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Procedure
1. Warm-up
1) Do you get on well with all of your family members?
2) How often do you have big family get-togethers?
2. Reading
Do ex. 1, p. 89.
Key: 1 violence, 2 reasons, 3 get angry, 4 adults, 5 argument, 6 in love,
7 decide, 8 get along with, 9 intolerance, 10 conflicts.
3. Listening and speaking
Listen to the song and answer the following questions.
FAMILY PORTRAIT (BY PINK)
Uh, uh, some deep shit, uh, uh
Momma please stop crying, I cant stand the sound
Your pain is painful and its tearin me down
I hear glasses breaking as I sit up in my bed
I told dad you didnt mean those nasty things you said
You fight about money, bout me and my brother
And this I come home to, this is my shelter It aint easy growing up in World War III Never knowing what love could be, youll see
I dont want love to destroy me like it has done my family
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise Ill be better, Mommy Ill do anything
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise Ill be better, Daddy please dont leave
Daddy please stop yelling, I cant stand the sound
Make mama stop crying, cuz I need you around
My mama she loves you, no matter what she says, its true
I know that she hurts you, but remember I love you, too
I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away
Dont wanna go back to that place, but dont have no choice, no way
It aint easy growing up in World War III
Never knowing what love could be, well Ive seen
I dont want love to destroy me like it did my family
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise Ill be better, Mommy Ill do anything
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise Ill be better, Daddy please dont leave
In our family portrait, we look pretty happy
Lets play pretend, lets act like it comes naturally
I dont wanna have to split the holidays
I dont want two addresses
I dont want a step-brother anyways
And I dont want my mom to have to change her last name
In our family portrait we look pretty happy We look pretty normal, lets go back to that In our family portrait we look pretty happy Lets play pretend, act like it goes naturally
In our family portrait we look pretty happy (Can we work it out? Can we be a family?) We look pretty normal, lets go back to that
(I promise Ill be better, Mommy Ill do anything)
Daddy dont leave (x3) Turn around please
Remember that the night you left you took my shining star? Daddy dont leave (x3) Dont leave us here alone
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Mom will be nicer
Ill be so much better, Ill tell my brother
Oh, I wont spill the milk at dinner
Ill be so much better, Ill do everything right
Ill be your little girl forever. Ill go to sleep at night
1) Who does the singer blame for the problems between her mother and father?
2) What solutions does she offer?
3) What particularly upsets her?
4) What long-term effects does she anticipate?
5) What does the singer think will improve the marriage?
6) How does she try to intervene?
7) How does she feel?
8) What is the current situation within the marriage? (See the answers in Lesson 33)
4. speaking
Work in groups
Discuss the following questions:
1) Is the marriage on the rocks?
2) Can it be saved?
3) If it cannot be saved, what is the next stage?
5. summary
1) How should people behave to avoid conflicts?
2) Should parents stay together for the sake of the children?
6. Homework
Write your recipe for a perfect marriage.
Lesson 31
F a MI l Y V al U e S
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Procedure
1. Warm-up
1) How would your life have been different if you had been born
a boy / girl?
2) How would your life have been different if your family had won the
lottery?
3) How would your life have been different if you had ten brothers and sisters?
4) How would your life have been different if you had never decided to learn English?
5) How would your life have been different if you had quit school at ten?
6) How would your life have been different if you had never met your best friend?
7) How would your life have been different if you had become famous as a child?
8) How would your life have been different if you had been born in Eng- land?
9) How would your life have been different if you had gotten married at
sixteen?
2. Writing
Do ex. 2, p. 90.
3. speaking
Ideas for speaking
FAMILY VALUES