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Did you say … eccentric?

Did you say … eccentric?. Activity HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SOPHIE. + Reading comprehension + Work in pairs & communicate orally + Attitude towards weird habits in the USA. Vocabulary:. Vocabulary:. agafar (un objecte). fatigat, cansat. perdre el temps, gandulejar. sucre glassejat en un pastís.

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Did you say … eccentric?

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  1. Did you say … eccentric? Activity HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SOPHIE + Reading comprehension + Work in pairs & communicate orally + Attitude towards weird habits in the USA

  2. Vocabulary:

  3. Vocabulary: agafar (un objecte) fatigat, cansat perdre el temps, gandulejar sucre glassejat en un pastís babejar suplent cònjuge, consort Viscós, xiclós repiqueteo, sorollet de cops mimos, cures mimoses, mimitos forn de pa (+ pastisseria) aprendre a fer pipi reunir (-se)

  4. Vocabulary:

  5. Activity 1: Look at the headline and read (or listen to) paragraph 1. What seems to be going on? □ a girl’s birthday party □ a wedding ceremony □ a cake competition

  6. Complete the text with the suitable words from the box: 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 guest’s plate, the opening of gifts by the girl – all of this ________ the reader think the article is about ___________. seems ice-cream gifts guests makes children

  7. 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.

  8. 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). □ it’s a word game; meaning a person who is used to going to a lot of parties. □ it’s a word game; meaning a person who organises parties.

  9. Activity 4: Find 4 names of places in paragraph 2. Seattle Hong Kong Asia America

  10. 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.

  11. Activity 5: Read paragraph 3. What has changed for dogs in America? Write notes: weddings Chinese medicine doghouse dressed in tuxedoes Vitamin supplements master bedroom Halloween party looked after by people with M.A.s in educational psychology Sleep in same bed Dressed as dragon Eat luxury food Owner takes allergy pills !! Expensive gifts

  12. Complete the text with the suitable words from the box: It’s 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 one’s pets as one’s family is no doubt _________the fact that more and more Americans are __________ – they are staying _____or have decided not to have children. politically family due to childless single

  13. Activity 7: Which family members can dogs replace? Children!! They are pleasant to look at! Dogs have similar habits! They show a lot of affection Husbands or wives!! They can help people to overcome sadness!

  14. Activity 8: What’s 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:

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. What do you think about these weird attitudes?

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