The few young people who have left the family to live in the city visit their mothers nearly every day. It can be quite a surprise to see a shiny new Mercedes pull up outside one of the tents and watch a smart young man get out to greet his relatives.
Bedouin people do not like to be separated from their families and there is a very good reason why. If they are poor, sick, old, or unemployed, it is the family that supportsthem. Elderly people are never left alone, and problems are always shared. Children who work in the city are often responsible for their families financially. In this way, Bedouin families aren't just close; they are a lifeline.
Read the article again. Choose the correct answers according to the information given.
In the past, most families in Southern Europe and the Middle East were...a smaller b closer с richer.
There isn’t much... in a Bedouin tent,a furniture b light с space
Bedouin... spend most of the day inside,a men b women с children
Young Bedouins who live in the city...a hardly ever go home b don’t earn much money, с don’t lose touch with their families.
Members of a Bedouin family help each other to...a survive. b get a job с choose clothes.
Look at the highlighted words and phrases. What do you think they mean? Use your dictionary to look up their meaning and pronunciation.
Answer the following questions:
What’s the reason behind family’s playing the first fiddle in a person’s life? What makes Bedouins’ lifestyle so conspicuous and extraordinary? Explain in your words what is implied by the sentence “Bedouin families aren't just close; they are a lifeline”. What information do you find more amusing? Why? What would you do if you were invited to live in a Bedouin family for a research survey? Would you agree to take part in the project? Would you be able to adjust to new mode of life?№2
STEREOTYPES – OR ARE THEY?READING & SPEAKING
a In pairs, answer the questions.
a the most talkative person in your family;
b the most talkative person you know
Do you think that, generally speaking, women are more talkative than men? What topics doa) men talk about more than women?
b) women talk about more than men?
b Look at the definition of stereotype. Then read the article «Men talk just as much as women» and «A gossip with the girls? » Find answers to questions 1-4.
Stereotypenoun a fixed idea about a particular type of person or thing, which is often not true in reality.
Stereotypeverb In advertisements, women are often stereotyped as housewives.
What was the stereotype that the researchers wanted to investigate? Where was the research done? How was the research done? What did the research show?с In pairs, tell each other what the articles are devoted to, using questions 1-4 to help you.
d Now read both articles again and look at the highlighted words and phrases, which are commonly used in articles about research. Match them with definitions 1-10.
Infact adverb really _________verb make less _________usually do it _________adverb a little bit _________linking word used to connect or contrast twofacts _________verb say that sth is true _________as said or shown by sb _________verb include several different things inaddition to the ones mentioned _________adverb nearlye Which of the two pieces of research do you think is...?
more credible more surprising more importantMen talk just as much as women ‑ can it really be true?
Research by psychologists at the University of Arizona has shown that the stereotype that women talk more than men may not be true. In the study, hundreds of university students were fit with recorders and the total number of words they used during the day was then counted.
The results, published in the New Scientist, showed that women speak about 16,000 words a day and men speak only slightly fewer. In fact, the four most talkative people in the study were all men.
Professor Matthias Mehl, who was in charge of the research, said that he and his colleagues had expected to find that women were more talkative.
However, they had been scepticalof the common belief that women use three times as many words as men. This idea became popular after the publication of a book called The Female Brain (2006) whose author, LouannBrizendine, claimed that ‘a woman uses about 20,000 words per day, whereas a man uses about 7,000.’
Professor Mehlaccepts that many people will find the results difficult to believe. However, he thinks that this research is important because the stereotype, that women talk too much and men keep quiet, is bad not only for women but also for men. ‘It says that to be a good male, it’s better not to talk - that silence is golden.’
A GOSSIP WITH THE GIRLS?
Women are experts at gossiping - and they often talk about trivial things, or at least that's what men have always thought. However according toresearch carried out by Professor Petra Boynton, apsychologist at University College London, when women talk to women their conversations are not trivial at all, and cover many more topics (up to 40) than when men talk to other men.
Women's conversations range from health to their houses, from politics to fashion, from films to family, from education to relationship problems. Almost everything, in fact, except football.
Men tend to talk about fewer subjects, the most popular being work, sport, jokes, cars, and women.
Professor Boynton interviewed over 1,000 women for her study. She also found that women move quickly from one subject to another in conversation, whereas men usually stick to one subject for longer periods of time.
Professor Boynton also says that men and women chat for different reasons. In social situations women use conversation to solve problems and reduce stress, while men chat with each other to have a laugh or to swap opinions.
SPEAKING
Work in pairs or small groups. Prove that the research in “A gossip with the girls?” is wrong!
If you’re a woman, try to talk for two minutes about: football, cars, computers. If you’re a man, try to talk for two minutes about: fashion, shopping, your family.№ 3: READING
a Read the newspaper article once. How much did winning the lottery change Tony Bryan’s life?
Life-changing or is it ….?
You win the lottery. Do you buy a 10-bedroomed mansion, a gold-plated yacht and a Picasso? Or do you just live a bit more comfortably?
In January 2006, Tony Bryan was working in a factory that produces the flavourings they put on fried chicken. He gota message telling him to call his wife, Rachel, urgently.
He called his wife, but the line was engaged. Expecting the worst, he jumped into his car and raced home. His seven-year-old daughter opened the door with a smile and said,
‘We’ve won the lottery, Daddy.’ He found Rachel in the living room holding a lottery ticket worth Ј2.6m. Their lives had changed for ever.
Today, he and his family live in a nice house with a lot of land. They have two goats, and ducks and chickens. It seems that they have adapted brilliantly. They are enjoying their money, but they have not stopped working. They run a caravan park in the field next to the house, and they sell their own vegetables. They haven't exactly been relaxing.
‘All your life you get up and go to work to earn money to buy a car, or a holiday, or a better house,’ says Tony. ‘If you take that away, what is the point of getting up? So you quit your job, you start to get up late, you watch morning TV, then you go shopping, then wait for school pick-up time. After a couple of weeks, you begin to wonder what the point of it is.
We had six months going on nice holidays, but then we had to sit down and decide what to do in the long-term.’
So they didn’t buy an Aston Martin or even a Mercedes.
'I couldn't justify spending Ј30,000 on a car,’ he says. ‘It’s a ridiculous amount, no matter how much money you have.'
They are very careful with their money. ‘You don’t stop worrying when you win the lottery. You just worry about different things. I felt guilty that we had lots of money. We were just lucky...’
As I leave, the telephone rings. ‘It’s Ј8 per night for a caravan...’ says their daughter. I set off home, past their vegetable stall at the end of the drive. Tomatoes are 50p akilo. A cucumber is 50р. I
b Read the article again. Mark the sentences T (true),F (false), or DS (doesn’t say).
Tony was very worried when he got his wife’s message. Tony continued working in a factory for a few months after the lottery win. He and his family now live in the city. They lived very differently for the first six months after the lottery win.Listening:
In the street Watch or listen to five people and answer the questions.
Emma says shea has liked ice cream since she was a little girl
b often feels ill after eating chocolate ice cream
с prefers ice cream to chocolate
Andrew likes Asian restaurants because .a he doesn’t like cooking
b it’s cheaper than eating at home с he can’t cook that type of food at home
Ren and his brother went together.a running
b to university
с 011 holiday
Zenobia buys a baga if it's cheaper than usual
b every three months
с if she needs a new one
Simone took part in a charity bike ridea when she was nine
b for a television programme
с around a track
SPEAKING
CAN YOU SAY THIS in ENGLISH?
Do the tasks with a partner.
Can you...?
describe your diet and the typical diet in yourcountry, and say how it is changing agree or disagree with the following statement, andsay why: Our favourite food is usually something we liked when we were children.
describe members of your family, saying what theylook like and what they are like describe some of your plans and predictions for thefuture (e. g. your studies, your family life) ask and answer the following questions:- Have you ever won any money? How much did you win? What did you do with it? How long have you been learning English? Where did you first start learning?
GRAMMAR №1:
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