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Puzzle:

It is 10:30 in the morning. A man is walking along Regent Street in the centre of London. He stops and takes a large amount of money out of his pocket. He counts it and then puts it into his wallet. He bends down and places his wallet on the pavement. The man walks away.

Approximately six hours later, the man returns. His wallet is still there. He bends down and picks it up. He counts the money. It is all there. He puts the wallet back in his pocket and leaves the scene.

How can this be?

Only some students will watch this video.

The others have to work out why no one took the wallet by asking closed questions (i.e. questions to which you can only answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’) to the student who has seen the video.

[youtube]https://youtu.be/TpXNSg02zA4[/youtube]

Now you can all watch the video.

Discuss the following in pairs or groups of three:

• Have you ever found a purse or wallet in a public place?
• What did you do with it?
• How would you react if you saw a wallet with a circle drawn around it like the one in the clip?
• Why do you think the circle makes a difference?
• Do the think the clip was made honestly or is it possible that they cheated in some way or another?

I. Do you know what ‘a yearbook‘ is?

II. Discuss in pairs or groups of three: 

Who might say that and when?

“I’m afraid we’ll forget each other when we grow up”

“Best friends shouldn’t forget each other”

III. Watch the video and check. Who said that and when?

[youtube]https://youtu.be/TGxfPs6aQSo[/youtube]

IV. Watch it again.

1) What type of school is it? Where is it?

2) What is special about this yearbook?

3) What are the printed faces accompanied by?

4) What does this combination translate as?

5) Did the students like the gift?

6) Are these yearbooks a real product?