Conversation Gambits - Eric Keller, Sylvia T Warner 1988

23. The Great Escape
1. Opening Gambits

You and three friends have been put in prison in a far away country for a crime you did not commit Below you will find

a floor plan of the prison

a map of that part of town

the daily prison timetable

Work in groups of 4 to plan your escape

Use the phrases from the list

Speaking

Make your plan in note form and then present it to the class

Writing

Write your plan in a letter to a friend who can help you escape from the outside

Prison timetable

8.00am breakfast in the common dining-hall

9.00am clean-up of cells

10.00am — visiting hour: speaking is only

11.00am permitted through the iron bars of the small cell door windows

12.00am lunch in the cell

1 00pm change of guards

2.00pm — exercises for prisoners in the fenced-in

2.30pm yard

6.00pm dinner in the common dining hall

10.00pm lights out

Our plan is to ...

We’re thinking of ...

What we have in mind is ...

What we plan to do is ...

I’ll tell you what we’ll do.

What about this for an idea ...

Floor plan

1 triple gate   7 northwest guard tower

2 guard rooms  8 northeast guard tower

3 guard common room 9 southeast guard tower

4 cells    10 southwest guard tower

5 common dining room 11 fenced-in yard

6 hall    12 trees along Liberty Avenue

Map of the town