Red Line 4, Coursebook

ninety-three 93 2 What do you think? a) Do you feel sorry for Drew Barrymore? Do your feelings change during the story? b) Talk about these questions in small groups. 1. Why did Drew take drugs? 2. Do you know anyone with similar problems? 3. What other reasons are there for taking drugs? Do they really solve problems? 4. Should kids like Drew be protected? 3 Friends and family a) Skim the story for all the friends that are mentioned. Which do you think are good friends, which are not so good? Take notes from the story to support your answer. b) What do you think Drew’s mother felt about Drew’s life after she became famous, and what she did as a teenager? Sometimes information about the people or events in a text is ‘hidden’. What a person says or does, for example, often shows you how he or she is feeling. Reading a text for this kind of information is called ‘reading between the lines’ of the text. What a person doesn’t say or do can also give you clues. READING SKI LLS 4 Your turn: A friend Write the last part of the story as if you are the friend who helps Drew. Start like this: I saw Drew outside her house. It was late, and she was very drunk … . 5 A song: Miss California She’s Miss California, hottest thing in West L.A., house down by the water, sails her yacht across the bay. Drives a Maranello, Hollywood’s her favorite scene, loves to be surrounded with superstars that know her name. She’s a rich girl from the top of the food chain, love and material things. Kinda lonely, till I met her at the Grammys, ten mill on a diamond ring. She invites me to spend a day on the jet skis, at first it didn’t mean a thing. Then she told me I’m the one that she searched for, it was hard to believe. © Text: Vada J Nobles / Rasheem Sharrief Pugh a) What kind of person is Miss California? b) What do you think ‘Mr California’ could look like? g Sh C ➝ WB69, 1 – 2 ä Text 5 Nur zu Prüfzw cken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv