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1 Friends: Preview 1 Label the pictures with the following free-time activities. ride a horse play video games go dancing watch movies drive a car talk to friends play tennis go shopping

2 Friends: Part one While watching 1 Watch the DVD. Check (3) the activities that each person does on the weekend. Go to the movies/ cinema Go dancing Play sports Go shopping Play video games Meet friends Samantha (U.S.A.) Anders (U.S.A.) Milenka (U.S.A.) Kelly (U.S.A.) Quintin (U.S.A.) Madeleine (UK) Raj (UK) Jonathan (UK) Ahmed (UK) Imogen (UK) 2 Watch the DVD again. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. bookshops movies people cinema girlfriend shopping parks dancing friends 1. Kelly likes to go to, to watch, see plays and visit the great sights. 2. Quintin goes to the with. 3. Madeleine goes with her friends to and London. 4. Jonathan likes to go with his friends and go out to dinner with his. 5. Imogen goes or to the with her friends. EXTENSION GROUPS: What do you and your classmates do on the weekend? Create a chart a table like the one in Exercise 1. Share your chart with the class. 11

3 Friends: Part two Before watching 1 Look at the pictures of these two houses (a and b). 1. Which do you think is Jessica s house? 2. Which is James s house? 3 Label the plan of a house with the words from the box. living room bathroom bedroom kitchen master bedroom dining room First floor a b Second floor Match the sentences with the houses in Exercise It has a big yard. 2. The houses have two floors. 3. The house has only one floor. 4. The houses are built very close together. 12

4 While watching 4 Watch the DVD and check your answers to Exercises 1 and 2. Now write a description of your house or apartment. Use the description in Exercise 4 as a model. EXTENSION Read this description of a house. My House My house is quite big. It has two floors. On the first floor, there are three rooms. The family room is on the first floor. I watch TV and entertain my friends in the family room. We usually have our meals in the dining room, but on weekdays, when we re in a hurry, we eat breakfast in the kitchen. Our kitchen has a small dining table, so we can both prepare and eat meals there. On the second floor are three bedrooms: my parents bedroom, my baby sister s bedroom, and my bedroom. The bathroom is also on the second floor. My house has a big front yard and a small garden in the back. It also has a garage. 13

5 Friends: Part three Before watching 1 Check (3) the activities you can do on a computer. shop keep fit play games learn how to cook practice English listen to music 3 How many people 1. talk to friends on their computer? 2. play games on their computer? 3. do research/homework/study on their computer? 4. check s on their computer? While watching 2 Watch the DVD. Match the computer activities (1 5) with the people (a e). 1. get answers to homework 2. instant message friends 3. look at Harry Potter websites 4. shop 5. help with tests a. Madeleine b. Kelly c. Ahmed d. April e. Anders EXTENSION PAIRS: What do use your computer for? What do your friends use it for? Find out what are the most popular uses in your class. 14

6 Friends: Part four Before watching 2 What other forms of transportation do you know? List them below. 1 Label the pictures. Use the words in the box. motorcycle plane tram subway ship bus car coach

7 While watching 3 Watch the DVD. Check (3) the sentences that are true. 1. Jessica can drive. 2. You can drive in the U.S. before you are There s a lot of public transportation in the U.S. 4. New York has a subway system. 5. Lots of students in the U.S. take the subway to school. 6. In Britain you can start driving at James is taking his driving test next week. EXTENSION What type of transportation do you use to get to school? What type of transportation do you prefer? How many people in your class can drive? 4 Watch the DVD again. Correct the sentences in Exercise 2 that are not true. 16

8 Follow-up 1 Read the article. 2 Complete the factfile. LEARNING TO DRIVE IN THE U.S. Minimum age: (1) STAGE 1: LEARNER S PERMIT Tests: (2) (3) Learning to drive on the Alaskan Highway Jane Leclerc is seventeen years old. She has been driving for a year now. She drives a delivery truck on the Alaskan Highway all the way to Canada! The Alaskan Highway is 2,224, km long it stretches from Fairbanks, Alaska, in the U.S. to Dawson Creek in Canada. Jane s father used to drive the delivery truck, but he had an accident last year. So his only child, Jane had to learn to drive quickly. You have to be sixteen years old to drive in Alaska and the driving test isn t easy, says Jane. To get a learner s permit in the U.S., a person must pass an eye exam and a written test. The person applying for a driver s license must practice driving a lot. After six months of safe driving, the person takes an Advanced Drivers Training Course and a road test. If the person passes, he or she gets a provisional license. He or she will be allowed to drive with the provisional license but only during the day, not at night. After a year of driving without any accident or driving ticket, the person can apply for a full license. It takes Jane about fourteen days to drive across the Alaskan Highway. Once she gets to her destination, she rests for two days, then she starts the drive home. In the summer, she drives longer hours because there could be sunlight for 24 hours a day, especially in June. The Highway can be a dangerous road. In the winter, it gets very cold and the roads are icy. In icy situations, the highway is closed. STAGE 2: PROVISIONAL LICENSE After (4) safe driving. Course: (5) Test: (6) Condition: Can only drive (7) STAGE 3: FULL LICENSE Given after (8) of safe driving. 3 Are these sentences true or false? Check (3) the correct box. 1. The Alaskan Highway crosses two countries. 2. Jane learned to drive because she wanted to. 3. She usually spends forty days driving across the Alaskan Highway. 4. She rests for two days before driving back. 5. In the summer, she drives longer hours. 6. The Alaskan Highway is never closed. 4 Correct the false sentences from Exercise 2. 5 Project True False Find out how to get a driver s license in your country. Prepare a poster and a presentation about it. 17