What $ uy: Fast Finishers Activities1 Reading and Whiting =a [ TRULY INTERNATIONAL! >Read [1] Read the two texts and choose a title for each from these four. a A European Boy © A Spanish Boy b AFrench Gitl d_An International Girl 1 2 ry name’sMaupa anc. Fn GaLian, or maipe. Tm Snopes and fm French, bub my randfather Traian. I'm nor sure Tes because my mother ts is Spanish. My complete name is Satipes Garcia Gayian and my fasher is Tralian, Unen people Tm fron Oars but Fm in Spain for the hotid.aus My ask there ace. yen fren” I sonekines say Ta fom brother Lives ie Madrid ad my aster i Barcelona Gayl, smenines ‘Tie feom Traly” anc sometimes | baa they ace both French, ike me T speak Spanish very dont ino” ‘the problem is hat I Live en Gayl for hell atch somenmes I pretend. I am from Spa! snostof he yea Bab ie the Sumter Tim Fea thy sacle, aunt anc cousins “Theyce from Come 2 Where is Mayra’s father from? map goes with which text. 3 Is Mayra’s uncle Brazilian? [i 4 Who is from Rome? 2° Text 2 8 5 What is Jacques’ complete name? 7 ee 6 Are his brother and sister Spanish? 7 Who is Spanish in Jacques’ family? 4 —— 8 Is Jacques in Spain for the holidays? 1 Map 1 Text2___ Oo 2 Map 2 — 3 Map 3 > Write Mn = [4] Invent anew identity. Imagine your father is from one country and your mother from 3] Read the texts again and answer the another. Write about yourself. Think about questions. these things: Text 1 + Where are you during the year and in the 1 Where is Mayra’s mother from? holidays? She's from Brazil. + What languages do you speak? * Where is your family - aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents? ExtraPractice © Pearson EducationTHE PRICE OF FAME > Read [1] Read the article and decide which picture is best. Sophie Thomas is a young and successful pop star. Everybody likes her songs. She's got money, she’s got a fast car, she’s got a big house at the beach and she’s famous. But is she happy? This is what Sophie says: ‘Many people think that if you've got everything you want, you are happy, but this is not always true.” Her brother, Ben, is her manager. ‘Sophie is only nineteen and she hasn't got much experience. She's fortunate because she does a job that she really likes, but the problem she’s got is that she doesn’t want to be famous.’ Sophie continues: ‘When I go shopping, reporters ask me about the things I buy. ‘When I'm in the street I'm never alone. People expect me to be a pop star 24 hours [2] Read the article again and decide if these sentences are true or false. 1 Sophie's got two cars. False 2 Her house is in the mountains. 3 Ben is Sophie's brother. 4 Sophie is a teenager. 5 She's got a lot of experience. 6 She likes being famous. 7 She hasn't got any problems. 8 She doesn’t want to be a pop star all the time, Extra Practice > Write [3] Imagine youare a rich and famous person. Write about your life. Think about these things: + Who are you? — pop star? actor/actress? athlete? etc. + What things have you got? - cars? boats? big house? etc. + What are the good and bad points about your life? TID> © Pearson Education3 Reading and Wittig ‘AN IDEAL SCHOOL DAY > Read 1| Read the text and find a four school subjects Art, b four verbs for daily routines getup. = ¢ five times of day 11.00, Parents are not very happy about a revolutionary project in Newcastle in the north of England, but the local kids love it. This is the idea: secondary school, for children from 11 to 18, doesn't start until eleven o'clock, which means the children don't get up at a normal time like half past seven. They get up at ten o'clock! The first class of the day is always a subject in which you don't write much, like Art or Music, because most people don't like writing when they first get to school. Then the children have subJects like Maths or French before they have lunch at twenty to three. Darrel, who is 13, ays:' think the idea is great! I don’t go to bed until two o'clock in the morning, so can watch all the late films on television! His mother, Laura, doesn't agree.'I think it's a terrible idea,'she says. [2] Read the article again and answer these > Write questions. 1 Where is the project? [3] whats your ideal school day? Include at least five school subjects and choose the InNeweastle times. Write about 60 words. 2 What do the children think about it? get up at half past nine and | watch TV for half. an hour. School starts a 3 What happens at ten o'clock? 4 What is the first class if it isn’t Art? 5 What time do they have lunch? 6 How old is Darrel? 7 What does Darrel do before he goes to bed? 8 Does his mother like the plan? ExtraPractie AWS © Pearson Education| AN UNUSUAL JOB > Read [1] Read the text and decide if Tom: a likes his job loves his job ¢ hates his job 4 d doesn’t like his job ‘Tom N’Boto works in one of the many national parks in Kenya. Tom tells us about what he does at the start of his working day Interviewer: Tom, what sime do you start work? ‘Tom: Hill, start work very early At half pas five in the morning Interviewer: That is carly Why don't you start later? 2] Read the text again and answer the questions. 1 What country does Tom live in? He lives in Kenya. 2 Where does Tom work? 3 What time does Tom start work? 4 What is the main part of Tom's job? 5 When do many of the animals get up? 6 Does Tom have a problem with getting up early? 7 What do the animals do at the lake? 8 What does Tom feel when he sees the animals? ‘Tom: Because our main job isto look after the animals, and many of them get up when the su comes up, so we do, too Interviewer: Do you have « problem with getting up so carly? ‘Tom: No, not at all. Is great t sce all the animals coming to drink atthe lake. Its a beautiful sight, I never get tired of it. rm very happy every day when I see them all. > Write 3] Imagine you are the writer of the article. Continue the interview with Tom and write more questions and answers. Think about some of these things: + what hours Tom works, who Tom works with + what animals he sees, how he looks after them + what the animals eat, what they do, where they sleep Extra Practice (© Pearson Education5 Reading and Writinsaaa | STUDYING ABROAD > Read [1] Read the text and tick (v) the ac a Stay at a youth hostel. oO b Teach French, ao ¢ Visit interesting places. Qo Dear Lizbeth, Vin writing to tell you I'm really happy here. We're ns Marianne mentions. d_ Meet old friends. e Practise French. {Have a wonderful experience. slaying al a youth hostel. I's small, bul vary comfortable, Vi taking French lens in the merning, bl in the aflameen we are visiing many inlereting plies Trore are shidenls from many countries in the world They speak different languages, so we aré all practising our French, W's a wonderful experience. | with you were here. Hugs and kisses, Marianne Read the postcard again and decide if these sentences are true or false. 1 Marianne is in London, False_ 2 She doesn’t like the place. 3 She's studying part time. 4 She's meeting people from other countries, — 5 Lizbeth is living in France. Extra Practice > Write 3] Write a postcard toa friend. Tell him / her where you are and what you are doing. Dear. im writing to tell yo © Pearson Education[WANT TO BE FAMOUS! > Read [1] Read the article and decide which sentence best describes Nigel. ¢ Nigel was a bad singer and a good actor. Nigel was a bad singer and a bad actor. a Nigel was a good singer and a good actor. b Nigel was a good singer and a bad actor. Nigel Hack always wanted to be famous. When he was about six he watched all the big stars on TV. He wanted to be on TV. too and he asked his parents lots of questions about how to be a singer or an actor. When he was twelve he decided that he was a very bad singer and that acting was his future. He studied hard at school and passed all his exams When he was sixteen. a theatre school in London accepted him and he moved to the big city. His family was from the north of England. near Manchester, but his aunt and uncle lived in London. so he stayed with them. After two years of studying Acting and Dramatic Arts he decided that he was also a very bad actor and that he didn't want to be famous. Now he works in a travel agent's and he's very happy. [2] Read the article again and answer these > Write questions. (3) Write about a famous actor or actress that you like. Think about these tl + where and when he/she was bom + famous TV programmes or films that he/she has appeared in 9) Vibes ail be Quelle thon ia ume tnrebest + when he/she appeared in them at did he decide when he was twelve’ + winy you like him/her 1 How old was Nigel when he watched the big stars on TV? About: 2 Who did he ask questions to? 4 Did he study hard at school? 5 What did he do when he was sixteen? 6 Who did he stay in London with? 7 How long did he study acting? _One of my favourite actors is Antonio Banderas. _He was born in Mélaga in 1958 and 8 What does he do now? extra Practice VID © Pearson Education