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us, and Auntie Rani lives in Birmingham, which is only 15 miles away. They're
both married, and I've got five cousins. We see them almost every week. Someone
is always visiting our house, or we go to Birmingham to see them. And two years
ago we all went to India to see our family there.
I’m Ben, from Portland, Oregon, and
my family is a bit complicated! I've got
a sister called Ella, but three years ago
my parents got divorced and now both
of them are re-married. We live with
my mom, Julie, and my stepfather, Bob.
Bob's got a daughter called Daisy, but
she doesn't live with us, she lives with
her mom. My father's name is Pete.
He and his second wife have just had a baby boy, Charles, so I've got a new half-
brother!
My name's Trudi, and I've got a sister,
Beth. Our mum and dad are divorced, so
we live with just our mum in the suburbs
of Melbourne, Australia. Our dad has an
apartment in the centre of town, and we
spend every other weekend there. After
school every day we go to our grandma's
house and have a meal there, because our
mum doesn't finish work until six
o'clock. She collects us at half past six, except on Wednesday evenings when we go
swimming with our dad.
2b Underline the correct alternatives to complete the sentences.
1)
Callum's
aunt and uncle/ grandparents
live near London.
2)
Callum
often/ sometimes
sees his cousins.
3)
Meera's aunts both live
near/ far away.
4)
Meera
often/ rarely
sees her cousins.
5)
Daisy is Ben's
half-sister/ stepsister.
6)
Julie is Pete's
ex-wife/stepmother.
7)
Trudi's mum and dad live
in different places/ together.
8)
Trudi
never sees her dad/ sees her dad regularly.
2c Read the statistics about families in the USA and the UK.
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FAMILIES
IN THE USA
IN THE UK
Marriages that end in
divorce
50%
33%
Families with only one
parent
25%
25%
Children who live in a
single-parent home at
some time
50%
33%
Children whose parents
are not married
33%
40%
Single parents who are
men
10%
10%
Which of the children above lives:
in a single-parent family?
in a stepfamily?
How do you think these statistics would be different in your country?
3 Listening
3a Discuss these questions with a partner.
1)
Who does the cooking and cleaning in your family?
2)
Could you stay out late when you were a teenager?
3)
What housework did you do when you were a child or teenager?
4)
Did both your parents work when you were young?
3b Have a say is a television talk show. Robert Hughes is the presenter and
the audience takes part in the discussions. This week, the topic of the show is
problems and responsibilities in families. Listen to a part of the show (audio
file 10). Which of these issues do they discuss?
1)
Mothers should stay at home with their young children.
2)
Working men do not need to share the housework.
3)
Children shouldn’t watch many hours of TV a day.
4)
Parents should let teenagers choose when to come home at night.
3c Look at the different points made during the show. Listen again and put
them in order (1-8).
1)
Some mothers can’t stay at home because they need money.
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2)
A mother’s love is important for her children.
3)
Working mothers miss the best years of their children’s lives.
4)
Some mothers work because they want to.
5)
TV is an everyday thing and children should know about it.
6)
Parents should not let children watch TV at all.
7)
Only let children watch a couple of hours of TV a day.
8)
TV is bad for children.
3d Listen again and complete these sentences.
1)
_____, I think mothers should stay at home.
2)
Well, I understand her _______,but sometimes mothers have no choice.
3)
Well, that’s a good _____, but I think some mothers work because they want
to.
4)
I agree _____ Sheila.
5)
Well, _____ I think is that they shouldn’t watch any TV.
6)
Well, personally, I _____ disagree.
7)
I think, it’s _____ if they know that TV is a normal thing.
8)
Well, that’s an interesting _______, but TV is different to phones.
4 Speaking
4a Match the sentences in Exercise 3d to these functions.
a) agreement b) disagreement c) opinion
4b Practise accepting an idea and then disagreeing with your partner. Use
the ideas below to help you.
1 1
st
idea: mothers should stay at home
2
nd
idea: some mothers have no choice
e.g. Personally, I think mothers should stay at home with their children -
agreement
Well, I understand your opinion, but some mothers have no choice-
disagreement
2
1
st
idea: TV teaches children about the world
2
nd
idea: children should read books to learn things
3
1
st
idea: husbands should help clean the house
2
nd
idea: men are tired after a day at work
4c Complete these statements with the words and phrases in the box.
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elderly
house husband
pay
permission
pocket money
1)
Parents should _____ children to tidy the house.
2)
It is not a good idea for a man to be a _______.
3)
A teenager can stay out late without _____.
4)
Young children should get _______.
5)
Families should look after their _______ members at home.
4d Work with a partner. Think of reasons for and against the statements
from ex. 4c.
E.g
.
For
:
I think parents should pay their children to tidy the house because
then they won’t argue.
Against
:
I don’t think they should do that because children need to learn
about looking after a home.
5 Writing (expressing an opinion)
5a Read the composition commenting on this statement: One cannot defend
the death penalty. Describe the writer's opinion briefly.
Some countries still have the death penalty,
1
________ it no longer exists in
Britain.
2
_________, after a particularly violent murder, British people sometimes
call for it to be brought back.
3
________ my opinion, the death penalty cannot be
defended for a number of reasons.
4
_______ and most important reason is that one can never be entirely certain that
the accused person is guilty. In the
5
_________ people have been sentenced to
death and later it is discovered that they were completely innocent.
It is often
6
_______ that the death penalty prevents crime and that the risk of death
acts as a deterrent.
7
_______, many serious crimes are caused by a sudden and
very powerful emotion. In these cases, the individual is not thinking sensibly and
does not stop to consider the risks.
One final
8
________ against the death penalty is that it sets a bad example. The
laws of society should reflect its values. If it is wrong for one individual to murder
another,
9
_________ it is also wrong for the state to execute an individual.
10
_________, I believe the death penalty cannot be defended. There are other ways
of punishing criminals and these ways should always be tried.
5b Complete the composition by choosing the best answer, А, В, С or D.
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1
a) and
b) despite
c) although
d) moreover
2
a) In addition
b) Also
c) Nevertheless
d) In contrast
3
a) In
b) For
c) About
d) With
4
a) Firstly
b) The first
c) Initially
d) The one
5
a) future
b) present
c) beginning
d) past
6
a) told
b) heard
c) spoken
d) suggested
7
a) Therefore
b) However
c) Moreover
d) Despite
8
a) reason
b) view
c) argument
d) opinion
9
a) then
b) as
c) and
d) too
10 a) In contrast
b) To sum up
c) At last
d) Fourthly
5c Now write a composition (100-120 words) commenting on one of the
statements from ex 4b or 4c.
6 Extra Activities
6a Match up phrasal verbs (1-9) with their explanations (a-h).
1) grow up
a) to look or behave like smb
2) grow apart
b) to form or have a friendly relationship
3) give smth up
c) to think smth is important
4) look forward to smth d) to end a marriage, friendship, etc.
5) get on with smb
e) to educate and care for a child until grown up
6) care about smth
f) to expect with pleasure
7) bring up
g) to start to have different interests and opinions
8) take after smb
h) to stop doing smth
9) split up
i) to develop from being a child to being a man or a
woman
6b Discuss these questions with a partner and then with the class.
1)
Who do you take after: your mother or your father?
2)
Who are you more like in character: your mother or your father?
3)
Do you want to bring up your children in the way your parents brought you
up?
6c In the magazine article on the next pages, two different members of the
same family describe their relationship with each other. Work in two groups.
Group A
Read what Oliver Darrow says about his daughter, Carmen.
Group B
Read what Carmen Darrow says about her father, Oliver.