TS5 Fate or Random Chance

INDEX
Fate or Random Chance?
03 ACTIVE LISTENING ACTIVE

LISTENING
08 ACTIVE SPEAKING
14 FUTURE
ACTIVE
17 PRESENT CONTINUOUS
SPEAKING
19 PAST CONTINUOUS
21 PRESENT PERFECT
FOUR
23 FLUENCY BOOSTER – PART A TENSES
26 FLUENCY BOOSTER – PART B
30 FLUENCY BOOSTER – PART C FLUENCY

BOOSTERS
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FATE OR RANDOM CHANCE?
ACTIVE LISTENING
remarkable: amazing; worthy

of attention
golden wedding anniversary:

It was the summer of 2001, in a small rural town in Northern England, when something
a day marking a couple’s 50
very remarkable happened. On this day, Laura Buxton was at a party for her
years of marriage
grandparents’ golden wedding anniversary. Laura seemed to be just an average girl
from an average rural town, but something very strange happened that day. She
float down: to slowly come decided to do something silly.
down through the air from
above
She got a red balloon and wrote, “Please return to Laura Buxton” on one side and her
address on the other side. Laura and her friends just thought they were being silly. They
float back down: to slowly
thought the balloon would float just a little way down the road and fall to the ground.
come down through the air
But it didn’t just go down the road. It floated all the way out of town, into the next town,
back to the original origin of
then further to the next town, and on and on until it floated to the other side of the
departure
country. By the time it finally floated back down, the balloon was 232 kilometers away
in the South of England.
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ACTIVE LISTENING
pick up: to lift something
from a lower place to a
higher place It landed in a tree between two houses. A neighbor picked it up and was about to
throw it into the trash when he saw the address and message written on the balloon.
throw into: to toss “Laura Buxton, Oh my god,” he thought. The little girl who lived next door to him was
something inside of also named Laura Buxton.
something else
coincidence: something He gave the balloon to South England Laura and she decided to contact the other Laura
unexpectedly in common
Buxton in North England. North England Laura and South England Laura talked on the
with something else without phone and to their surprise they not only had the same name, but they were also 10-
any prior casual connection years-old. The day they decided to meet the coincidences got even stranger. They both
were wearing the same clothes: a pink jacket and blue jeans. They both were skinny and
pigtails: one lock of hair on tall. They both had brown hair in pigtails. They both had 3-year-old Labradors, rabbits,
each side of the head toward and guinea pigs. North England Laura brought her guinea pig with her on the day they
the middle or back met and they looked exactly the same. Both guinea pigs were grey with orange spots on
their butts.
guinea pig: a medium-to-
large sized rodent often kept North England Laura and South England Laura are now 18 and have become good
as pets or used in research
friends. They both think that it wasn’t random chance or luck that brought them
laboratories.
together, but fate.
random: unplanned; purely
by chance Tsutomu Yamaguchi was born long before the two Lauras, but he also felt that fate had
guided his life. Yamaguchi worked for a company called ‘Mitsubishi’ in Nagasaki, Japan
fate: the development of an during World War II. In May of 1945 he went to Hiroshima on a 3-month business trip.
event outside of one’s
control; predestined by some
outside power

ACTIVE LISTENING
Yamaguchi finished his business on August 5th. He was getting ready to leave Hiroshima
early the next morning. He was on his way to the train station when he remembered
that he forgot something at his Hiroshima office.
turn around: reverse
direction He turned around and went back to get it. At 8:45 in the morning on August 6th, the
first atomic bomb in history fell on Hiroshima. Yamaguchi was on his way to the train
go back: return to the station for the second time, when the bomb fell.
starting point
shelter: a building that The bomb was only 3 kilometers away. He saw a big flash in the sky and heard a very
provides protection in an loud noise. The power of the bomb knocked him down. Suddenly he couldn’t see and
emergency situation his ears were badly hurt. He was also badly burned on the left side of his body. He
couldn’t walk, so he crawled to a shelter. The next day, on August 7th, he traveled 300
kilometers home to Nagasaki. On August 8th he went to a doctor and got help for his
burns. He was still badly hurt, but on August 9th he returned to work.
His boss couldn’t believe his story about one bomb destroying the whole city of
Hiroshima. As he was explaining what happened, the second atomic bomb in history fell
on Nagasaki. Again he was only 3 kilometers away from the bomb. He said he felt the
atomic bomb was following him.

ACTIVE LISTENING
radiation: a dangerous and Luckily, this time he was not hurt by the bomb blast, but he did get exposed to
very strong energy poisonous radiation for the second time. Yamaguchi lived a long life, but he and his
transmitted in the form of family suffered a lot from the effects of the bomb. Yamaguchi lost hearing in his left ear
particles or waves for the rest of his life and for many years he had to wear bandages for his burns. He
lived to the age of 83, but he and his wife both experienced many radiation related
bandage: pieces of cloth diseases. Even his children, who were born after the bomb, suffered from health
used problems caused by radiation.
to cover a wound
Later in life Yamaguchi became an activist against nuclear weapons. He believed that
activist: a person who
God chose him to experience the bomb twice. He believed it was his fate to experience
advocates a social or political
both atomic bombs, so he could teach people about the dangers of nuclear weapons.
cause and works to affect
change
What do you think of these stories? Yamaguchi used his experiences to teach many
people about the dangers of nuclear war, but was it just chance for him to be in both
Hiroshima and Nagasaki on those days? Or was it fate for him to experience the only
two atomic bombs in history? Was he incredibly unlucky or was he incredibly lucky to
have survived?
Was it all just a coincidence? What about the two Lauras? Is their story also a story of
random chance or fate?

ACTIVE LISTENING
blade: a thin, flat, wide, and Some people think everything is random. Imagine you are a single blade of grass,
long shape surrounded by millions of blades of grass just like you. One day a golf ball lands on your
head. You might think, Why me? Why has this terrible thing happened to me? Of all the
fall on: to come down from millions of blades of grass, why me? You might think that the golf ball hitting you was fate.
above and rest upon a Now imagine you are a golfer. You hit the golf ball and watch it fall on a blade of grass.
surface or object Do you think, Why did my golf ball hit that blade of grass? Of all the millions of blades of
grass, why has this happened to that blade of grass?
It must be fate. Or do you think that there is no meaning to where the ball landed? It was
just random chance. Is life full of meaning or randomness? Do you see fate or chance in
life’s coincidences?

ACTIVE SPEAKING
It was the summer of 2001, in a small rural town in Laura seemed to be just an average girl from an
Northern England, when something very remarkable average rural town, but something very strange
happened. happened that day. She decided to do something
silly.
When was it? Was it in the winter? No, it wasn’t
the winter. It was the summer. It was the Did she decide to do something serious? No, she
summer of 2001. Was it in Northern England or didn’t decide to do something serious. She
Southern England? It was in Northern England. decided to do something silly.
Was it a big town? No, it wasn’t a big town. It was
a small town. A small rural town. It was in the She got a red balloon and wrote, “Please return to
country. Laura Buxton” on one side and her address on the
other side.
On this day, Laura Buxton was at a party for her
grandparents’ golden wedding anniversary. What color was the balloon? It was a red balloon.
What did she write on the balloon? She wrote,
What was Laura doing? She was at a party. What “Please return to Laura Buxton” on one side and
kind of party was it? It was a wedding her address on the other.
anniversary party. A golden wedding anniversary
party for her grandparents. Laura and her friends just thought they were being
silly. They thought the balloon would float just a little
way down the road and fall to the ground.

ACTIVE SPEAKING
Did Laura and her friends think the balloon What did the neighbor think? The neighbor
would go far? No, they didn’t think it would go thought, “Laura Buxton, Oh, my God.”
far. They thought it would float down the road
and fall to the ground. The little girl who lived next door to him was also
named Laura Buxton. He gave the balloon to South
But it didn’t just go down the road. It floated all the England Laura and she decided to contact the other
way out of town, into the next town, then further to Laura Buxton in North England.
the next town, and on and on until it floated to the
other side of the country. By the time it finally floated What did South England Laura do? She decided to
back down, the balloon was 232 kilometers away in contact North England Laura.
the South of England.
North England Laura and South England Laura talked
How far did the balloon go? It went 232 on the phone and to their surprise they not only had
kilometers. the same name, but they were also 10-years-old.
It landed in a tree between two houses. A neighbor Why were the two girls surprised? The two girls
picked it up and was about to throw it into the trash were surprised because they had the same name
when he saw the address and message written on and they were the same age.
the balloon. “Laura Buxton, Oh my God,” he thought.

ACTIVE SPEAKING
The day they decided to meet the coincidences got What did the guinea pigs look like? They were
even stranger. They both were wearing the same grey with orange spots on their butts.
clothes: a pink jacket and blue jeans.
North England Laura and South England Laura are
What was strange about their meeting? They now 18 and have become good friends.
both were wearing the same clothes. They both
were wearing a pink jacket and blue jeans. Did North England Laura and South England
Laura become classmates? No, they didn’t
They both were skinny and tall. They both had brown become classmates. They became good friends.
hair in pigtails.
They both think that it wasn’t random chance or luck
What was strange about their looks? They both that brought them together, but fate.
were skinny and tall. And they both had brown
hair with pigtails. What brought them together? Did chance bring
them together? No, chance didn’t bring them
They both had 3-year-old Labradors, rabbits and together. Fate brought them together.
guinea pigs. North England Laura brought her guinea
pig with her on the day they met and they looked Tsutomu Yamaguchi was born long before the two
exactly the same. Both guinea pigs were grey with Lauras, but he also felt that fate had guided his life.
orange spots on their butts. Yamaguchi worked for a company called ‘Mitsubishi’
in Nagasaki, Japan during World War II.

ACTIVE SPEAKING
In May of 1945 he went to Hiroshima on a 3-month What was Yamaguchi doing when the bomb fell?
business trip. Yamaguchi was on his way to the train station
when the bomb fell.
Why did Yamaguchi go to Hiroshima? He went to
Hiroshima on a business trip. The bomb was only 3 kilometers away.
Yamaguchi finished his business on August 5th. He How far away was the bomb? The bomb was 3
was getting ready to leave Hiroshima early the next kilometers away.
morning.
He saw a big flash in the sky and heard a very loud
What was he doing the next morning? He was noise. The power of the bomb knocked him down.
getting ready to leave Hiroshima the next Suddenly he couldn’t see and his ears were badly
morning. hurt. He was also badly burned on the left side of his
body. He couldn’t walk, so he crawled to a shelter.
He was on his way to the train station when he The next day, on August 7th, he traveled 300
remembered that he forgot something at his kilometers home to Nagasaki.
Hiroshima office. He turned around and went back to
get it. At 8:45 in the morning on August 6th, the first What did he do the next day? The next day he
atomic bomb in history fell on Hiroshima. Yamaguchi traveled 300 kilometers home to Nagasaki.
was on his way to the train station for the second
time, when the bomb fell.

ACTIVE SPEAKING
On August 8th, he went to a doctor and got help for What was he exposed to? He was exposed to
his burns. He was still badly hurt, but on August 9th poisonous radiation.
he returned to work.
Yamaguchi lived a long life, but he and his family
Did he rest on August 9th? No, he didn’t rest. He suffered a lot from the effects of the bomb.
returned to work. Yamaguchi lost hearing in his left ear for the rest of
his life and for many years he had to wear bandages
His boss couldn’t believe his story about one bomb for his burns. He lived to the age of 83, but he and
destroying the whole city of Hiroshima. As he was his wife both experienced many radiation related
explaining what happened, the second atomic bomb diseases. Even his children, who were born after the
in history fell on Nagasaki. Again, he was only 3 bomb, suffered from health problems caused by
kilometers away from the bomb. He said he felt the radiation.
atomic bomb was following him.
Were his children healthy? No, his children
What did he say about the bomb? He said he felt weren’t healthy. They suffered from health
the bomb was following him. problems caused by radiation.
Luckily, this time he was not hurt by the bomb blast, Later in life Yamaguchi became an activist against
but he did get exposed to poisonous radiation for nuclear weapons.
the second time.

ACTIVE SPEAKING
He believed that God chose him to experience the Does everyone believe in fate? No, everyone
bomb twice. He believed it was his fate to experience doesn’t believe in fate. Some people think
both atomic bombs, so he could teach people about everything is random.
the dangers of nuclear weapons.
Imagine you are a single blade of grass, surrounded
Did Yamaguchi believe in fate? Yes, he believed in by millions of blades of grass just like you. One day a
fate. He believed it was his fate to experience golf ball lands on your head. You might think, “Why
both atomic bombs. me? Why has this terrible thing happened to me? Of
all the millions of blades of grass, why me?” You
What do you think of these stories? Yamaguchi used might think that the golf ball hitting you was fate.
his experiences to teach many people about the Now imagine you are a golfer. You hit the golf ball
dangers of nuclear war, but was it just chance for and watch it fall on a blade of grass. Do you think,
him to be in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki on those "Why did my golf ball hit that blade of grass? Of all
days? Or was it fate for him to experience the only the millions of blades of grass, why has this
two atomic bombs in history? Was he incredibly happened to that blade of grass? It must be fate.” Or
unlucky or was he incredibly lucky to have survived? do you think there is no meaning to where the ball
Was it all just a coincidence? What about the two landed? It was just random chance. Is life full of
Lauras? Is their story also a story of random chance meaning or randomness? Do you see fate or chance
or fate? in life’s coincidences?
Some people think everything is random.

FUTURE
Tsutomu Yamaguchi will be born long before the two What will he remember? He will remember that
Lauras, but he will also feel that fate has guided his he forgot something at his Hiroshima office.
life.
He is going to turn around and go back to get it. At
Will Yamaguchi feel that chance has guided his 8:45 in the morning on August 6th, the first atomic
life? No, he won’t feel that chance has guided his bomb in history is going to fall on Hiroshima.
life. He will feel that fate has guided his life.
Where is the first atomic bomb in history going to
Yamaguchi is going to work for a company called fall? The first atomic bomb in history is going to
‘Mitsubishi’ in Nagasaki, Japan during World War II. In fall on Hiroshima.
May of 1945 he will go to Hiroshima on a 3-month
business trip. Yamaguchi will be on his way to the train station for
the second time, when the bomb falls.
How long will he go to Hiroshima for? He will go
to Hiroshima for 3 months. The first bomb will be only 3 kilometers away. He is
going to see a big flash in the sky and hear a very
Yamaguchi will finish his business on August 5th. He loud noise.
will be getting ready to leave Hiroshima early the
next morning. He is going to be on his way to the What is he going to see? He is going to see a big
train station when he will remember that he forgot flash in the sky. What is he going to hear? He is
something at his Hiroshima office. going to hear a very loud noise.

FUTURE
The power of the bomb is going to knock him down. Will his boss believe his story? No, his boss won’t
Suddenly he won’t be able to see and his ears will be be able to believe his story.
badly hurt.
As he is explaining what happened, the second
Will he be ok? No, he won’t be ok. He won’t be atomic bomb in history is going to fall on Nagasaki.
able to see and his ears will be badly hurt.
What is going to happen as he is explaining what
He will also be badly burned on the left side of his happened? As he is explaining what happened,
body. He won’t able to walk, so he will crawl to a the second atomic bomb in history is going to fall
shelter. The next day, on August 7th, he is going to on Nagasaki.
travel 300 kilometers home to Nagasaki.
He is going to believe that God chose him to
How far will he travel to Nagasaki? He will travel experience the bomb twice.
300 kilometers to Nagasaki.
What is he going to believe about God? He is
On August 8th he will go to a doctor and get help for going to believe that God chose him to
his burns. He will still be badly hurt, but on August experience the bomb twice.
9th he is going to return to work. His boss won’t be
able to believe his story about one bomb destroying
the whole city of Hiroshima.

FUTURE
He is going to believe it was his fate to experience

both atomic bombs, so he could teach people about
the dangers of nuclear weapons.
Is he going to believe in fate? Yes, he is going to

believe it was his fate to experience both atomic
bombs.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
It is the summer of 2001, in a small rural town in They are thinking that the balloon will float just a
Northern England, when something very remarkable little way down the road and fall to the ground. But it
happens. On this day, Laura Buxton is enjoying a isn’t just going down the road.
party for her grandparents’ golden wedding
anniversary. Is the balloon just going down the road? No, the
balloon isn’t just going down the road.
What is Laura doing? Laura is enjoying a party for
her grandparents’ golden wedding anniversary. It is floating all the way out of town, into the next
town, then further to the next town, and on and on
Laura seems to be just an average girl from an until it floats to the other side of the country.
average rural town, but something very strange is
happening that day. She is thinking about doing Is the balloon floating to France? No, the balloon
something silly. isn’t floating to France. It’s floating to the other
side of the country.
What is she thinking about? She Is thinking about
doing something silly. By the time it is finally floating back down, the
balloon is 232 kilometers away in the South of
She gets a red balloon and is writing, “Please return England.
to Laura Buxton” on one side and her address on the
other side. Laura and her friends are just thinking
that they are being silly.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Is it floating to the North of England? No, it’s not

floating to the North of England. It’s floating to
the South of England.
It is landing in a tree between two houses.
Where is the balloon landing? The balloon is

landing in a tree between two houses.
A neighbor is picking it up. He is thinking about

throwing it into the trash when he sees the address
and message written on the balloon. “Laura Buxton,
Oh my God,” he thinks. The little girl who lived next
door to him is also named Laura Buxton.
What is the neighbor thinking about doing with

the balloon? He is thinking about throwing the
balloon in the trash.

PAST CONTINUOUS
The little girl who lived next door to him was

also named Laura Buxton. He gave the balloon
to South England Laura. She was thinking
about contacting the other Laura Buxton in
North England.
What was she thinking about doing? She

was thinking about contacting the other
Laura Buxton in North England.
North England Laura and South England Laura

were talking on the phone and to their
surprise they not only had the same name, but
they were also 10-years-old.
Were they talking on the computer? No,

they weren’t talking on the computer. They
were talking on the phone.
The day they decided to meet the

coincidences were getting even stranger.

PAST CONTINUOUS
What was happening the day they decided to What were they thinking about the guinea pigs?
meet? The day they decided to meet the Both Lauras were thinking that the guinea pigs
coincidences were getting even stranger. looked exactly the same.
They both were wearing the same clothes: a pink

jacket and blue jeans. They both were skinny and tall.
They both had brown hair in pigtails. They both had
3-year-old Labradors, rabbits and guinea pigs. North
England Laura was holding her guinea pig on the day
they met.
What was North England Laura holding the day

they met? North England Laura was holding her
guinea pig on the day they met.
Both Lauras were thinking that the guinea pigs

looked exactly the same. Both guinea pigs were grey
with orange spots on their butts.

PRESENT PERFECT
North England Laura and South England Laura have Yamaguchi has experienced the atomic bomb in
shared a very strange experience. Hiroshima and has experienced the bomb in
Nagasaki.
What have the two Lauras shared? They have
shared a very strange experience. Where has Yamaguchi experienced the bomb?
Yamaguchi has experienced the atomic bomb in
They live very far away, but they have found each Hiroshima and has experienced the bomb in
other with a balloon. Nagasaki.
Have they found each other at school? No, they He was one of the few people who have experienced
haven’t found each other at school. They have both atomic bombs.
found each other with a balloon.
Is he the only person to have experienced both
North England Laura and South England Laura are atomic bombs? No, he is not the only person to
now 18 and have become good friends. have experienced both atomic bombs. He was one
of the few people who have experienced both
Have they become co-workers? No, they haven’t atomic bombs.
become co- workers. They have become good
friends. He has seen the flash in the sky in Hiroshima. He has
felt the power of the bomb knock him down.

PRESENT PERFECT
What has he felt? He has felt the power of the Has he lived a short life? No, he hasn’t lived a
bomb knock him down. short life. He has lived a long life, but he has
suffered a lot.
He has been badly burned on the left side of his
body. He has been temporarily blinded. He has been He and his wife have both experienced many
deaf in his left ear since the bomb. radiation related diseases.
What has happened to his hearing? He has been What have he and his wife experienced? He and
deaf in his left ear since the bomb. his wife have both experienced many radiation
related diseases.
He has not been hurt by the bomb blast in Nagasaki.
Even his children, who were born after the bomb,
Has he been hurt by the bomb blast in Nagasaki? have suffered from health problems caused by
No, he has not been hurt by the bomb blast in radiation.
Nagasaki.
Later in life, Yamaguchi has become an activist against
But he has been exposed to poisonous radiation nuclear weapons.
twice. He has lived a long life, but he has suffered a
lot. What has he become later in life? Later in life,
Yamaguchi has become an activist against nuclear
weapons.

FLUENCY BOOSTER PART A
It was the summer of 2001, in a small rural town in Laura seemed to be just an average girl from an
Northern England, when something very remarkable average rural town, but something very strange
happened. happened that day. She decided to do something silly.
When was it? Was it in the winter? No, it wasn’t Did Laura seem to be a remarkable girl? No, she
the winter. It was the summer. It was the didn’t seem to be a remarkable girl. She seemed to
summer of 2001. Was it in Northern England or be an average girl. What kind of town was she
Southern England? It was in Northern England. from? She was from a rural town. Did she decide
Was it a big town? No, it wasn’t a big town. It was to do something serious? No, she didn’t decide to
a small town, a small rural town. It was in the do something serious. She decided to do
country. Did something very normal and boring something silly.
happen? No, something normal and boring didn’t
happen. Something remarkable happened. She got a red balloon and wrote, “Please return to
Laura Buxton” on one side and her address on the
On this day, Laura Buxton was at a party for her other side.
grandparents’ golden wedding anniversary.
What color was the balloon? It was a red balloon.
What was Laura doing? She was at a party. What What did she write on the balloon? She wrote,
kind of party was it? It was a golden wedding “Please return to Laura Buxton” on one side and
anniversary party for her grandparents. her address on the other.

Laura and her friends just thought they were being Did it float to the north of England or the south of
silly. They thought the balloon would float just a little England? It floated to the south of England. How
way down the road and fall to the ground. far did the balloon go? It went 232 kilometers.
Were they being silly? Yes, they were being silly. It landed in a tree between two houses. A neighbor
Did Laura and her friends think the balloon picked it up and was about to throw it in the trash
would go far? No, they didn’t think it would go when he saw the address and message written on the
far. They thought it would float down the road balloon. “Laura Buxton, oh my God,” he thought.
and fall to the ground.
Did it land between two trees? No, it didn’t land
But it didn’t just go down the road. It floated all the between two trees. It landed in a tree between
way out of town, into the next town, then further to two houses. Who picked it up? A neighbor picked it
the next town, and on and on until it floated to the up. Did he throw it away? No, he didn’t throw it
other side of the country. By the time it finally floated away. He was about to throw it away. What did
back down, the balloon was 232 kilometers away in the neighbor think? The neighbor thought, “Laura
the South of England. Buxton, oh, my God.”
Did it just go down the road? No, it didn’t just go The little girl who lived next door to him was also
down the road. Did it float to other side of the named Laura Buxton. He gave the balloon to South
country? Yes, it floated to the other side of the England Laura and she decided to contact the other
country. Laura Buxton in North England.

Who lived next door to the neighbor? Another girl

named Laura Buxton lived next door to the
neighbor. Who did the neighbor give the balloon
to? He gave the balloon to South England Laura.
What did South England Laura do? She decided to
contact North England Laura.
North England Laura and South England Laura talked

on the phone and to their surprise they not only had
the same name, but they were also 10- years-old.
Did the two girls talk over the computer? No,

they didn’t talk over the computer. They talked
over the phone. Why were the two girls
surprised? The two girls were surprised because
they had the same name and they were the same
age.

FLUENCY BOOSTER PART B
The day they decided to meet the coincidences got North England Laura brought her guinea pig with her
even stranger. They both were wearing the same on the day they met and they looked exactly the
clothes: a pink jacket and blue jeans. same. Both guinea pigs were grey with orange spots
on their butts.
Did the coincidences get stranger? Yes, the
coincidences got stranger. What was strange What animals did they have? They both had
about their meeting? They both were wearing the rabbits, Labradors and guinea pigs. How old were
same clothes. They both were wearing a pink their Labradors? The Labradors were both 3-years-
jacket and blue jeans. old. What did the guinea pigs look like? They were
grey with orange spots on their butts.
They both were skinny and tall. They both had brown
hair in pigtails. North England Laura and South England Laura are
now 18 and have become good friends.
What was similar about their hair? They both had
brown hair in pigtails. What else was similar How old are the two Lauras now? The two Lauras
about their looks? They both were skinny and are now 18. Did North England Laura and South
tall. England Laura become classmates? No, they didn’t
become classmates. They became good friends.
They both had 3-year-old Labradors, rabbits and
guinea pigs. They both think that it wasn’t random chance or luck
that brought them together, but fate.

What brought them together? Did chance bring Tsutomu finished his business on August 5th. He was
them together? No, chance didn’t bring them getting ready to leave Hiroshima early the next
together. Fate brought them together. morning.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi was born long before the two When did Tsutomu finish his business? He finished
Lauras, but he also felt that fate had guided his life. his business on August 5th. What was he doing the
next morning? He was getting ready to leave
Was Tsutomu born before the two Lauras or Hiroshima the next morning.
after? Tsutomu was born long before the two
Lauras. Did he think that fate or chance guided He was on his way to the train station when he
his life? He felt that fate guided his life. remembered that he forgot something at his Hiroshima
office. He turned around and went back to get it.
Tsutomu worked for a company called ‘Mitsubishi’ in
Nagasaki, Japan during World War II. In May of 1945 Where did he forget something? He forgot
he went to Hiroshima on a 3-month business trip. something at his Hiroshima office. Did he go back
and get it? Yes, he turned around and went back to
What company did Tsutomu work for? He worked get it.
for Mitsubishi. Where did he work? He worked in
Nagasaki. Why did Tsutomu go to Hiroshima? He
went to Hiroshima on a business trip.

At 8:45 in the morning on August 6th, the first atomic How far away was the bomb? The bomb was 3
bomb in history fell on Hiroshima. Tsutomu was on kilometers away. What did he see and hear? He
his way to the train station for the second time, when saw a big flash in the sky and heard a very loud
the bomb fell. noise. Was he knocked down? Yes, the power of
the bomb knocked him down.
When did the bomb fall on Hiroshima? The bomb
fell on Hiroshima at 8:45 in the morning on Suddenly he couldn’t see and his ears were badly
August 6th. What was Tsutomu doing when the hurt. He was also badly burned on the left side of his
bomb fell? Tsutomu was on his way to the train body. He couldn’t walk, so he crawled to a shelter.
station when the bomb fell. If he had not
returned to his office what would have
happened? If he had not returned to his office, he
would have safely left Hiroshima.
The bomb was only 3 kilometers away. He saw a big

flash in the sky and heard a very loud noise. The
power of the bomb knocked him down.

What happened to his eyes and ears? He couldn’t

see and his ears were badly hurt. Was he burned?
Yes, he was badly burned on the left side of his
body. Could he walk? No, he couldn’t walk. Where
did he crawl? He crawled to a shelter.

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The next day, on August 7th, he traveled 300 Did his boss believe his story? No, his boss didn’t
kilometers home to Nagasaki. believe his story. What happened as he was talking
about the first bomb? As he was talking about the
What did he do the next day? The next day he first bomb, the second atomic bomb in history fell
traveled 300 kilometers home to Nagasaki. What on Nagasaki.
was the date? The date was August 7th.
Again, he was only 3 kilometers away from the bomb.
On August 8th, he went to a doctor and got help for He said he felt the atomic bomb was following him.
his burns. He was still badly hurt, but on August 9th
he returned to work. How far was he away from the bomb this time? This
time he was only 3 kilometers away from the bomb.
What did he do on August 8th? He went to a What did he say about the bomb? He said he felt the
doctor and got help for his burns on August 8th. bomb was following him.
Was he better the next day? No, he was still badly
hurt. Did he rest? No, he didn’t rest. He returned Luckily, this time he was not hurt by the bomb blast, but
to work. he did get exposed to poisonous radiation for the
second time.
His boss couldn’t believe his story about one bomb
destroying the whole city of Hiroshima. As he was
explaining what happened, the second atomic bomb
in history fell on Nagasaki.

What was he exposed to? He was exposed to How long did he live? He lived to the age of 83. What
poisonous radiation. kinds of diseases did he and his wife experience?
They experienced radiation related diseases. Were
Tsutomu lived a long life, but he and his family his children healthy? No, his children weren’t
suffered a lot from the effects of the bomb. Tsutomu healthy. They suffered from health problems caused
lost hearing in his left ear for the rest of his life and by radiation.
for many years he had to wear bandages for his
burns. Later in life Tsutomu became an activist against nuclear
weapons. He believed that God chose him to
Did Tsutomu live a long life? Yes, Tsutomu lived a experience the bomb twice.
long life. Did his family suffer? Yes, his family
suffered a lot from the effects of the bomb. What What did Tsutomu do later in life? Later in life
happened to Tsutomu’s hearing? He lost hearing Tsutomu became an activist against nuclear
in his left ear for the rest of his life. weapons. Did he believe in God? Yes, he believed
that God chose him to experience the bomb twice.
He lived to the age of 83, but he and his wife both
experienced many radiation related diseases. Even He believed it was his fate to experience both atomic
his children, who were born after the bomb, suffered bombs, so he could teach people about the dangers of
from health problems caused by radiation. nuclear weapons.

Did Tsutomu believe in fate? Yes, he believed in Does everyone believe in fate? No, everyone doesn’t
fate. What was Tsutomu’s fate? He believed it was believe in fate. Some people think everything is
his fate to experience both atomic bombs so he random.
could teach people about the dangers of nuclear
weapons. Imagine you are a single blade of grass, surrounded by
millions of blades of grass just like you. One day a golf
What do you think about these stories? Tsutomu ball lands on your head. You might think, “Why me?”
used his experiences to teach many people about
the dangers of nuclear war, but was it just chance for If you were a golf ball; what would you think? You
him to be in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki on those might think “Why me?”
days? Or was it fate for him to experience the only
two atomic bombs in history? Was he incredibly “Why has this terrible thing happened to me? Of all the
unlucky or was he incredibly lucky to have survived? millions of blades of grass, why me?” You might think
Was it all just a coincidence? What about the two the golf ball hitting you was fate.
Lauras? Is their story also a story of random chance
or fate?
Some people think everything is random.

Would you think the golf ball hitting

you was fate? Yes, you might think that
the golf ball hitting you was fate.
Now imagine you are a golfer. You hit the

golf ball and watch it fall on a blade of
grass. Do you think, "Why did my golf ball
hit that blade of grass? Of all the millions
of blades of grass, why has this happened
to that blade of grass? It must be fate.” Or
do you think there is no meaning to where
the ball landed? It was just random
chance. Is life full of meaning or
randomness? Do you see fate or chance in
life’s coincidences?

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Fate or Random Chance?

03 ACTIVE LISTENING ACTIVE

26 FLUENCY BOOSTER – PART B

30 FLUENCY BOOSTER – PART C FLUENCY

remarkable: amazing; worthy

golden wedding anniversary:

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Some people think everything is random.

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He is going to believe it was his fate to experience

Is he going to believe in fate? Yes, he is going to

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Is it floating to the North of England? No, it’s not

It is landing in a tree between two houses.

Where is the balloon landing? The balloon is

A neighbor is picking it up. He is thinking about

What is the neighbor thinking about doing with

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The little girl who lived next door to him was

What was she thinking about doing? She

North England Laura and South England Laura

Were they talking on the computer? No,

The day they decided to meet the

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They both were wearing the same clothes: a pink

What was North England Laura holding the day

Both Lauras were thinking that the guinea pigs

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Who lived next door to the neighbor? Another girl

North England Laura and South England Laura talked

Did the two girls talk over the computer? No,

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The bomb was only 3 kilometers away. He saw a big

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What happened to his eyes and ears? He couldn’t

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Some people think everything is random.

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