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Explain that in some languages we do not pronounce

the initial sound /h/, but in English we nearly always

Refer students to the Remember! box to review the

pronounce it when it is the ﬁ rst sound of the word.

different form for the third person singular.

Exceptions include hour and honest.

Complete the ﬁ rst question with the whole class as an

Play the CD and ask students to follow the tongue twister

example. Students complete the remaining questions

in their books.

individually.

Tapescript

Read out the example dialogue with a conﬁ dent student.

Then students ask and answer the questions in pairs. Ask

see Student’s Book Activity 5a

a pair of students to repeat their dialogue to the whole

[1.04] Play the CD again and ask students to repeat the

class.

tongue twister. Then encourage them to practise saying

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the tongue twister as fast as they can.

1 does/She lives in Dongguan County 2 do/students’ own

Tapescript

answers 3 do/hibernate 4 do/students’ own answers 5 does/

see Activity 5a

He doesn’t have to worry about bears in winter, because they

hibernate from October to April.

Listening

[1.05] Introduce Rachel. Explain that the larger photo

Dyslexia tip:

Ending the lesson

shows how people in her community live. Ask the class to

Dyslexic students are often distracted, especially towards

make guesses about their lives.

the end of the lesson. It is useful to devote the last few

Play the CD for students to check their guesses. Then ask

minutes to reviewing the key issues students have studied

them to write the answers to the questions, using the

in the lesson. If you decide to assign homework, do it orally

words in the box. Point to the photo to explain horse-

and get the whole class to repeat it chorally. Then ask three

drawn buggies. Students compare their answers in pairs

different students, including dyslexic students, to repeat the

before you check them with the whole class.

assignment before you write it on the board for students

to copy.

Tapescript

My name’s Rachel and I’m Amish. I live in the USA but I’m

different to many American children. Amish people like to live

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a simple, traditional life and we haven’t got things like TVs,

1 Activity Book page 4-5, Activities 1-3

computers and mobile phones. We also haven’t got cars. We

2 Students write three questions to ask their classmates about

travel in horse-drawn buggies! Many Amish people are farmers

the house where they live, their street and their neighbours.

and I spend a lot of time helping my parents on the farm. We

They can ask and answer the questions in pairs at the

also like to help our neighbours. Our neighbours come to our

beginning of the next lesson.

farm to help us and we go to their farms to help them.

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PART 2

1 Rachel lives in the USA.

2 Amish people like a simple, traditional life.

Introduction

3 They haven’t got TVs, computers and mobile phones.

Divide students into groups of ﬁ ve. Write the following topics

4 They travel in horse-drawn buggies.

5 They help their neighbours on their farms.

on the board: food, meals, houses, work, school, sports,

transport. Ask students to come up with at least three things

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which surprise them about foreign countries they visit or see

on TV. Students can use the topics on the board or their own

Students make present simple sentences about the places

ideas, e.g. In Thailand people eat rice soup for breakfast or In

and people from the lesson and compare their answers in

Ireland people drive on the left. Elicit the groups’ ideas and

pairs. Check the answers with the whole class.

ask students what they think foreigners ﬁ nd surprising about

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their own country.

1 Sun lives in Dongguan County in China. 2 People call

Class poll

Dongguan the ‘home of swimming’. 3 Lukas lives in the Yukon

in Canada. 4 Lukas does not have to worry about the bears in

Divide the class into groups of four. They should write

winter (because they hibernate). 5 The Amish people live in the

down what is special about their town or region. Go

USA. 6 The Amish people travel in horse-drawn buggies.

through the example before they begin writing. Distribute

dictionaries to look up new words. Set a time limit of ﬁ ve

Students read the instructions and complete the task.

Individual students demonstrate their answers to the

minutes.

whole class.

Elicit different groups’ ideas onto the board. Read them

out and get students to vote for the best three ideas by

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raising their hands. Each student can vote for three ideas

students’ own answers

only. Count the votes and announce the winners.

Photocopiable activity

Extra activity

Getting to know you, p102; instructions p92

In pairs, students imagine that a foreign exchange student is

going to visit them for a weekend. They write an itinerary for his/

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her visit, including any special local customs or attractions.

1 Activity Book page 5, Activities 4-6

2 Students write the top ﬁ ve things they miss about their home

Pronunciation

and hometown when they go on holiday.

[1.03] Ask students: What’s the difference between a

house and a home? If necessary, explain that a house is a

building, whereas a home is a place where someone lives

permanently with their family.

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