Self-assessment talk about truth and lies relate a conversation summarise what people say find out news about people you know write a brochure Explore listening: Family customs In Austria, what are people’s attitudes towards their parents and to older people in general? What is your own attitude towards: A family relationships? B older people? C different cultures? You are going to listen to three people talking about family customs. First you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will hear the recording twice. While listening, match the beginnings of the sentences (1–7) with the sentence endings (A–J). There are two extra sentence endings that you should not use. The first one (0) has been done for you. After the second listening, you will have 45 seconds to check your answers. 38 a b p6e84f 52 0 B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A and hardly noticed any cultural differences. B is to kiss their hand. C and found that young people live quite differently there. D to greet people by shaking hands. E but they still phone their parents daily. F but he and his family still live a Maltese life. G to kiss their elders’ forehead. H because of better prospects there. I to get a job. J till they get married or longer. 0 One way for Indonesian children to show respect towards elders 1 Nowadays in Indonesia it is not unusual for children 2 In Sri Lanka youngsters live with their parents 3 Nishadi moved to the United States 4 Nishadi’s parents don’t want her 5 Darren’s parents went to the UK in the late 1950s 6 Darren lives in England now 7 Darren and his brother and sister are almost middle-aged Complete these extracts about relationships with people using the words on the right. There are two extra words you should not use. 1 Parents know what is happening in their children’s lives their lives. 2 Life was, and still is, focused very much the family. 3 There is a lot of respect elders. 4 Life is very much about the parents and respect your parents and the family. 5 to Western influences attitudes have changed. 6 There’s always somebody who has known you your birth. 7 I’m still very dependent my parents. What similarities or differences are there between these cultures and your own? 39 a against around for due in on since throughout towards b 110 Language skills Extras Explore 8 Fiction and reality Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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