Children change everything
Pre-listening task: Say how people`s lives change once the baby is born, if they change at all? Do you think there is the best age to have children?
Main activity:
Track 1/ CD 1
You will hear an extract from a radio phone-in programme. Three people are calling in to describe how their life changed when they had a baby. Listen to get the main idea.
Listen again and fill in these three notes made by the producer of the programme.
Caller on line 1
Name ______________ Child's name_________ How life changed: suddenly he and his wife__________ Things to buy:_________
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Caller on line 2
Name _________ Child's name______ How life changed: suddenly they ____ ________________ Things to do:______ |
Caller on line 3
Name _________ Child's name______ How life changed: suddenly they ____ ________________ Things around the house:______ |
Now listen again, but this time write down the advice each parent gives.
Caller on line 1___________
Caller on line 2___________
Caller on line 3___________
Follow-up: Discuss the following:
1) What is the best age to have children? 2) Will you continue working when you have children? 3) Will you keep the same friends? 4) What impact do children have on their parents` lives?
What shall we do with granddad?
Pre-listening task: Try to think of some advantages and disadvantages of living with elderly relatives. Should elderly people keep on helping their children?
Main activity:
1) You will hear a man called James talking about an argument he had with his sister Kate. First listen and then tell your partner everything you understood.
2) Listen again (Part1) and find six actual mistakes in the summary below: Track 2/ CD 1(Part 1)
James’ father became ill twelve years ago. He was 75 years old, and living alone at the time. One February James visited to find his father lying on the kitchen floor. His father had had a stroke, and spent two weeks in hospital to recover. James couldn’t look after his father as he was out at work all day. His sister Kate wouldn’t look after him. So when he came out he went into a nursing home. James visited his father at weekends, but Kate visited about once a month. Their father died of a heart attack five months later.
3) Track 3/ CD1 (Part 2)
Now you are going to hear Kate`s side of the story. Please, find tree reasons why Kate didn`t want to look after her father.
Follow-up:
Divide into two large groups. One group has to defend the point that old people who are sick should be in nursing homes, the other group should insist that children should care for their sick parents.
2.1 What are you like?
Pre-listening task: How would you describe your character to a stranger? Do you think a person can change? Is character something that a person is born with or he/she gets the traits while growing up?
Main activity:
1)Track 4/ CD1 You will hear a psychology test to determine your character and personality. Listen to the instructions and follow them. Please Copy these shapes into your notebooks.
2) As you guessed each shape represents certain character and personality traits.
Track 5/ CD1 Now listen to the recording that explains what type of character each shape represents and find three character adjectives for each shape.
Follow-up:
Think of any profession. Try to explain which traits of character the person should have to do this job. Let other students guess which profession you are talking about.