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How to spot a liar
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Read the text How to spot a liar about lie detection
and complete the conditional sentences.
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Listen to two stories. What lies did Jody and Simon tell?
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Complete the questions with the correct second conditional form of the verbs in brackets.
Then work in pairs and answer the questions. Give reasons for your answers.
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If you
(be) Jody, how
(feel) about your mother changing her mind?
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If you
(be) Louise,
(you / tell) your mother about Jody?
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If Jody’s mother
(find out) about the lie, how
(she / react)?
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If Simon
(offer) you a memory stick,
(you / take) it?
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If Simon
(find out) that Jack knows the truth, what
(he / do)?
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If Jack
(tell) his classmates about Simon, what
(happen)?
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SPEAKING
Work in pairs. Read situations 1–4 and discuss what you would do. Think of at
least three possible options for each situation. Then compare your ideas with another pair.
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You see your older brother or sister stealing some money from your mother’s purse.
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You are at a friend’s house. By accident, you break a very expensive porcelain vase, but nobody
sees you do it.
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You are taking an exam. Your friend is having problems and asks you to tell him / her the answers
to some of the questions.
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Your friend has given you a birthday present. You open it in front of him / her and you see a
horrible jumper.
If we
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(not lie), we
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(not
be) human. But how can you tell if a person is lying?
Only about one in a thousand people can spot a really
good liar and many of these so-called ‘deception wizards’
work for the police. So, what signs
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(you /
look for), if you
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(be) a deception wizard?
Firstly, there are many common beliefs about liars that
aren’t true. For example, ‘liars never look you in the eye’.
When you’re talking to someone, if they
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(not look) you in the eye, it just
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(mean)
that they’re shy, not that they’re lying. Liars are clever
and they know that if they
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(not make)
eye contact, people
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(suspect) them, so
they make sure they do.
The way we tell stories can also give a lot of clues. If
you
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(invent) a story about why you
haven’t done your homework today, it
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(be) short, in the right order and without much detail.
Surprisingly, a true story won’t be in the correct order
and will have lots of corrections and contradictions. A
liar
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(need to) learn these things if they
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(want) to convince a deception wizard.
If you
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(train) to be a deception wizard,
you
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(learn) to watch for other important
clues, too: the number of times a person blinks, touches
their face, scratches their head or moves their hands. The
tone of voice can also be a sign. Speaking in a higher
voice than usual can indicate a lie. Imagine your mother
asked, ‘Did you break this cup?’ If you
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(be) guilty, you
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(shout), ‘No, I didn’t
break it!’ in a very high tone. If you
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(be)
innocent, you
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(answer) just, ‘No’, in your
natural voice.