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Read the two texts and choose a title foreach from these four.

a. A European Boy b. A French Girl

c. A Spanish Boy d. An International Girl

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My name’s Mayra and I’m Brazilian, or maybe

Italian. I’m not sure. It’s because my mother is

Brazilian and my father is Italian. When people

ask “Where are you from?” I sometimes say “I’m

from Spain,” sometimes “I’m from Italy” and

sometimes “I don’t know!” The problem is that I

live in Brazil for most of the year but in the

summer I’m in Italy with my uncle, aunt and

cousins. They’re from Rome.

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I’m Pascal and I’m French, but my grandfather isSpanish. My complete name is Pascal García. I’m

from Paris but I’m in Spain in the holidays. My

brother lives in Madrid, and my sister in

Barcelona but they are both French, like me. I

speak Spanish very well and sometimes I pretend

I am from Spain!

Now decide which maps go with which text.

1 Map 1 - text 2

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Read the texts again and answer thequestions.

Text 1

1 Where is Mayra’s mother from?

She’s from Brazil.2 Where is Mayra’s father from?

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3 Is Mayra’s uncle Brazilian?

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4 Who is from Rome?

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5 What is Pascal’s complete name?

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6 Are his brother and sister Spanish?............................................................................

7 Who is Spanish in Pascal’s family?

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8 Is Pascal in Spain for the holidays?

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Write

Invent a new identity. Imagine your father is

from one country and your mother fromanother. Write about yourself. Think aboutthese things:

• Where are you during the year and in the

holidays?

• What languages do you speak?

• Where is your family - aunts, uncles, cousins,

grandparents?

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Read the article and decide which picture isbest.

Abbie Hook is a young and successful pop star.

Everybody likes her songs and her records sell

millions. 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 Abbie 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. ‘Abbie 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.’

Abbie 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 a day. I know I’m very lucky but

sometimes I just want to be a normal person,

doing normal things.’

Read the article again and decide if thesesentences are true or false.

1 Abbie’s got two cars. False

2 Her house is in the mountains. ...........................

3 Ben is Abbie’s brother. ............................

4 Abbie 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.

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Write

Imagine you are a rich and famous person.Write about your life. Think about thesethings:

• Who are you? - pop star? actor / actress?

sportsman? etc.

• What things have you got? - cars? boats? big

house? etc.

• What are the good and bad points about your

life?

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Read the text and find:

four school subjects: art,

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four verbs of daily routine: get up,

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five times of day: 11.00,

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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 ormusic, 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, says ‘I think the idea is great! I

don’t go to bed until two o’clock in the morning so

I can watch all the late films on television!’

His mother, Laura, doesn’t agree. ‘I think it’s a

terrible idea,’ she says.

Read the article again and answer thesequestions.

1 Where is the project?

In Newcastle.

2 What do the children think about it?

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3 What happens at ten o’clock?

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4 What is the first class if it isn’t art?

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5 What time do they have lunch?

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6 How old is Darrel?

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7 What does Darrel do before he goes to bed?

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8 Does his mother like the plan?

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Write

What is your ideal school day? Include atleast five school subjects and choose thetimes. Write about 60 words.

I get up at half past nine and I watch TV for half an hour. School starts at …

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