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Do your family and friends like sports? Is there any sport you don't mind watching on TV? How many hours do you spend a week watching sports on TV?

What sport do you hate watching most on TV? Do you think physical education should be optional at school? Do you retire when you are at your physical peak or do you wait until your body or your coach tells you that it's time to go? But even harder is finding the answer to the question "What am I going to do with the rest of my life?

Perhaps they just can't stand life without the high of playing professional a Look at the photos. In pairs, answer the questions. Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player of Have you ever seen any of these people playing sports? He retired once from the At what age do you think people reach their peak in these sports? Chicago Bulls, made a successful comeback with the Do you know what these people do now? Bulls, and then retired again. His second comeback with an inferior team ended in failure, and he retired forever b Read the article once.

Do most professional athletes find it at the age of Jordan said, "There will never be anything easy or difficult to retire? I do that will fulfill me as much as competing did. El] Muhammad Ali It For some people the pain of saying good-bye never leaves them. Three years later, he developed g Retirement for people in general is traumatic. Parkinson's disease. As Jimmy Greaves, a former soccer player for England, said, "I think that a lot d Can you remember these words?

If not, check with of players would prefer to be shot once their career is the text. Underline the stressed syUable. After retiring, he became a successful coach with Bayern and finally e Think of an athlete from your country who has retired. What president of the club. TV commentator. But sadly, for most professional athletes these cases are the exceptions. Which one do you think shows the typical family of the future? Read the first paragraph of the article and find out.

Families have a great-great future Twenty years ago, the typical extended family was "wide. People had lots of aunts and uncles but often didn't know their grandparents. However, according to a new study, the family is changing shape.

The family groups of the future will be "long and thin," with three or four small generations. Here are some of their predictions: 1 Most children will know their great-grandparents and even great-great-grandparents because people are living longer.

As a result, future generations will not have many cousins either. This may make them more selfish and introverted. They may have children with their new partners, so many children will have a stepmother or stepfather and half-brothers or half-sisters. Match the highlighted words with the definitions. In pairs or small groups, answer the questions for each prediction.

Useful language 2 Do you think it will happen in the future? Who is talking to who e. What are they talking about? Write 1,2, or 3 in each box. A I'll make you a cup of tea. Find someone who Two sisters tell the truth b You're going to read an article about about themselves - and two sisters, Wendy the younger sister each other Before you read, predict the answers to the Wendy Wilson and her older sister questions below.

Beach Boys founder, Brian Wilson. They formed the band Wilson Philips Who do you thiuk Today they are both married and live 3 didn't want to be with her sister in Los Angeles.

Here they talk about 4 followed her sister everywhere their relationship. But, like something wrong the younger most older sisters, she wasn't at all interested in her younger 8 used to hurt her sister physically sister, says: sister. Idesperately wanted to be with her and her friends. We used to talk about it all c Now read the article and check your the time.

After a while they separated and we answers. We didn't see Dad for quite a few years, which really hurt us. But it's also the d Look at the highlighted words thing that brought me and Carnie closer together. In pairs, choose the right When Iwas 16 or 17, the one and a half year meaning, a or b. If we have a big argument about a 3 a age difference song, after a while we remember that we are sisters b the time they weren't and we 'make up. Nothing is going to stop us together from being sisters.

She was a very quiet, shy child, while I b hurt with your fingers older sister, was incredibly talkative and demanding. Iwas awful! I wasn't interested in studying. All I wanted to do was go to 6 a say bad things about someone says: parties, and Wendy used to tell my parents. So I was b say good things about someone horrible to her. I used to 5 pinch her and bite her. But she always defended me when other people 6 criticized me. Sometimes it seemed as if she 8 a ask other people for help was the older sister and I was the younger one.

Although we were complete b say that somebody is responsible for opposites, 7 we were also very close and had a lot of fun together. We still do. She also taught me that you can't 'blame other people for your problems. Look at two sentences from the We are family text. Use a reflexive pronoun myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves when the subject of the verb is the same as the object. I cut myself She looked at herself in the mirror. You can also use a reflexive pronoun for emphasis.

Nobody helped me. I did it all myself Complete the sentences with each other or a reflexive pronoun. It took three years. S They argue a lot. It was my fault. What do you call a person who? Are you the oldest child, a middle child, the youngest child, or an only child? Don't self-confident independent charming spoiled show them to your partner.

Your teacher will tell you what they say about you. Then listen to the four sections 2 sociable reliable again and check your answers. What details can you 3 responsible sensible remember? In pairs, say - if you think it is true for you. If not, why not. What do the people Mark the sentences T true or F false. S They both got jobs in the new Paris office. I'm Mark Ryder. Nicole Ah, you're the new marketing director. Mark That's right. I'm AlIie's personal assistant.

Mark Thank you. Nicole I'll just tell AlIie you're here. Mark Ryder's here. Mark Yes, I am. AlIie Hello, Mark. Mark Allie. How are you? AlIie Very well. Mark Yes, fine, no problems. Jacques Ben Nicole In pairs, what do you think the Mark Yes, we've said hello.

Don't write them in yet. Mark Mark Ryder. How do you do? Ben Hi, Mark. Mark Really? All good, I hope. Shall we go to my office? Use the higWighted phrases. What do Mark and 1. AlIie wan t to keep secret? Answer with M Mark , Don't worry.

S Who wants to ftnd an apartment? Listen and check. From: Stephanie 1 Why has Stephanie written to Claudia? To: Claudia 2 Does Claudia recommend her friend? Can you correct them? I hope you're doing well. Then cover it and answer I just got an e-mail from your friend Amanda. She wants to rent a room in my house this summer.

Could you tell the questions from memory. Please be honest! Send my regards to your family and I hope to hear from you soon.

Put them in the right place in the chart. Useful language: describing a person Of course I can tell you about Amanda. She's also very good with children. She passed all her exams last year, which is more than I did! She likes going out, watching movies, and Iistenning to Imagine you received Stephanie's e-mail asking music, but not rock or heavy metal - so don't worry about a friend of yours.

And she's happy to do things on her own. Her parents are divorced, and she lives with her mother and stepfather, but she also sees her father PLAN what you're going to write using the paragraph regularly. Use the Useful language box and The only negative things I can think of are that she's Vocabulary Bank p.

But I'm sure she'll learn fast! I hope that's useful. Love, Claudia P. I'm attaching a photo of the two of us. Underline the word that is different.

Say why. I fresh seafood frozen homemade 2 fried chicken duck sausage 3 knife roast fork spoon 4 referee coach captain field 5 pool track beat court 6 aggressive jealous bossy affectionate 7 charming sensible sociable moody 8 COUSlU family mother-in-law grandfather b Write words for the definitions. JL that your new car? What happened to your 7 It's an adjective. It's the opposite of generous.

B 14 hit another car when I c Fill each blank with one word. It's Wednesday a Underline the word with a different sound and I usually 8 finish work early. A I'm sure I will. See you tomorrow, then.

I How many people want orange juice? C raig Flatman is every nutritionist's nightmare - a fifteen-year-old who never eats anything except bread and jam but, unbelievably, is perfectly healthyl a two b three Although his diet contains hardly any protein and is 60 c four percent sugar, he is 1.

Craig or 'jam Boy:' as his friends have nicknamed c Because she's on a diet. The only time he doesn't eat bread a He owns a restaurant. He also drinks two c He works with young players. Craig's strange diet started when he was a The man's mother-in-law and his sister. As a baby he had refused to eat b The man's mother and his sister-in law. He also ate chocolate spread granddaughter for her birthday?

Doctors b 1. Complete the :; choking on solid food when he was a baby. Can you Check with your teacher or a dictionary. What is "Ka-ching? D noun a shopping center So take me to the nearest store. E adj having no money informal Can you hear it ring? F noun a small plastic card you use It makes you want to sing.

What do you to go and spend some more when Yl? U get think the song is saying? Chorus 1 Money always makes people happy. In pairs, interview each other with the Read what Shelley says and complete the conversation questionnaire. Then try to Have you ever wasted money on something guess his last answer. We've had it for at least three years. Maybe longer. It's old. I bought an exercise bike. What is it?

Ben I Yes. I bought it yesterdal" Shelley What's wrong with our old camera? Ben 2 Shelley Old? How long have we had it? A year? Ben 3 Shelley Three years? We can't afford a Ben 4 waste money on something you've never used Shelley Have you seen this?

Ben 5 sell anything on the Internet Shelley The gas bill. It arrived this morning. And we lose a credit card or your wallet haven't paid the phone bill yet. Take it back to the store and get your money back. Ben Because Then answer the questions. Read the rules and do borrow money from someone in your family the exercises. I'd like to earn 2 arnve, appear as much as possible. Why do you think 4 start a new company or organization she does it?

How do you think she survives? Read the article to find out. Do you agree with Heidemarie that. A psychotherapist, gave away all her money and her apartment, and threw away her credit cards.

Today, aside from some clothes three sweaters, two skirts, two pairs of shoes, and a coat and a few personal belongings, she doesn't own anything. A lot of people who know me understand what I'm doing and want to help me. When I need a bus ticket, for example, or a new tube of toothpaste I think, 'Who can I ask? What can I give them in return? It all began as a one-year experiment.

In her home city of Dortmund, she set up a "swapping circle" where people It is one of the mistakes of our society that most exchange services without using money, for example, a haircut people do something they don't like just to earn for a mathematics class.

To prove that this could work, she money and spend it on things they don't need. But when the year Many people judge you according to how much ended, she continued and has not used money since then.

In my opinion, all jobs are equally important You may not earn a lot of money, but you may be At first she house-sat for friends who were on vacation. She worth a lot as a person. That's my message. At the moment, she is staying in a So what did she do with all the money she earned student residence where she can sleep, take a shower, or use a from the sales of My Life Without Money? She also "works" as a psychotherapist. Sometimes they give me something in return, but not always.

Then listen and repeat. Practice saying them. If you don't know the exact number, use about or approximately. G present perfect continuous V strong adjectives: exhausted, amazed, etc. A few months ago, Idecided to change my life.

I If you could spend a year working or studying in another country, which country would you choose? I took a year off and went to live in Ecuador. I Why did she choose Ecuador? Then listen again to check. I Are the verbs action or non-action verbs? Read the rules for present perfect continuous for unfinished actions. Do exercise a only.

Listen to five sentences. Try to write down the stressed words. Look at the words and try to remember the whole sentence. Then listen again and write the complete sentences. A sport you Something A magazine I A restaurant play regularly you are learning newspaper you often go to or a kind of exercise to do you read regularly you do regularly A thing A club, you have that is organization, very important gym, etc.

Ask your partner at least three questions about the things they've written. One question must be How long have you.. A Remember after How long How long have you been playing volleyball? First text 1 of little importance b You're going to read an article about two people 2 crazy whose lives were changed by a vacation.

Work in 3 a person who looks after animals e. A read about Victoria, B about Sally. Answer these questions. Did f Whose life do you think has changed the most? Which of the your partner leave out any important information? You Ue on a beach and relax, and tensions disappear. But sometimes a vacation can change your life completely, which is what happened two years ago to Victoria Smith and Sally Gook.

Victoria Smith, six years ago. Then she went on vacation to Borneo Ihave always been interested in apes, so 1 thought IT would be fun: The vacation was wonderful and when Victoria came home she found it very difficult to retum to her old life. Four years later she became a chimpanzee keeper.

Many have Sally Gook wakes up every morning to a deep blue sky and been rescued from laboratories and circuses all over the wond. She works blazing sun. For the last two years she has been living on the long hours, and the pay isn't very good, but she tiny Greek island of Lipsi, which is only 16 square kilometers loves it. Since 1 started a large financial services company and I had a good social life working here, 1 feel that I've been doing and made a lot of money. But 1 had to get up very early every something important, not just wasting morning, often in horrible weather.

Suddenly 1 knew there was a different life waiting for me here: Afew months later she applied for a job at the travel company that had organized her vacation. Since then she has been Living on Upsi and working as a tourist guide. Her boyfriend, who is Greek, is a fanner.

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