating between cleaning the house and taking care of his garden. He has built up a routine which he never strays from. When in the garden, he first waters the flowers, then takes the weeds out of the patio area, trims any wild branches on the trees and shrubs, and finally, he mows the lawn. He even mows the lawn in the same way every time. He starts at the top edge of the grass and then mows in concentric circles until he finishes up in the centre of the lawn. One day, however, things did not follow his routine.
Kenneth had finished his gardening and just needed to mow the lawn. He got halfway through the job when the lawnmower ran out of petrol. He got in his car and drove to the petrol station and returned half an hour later with a can of petrol. When he returned, however, his driveway was riddled with policemen, news reporters, firemen and scientists.
“What on earth is going on?” Kenneth cried out to one of the officers. “This is my house!”
“Sorry sir, you cannot go through. A helicopter flew over your house about fifteen minutes ago, and the pilot saw a huge crop circle in your garden. It is believed there could have been an alien landing.”
“Don’t be ridiculous! I was mowing my lawn! The petrol ran out!”
The policeman didn’t believe him and didn’t budge. “You cannot enter the house, sir.”
Kenneth was furious that he had no access to his own house, so he jumped over the garden wall. There were scientists trampling all over his flowers, his bushes and lawn, collecting samples to test for irregular substances. Kenneth topped up the petrol in the mower and drove straight at the scientists, who quickly jumped out of the way, and he continued to mow the lawn.
Everyone soon understood how the circles had got there and slowly walked away shaking their heads in bitter disappointment.
Video 04 Part A
Audio 02 Questions Part A
- Has Kenneth got a big garden?
- Is Kenneth in the workforce?
- Does he follow a routine in gardening?
- Does he clean the patio area from weeds?
- Does he water the flowers in his garden?
- Does he mow the lawn in straight lines?
- Does he ever stray from his routine?
- Did he have to break his routine one day?
- Was his lawn mower cut off from electricity?
- Did Kenneth have to walk to the petrol station?
- Was his driveway riddled with policemen, news reporters, fireman and scientists?
- Was Kenneth stunned?
- Was he allowed to go through?
- Did he go through anyway?
- Were the policemen, news reporters, fireman and scientists disappointed?
Video 05 Part B
Audio 03 Questions Part B
- Who is retired?
- Who mows the lawn in concentric circles?
- Who drove to the petrol station for petrol?
- Who was on Kenneth’s driveway when he returned from the petrol station?
- Who did not allow him to go through?
- Who had seen a crop circle about 15 minutes earlier?
- Who was collecting samples from his garden?
- Who topped up the petrol in Kenneth’s lawn mower?
Video 06 Part C
Audio 04 Questions Part C
- Is Kenneth retired, or is he still an active worker?
- Does he spend a couple of days or the majority of the days in the week gardening and cleaning the house?
- Does he trim the wild branches only on trees or both on trees and shrubs?
- Does he mow the lawn in concentric circles or in straight lines?
- Did he finish mowing when he ran out of petrol, or did he get halfway through the job?
- Did a policeman or a scientist prevent him from going through?
- Were scientists or policemen trampling over his flowers and bushes?
- Were they interested in Kenneth’s garden or alien DNA?
Video 07 Part D
Audio 05 Questions Part D
- What does Kenneth water first when he does the gardening?
- Which area does he clean from weeds?
- How does he mow the lawn?
- What did he run out of one day?
- Where did he get petrol from?
- How did Kenneth feel when he wasn’t allowed to go through to his house?
- What did he jump over?
- Why did the scientists jump out of his way?
Video 08 Part E
Audio 06 Questions Part E
40.
- Ask me if Kenneth spends the majority of the days working around the house.
- Ask me how Kenneth spends the majority of the weekdays.
41.
- Ask me if Kenneth follows a routine when gardening.
- Ask me how Kenneth does the gardening.
42.
- Ask me if things followed his routine one day.
- Ask me how the routine was broken.
43.
- Ask me if his driveway was riddled with film stars when returned from the petrol station.
- Ask me who his driveway was riddled with.
44.
- Ask me if a policeman refused him access to his property.
- Ask me why a policeman refused him access to his property.
45.
- Ask me if this made Kenneth amused.
- Ask me how this made Kenneth feel.
Audio 08 Story variations
The Alien Landing
Kenneth's Story
The story
Kenneth, who lives alone in a huge house with an enormous garden, is retired, so he spends most of his days working around the house. Over the years he has built up a routine which he never strays from. He starts with watering the flowers, then continues with weeding the patio area, then goes on with trimming wild branches and finally finishes with mowing the lawn.
Kenneth has a strange mowing habit, which is: he mows the lawn in concentric circles.
One day he got halfway through mowing the lawn when his lawn mower ran out of petrol, so he drove to the petrol station in order to get some petrol for the mower. When he returned, he found that his driveway was riddled with policemen, news reporters, firemen and scientists.
When he wanted to go through to his house, he was stopped by a policeman who said there might have been an alien landing in his garden. This made Kenneth furious, and he jumped over the wall, went to his lawn mower, topped up the petrol in the tank and drove straight at the scientists, who jumped out of the way. As soon as the policemen, news reporters, firemen and scientists had realised the situation, they left the scene in bitter disappointment.
Kenneth’s story
I live alone in a huge house with an enormous garden. I am retired, so I spend most of my days working around the house. Over the years I have built up a routine which I never stray from. I start with watering the flowers, then continue with weeding the patio area, then go on with trimming wild branches and finally finish with mowing the lawn.
I have an amusing mowing habit, which is: I mow the lawn in concentric circles.
One day I got halfway through mowing the lawn when my lawn mower ran out of petrol, so I drove to the petrol station in order to get some petrol for the mower. When I returned, I found that my driveway was riddled with policemen, news reporters, firemen and scientists.
When I wanted to go through to my house, I was stopped by a policeman who said there might have been an alien landing in my garden. This made me furious, and I jumped over the wall, went to my lawn mower, topped up the petrol in the tank and drove straight at the scientists, who jumped out of my way. As soon as the policemen, news reporters, firemen and scientists had realised the situation, they left the scene in bitter disappointment.
Video 10 Vocabulary check (Extra)
The Alien Landing
Part 1
Kenneth lives alone in a huge house with an enormous garden. He is retired, so he spends the majority of the days in the week alternating between cleaning the house and taking care of his garden. He has built up a routine which he never strays from. When in the garden, he first waters the flowers, then takes the weeds out of the patio area, trims any wild branches on the trees and shrubs, and finally, he mows the lawn. He even mows the lawn in the same way every time. He starts at the top edge of the grass and then mows in concentric circles until he finishes up in the centre of the lawn. One day, however, things did not follow his routine.
Part 2
Kenneth had finished his gardening and just needed to mow the lawn. He got halfway through the job when the lawnmower ran out of petrol. He got in his car and drove to the petrol station and returned half an hour later with a can of petrol. When he returned, however, his driveway was riddled with policemen, news reporters, firemen and scientists.
“What on earth is going on?” Kenneth cried out to one of the officers. “This is my house!”
“Sorry sir, you cannot go through. A helicopter flew over your house about fifteen minutes ago, and the pilot saw a huge crop circle in your garden. It is believed there could have been an alien landing.”
“Don’t be ridiculous! I was mowing my lawn! The petrol ran out!”
Part 3
The policeman didn’t believe him and didn’t budge. “You cannot enter the house, sir.”
Kenneth was furious that he had no access to his own house, so he jumped over the garden wall. There were scientists trampling all over his flowers, his bushes and lawn, collecting samples to test for irregular substances. Kenneth topped up the petrol in the mower and drove straight at the scientists, who quickly jumped out of the way, and he continued to mow the lawn.
Everyone soon understood how the circles had got there and slowly walked away shaking their heads in bitter disappointment.