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Readıng skılls ı1
Week 9:Home from home
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2. Pre-readıng Look at the pıctures and dıscuss the questıons ın paırs.
Do you want to live in a caravan or a tent? Why? Why not?
What kind of changes do want to do in your life?
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Look at the words below, match them with the definitions Then, compare your answers with your friends.
grass (n.) _____
couple (n.) _____
retired (adj.) _____
coast (n.) _____
fluent (adj.) _____
peaceful (adj.) _____
the land next to or close to the sea
a person who speaks a language easily, well and quickly
quiet and calm
a person who stopped working permanently
a small, thin and green plant
two people who are in some way connected
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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words given in the box. There are 2 EXTRAS.
Mr. Whitman is 65 years old. He doesn’t work. He is _________.
Turkey and Greece have Aegean _________.
My cousin Rachel speaks German very well. She is a _________ speaker.
Edgar and Margaret got married last year. They are very nice _________.
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Whıle readıng
HOME FROM HOME!
Every year thousands of British people sell their homes and move to a place in the sun. But is the grass really greener if you move abroad? We ask two couples how they feel about living in a different country.
Georgina Wilkes: “We moved to Spain two years ago, after my husband, Don, retired. We live in a place called Nerha, on the Mediterranean coast. We chose Spain because we hated being in England in the winter and we wanted to live somewhere warm. We really love living here – the weather is wonderful and the local people are friendly. Some British people here think they don’t need to learn Spanish, but I think that’s wrong. When you are living in another country, you need to learn the language. I really enjoy studying Spanish and I’d like to become fluent. Then I’d really feel part of Spain.”
Neil Garner: “My wife, Violet, and I moved to France about six years ago and we live in a small village near Bordeaux. We are the only British people in the village, so we needed to learn French very quickly. At first Violet didn’t like living here, but now we’re part of the village and we don’t want to go back to England. It’s so quiet and peaceful here. I enjoy writing and one day I’d like to write a book about life in the village. We love having people to stay and they all say they’d love to live here too. We’d like to stay here for the rest our lives.”
Adapted from Face2Face Elementary, Cambridge
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6. Are the statements TRUE (T) or FALSE (F)?
Georgina’s husband retired three years ago. __T__
Georgina and Don didn’t like England in the winter. ____
Georgina thinks all British people in Spain need to learn English. ____
Georgina doesn’t want to learn Spanish. ____
Georgina and her husband came to Spain because it’s warm. ____
Georgina hates the people in Spain ____
Neil and Violet spoke French before they moved to France. ____
They don’t want to live in England again. ____
Neil wrote a book about their experiences. ____
Neil and his wife live in a quiet and peaceful village. ____
There are a lot of British people in the village. ____
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7. What does the followıng refer to ın the text?
they (line 2) ____
here (line 5) ____
here (line12) ____
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POST-READING
I. Discuss in pairs. What kind of places make you happy?
A: Natural places make me happy. I don’t like city centers.
B: Big cities make me happy. Villages are boring
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POST-READING
II. Do you want to move to another city? A: I want to move to Paris because it is a beautiful city and I’m bored here. B: I don’t want to move to another city. I’m happy in Berlin.
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References
Redston, C., Clementson, T. and Cunningham, G. (2013). Face2face. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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