Reading Marriage

Unit 2 The family 77 years of marriage Warm up 11 Write the words and phrases from Key language on the board in random order. Tell students that they are going to read a text which includes these words. Ask what they ‘think the text will be about (someone's if), 2 Asi students to put the stages of fen order. When you check the order lc the past tense form of the verbs. Main activity 1) Give each student the text. Tell students that they have ane minute to look tit. Then ask ‘al where the text is from, bl what Its about and c) who sin the photos. Draw students” attention tothe date ofthe article 2 Ask tudents to read the frst paragraph and find four ofthe stages of ife onthe board. 3 Explain that newspaper articles often giv the man point of the story in tne first paragraph and then return to ther later in the aticle. Ask studonts in which paragraph the stages of lie are mentioned again. Then ask what paragraph 4is about. 44 Askstudents to read the text again an find the other stages of fe inthe list onthe board 5 Elcitthe pronouns and possessive adjectives which are used to talk about Fed (he, him, hha, Ove (she, her, her and the couple (they, them, ther. Ask students to find these ‘words inthe text and to check that they al refer to Fed, Olve and the couple. El that the use of he an his in paragraph 7 refers to John, their son, ‘Ask students to find examples of, my, me and we, us, eur and decide who they refer to, Port out that these can all be found inthe direct speech, and depend on wha is speaking. 7. Give each student the exercises. Encourage students to work together in pairs so that they can help each other with Exercise A. Then they complete the summary ofthe text for, exercise B.| \ { bean married for 77 years in Api are about to ener the Guinness Book of Records as the UK's longest marie couple The couple fst met in 1915, then were separated by the First Word War. They met again in 1919 and fell in love. They got engaged and married - but only while the children grew up, ‘MY mother gave up her life for after sixyeas, hen they had saved The couple now fave 11 her family and home. Our parents $600 to buy ther first house. randchildren and 12 great- opened doors of opportunity for Thee eth 2 et in her no, ty tet Se ait Fed a lt shel tan {Started work for the local gas } company; Olive had left at 14 and {tena ara Tost ely eee th tee tairouelutootene rate Ove it cou inindneandktdctnednn Ne fed tied te OS me yor aerate ga tense few chia rot ss ees UF ey ud te ite heen fy a coats mache edited tml he ert hoe iat Sh nt rbd hon sen sews sea! at Moree one a toh tte would do without him parents. ‘They are more loving parents. Back home in Northampton, Fred renewed his friendship with Olive. The couple had @ sinyeat engagement belore their mariage. They had two children, Jon and Brenda, Fred became chief cashier tthe gas company, Olive stayed at home ‘randchilden ~ the latest just tao yeas ol. Two years ago they had to leave their onn home because of Fred’s poor health. They now live together in an old people's home in Wellsborough, Leicestershire, "We have lots of lovely memories but the bith of our two children is the mast special’ said Olive, And the best decade for me was when retirement just meant we could spend more time together. 1 ove Fred so much. | don't know what 1 Their son, John, 73, a retired professor of genetics who lives in Austria, is full of prise for his devoted to each other” he said “And my sister an I could not have a a us which they never had themselves and encouraged us to go through them. 1960s. His completely oor) ae Exercise A ‘The sentences below are not in the text. Use other information in the text to decide if the sentences are true or false. What information helped you? 1 Fred and Olive first met in winter. 2 They were from Northampton, 3 Frod joined the army in 1915, A They got married in April 1925, 5 They bought a house in Northampton, {6 John and Brenda didnt have chien Exercise B Complete the sentences and write a summary of the newspaper article. Fred and Oive fist 1. 1915, they met againin 2 war, They fell 3 engaged. in 1925 they bought 4. married Fred and Olive 3 children. Fred 6. 1960s. The couple 7 102 They nowhave §. great grandchildren. They ive % home, They have been 10 In Apel, They are 1) longest married couple, From Reading xa by tz Orscoll@ Cambrge nhesty Press 2008 QCM 7

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