Make Your Way 8, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Speaking a) Individual long turn: Housing lifestyles 24 Please, • compare and contrast the pictures showing two alternative lifestyles • discuss points for and against these lifestyles from the point of view of cost, convenience and the law • suggest reasons why people might choose to live in this way • describe your own experience of an alternative housing lifestyle b)  Paired activity: Escaping the rat race A friend of yours, who has just completed the Matura exams, has won a place out of 2,000 applicants on a 2-year training scheme with a leading engineering company. At the end of the training scheme he is guaranteed a permanent position with the company with many benefits. However your friend has now said that he intends to turn down his place on the training scheme and spend the next year travelling around India and Nepal. Discuss with your partner what advice to give your friend. Include the following points • his achievement so far • his age and previous life experience • benefits of foreign travel • the effect on future employment prospects • the financial aspect • a possible compromise and come to an agreement at the end. Living in a squatted house Living in a motorhome squatted: besetzt 123 7 Unit 7: Lifestyles Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eig ntum des Verlags öbv