The students will be asked if they have ever experienced the Murphy's law (Something un/expected to go wrong did eventually go wrong). They should explain what the mishap was and they were doing when the un/expected thing happened.

The students will be informed about the meaning of the following vocabularies by providing a few images depicting the meaning of the words. recession - cut off(a phone call) - Optimistic vs Pessimistic

Students will be asked to read the sentences 1 - 6 of Listening 8.13 on page 65, and then the audio file will be played. The students need to circle the words and phrases that they hear. They will have to check their answers when the students read their answer one by one.

Students will be asked to share their answers to Listening part b after the stories audio file is played and explain why they think each story was an example of the Murphy's law. Then, the students are asked to read the sentences of part c of the listening on page 65 and mark the sentences T or F after the audio is played again. They will need to support their ideas if they come up with different answers.

Students will be asked to talk to each other in pairs about an unexpected little mishaps each experienced; what it was, how much unexpectedly it happened and what they were doing when it happened.