“In The Ghetto”(Performed By Elvis Presley)

Third Conditional

BEFORE LISTENINGVocabulary Presentation

Ghetto Criminal

A Helping Hand Famine

What do you think this song is about?Discuss with you partner.

WHILE LISTENING

( ) A hungry little boy with a runny nose plays in the street.( ) His mom cries.( ) He learns how to steal and fight in the ghetto.( ) He breaks away.( ) He buys a gun.( ) He doesn´t get far.( ) A baby boy is born.

Listen to the song and write the facts below in chronological order:

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“People, don't you understand, the child needs a helping hand Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day.

Take a look at you and me, are we too blind to see? Do we simply turn our heads and look the other way?”

The author thinks criminals are children who need help.Do you agree with him? Why? Why not?

Past unreal conditional•We use the past unreal condition to talk about

situations that didn´t happen in the past.• In the if clause, we use the past perfect.

• In the main clause, we use would have + Past Participle

If we had given him a helping hand, he wouldn´t have become a criminal.

Third Conditional

Let´s think what might have happened differently if...

1. the boy hadn´t been born in the ghetto.

2. the boy hadn´t felt so hungry.

3. the boy hadn´t bought a gun.

4. we had taken a look at him.

If the boy hadn´t been born in the ghetto, he would probably have had better opportunities.

If the boy hadn´t felt so hungry, he wouldn´t probably have become a criminal.

If the boy hadn´t bought a gun, he wouldn´t have stolen a car .

If we had taken a look at him, he would probably have felt loved, and he wouldn´t have become a criminal.

AFTER LISTENING

You want to donate money for charity. Choose a non-profit organization to do so

and explain why.