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MY PERSONAL WAR ON TERROR
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TASK 1. Speaking.
With your partner(s) discuss these questions.
a) What does the word “terror” suggest to you?
Tell your partner(s)
b) What are common things many people are
afraid of?
c) What are you personally afraid of?
d) Are you afraid of dentists? Why (not)
e) Why are people afraid of dentists, generally?
TASK 2. Prediction.
You are going to listen to John Peter Sloan talking
about why he is terrified of dentists.
Before you listen, work with your partner and make
some notes. Why do you think John is terrified of den-
tists? Use the words in the box to help you
bill pain torture language in Rio de Janeiro.
assistant magic
TASK 3. Listening for Specific Information: TRACK 16
in the recording, John mentions the six ideas from
TASK 2. Listen to all of the recording, without read-
ing, and put the six ideas from in the correct order.
Check your answers before completing the remaining
TASKS.
READING TASK 4. Prediction #2.
Before you read all of the article, look at these state-
ments, and decide if the are TRUE or FALSE. Discuss
your ideas with your partner(s).
a) Brazilian dentists are as cruel as English dentists.
b) Dentists sometimes don’t understand what
their patients tell them.
c) John thinks dentists enjoy watching videos of
their patients’ terrified faces.
d) Dentists’ assistants are ugly. This is to terrorise
patients.
e) John was very embarrassed at the end of his
visit to the dentist because he didn’t have enough
money.
* Common European Framework
(B1)
TASK 5: Reading for Detailed Information:
Read all of the text and write questions to the answers
in TASK 4.
(Paper 1: Reading and Writing Paper, WRITING
PART 1)
TASK 6. Here are some sentences related to the topic
of the article you have read.
For each question, complete the second sentence so
that it has the same meaning as the first.
Use no more than three words.
1) Yesterday, John’s brother suggested going
to the dentist.
Yesterday, John’s brother said, “Why
_________ go to the dentist?”
2) John wasn’t afraid of dentists before.
John didn’t _________ to be afraid of
dentists.
3) John’s friend is a dentist.
A friend of _____________is a
dentist.
4) John’s dentist is more expensive than all
the other dentists in Rio de Janeiro
John’s dentist is ______________ one
5) John got such an expensive bill, he had to
sit down
The bill was _________ expensive,
John had to sit down.
TASK 7 . Discuss these questions with your part-
ners
Why does John say, in the last line, “I hope so be-
cause I’m not going to tell you!”
1. Do you think John is really terrified of dentists?
Why (not)?
2. Which parts of the text do you agree with?
Why?
3. Which parts of the text do you disagree with?
Why?
4. Are dentists really as expensive as John sug-
gests? What is your experience?
5. Are dentists really as cruel as John suggests?
What is your experience?
Answers
John’s 4) the most expensive 5) so.
SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO TASK 6: 1) don’t you 2) use 3)
SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO TASK 4: a) T b) F c) T d)F e) F
torture, language, pain, magic, assistant, bill
SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO TASK 2: The correct order is:
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