Moving to Marlborough

Moving to Marlborough

Contents (Moving to Marlborough) Episode 1 A New Start Episode 2 Martina and Mark Episode 3 Andy Episode 4 Lost and found Authors: Cornelia Strack Dieter Buttje wdr Westdeutsches Fernsehen revised worksheets, exercises and pc printed edition: Mathey

1.1 A New Start 1. Keep your eyes and ears open a) Follow the Beckers route from Cologne to Marlborough. b) Collect information about the persons. c) Collect information about Marlborough. d) What do Martina and Andy think about living in England during their first days? 2. What did you learn from them? Do you remember what Mrs Becker said? Fill in the gaps. Well, I went to Germany because it was country, and his was there. After he was in the accident, I suddenly remembered how lovely Marlborough was, and how the people were. So when your Vera wrote and told me about the empty near hers, it just seemed the right thing for us to do. I ve got to the now, remember? 3. Who said what? What did Mark and Martina talk about. Complete their conversation. Mark: Hello. I don t think I ve seen you before. Mart.: Mark: From where? Mart.: Mark: But you aren t German, are you? Mart.: Mark: I m sorry. Why did you come to Marlborough?

1.2 A New Start 3. Who said what? (cont.) Mart.: Mark: I see. Look, there is this outing next month - to Avebury. Have you heard about it? Mart.: Mark: I think there are still one or two places. Would you like to come? Mart.: Mark: Oh, it s just some old stones standing around - but a day off school can t be bad. 4. What is it in the other language? Andy wants to tell his friend Frank in Germany what his English classmates wanted to know from him. Here is what they asked. Classmates: Andy: Classmates: Andy: Classmates: Andy: Classmates: Andy: Do you have a German car? In der Schule wollten sie wissen, ob. Do you have to wear school uniform? Sie wollten wissen, ob. Can the girls go to school in jeans.. What sort of games do you play in Germany?. 5. Andy Here is what Andy thinks about school in England and the English language: Andy: Liz: Andy: Liz: Schule! Das hat mir gerade noch gefehlt! You ll get used to the English school quite soon, I m sure. Aber hier habe ich keine Freunde. Andy - do start speaking English. After all, you spoke English to me in Germany. You ll make new friends. We ll all have to make new friends.

1.3 A New Start 5. Andy (cont.) Now answer the questions! a) How does Andy feel about school? b) Why does he go on speaking German? c) Why does his Mum want him to speak English? 6. What happened in this episode? These sentences are wrong. Please correct them. a) The family moves from Cologne to Marlborough because Mr Becker has got a new job there. b) Martina and Andy are looking forward to living in England. c) Mrs Becker and her children are going to live in aunt Vera s house. d) Aunt Vera has never seen Andy before. e) Andy asks his new classmates a lot of things about England and the school. f) In summer they play football and volleyball at English schools. g) Andy wants to play cricket with the other boys at his new school. h) Mark is one of the best football players in his team. i) Martina wants to go for an outing to London next month. k) Andy phones his friend in Germany and tells him about his new home and school. 7. The story so far Now look at the words and write down the story in full sentences. (Simple Past) Becker family - Cologne / Liz Becker - English - Mr Becker - German - Andy - Martina - children / Mr Becker - die - accident / Mrs Becker - decide - England / One morning - say good-bye - start - England / Mrs Becker - Martina - want - move - Marlborough / Andy - unhappy - not want - speak - English / Mrs Becker - tell - about Marlborough - hill / Sister - Vera - shop - High Street - too / Andy - not like - house / Aunt Vera - come - say hello / Offer - Martina - job - shop - Saturdays / First day - school - Andy - tell - classmates - Germany / Andy - not know - cricket / Martina - talk - Mark - cricket player / Mark - ask - why - move - Marlborough / Tell - Martina - outing - Avebury - next month / Andy - want - phone - Frank - not - at home

2.1 Martina and Mark 1. Keep your eyes and ears open a) What s the plan for the outing? b) What s Martina s and Mark s plan? c) What does the teacher do and say about Martina and Mark? 2. What did you learn? What did Mrs Pritchard say about the outing? Fill in the gaps. a) Can I have your, please? b) I d like to remind you of the for the day. c) On our we will explore. d) Then we ll to the White Horse at Cherhill and have our on the way. e) The arrangements for this still remain a. 3. The White Horse at Cherhill The White Horse at Cherhill was cut into the chalk Wiltshire downs. It is one of many hillside figures that you can find all along England's landscape. Many of these figures are prehistoric, but this White Horse is relatively young if you compare it to others. It was cut in 1780 by a Dr Christopher Allsop. People believe that he stood in the village below and used a megaphone to give instructions to the workers. See a 360 o view of the area with the Horse at: http://www.britishtours.com/360/cherhill.html chalk Kreide down Hügel, Düne hillside auf dem Hügel gelegen landscape Landschaft prehistoric prähistorisch instruction Anweisung

4. What did they say? Do you remember when Mark and Martina left the group? Complete their dialogue. Mark: Do you really want to look at old stones all morning? Martina: Mark:.. Martina: Mark:.. Martina: Mark: 2.2 Martina and Mark.. Martina:. Some help: All right, but we must not miss them when they get back. - Mark, we ll get into trouble. - I m not sure, Mark. - No, we won t. Nobody ll miss us at the White Horse. - Well, I thought it would be quite interesting. - Oh, come on! We ll have more fun by ourselves. - When you ve seen one old stone, you ve seen them all. 5. What s it in the other language? Martina is writing to her friends in Germany. She wants to tell them what Mrs Pritchard said when they came back. a) And where have you two been? b) Why didn t you catch up? c) I m not surprised - in those sandals. d) On an outing like this we have to trust e) You ve more or less ruined it, from people. my point of view.

2.3 6. How do they feel? Martina and Mark Andy and Martina are talking about their first days in England. Martina: Is school going better now? Andy: A bit. I haven t really made any friends. I miss Frank and the others at the Fußballclub. Martina: What did he say when you rang him up? Andy: The team lost last Saturday. He said they need me in goal. Martina: Perhaps they ll need a goalkeeper here, too. Andy: There ll be no football till the winter. What do I do till then. Ich vergammele! Martina: You must stop thinking about Germany all the time. We live here now, in Marlborough. Andy: It s all right for you. You ve got Mark Fraser. I don t think he s your type. Martina: What do you mean? Andy: Er ist ein Angeber, a show-off. Now answer the questions: a) Andy uses German words. Can you explain why? b) Why is football so important for Andy? c) What does Martina say to help Andy? d) Why does Andy dislike Mark Fraser? 7. What happened in this episode? Fill in the missing words. a) Andy is unhappy because they don t at his school in summer. b) On his German team he was the. c) Martina feels all right because she. d) Mark thinks Andy is a kid because he is always standing on his own. e) Mrs Pritchard tells the group that they will Avebury that day and have a look at the. f) Martina and Mark the group and walk around.

2.4 Martina and Mark 7. What happened in this episode? (cont.) g) After a while Martina wants to with the group. h) Mark wants to go to a first. i) When they walk down the hill, Martina slips and. k) Later Mrs Pritchard says that Mark and Martina have the outing. 8. The story so far Make sentences and write them down on a seperate paper. Use connectives! 1. some weeks - later - day - outing - Avebury 2. Andy - tell -Martina - need - new -bike 3. he - unhappy - no - new friends 4. tell - sister - ring up - Frank - Cologne 5. Frank - say - need - Andy - goal 6. Andy - not like - Mark - not - Martina s type 7. Mark - think - Andy - funny kid 8. stand around - not talk - anyone 9. pupils - go - Avebury - coach 10. Mrs Pritchard - teacher - tell - plans - day 11. Mark - not want - look - stones - group 12. Martina - take - photos - Mark - stones 13. Martina - Mark - walk up - hill 14. group - look at - White Horse 15. Martina - Mark - picnic - top - hill 16. Mark - want - have - drink - pub 17. walk down - hill - Martina - slip - hurt - ankle 18. Mark - help - walk down - hill 19. arrive - coach - class - jokes 20. Mrs Pritchard - angry - say - spoil everything

3.1 Andy 1. Keep your eyes and ears open a) What are Andy s problems? Why does he run away? b) What does the teacher do to find Andy? c) What can you find out about John Fenton? 2. What did you learn from John Fenton? Here is what John Fenton told Andy about himself. Fill in the gaps. a) Those stickers are, aren t they? b) I was in Dortmund with the for a few years. c) I used to go and Borussia Dortmund now and then. d) They had an player for a while, didn t they? e) I certainly had a good there. f) Ieven learnt a bit of. 3. What did they say? When Andy doesn t turn up at school, Mr Hadden calls his mother. Complete the dialogue. a) Liz: b) c) d) e)

3.2 Andy 3. What did they say? (cont.) f) g) Liz: Some help: Well, he should be in school. He just left a bit late after his paper round. - Yes, I will. Goodbye - and thanks for ringing. - Good morning, Mrs Becker. I m ringing from St John s school. Andy isn t here this morning. - Well, he hasn t arrived. Do you think we should call the police? - Let us know when he is back, will you? - Marlborough 52789, Liz Becker. - Good heavens, no! I m sure there s a simple explanation. 4. What s it in the other language? Andy is homesick. His Mum tells Aunt Vera about his calls to Germany. This is what Andy has told Frank in Germany. Write down what his mother tells Aunt Vera. a) Mein altes Fahrrad ist zu schwer und geht langsam kaputt. b) Aber leider können wir uns noch kein neues leisten. c) Auch das Telefonieren nach Deutschland wird zu teuer. d) Deshalb soll ich dir lieber schreiben. e) Aber am liebsten würde ich dich in Deutschland besuchen. f) Was würden deine Eltern von dieser Idee halten? g) Ich weiß natürlich, dass das zu teuer würde. 5. How do they feel? Liz: Andy: Liz: Andy: Liz: You know, all these phone calls to Germany are very expensive. Couldn t you write to Frank instead? Writing isn t the same. I d like to go and see Frank in the summer. You really must try to make some English friends, Andy. I know, I know. But they don t seem to like me. Somehow it s hard to make a start. Remember, I m more or less new here, too. Oh, I know aunt Vera, but I don t know anyone else. My old school friends don t live here any more. So to meet aunt Vera s friends is very important for me.

3.3 Andy 5. How do they feel? (cont.) Now answer the questions. a) How can you stay in contact with old friends? b) Is making new friends really so difficult? Why? / Why not? c) Why do you think has Andy problems to make friends? 6. What happened in this episode? These sentences are wrong. Can you correct them? a) Andy wants to invite his friends in the summer. b) Mrs Becker is going to have guests that morning. c) The Walkers will use their boat on the lake there. d) Andy wants to go boating with the Walkers. e) Andy runs away because his bike is broken. f) Mr Hadden calls the police because he wants to find out why Andy has gone boating with the Walkers. g) Mr Fenton can speak a little German because he learnt it from an English football player in Cologne. h) John Fenton drives to Southampton because he is on holiday. 7. The story so far Write a summary of the 3rd episode. Remember only to mention the most important facts. It s not necessary to write about every detail. (10 sentences will probably do.) Use the Simple Present. These words might help you. Remember that there is no need to use all of them. Andy - new bike - not afford - spend holidays - Frank - lunch party - Aunt Vera s friends - paper round - Ian Walker - old boat - bike accident - pack things - get lift - teacher call - John Fenton - Southampton - talk - story, Germany, family and life - England - lose wallet

4.1 Found - and Lost 1. Keep your eyes and ears open a) What do Liz, Martina and Mark do to find Andy? b) What does Andy do when he notices that he has lost his wallet? c) What do Paul and Shirley do to help Andy? d) Why is Andy happier in the end? 2. What did you learn from them? When Andy meets Paul and Shirley on their boat, this is what Paul says. Fill in the gaps. a) My and I are going for a. b) I m getting the ready. c) There are all those big out there. d) I suppose you can. e) We ve got a for you, in case it gets out there. 3. What did they say? Do you remember the phone call from Southampton? Can you complete it? a) Liz: Marlborough 52789, Liz Becker. b) Jackie: c) Liz: d) Jackie: e) Liz: f) Jackie: g) Liz:

4.2 Found - and Lost 3. What did they say? (cont.) h) Jackie: i) Liz: k) Jackie: Some help: That s all right. Good-bye. - And I will leave the wallet at the ticket office. - Here in Southampton, by the ferry docks. - Yes. Has something happened to him? - Hello. My name s Jackie. You won t know me. Is Andy Becker your son? - Thank you so much. You have been very kind. - Where did you find it? - I don t know. I just found a wallet with a letter addressed to him. - It s very kind of you to ring me. I ll come down to Southampton straight away. 4. What s it in the other language? After Mark has left her, Martina tells her Mum what he said. She speaks German to her Mum. What did Mark say? a) Er hat gesagt, es sei albern, einfach loszufahren. b) Er hat gefragt, warum ich nicht bei der Fähre anrufe? c) Er meinte, es müsse ja nicht die Polizei sein, die wir anrufen. d) Er sagte, es sei OK. Er würde mitkommen. Aber eigentlich wäre heute sein Cricket Training. e) Er meinte auch, es sei aber schon schön, die Schule zu schwänzen. 5. How do they feel? Shirley: Don t you like it in England? Andy: Not much. We moved to Marlborough a few weeks ago. But I haven t got any friends and I m not good at English. Shirley: That s not true, Andy. Your English is fine. Andy: But there are other things, too. All my friends are in Germany. And my father s dead. Shirley: I m sorry. It takes a long time to get over something like that. How about your mother?

4.3 Found - and Lost 5. How do they feel? (cont.) Andy: Well, her sister lives in Marlborough, and she s got some new friends and there s the shop. She s always busy, never has time to talk. Shirley: Somehow I think that will change now. Well, it s time to turn back. Do you want to steer again? Andy: Yes, please, if your husband will let me. Now answer the questions. a) Why doesn t Andy like it in England? b) Why does his Mum like it better? c) Why does Andy feel better after talking to Shirley? 6. Find the correct endings of the sentences. a) The girl tells Mrs Becker. b) Mark thinks c) Mrs Becker doesn t. d) Mrs Becker, Martina and Mark. e) Andy can t. f) The private boats. g) Andy asks Paul and Shirley h) Andy tells Paul and Shirley. i) Pauls asks Andy. k) The official tells Mrs Becker. l) Andy tries. that she found Andys wallet - are at Shamrock Quay - to steer the boat - go to Southampton by car - that his father is dead - that Andy makes things difficult for himself - to undo the ropes for him - want to bring in the police - where Andy has gone - to take him across the Channel - buy a ticket for the ferry

4.4 7. The story so far Found - and Lost Write down the story of episode 4 on an extra piece of paper. Use the words below and form new sentences. a) Mrs Becker - Martina - Mark - talk - find - Andy b) telephone - ring - girl - tell - find - wallet c) say - leave - wallet - ticket office - harbour d) Mrs Becker - Martina - Mark - go - Southampton - car e) harbour - Andy - ask - way - private boats f) Andy - walk - landing stage g) see - couple - prepare - boat h) man - tell - go - trip i) Andy - ask - take - across Channel k) lose - wallet - not - buy - ticket l) couple - not - cross - Channel m)woman - invite - Andy - trip n) Andy - undo - ropes - throw - boat o) Mrs Becker - Martina - Mark - arrive - ferry terminal p) ticket office - ask - wallet q) official- tell - Andy - ask - way - private boats r) boat - Andy - tell - Shirley - familiy s) Mark - want - go home - Martina - not - go t) Andy - arrive - harbour - happy u) like - boats - want - go boating - Ian - father 8. Some points to think and talk about a) Why, do you think, is the last episode called Found - and Lost? b) If you were Liz sister Vera: what advice would you give her to prevent Andy from running away a second time? c) What about Mark: do you think it wise of Martina to cry because of him? Why? / Why not? d) The story altogether: do you think it is realistic? Why? / Why not? e) Did you like the story? What did you / didn t you like about it?