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1 Joanne Collie Intermediate UČBENIK za angleščino v 1. in 2. letniku gimnazij

2 Unit Topic/Vocabulary Grammar Reading Listening/Watching 1 Families and family life Chores Present Simple vs. Present Continuous State vs. action verbs Time/frequency adverbs Chore wars Conversations about family relationships 2 Childhood memories Family backgrounds School life Past Simple vs. Past Continuous used to / would Childhood memories Factual accounts vs. anecdotes Video: Immigrants in Greece Radio phone-in: School life and school routines 3 Relationships Friendship Being polite Forming question Ability Permission Requests Quiz: Real friends? The joy of not being polite Telephone conversations 4 Special occasions Celebrations Holidays National days Present Perfect Simple Present Perfect Simple vs. Past Simple Linking expressions Holidaying with parents Quiz: Can you name the country? Audio blog about celebrations A telephone conversation 5 Keeping in touch Texting Social networking Obligation Lack of obligation Prohibition Advice Students playing a game Video: Texting improves relationships Video: Top 5 ways teens are compromising their identity online Reading: Matching Use of language: Gap fill (tenses) Speaking: Visual stimulus 6 Making plans Future arrangements going to & will Present Simple for future Present Continuous for future A programme of an event An Mother and son talking about his plans 7 Healthy lifestyle Nutrition Wellness Teenage health Prediction, degrees of certainty Future Continuous Offering and refusing politely Nutrients It s good to be well Quiz: What is your fitness level? Radio programme Wellness club welcome speech 3 mini dialogues News report on teen health Video: a dance exercise Adrenalin times Extreme sports Emergencies wish + Past Simple/could Zero conditional First conditional knjigarna.com Second conditional swis721 Possibility What does the future hold for Technology Lifestyles Medical conditions A school survey Unusual passions Hobbies and interests Probability Deduction Past Perfect Simple Past Perfect Simple vs. Past Simple Time clauses Articles today s teenagers? ESPAD results 3 texts about unusual hobbies 2 articles about unusually committed teenagers Interview with two people about canyoning Interview with four people about emergencies 3 telephone conversation: first aid Interview about reading strategies Radio phone-in: lifestyle and appearance A school survey 2 videos: alcohol consumption Video: urban exploring Reading: Responding by filling in letters Listening: Short answers Speaking: Discussion on a topic covered

3 Speaking Writing Functional language Skills enhancement Talking about teenager-parent relationship Discussing internet replies Talking about chores A conversation about chores Phrases for keeping the conversation going Mini-debate An Writing an informal Reading: gapped text, short answers Writing: informal letter Role-play: telephone conversation Letter to agony aunt A dialogue Making enquiries and requests by telephone Discussing spending holidays with parents Role-play: telephone conversation Mini-debate A diary/blog An article/account about holidays An article/account about national rituals Booking accommodation for a holiday Listening: short answers Use of language: gap fill (tenses) Discussing views on text messaging Giving advice Giving advice The kappling game A round-robin Making arrangements on the telephone Making arrangements Role-play: offering and refusing Reassuring and advising Information gap activity Discussing the menu for a day camp Instructions for dance moves Offering, refusing politely Listening: true / false Writing: informal letter Talking about favourite sports Preparing a video scene An advertisement Coping with minor injuries Talking about lifestyle changes in the near future Talking about health and lifestyle problems Discussing a survey Role-play: interview A formal A report A diary entry Requesting information by Asking for and giving personal details Use of language: word formation Speaking: visual stimulus Writing: A formal letter

4 Unit Topic/Vocabulary Grammar Reading Listening/Watching 11 Managing money Income and expenditure Indirect/polite questions some/any/every/no + their compound 3 texts about teen income and expenditure Video: Teens and money Interview with students about income and spending habits 12 Teenage achievements Celebrity culture Teens and the press Comparatives and superlatives Present Perfect with superlatives Order and position of adjectives 4 texts about teenage achievements A survey of teens in British cities News report 13 Environmental problems Volunteering Passive structures (present, past, future) Subject and object questions An interview with a teen volunteer Video: A pale blue dot An interview with a male volunteer A classroom debate 14 Stories and histories Numbers and dates Present Perfect Cont. with for and since Present Perfect Continuous vs. Present Perfect Simple Emphatic pronouns Article: We call each other Twisters 3 articles about teens knowledge of history Radio programme about children switched at birth Important events Video: What s wrong with history 15 Fashion All about design Verbs + infinitive/-ing form Gerunds and dummy it as subject Infinitive of purpose Fashion profiles 3 texts about three fashion designers News programme about work conditions in the clothesmaking industry Video: Stella McCartney Reading: Gapped text Use of language: Word formation Speaking: Written stimulus 16 Newspapers Print vs. electronic media Reported speech: tense shift, sentence patterns, linking word Reporting verbs Reported questions Newspaper sections Article: Printed media vs. E-media An interview A conversation Ending to the article Printed media vs. E-media Video: Employees at Newcastle s TV 17 Behind the scenes Reality shows Teens and television Defining relative clauses Non-defining relative clauses The Production Team Web replies to a question about reality TV Report: Teens and the media Video: Fox TV s newsroom Radio programme: interviewing people about reality TV Radio programme: TV viewing habits around the world 18 Public speaking Disasters Advice: present vs. past Deduction: present vs. past Tips on public speaking 3 story ending A panel giving feedback on three presentations Video: How to read body language Logical deduction puzzle Video: interview with Corey Worthington Books and movies Book clubs Visual projects Photography Filmmaking Third conditional Past wishes and regrets Sentence structures Causative have/get: present and past Causative have/get: active and passive Are books or films better? 4 mini-reviews for a book club An article about a young photographer An about a filmmaking project Writing an effective CV Video: interview with Daniel Radcliffe Radio programme about books Interview with a young photographer Video: Filmmaking tips Reading: Short answers Listening: True / False Speaking: Discussion on a topic covered

5 Speaking Writing Functional language Skills enhancement A chain game Discussing personal income and expenditure Describing income and expenditure Discussing the influence of celebrities on teens Discussing the image of teens in Slovenia and a comparison with British teens Writing a summary of a discussion Talking about a person Reading: short answers Writing: an essay A debate A poster A response to a video Agreeing and disagreeing Rolling roles Numbers and dates game Discussing the teaching and learning of history Clues for important past evets Numbers Listening: short answers Use of language: gap fill Discussing the habits of buying clothes Role-play: in a clothes shop Buying clothes Talking about newspapers Two phone calls Filling in a complaints log Complaining and responding to complaints Talking about TV and reality shows Discussing reactions to a video Politeness registers Listening: true / false Writing: formal letter Discussion about public speaking Role-play Telling a story Discussing reactions to a video I shouldn t have game An giving opinion Apologizing Talking about books and film adaptations Discussing making a film from a story Discussing reading preferences Talking about sharing hobbies and interests Discussing reactions to a video Writing: An essay A paragraph about a book from which a film was made A story A book review Writing a narrative Ordering parts of a sentence Describing a person / writing an interview / describing an Writing a CV ambitious project A curriculum vitae Use of language: word formation Speaking: written stimulus

6 Dear Student, You are about to start on the next phase of your journey towards being able to communicate easily with the many people across the world who speak English as their first or second language. We hope that Way Up will make that journey easier for you, as well as enjoyable and really useful. Learning a new language and the entire cultural systems which are part of that language is a challenging but exciting adventure. This is especially the case with English, which is spoken in so many different ways in different parts of the globe, and which has no single regulated standard. We have tried to bring some of the colourful varieties of speech into this textbook in the hope that it will give you the desire to reach across cultural distances great and small, in order to communicate your own interesting, unique point of view. Communication is the basic function of language, after all, and the coursebook offers you many opportunities to try this out with partners and groups. Because we know that everyone has their own style of learning, we invite you to find your own best ways of improving your ability to speak your new language. For this reason too, the course often offers choices, and it asks for your own thoughts and input into the themes proposed. The responsibility for your learning is really your own. Good luck with the course. We ve provided the opportunity in the Workbook (Blogs and Logs) to send us your feedback and we ll always be happy to hear from you. With our best wishes, Joanne, Petra and the Rokus Klett team

7 Module 1 Put these words or expressions into the right categories and add two more expressions of your own to each box. gran assignment husband watching TV digital camera hanging around with friends mobile phone nursery videotape skiing playing computer games parents geography archery adopted sailing snowboarding dirt-biking only child grandad divorced a packed lunch homework cybercafé text messaging physical education canteens primary and secondary separated snorkelling posting photos online social networking Family, family relationships School Activities Communicating

8 1 Families and family life Present tenses revised State/action verbs Present habits with time/frequency adverbs Talking about relationships and routines 1A Who hangs out with their parents? 1 A Look at the three diagrams that show family relationships. Listen to two conversations about them. Match each conversation with one of the diagrams. 1 Lisa and Raya: Diagram 2 Peter and Josh: Diagram B Write these names on the two diagrams. Mother Mum Gran Sister Dad Neighbours Father Raya Julia 2 Listen again. Then write the name of the person who says: a I m not writing, I m drawing. b Where s your Dad? c He s travelling in China. d Every week I learn something different. e I hate that kind of assignment. f Do you hang out with her at the weekend? g I m putting you in. h When I get home I grab a bite. i I guess she s number one. j You don t like drawing. 3 A Do you remember how to use the present tenses? Choose the right expression and complete the sentences. Then put the ten sentences (a j) from exercise 2 as examples. activities that are temporary things that are always (or never) true or permanent things happening right now or at the present time activities that are repeated, like routines and habits A C Compare your ideas with others in the class. Which diagram do you prefer? Why? What do you think of the assignment? Is it interesting or boring or? We use the Present Simple to talk or ask questions about 1 Example sentences: 2 Example sentences: We use the Present Continuous to talk or ask questions about 3 Example sentences: 4 Example sentences: B B We don t use the Present Continuous with verbs that describe states or states of mind or feelings. Some of these verbs are linked to: activities of the mind: think, know, believe, appear, understand, remember, forget emotions: love, like, hate, prefer, dislike, want, wish the senses: hear, see, smell, taste, feel possession: have, own, belong, possess other verbs: need, cost, mean, seem Some verbs can be state or action verbs, depending on their meaning. I think she s a bit of a weirdo. (an opinion, a mental state ) But: What are you thinking about right now? I m thinking of my exam. C C Circle the right verb form in each sentence. 1 The diagram shows / is showing her family relationships. 2 Lisa and her mum have / are having a chat every afternoon after school. 3 Lisa can t talk to Raya now, because she has / is having her lunch. 4 Josh hates / is hating talking about his problems to his family. 5 He prefers / is preferring to deal with his problems by himself.

9 4 Josh and Lisa have very different attitudes to talking with their parents. In groups, answer and discuss these questions. 1 When does Lisa talk with her parents? Do you support her attitude? Give reasons. 2 How does Josh deal with his problems? Do you agree with his attitude? Give reasons. 3 Is talking with parents always a good solution to problems? Give reasons and suggest other possibilities. 4 Who do you turn to first when you have a serious problem? Is there someone you can turn to at school? 5 Some young people watched a programme about teenagers sharing hobbies or sports with their parents, who feel this gives them an opportunity to talk. Read the replies that some of them posted on the website. With a partner, find: 1 an adjective = very strange 2 an informal noun = a person who seems strange 3 a frequency expression = sometimes 4 an internet shortcut = laugh out loud 5 an internet shortcut = you re 6 a vivid noun = people who do exactly the same as other people 7 a slang noun = a ridiculous person 8 a slang noun = a great fan of heavy metal music 9 an adjective = strange, unusual behaviour 10 a verb phrase = speak to people as if you think they re stupid 6 A Put at least fi ve writers (A M) on the line to show the relationship they have with their parents (good > bad). Compare and discuss with others. My parents are friends, it s easy to talk with them. My parents never talk to me as a friend. B Write a reply to one of the comments. Say what you think of the comment, and why. A I m 14, and I don t hate talking to my parents, and in fact I kind of enjoy it. As long as my parents don t talk down to me and treat me like a human being, they re my best friends. 123Alterna ǀ 6 months ago ǀ Show ǀ Hide B who hangs out with their parents CherrySoda ǀ 8 months ago ǀ Show ǀ Hide C Reply: ur right, this is clearly abnormal behaviour. MaseY ǀ 8 months ago ǀ Show ǀ Hide D Reply: it s good to hang out with your parents from time to time. ChosonKarate ǀ 8 months ago ǀ Show ǀ Hide E Reply: Sheep!!!!!! CityPrincess ǀ 7 months ago ǀ Show ǀ Hide F Reply: XD Yeah no one hangs out with their parents by CHOICE. ruby00 ǀ 8 months ago ǀ Show ǀ Hide G All the kids in this movie are dorks! I love my parents and all, but as a teen I NEVER hang out with them. ixlovexsushi ǀ 8 months ago ǀ Show ǀ Hide H But one thing I will say - hanging out with your parents is fun. Figure skating is cool. ChrisAmazing ǀ 8 months ago ǀ Show ǀ Hide I Reply: I hang out with my dad a lot cause he s cool and a metalhead like me BUT not my mom she s a weirdo. kiirometh ǀ 7 months ago ǀ Show ǀ Hide J Reply: that vid was weird now back to the real world. lol i bet those teens in this vid were robots Disarmed ǀ 7 months ago ǀ Show ǀ Hide K I don t know what you guys are talking about, i wish my parents would play sports with me. I rarely talk to my dad, because i guess he has better things to do than think about me even though we live in the same house. Salger ǀ 7 months ago ǀ Show ǀ Hide L Though my dad lives with me, my Mom is the one who raises me. I barely have a relationship with my Dad, what-so-ever, and it bothers me because my friends and their Dads are always having a good ol time while my Dad and I fight or ignore each other. SKFILD ǀ 6 months ago ǀ Show ǀ Hide M That s the same situation I m in. I know how you feel. TheLilCuteyGirl ǀ 6 months ago ǀ Show ǀ Hide G 2, 3, 4 Present Simple and Present Continuous My gran always supports me. What are you writing? I m not writing, I m drawing. MORE PRACTICE: Workbook, pages 4, 5 9

10 1B Chore wars 1 A The Present Simple is often used with time expressions, like at the weekend, on Saturdays, in the summer, in the winter, on schooldays, in the morning, at nighttime. What do you do at the weekend? Do you go to your friend s after school? Read the answers and write the questions. 1 Q:? A: After school, I go straight home and do my homework. 2 Q:? A: In the summer, we always go to the seaside. 3 Q:? A: No, I don t do any sports at school, ever! 4 Q:? A: I always get up at 7 am, even at the weekend. B Join a partner. Ask and answer your questions. Change partners and do the same. 2 A Tick the right answer for you. Be honest! How often do you 1 set the table for a meal? 2 wash up or load the dishwasher? 3 cook a meal or help to prepare it? 4 clean or help to clean the house? 5 change a light bulb? 6 wash your clothes? 7 take out the rubbish? 8 do the family food shopping? 9 load software onto a computer? 10 repair things in the house? Every day Once or twice a week Once or twice a month B A class survey. Work in groups. Count the numbers in your group and write them on the board. Get a total for the whole class. Then discuss these questions. Which activities do students do often in your class? Which activities have the highest number of Never answers? Never Which activities do boys do often? Which do girls do often? Is there a difference? If there is, do you think this is just natural? 3 A TV presenter and her husband talk about doing chores at home. Read the article and write which chores from exercise 2A (1 10) each one does. Kate: Derek: The Great Chore Wars A survey reported in the Daily Mail this week found that women do an average 33,000 worth of unpaid chores around the house each year that s 40 per cent more than men. The issue of Chore Wars was also aired on GMTV, A British TV channel, by presenter Kate Garraway who told viewers about her psychotherapist husband, Derek Draper, and why he doesn t do the cooking at home. Here, Kate and Derek debate why men and women never seem to share the chores equally. So who do you agree with? Derek says: There s a Draper family joke passed down the generations. When asked to do domestic chores by our wives, we Draper men retort: What s the point of having a dog if you have to bark yourself? Before we go any further, I need to stress the obvious: it s just a joke. But many a true word is spoken in jest, and I have to admit I am pretty old-fashioned when it comes to cooking and housework. In our house, Kate does all the cooking. I have never really learned, and whenever I try, I don t enjoy it. I also get ready to growl, girls don t know how to work the washing machine and while even I figured out how to vacuum, I never actually do it. So does that make us an unbalanced household, headed by a dyed-in-the-wool chauvinist? Well, not if we widen our definitions. Who does the Do It Yourself from changing a bulb to putting up stair-gates? Who puts software onto the computer and fixes the broadband when it fails? Who takes the car to the garage? And who always drives when we go out? In addition, I do the shopping and take out the rubbish. Most of these things are naturally seen as the domain of the male, so what is so wrong with seeing cooking and cleaning as more naturally the domain of the female? Is it discrimination or just a tidy division of labour? I will get a lot of brickbats for this, but I really do think that fixing, fetching and fiddling are more naturally male activities, while homemaking, as they call it in the U.S., is a more naturally female one. 10

11 4 Find the word or phrase in the article which means the same as the underlined words. 1 Derek thinks his way of dividing up the chores is the same as everybody else s. u 2 He believes that some things are true even if we speak of them jokingly. i 3 Derek describes himself as someone with not very modern ideas. o - 4 He thinks women are angry when he gives his views. g 5 He wonders whether he s a man who is just not able to change his views. d w 5 With a partner, tick if these are Derek s or Kate s views (or both). Decide what you think. If you disagree, write a reason. Then compare with others. 1 It s not in men s nature to do cooking and cleaning. Kate We agree. Derek We disagree because 2 It s not in women s nature to do DIY. Kate We agree. Derek We disagree because 3 If you have to provide a meal, get a take-away. Kate We agree. Derek We disagree because 4 It s natural for men to work with computers. Kate We agree. Derek We disagree because 5 Men are good at understanding technical instructions. Kate We agree. Derek We disagree because Get the hang of it! Men are competitive and goal-orientated (think Horatio Nelson), while women are nurturing and consensual (think Florence Nightingale). I suspect that the way Kate and I divide up the domestic duties is pretty universal. Kate says: I guess there are plenty of men who are a lot better than Derek around the house, but I suspect there are many who are a lot worse. To give my husband his due, he is a better tidier than me, and he does wipe down the odd surface with a J-cloth but that s as near to cleaning as he gets. Like many men I know, he also thinks that the main ingredients of a meal are a phone and a handful of takeaway menus. I can throw together a family meal a stew or pasta bake without thinking, and I love how much Derek appreciates it. So I never mind doing the cooking, as long as he sets the table and loads the dishwasher. He does do other stuff around the house, trying his best at DIY and anything technical. Which is a good job, because I shy away from instruction manuals as much as he avoids cookbooks. And he always boasts about doing the shopping, but does he mention he does it on the internet and that I usually unpack it when it arrives? He is great with our three-year-old daughter, Darcey, though. He gets her up when I am off early to GMTV and gets home most nights to bath her. I potter around listening to them laughing and splashing about, and it s one of Keeping a conversation going 6 A Read the gapped conversation. Then listen and complete Lara s part. Continue the conversation for one or two more exchanges. There are suggestions below to help you keep the conversation going. L: Hi, Nick. N: Oh, hi, Lara. What are you doing? L: I m this article. N: What s it about? L: It s silly it s. N: Really? Doesn t sound too interesting. L: Oh you know one of these sociology surveys. It s about what teens do. N: Yeah, I can guess. I bet it says we. L: Well, not exactly. It says boys don t do their. N: What? That s just prejudice! [You continue] Why do you say that? Oh no! Not that again! Well, tell me about it. Really? What does it say about it? Oh, in what way? Really? Do you think that s right? Go on Tell me more. Yeah, well, I agree, but You can t be serious! I don t believe it! knjigarna.com B Join a partner and read and perform your two conversations. swis721 the happiest times of my day. Best of all, he knows how to make a fuss of me. He is always the one who books a babysitter and organises dates, even if it s just to eat a pizza and watch a film. He also plans and arranges our holidays, but I suspect that is because he quite likes to be in control. As he once put it to me,he likes being the surpriser, not the surprised. So, yes, there s no doubt there are differences between men and women s approaches to the home but I think Derek exaggerates the differences. Aren t they mainly just what we learned as children? C Write a short conversation between yourself and a friend about the chores that you do at home. G 2 Time/Frequency adverbs I never do any cooking, but I set the table every day. Who always drives when we go out? MORE PRACTICE: Workbook, page 5 11

12 2 Memories Revision and extension of past tenses Past habits: used to/would + infinitive Recognising factual or anecdotal texts Talking about present and past routines 2A Childhood 1 A Underline the Past Simple verbs. Circle the Past Continuous verbs. 1 My parents were living in Rome when I had my first birthday. 2 When I was growing up, though, we lived in Split. 3 At first, when I was learning English, I found speaking very difficult. 4 I remember my mother s smile when I came home from nursery: that s my first memory. 5 My happiest memory? I was learning to cycle, and my grandad helped me up when I fell down. 6 No, nothing sad happened to me during childhood. B The statements in 1A are answers. Write the six questions. C Past Simple or Past Continuous? Write PS or PC. 1 This verb tense describes a complete, finished action or state. 2 This verb tense describes an action or state that was continuous or unfinished in the past. D Prepare to answer the questions for yourself. Jot down a few notes. Use your dictionary or ask others if you need help with some words or expressions. E Join a partner. Ask and answer the questions. 2 Here are two sets of childhood memories. Section A is from a newspaper article, B is from an internet blog. Read them quickly and write the answers. 1 Who remembers events that happened once only? 2 Who remembers activities they did often in childhood? 3 Whose interests changed as he grew older? A British celebrities share some of their favourite childhood memories 1 ALEX KINGSTON, ACTRESS My mum would pack us sandwiches, pinpoint a street on a map of our neighbourhood and send me and my friend on our expedition. We would whizz around roads and lanes with a great sense of achievement when we arrived at the destination. 2 GEORGE MICHAEL, SINGER One of my most vivid childhood memories: a goat bit my hand at Golders Green Children s Zoo. 3 EMILY MAITLIS, NEWSREADER I grew up in a house with a long hallway. I have an abiding memory. As a child returning from school, I would ring the bell, then as I was staring through the window on the door, I would see my mother running up the hall to open it. And that first hello hug would always put a huge smile on my face. She always looked so delighted to welcome me home. It was as simple as that. 4 CHRIS TARRANT, TV PRESENTER One of my earliest memories is my firstever day s fishing. My grandad took me. I was just four. I caught a fish, dropped grandad s rod and fell in the river. All in all, it was pretty typical of most of my fishing days since. 5 SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR, SINGER August 10, 1987, was the day my little brother was born and I was so excited to be a big sister. Jack s father is my step-dad and when Jack arrived I was with my dad, who was really happy for me and made me a special coin to mark the occasion. I remember being proud not just that I finally wasn t an only child any more, but also that my parents had moved on to better things since their divorce. 12

13 B Blog 1 Sarah s first childhood memory dates from when she was about 2 years old. I remember crawling underneath the fir trees in my parents back garden. 2 When he was younger, Daniel used to build miniature aeroplanes. Daniel later ended up dedicating most of his time to music, which started to gain his interest during his teenage years. 3 Rochanne used to live in the countryside in Cornwall. She remembers the days out in the forest with her dog Sooke. I was around 8 years old at the time. Beside the walks, I often went horse riding and swimming, which I still do quite a bit nowadays. My earliest memory is one of my grandma. I remember us having a walk together, not long before she died. I must have been 2 years old at the time. 4 Alex s favourite subjects in school used to be geography and especially physical education: I used to watch the TV programme Going Live on Saturday mornings, but only until I left for the am football match. 5 Wondering what it s like to be forced to wear school uniforms, I ask Alex whether he used to wear one when he was in school. He did, both in primary and in secondary school. We wore dark blue trousers, shirts and ties. We also had a jumper for autumn and winter. But mine didn t fit well so I preferred to leave it at home. 3 A Read the five statements about how to use used to and would. 1 We use used to and would to talk about habits and repeated actions. 2 We use used to and would to talk about temporary, continuous, or repeated states. 3 We use used to to describe permanent past states (not would). 4 We sometimes use the Past Simple instead of would or used to, for variety. 5 Used to describes action in the past, not the present. The question form is Did you use to? The negative is: didn t use to. B Tick the correct sentences. Put a cross for the incorrect sentences. Write the numbers of the statements in 3A that give a reason for your choice. 1 My mum used to pack us sandwiches. Statement number: 2 When I looked through the window, I saw my mother running up the hall. 3 Now that I m grown up, I use to go fishing every summer. 4 August 10th was the day my brother used to be 4 A On a slip of paper, write a blog about an early memory. Don t put your name on it. Some of these questions can help you. How old were you when it happened? Where were you living? Is your memory about something that used to happen often? Was it a happy situation or event? What were your feelings about it then? Do you feel differently about it now? Did something funny happen? Who were you with? How did it end? Why do you think you still remember it? B In groups, put your slips of paper into a box. Each of you then picks out one slip. Read the blog and write an answer. In it, say: What did you find interesting in the memory? Is it like a memory of your own, or very different? Would you like to know more about it? knjigarna.com born. swis721 5 When he was younger, Daniel would often build miniature aeroplanes. 6 When she was a child, Rochanne would live in Cornwall. 7 She used to go horse riding and swimming. 8 Alex s favourite subjects at school were geography and physical education. 9 Did Alex used to like wearing his school uniform? 10 We used to wear dark blue trousers, shirts and ties. C Read your answer to the group. Can they guess whose blog you read? G 5, 7 Past Simple, Past Continuous My parents were living in Rome when I was born. 6 used to/would My mum would pack us sandwiches. What did she use to do in summer? She used to go swimming. MORE PRACTICE: Workbook, pages

14 2B Different backgrounds 1 Read the short texts (A H). With a partner mark them: F if they are factual accounts = supposed to be true A if they are anecdotes = personal memories A B C D E F G H 2 A What differences are there between factual accounts and anecdotes? Choose the features which are typical of F or A. F A a They are often informal in style. b The language is often complex. c The language is formal. d Emotion is often expressed. e They use the first pronoun. f They are not emotional. g They often tell the reader where the information comes from. h The sentences are often short. B With a partner, write answers to these questions, then compare with others. 1 Can a reader trust a factual account? List reasons. Yes, we can trust them. Reasons: No, we can t trust them completely. Reasons: 2 What can you do to check if factual accounts are really true? 3 Are anecdotes more reliable, that is, are they always true? List reasons. Yes, they are as reliable as factual accounts. Reasons: No, they are not very reliable, a reader has to be careful. Reasons: C The results of a research survey amongst UK residents show that not matter what their ethnic background is, the majority are in favour of one national identity. When asked whether anyone who has recently come to the country should be required to attend courses about British citizenship and the British way of life, seventy-eight per cent of all the people surveyed answered yes. D One in five children in the United States today has an immigrant parent. What do we know about how immigrant children are becoming American, and how do we know it? Some surprising answers to this question have emerged from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS), an in-depth research project that is following the fortunes of 5,262 teenagers and their parents representing 77 nationalities, primarily based in San Diego, California, and in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. E My parents arrived here from Pakistan in 1962 with nothing but their suitcase. They worked hard in a local factory and they never claimed unemployment benefits or any other kind of social support. Later, they built up their own successful business, sent money to their relatives back home, and brought up three children. I think that s quite an achievement. F I have lived in the United States for 8 years. I was born in Burma. My family came over here to have a new life. We were chased by the government and our lives were in danger. My family separated and a great family adopted me. 14 A The Australian Census for 2006 reveals that 44 per cent of Australians were born either overseas or to at least one parent born in a country other than Australia, and Asians are quickly catching up to Europeans to be a dominant source of immigration. B Marwan Field, 17, of Iraqi and Welsh descent, has two uncles who recently claimed asylum. Both were tortured, he says, in one case for failing to have a portrait of Saddam Hussein on display in his home. G Although I was born in England, my background is very multicultural. My dad was Egyptian and my mum half Scots, half French. We left the UK when I was twelve and went to live in Canada. But when I fly in to Heathrow through the dark clouds and see all the chocolates in the shops, I know I m back home.

15 H The CILS data vividly underscores the rapidity with which English triumphs and foreign languages atrophy among children of immigrants in the US, rebutting concerns about the perpetuation of foreign-language enclaves in immigrant communities. Rather than posing a threat to the dominance of English, what is being eliminated rapidly is the ability of these children to maintain fluency in the language of their immigrant parents, a significant loss of scarce and valuable bilingual resources for individuals and for the US in an increasingly global economy. B Watch a video about Athina Bortigao, the daughter of immigrants living in Greece. Don t worry if there are some expressions you don t understand. Complete the sentences. 1 The programme is about a teenager. 2 Greece doesn t let immigrants stay. 3 Athina feels just like other Greek teenagers because. 4 The country s laws are not appropriate because. 5 Athina wants to be a Greek citizen because she feels she. 3 Read the factual accounts again. Match each one with a headline. Text Text Text Text n of o nt S s S, A ten-year study reveals facts about immigrant children in the US A ten year study reveals facts about immig ant chil Is Britain multicultural? Most people p support a British identity Th CILS dataa vividly un dersco re the ra idi NEARLY HALF OF AUS TR ALIANS ARE FIRST- OR SE COND - GENERA TION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN THE US PREFER TO SPEAK ENGLISH Die data vividly underscore the 4 Some texts in exercise 1 hint at problems that immigrant children face in the US and Britain. With a partner, list two problems from the texts. Try to think of other possible problems. 5 A Before you watch a video, choose the right interpretation of these phrases. Use a dictionary if you wish. 1 A country wary of new arrivals = is frightened of them / welcomes them. knjigarna.com 2 The threat of arrest for immigrants looms large = it s Good swis721 luck with your campaign. I hope you win! possible that immigrants will be arrested / immigrants are protected from being arrested. 3 The girls have no permanent status = they can stay as long as they like / they can t stay for a long time. 4 They campaigned for the legalisation of immigrants = they tried to get immigrants sent away / they wanted immigrants to have the right to stay. 5 The country s legal framework hasn t caught up with the new reality = the laws are appropriate for life in the present / the laws are not appropriate for life in the present. Get the hang of it! Writing an informal 6 A What are the differences between writing an informal letter and writing an informal ? Tick the statements that are true and re-write the statements that are false. 1 In an informal letter, you often have your own address at the top, but this is not necessary in an informal . 2 For informal letters and s, you write the date before you begin. 3 The greeting in an is sometimes Dear., but it can also be Hello, or Hi. 4 In s, senders often use more informal language than in letters. 5 The sender often uses shortened words in both letters and s. 6 The ending in an is always the same as in an informal letter. B Write an to Athina to say what you thought of the video. Tell her: Did you like the video? Why or why not? What did you particularly like in it? Do you think it s a good idea for her to fight for citizenship? Do you want to wish her luck with her campaign? G Recognising factual or anecdotal texts I am the child of an illegal immigrant. (anecdotal) One in five children in the United States today has an immigrant parent. (factual) MORE PRACTICE: Workbook, page 11 15