[00:01.97]why they had pretended to be dead,
[00:03.91]the King and Queen promised to send them money
[00:06.38]whenever they needed it.
[00:08.85]3 Listen again
[00:11.12]and fill in the missing time phrases below.
[00:15.18]Task
[00:16.32]Read the opening and closing sentences
[00:18.90]and the key words and phrases.
[00:21.17]Discuss the story with your partner.
[00:23.28]And write the story with the help of the key
[00:25.79]words and phrases and the sentences provided.
[00:29.51]Her name was Mrs Thompson.
[00:31.76]As she stood in front of her fifth grade class
[00:34.26]on the very first day of school,
[00:36.43]she told the children a lie.
[00:38.51]Like most teachers,
[00:40.07]she looked at her students and said
[00:41.54]that she loved them all the same.
[00:44.05]But that was impossible,
[00:46.13]because there in the front row,
[00:47.68]slumped in his seat,
[00:49.44]was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.
[00:52.66]Mrs Thompson had watched Teddy the year
[00:54.40]before and noticed that he didn't play well
[00:56.48]with the other children,
[00:58.21]that his clothes were messy
[00:59.61]and that he constantly needed a bath.
[01:02.03]And Teddy could be unpleasant.
[01:05.31]At the school where Mrs Thompson taught,
[01:07.72]she was required to review each child's past
[01:10.23]records and she put Teddy's off until last.
[01:14.22]However, when she reviewed his file,
[01:17.58]she was in for a surprise.
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