an cars have a cruise control. This is a system that automatically controls the speed of a car, so if you have a long way to go, you dont need to push the accelerator all the time. You can just set the cruise control. Mrs Grazinski from Oklahoma City bought herself a new camper van. On her way home she set the cruise control at 70 m. p. h. , quietly left the drivers seat and went to the back of her camper van to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the camper van crashed and overturned. The woman sued the manufacturer for not explaining in the owners manual that the cruise control couldnt actually drive instead of her.
What businesses were sued in these cases?
What were they accused of?
What happened in each of the stories as a result of the businesss "mistake"?
Now, lets discuss what you would have done if you had been:
a) The woman from Israel.
b) A relative of Kevin Mackle.
c) Amber Carson.
d) Richard Overton.
e) Mrs Grazinski.
Use some of these expressions and your own ideas.
to feel ashamed, angry, guilty, stupid, to want compensation, to consult a doctor, to be more careful, to be responsible for ones own actions, to accuse the company of something.
Model: If I had been the woman from Israel, I would have stopped trusting the weather forecast.
To make up sentences correctly we should remember about Conditionals Type 3 (Условные предложения 3 типа).
4) Объяснение грамматического материала
Условные предложения 3 типа выражают предположения, относящиеся к прошедшему времени и поэтому невыполнимые. В условных предложениях 3 типа действия могли бы произойти в прошлом, но не произошли. В главном предложении употребляется the Future Perfect in the Past (
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