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- 1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. What do you understand by the term 'sibling rivalry'? Why do you think it can happen?
- 2 Read the text and compare your ideas from exercise 1.
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Read the Listening Strategy. Then listen and write down the sentences you hear. - 4
Read the Pronunciation box. Listen again and repeat the examples. - 5 Match each sentence you wrote down in exercise 3 with a point in the Pronunciation box.
- 6 Read the sentences (1-6) aloud. Each contains one feature of fast speech from the Pronunciation box. Can you say where in the sentence it occurs?
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Listen, check and repeat. - 8
Listen to a monologue and two dialogues. For questions (1-3), choose the correct answers (a–c). - 9 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss this quotation from a famous British writer. What does it say about sibling relationships? Do you agree with its message?
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I can understand a discussion about sibling rivalry.
1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. What do you understand by the term 'sibling rivalry'? Why do you think it can happen?2 Read the text and compare your ideas from exercise 1.
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Read the | PRONUNCIATION Features of fast speech (linking, assimilation) 1 Consonants are sometimes inserted between two vowel sounds: two eggs sounds like two weggs three eggs sounds like three yeggs four eggs sounds like four reggs 2 Consonants at the end of words (especially n, d and sounds) change when the next word also begins with a consonant: ten pounds sounds like tem pounds band practice sounds like bam practice Did you ...? sounds like Dij je ...? 3 Sounds, usually consonants, sometimes disappear: Let's go sounds like Les go What's your name? sounds like Wos your name? |
5 Match each sentence you wrote down in exercise 3 with a point in the Pronunciation box.
6 Read the sentences (1-6) aloud. Each contains one feature of fast speech from the Pronunciation box. Can you say where in the sentence it occurs?
1 I've got two or three dictionaries. (point 1)
2 Is this your address? (point 1)
3 I've got a bad cough. (point 2)
4 We went ten-pin bowling. (point 2)
5 She's my best friend. (point 3)
6 This coffee tastes bad. (point 3)
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Listen, check and repeat.
Sibling rivalry
| What causes sibling rivalry? Each child tries to define who they are as an individual and wants to show they are separate from their sibling(s). One child may feel that he / she is getting an unequal amount of parental attention. Younger children may want to copy or join in with an older sibling's activities, which can annoy the older child. What can be done about it? Parents must treat their children fairly, rather than equally. Age must be taken into account. Siblings should be encouraged to co-operate with each other, not to be aggressive or competitive. Siblings need space to be on their own sometimes with their own things and their own friends. However, time is the great healer. Research shows that after the age of 25, siblings get on with each other much better. |
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Listen to a monologue and two dialogues. For questions (1-3), choose the correct answers (a–c).
1 What has helped the girl improve her relationship with her sister?
a Spending time with each other rather than with friends.
b Strengthening her sister's relationship with their mother.
c Discussing why her sister used to behave unkindly.
2 What does the boy accuse his sister of lying about?
a Whether she has taken something from his room.
b Whether she has only just written her name on something.
c Whether she asked permission before borrowing something.
3 What do the brothers explain to the interviewer?
a Why they didn't get on when they were younger.
b Which brother behaved worse while growing up.
c Why they always spoiled each other's things.
9 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss this quotation from a famous British writer. What does it say about sibling relationships? Do you agree with its message?
'It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea. Dylan Thomas
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