Speed

A – Talk to your partner about these questions:1. Do you usually take the elevator?2. Are you afraid of taking the elevator?3. What would you do if you got stuck in an elevator?

B – You are going to watch a part of the movie “Speed”. First, match the words below with their meanings:

1 Express elevator ( )

An object made or built for a particular purpose

2 Device ( )

A panel that leads to a restricted area

3 Bomb ( )

People who take an elevator, a bus, a plane, etc.

4 Emergency brakes ( )

An elevator which doesn’t stop on every floor

5 To blow ( )

A floor built below ground level

6 Access panel ( )

A device which has been made to explode

7 Basement ( )

To destroy or to be destroyed by an explosion

8 Passengers ( )

Devices that stop an elevator from falling

C – What do you think happens to the elevator? Watch the video and check.D – Why did the elevator fall? What had happened before? Decide whether the sentences are True or False:

( ) The elevator fell because it hadn’t been checked.( ) The elevator fell because someone had detonated a

bomb.( ) The elevator fell because the repair guys hadn’t fixed

it properly.( ) The elevator fell because the cables had broken.( ) The elevator fell because there were too many

people in it.( ) The elevator fell because the emergency brakes had

failed.( ) The elevator fell because there had been an

explosion.

E – Answer the following questions about the movie:1. Had the passengers died when the police arrived?____________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. How many passengers had been stuck in the elevator when the police arrived?____________________________________________________________________________________________________3. Did the passengers die? Who had saved them when the terrorist detonated the

bomb?____________________________________________________________________________________________________

330 – 3rd Conditional

Past PerfectForm: Had + Past Participle of the main verbUse: When two things which happened at the same time in the past are related and when one happened before the other:

When she ________________________ (arrive) home, he ____________________ (go) to school.He ______________________ (eat) when I _______________________ (get) to the restaurant.I _________________________ (call) him last night, but he _______________________ (go) to bed.When he ____________________ (give) me the money, I _____________________ (pay) for the bus.Rozana ___________________ (ask) me to prepare the task, but I __________________________ (prepare) it.

3rd If Clause

Form: If + Past Perfect Would Have + Past ParticipleUse: Something that has already happened in the past and cannot be changed; regrets.

She ___________________ (talk) to him if she ___________________________ (know) he was sick.If someone ______________________ (tell) me, I ______________________ (go-neg.) to the concert.If ________________________ (win) the bingo last night, I ________________________ (travel) to Florianópolis. If I ________________________ (see) the weather report, I __________________________ (bring) a jacket.

3rd Conditional - Examples in Songshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlIEwi9e7mQ