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IN THE PICTURE Special days Talk about special days in your life WORK WITH WORDS 1 GERD Work in pairs. Do the tasks. You have three minutes. a Match the stages of life to the photos (1-10). Some photos match more than one word/phrase. Faby child 6 teenager q upiversity-suudent Bee, ci Se b Complete the sentences with the words/phrases in the box. Then match them to the photos. smiddieeged-person pensioner 1 A pensonc is old enough to stop working and receive mohey from the government. Photo 2 bentsle is about 40 to 60 years old, Photo 2 Match the photos (1-10) to the actions in the box. Go ona first date ~ 4 eta driving licence get ajobQget married 5 Eo on a first dateG go to universityq}have children =p leave home fetire4gtart school voted, 3. GID Listen and check your answers. 4 Write the events in Exercise 2 in the order people usually do them in your country. 5 a @HD GILL Listen and repeat the /e/ and /s:/ sounds. /23/ first © Mnsome parts ofthe USA, you can married at 13 /(14 QD © Children in Finland dont Shing /efget b IED Listen to these words. Which words have the /e/ sound and which have the school until they'e 7/6) ' /33/ sound? ener © In Brazil and Austria, you can fiend person work Net university in an election when you're 147 187 17. 1 © Niger, you can't a driving ¢ IED Listen again and repeat the words. 6 a Complete sentences 1-6 with verbs from Exercise 2. Then guess the ends of the sentences. b (IND Listen and check your answers. licence until you're 19 / 217 23 © People in Saudi Arabia can’t late before they get ajob 7 married / «a driving licence. © Most people can only one child in China / Korea / Japan. @ _ SPECIAL DAYS ve because every day is special orn ee a! 7 GEMMA © watch the video. Describe the people. What are they doing? SPEAK 8 G Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. This week’s survey: AGE AND EXPERIENCE BB. ir your country, when can you start and finish school? get a driving licence? vote? EA When do people in your country usually . go ona first date? leave home? get married? have children? YY Workbook, page 4 You can ... at... / when you're You can’t ... until People usually ... in their twenties thirties /forties. a 5 dD READING Coming of age >>> Find specific information SPEAK AND READ : ‘nw ig tae ie, 1 Work in pairs. Answer the questions COMING-OF-AGE 8507.00 20.02 "| about coming of ago the ago wnens §—§ TRADITIONS o2i:.822 cis ay person becomes an adult. reading about them, Class 38. 4 2 T nhac pmoleconcetacio | AROUND THE WORLD & fei fairs ten becara eto ae and girls? on — 7 2 What do people do to celebrate their coming of age where you live? | 3. What other comingof.age traditions & Seijin no Hi InJapan, the second Monday of do you know about? Where are they | January isSejin no Hi Coming Se celerated? of ge Ory Itsacckbratontor gym Sau (| Girls and boys who havetumed —< Mage FAP # 2 GTED Read the texts and answer the Soinineastyur A year odin "PH questions. 4 considered an adult and can therefore vote. First, there's a ceremony 4. Who wrote the texts? at the local city offices called Sejn-Shiki, then a party with friends 2. Do they mention your country, or a | and family. Giis wear a special kimono and boys often wear suits In country you talked about in Exercise 1? the photo above the girls are wearing traditional kimonos. X3 a Read the tips in the (TH) box. Se ee Satere-Mawé The Satere-Mawé tribe in Brazil use the buat a f antin their coming-of-age ritual. I this ant ites NV Don’t read all the text you, it hurts more than any other insect bite in ‘re there headings? Use them to the world, andi continues to hurt for 24 hours. find the information you need. During the ritual, Boys have to wear gloves with fing specific information Panes ef ens y the fate minutes and is Red tn tno och paar they mustntaathey have odo this 20 oO Ee times over the coming months or years. Some, E you need? If not, read the next sone ‘iowalwh coe aaa boye tart the ul when tye \\/ Look for words connected to the Trees Information you need. Quinceanera ‘ ‘A Quinceatiera is a coming-of-age party for gils Xb Complete the table with information ‘on their 15th birthday in many Latin American about all three texts. If a text countries. The girls usually weara pink dress doesn't include the information, and crown. The celebration starts with aghutch write doesn't say. ceremony. Then there's a big party. The birthday gil get present calla tina mueca the last COMING-OF-AGE * doll: She dances with it, then gives it to a younger Gil She's now an adult and her ftspdate Car Od Salama. PT ae “neo nerqaprerencetimereearinné HO, or Ee Clothes Ritual? Seijin no Hi Special day Second Monday af January 4 Which tips in the €[E[) box did you use for help with Exercise 3b? Tick (/) them. a CC x5 ‘Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. 1 Are you familiar with any of the traditions above? If so, Test your memory. Choose a ritual and write is the description a true reflection of what happens? down what you remember about it. Then read If not, what else would you like to know about them? the text again to check your notes. yyy Workbook pages

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