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1.Daddy’s Little Girl
One evening a little girl was sitting with her father in the living room. They were both reading. He was reading the newspaper and she was reading a book, but every once in a while she found a word that she didn’t understand and asked him to explain it to her. «Daddy,» she said, «what’s a gossip?» «A gossip,» said her father, «is someone who repeats unpleasant things about other people, someone who talks about people behind their back.» «Oh,” she said,» «you mean like Mrs. Stein.» «That’s right,» said her father, and he continued reading his paper. A few moments later, she interrupted him again. «Daddy,» she said, «what’s a bore?» «A bore,» said her father, trying to be patient, «is a person who is not interesting, a person who talks about himself all the time, for example.» «Oh, you mean someone like Mr. Kelly?» she asked. «Exactly,» answered her father, returning to his paper. «Daddy?» she said, with a question in her voice. «Yes?» said her father, losing his patience. «What is it now?» «Daddy,» said the little girl, «what’s a pain in the neck?» Her father put down his newspaper, looked at her tenderly, and said, «A pain in the neck is a little girl who keeps asking her father questions while he’s trying to read the newspaper.»
2. The Browns recently moved into a new house. One Saturday, the father took his car out of the garage and was washing it when a neighbor came by. The neighbor stopped and commented, «That’s a nice car. Is it yours?» «Sometimes,» the father answered. The neighbor was surprised. «Sometimes?» he said. «What do you mean?» «Well,» the father answered, «when there’s a party, it belongs to my daughter. When there’s a football game, it belongs to my son. When I’ve washed the car and it looks really nice and clean, it belongs to my wife. And when it needs gas, it’s mine».
THE ACTIVITIES
1. Life line (by yourself). Procedure: What have been the 5 most important events of your life? When did they happen? What do you think willbe an important event in the future? Write the events on your PERSONAL LIFE LINE. Example:
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
I was I started I got married I visited the I hope I will born school I got a Master’s United States get a Doctor’s degree degree
My Personal Life Line
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
2. Life line (with a Partner ) Procedure: Show your Personal Life Line to your Partner. Talk about the important events of your Lives. Fill in the chart below with information about your partner’s 5 most important events. Ask questions with WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, and HOW.
Numbers in my life Procedure: Guessing; giving personal information. Each student thinks of a number which is important in his or her life – a date, a telephone or house number, an age, or whatever. A volunteer writes his or her number on the board, and the others try to guess what it is and why it is important (19 P.58).
Let’s share
Here is a chart of important social events and ways that they are observed in the United States. After you discuss these American customs with your class, write how you observe these occasions in your culture.
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