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+ Reading comprehension
+ Work in pairs & communicate orally
+ Attitude towards weird habits in the USA
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trainingpitter-patterspouse
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sucre glassejat en un pasts
reunir (-se)
agafar (un objecte)
Viscs, xicls
fatigat, cansat
forn de pa (+ pastisseria)
perdre el temps, gandulejar
mimos, cures mimoses, mimitos
suplent
babejar
aprendre a fer pipi
repiqueteo, sorollet de cops
cnjuge, consort
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copsspousecnjuge, consort
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Activity 1: Look at the headline and read (or listen to)
paragraph 1.
What seems to be going on?
a girls birthday party
a wedding ceremony
a cake competition
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It ___________ that a little girl called Sophie is celebrating
her 4th birthday by eating cake and ____________, singing and
opening __________ with a friend called Duncan, a group of other
little ____________ and some adults.
The homemade cake with red icing, the camera, the birthday song,
the fact Duncan takes food from another guests plate, the opening
of gifts by the girl all of this ________ the reader think the
article is about ___________.
Complete the text with the suitable words from the box:
seems
ice-cream
gifts
guests
makes
children
children ice-cream makes seems gifts guests
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What is actually taking place?
(choose the right option)
Actually, a girl called Sophie (and her parents) has organised a
birthday party.
Actually, Sophie and Duncan (and half of the other guests) are
not children but dogs.
Actually, Sophie and Duncan are 4-year-old children.
Nowadays, Sophie and Duncan are not children but dogs.
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What is the meaning of the expression a party animal in line
9?
it means a party for animals, where the guests are animals
(pets).
its a word game; meaning a person who is used to going to a lot
of parties.
its a word game; meaning a person who organises parties.
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Activity 4: Find 4 names of places in paragraph 2.
Seattle
Hong Kong
Asia
America
1.2.3.4.
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in paragraph 2.
Write full sentences. Describe (& sum up):
She has just arrived in Seattle.
She has spent a few years in Hong Kong.
A great number of Americans treat their dogs like kings.
Asian people prefer to cook and eat dog rather than stroke
it.
She is stunned by the contrast in the treatment of dogs
shown
in the two regions of the world.
the journalists recent life:the cultural differences she
observes:her reaction:
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Activity 5: Read paragraph 3. What has changed for dogs in
America?
Write notes:
doghouse
master bedroom
Sleep in same bed
Owner takes allergy pills !!
weddings
dressed in tuxedoes
Halloween party
Dressed as dragon
Eat luxury food
Expensive gifts
Chinese medicine
Vitamin supplements
looked after by people with M.A.s in educational
psychology
Home lifeFestivitiesMedical and psychological treatments
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Its no longer ___________ correct to call the person to whom the
dog belongs owner of the dog, because dogs are referred to as
__________.
The journalist explains that this need to consider ones pets as
ones family is no doubt _________the fact that more and more
Americans are __________ they are staying _____or have decided not
to have children.
Complete the text with the suitable words from the box:
politically
family
due to
childless
single
childless family politically due to single
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Activity 7: Which family members can dogs replace?
Children!!
They are pleasant to look at!
They show a lot of affection
Dogs have similar habits!
Husbands or wives!!
They can help people to overcome sadness!
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Activity 8: Whats the link between the radio programme
(mentioned at the end of the text) and the end of the text?
Match the parts of the sentences:
The very humanis revealed.The dogs very human need for of the radio
programme.The reader thinks human beings are the subjectmedical
treatment in order to keep calm.Gradually, the dogs identityname of
the dog (Emily)
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Identify the type of document, the author and the source of the
text.
This document is an article published in the magazine Newsweek
on the 13th of January 2003. The author of the article is
unknown.
The article is illustrated with a photograph; it is an
advertisement for Visa Gold which is a bank card. It is an ad
because we can see the logo in the top right-hand corner and a
slogan at the bottom.
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Activity 9: Read the slogan at the bottom of the photo. How can
you link it with the text? Explain its double meaning.
Firstly, it means that people with money can do as they
wish.
Secondly, even if they are not rich, people who have the Visa
Gold card can do exactly what they want.
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What do you think about these weird attitudes?
