1. Working with Texts – Coincidence
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King Umberto I's double
In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I, went to a small
restaurant for dinner. When the owner took King
Umberto's order, the King noticed that he and the
restaurant owner were virtual doubles, in face and in
build. Both men began discussing the striking
resemblances between each other and found many
more similarities.
a) Both men were born on the same day, of the same
year, (14th March, 1844).
b) Both men had been born in the same town.
c) Both men married a woman with same name,
Margherita.
d) The restaurateur opened his restaurant on the
same day that King Umberto was crowned King of
Italy.
e) On the 29th July 1900, King Umberto was
informed that the restaurateur had died that day in a
mysterious shooting accident, and as he expressed
his regret, he was then assassinated by an anarchist From your notes and what you remember about the
in the crowd. story you read, tell another partner the two stories.
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The 21st, a bad day for King Louis XVI
When King Louis XVI of France was a child, he was
warned by an astrologer to always be on his guard on
the 21st day of each month. Louis was so terrified by
this that he never did business on this day.
Unfortunately Louis was not always on his guard. On
21st June 1791, following the French revolution, Louis
and his queen were arrested in Varennes, whilst trying
to escape France. On 21st September 1791, France
abolished the institution of Royalty and proclaimed
itself a republic. Finally on 21st January 1793, King
Louis XVI was executed by guillotine.
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A novel that predicted the Titanic's destiny, and
another ship that almost followed
Morgan Robertson, in 1898, wrote "Futility". It described the
maiden voyage of a transatlantic luxury liner named the Titan.
Although it was touted as being unsinkable, it strikes an iceberg
and sinks with much loss of life. In 1912 the Titanic, a
transatlantic luxury liner widely touted as unsinkable strikes an
iceberg and sinks with great loss of life on her maiden voyage. In
the book, the month of the wreck was April, same as in the real
event. There were 3,000 passengers on the book; in reality,
2,207. In the Book, there were 24 Lifeboats; in reality, 20.
Months after the Titanic sank, a steamer was traveling through
the foggy Atlantic with only a young boy on watch. He suddenly
realized that the Titanic had sunk in that area, and he was
suddenly terrified by the thought of the name of his ship - the
Titanian. Panic-stricken, he sounded the warning. The ship
stopped, just in time: a huge iceberg appeared out of the fog
directly in their path. The Titanian was saved.
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the story you read, tell another partner the two
stories.
A writer, found the book of her childhood
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