2 DVD EXTRA

ADVANCED UNIT 2 4A Answer the questions in pairs.

1A Do you have any of the following? Make notes 1 Where is the tournament at the beginning of the
DVD?
under each category.
2 What don’t Carissa and her father agree on?
• a talent/skill
                      3 In what ways is she similar to other children her
                      age?
• a passion 4 What else does she do at her local club besides
                      play chess?
                      5 Does the narrator think she’ll be lonely in the
future?
• a hobby/interest
                      B Watch the DVD again to check.
                     

B Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about your

5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of a
word from box A and a word from box B.
talents, passions, hobbies, etc.
A
2A Look at the photo and answer the questions. big first go hang pick take
1 Where do you think the girl is from?
2 How old do you think she is? B
3 What do you think her special talents/skills are? about deal grade on out up
1 I think I’ve too much
work, I don’t know when I’m going to do it all!
2 I didn’t do much at the weekend, just
with my friends.
3 If you can’t make it to the meeting, it’s
no . We’re just going
over last year’s figures.
4 Could you me from
work tonight? I don’t have my car today.
5 It’s best not to disturb Clara right now, just let her
her business until
she’s calmed down.
B Watch the DVD to check. 6 At the school where Jaclyn works she teaches
the .
3 Watch the DVD again and number the topics in the
order they are mentioned. What do we find out 6 A Choose one of the gied children below and
about each topic? Make notes. find out as much as you can about him/her. Use
a) how she plays chess questions 1–4 to help you.
                      • Mikaela Irene Fudolig
                      • Akrit Pran Jaswal
b) what she’s like as a person • Taylor Ramon Wilson
                      • Tanishq Matthew Abraham
                      • Priyanshi Somani
c) her future plans
                      1 Where is he/she from?
                      2 How old is he/she?
d) an introduction to Carissa 3 What are his/her special talents/skills?
                      4 What are his/her main achievements?
                     
e) how she compares to other children B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about
                      the child you found out about in Exercise 6A.
                      Which child is the most talented, in your opinion?
f) how she learnt chess A: Who did you choose?
                      B: Taylor Ramon Wilson.
                                    

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