Tell a story from two points of view Preparation ‘la Look at the pictures. They show an incident that happened to Bill and Frank after they had been to a party. Match the words in the box to the pictures. laugh your head off thick ice a police car sway all over the place break into a car police cell a slippery road be drunk swear assteep hill b Work in groups. Can you guess what happened to Bill and his friend? is there anything you don't understand from the pictures? 2 Workin groups. Group A:4? 3.4 Listen to what Bill told his lawyer after the incident. Group 8:40! 3.5 Listen to what the old lady told the police. Listen as many times as necessary to be sure of the details. Make notes if necessary. Task 1 Practise re-telling the story with students from the ‘same group. > Useful language a and b 2a Work in pairs, one person from Group A and one from Group B. Take turns to report what Bll and the old lady said. b Make alist of differences between the two stories and any information that one person mentioned, but the other didn't. Compare your list with the class. > Useful language c 3 Workin pairs. Discuss the questions below. + Whose side of the story do you believe? *+ Were the police right to arrest Bill and his friend? + What further action do you think the police took?