If adults can’t control themselves they never learn to plan for the future and think in the long term.

Parents should bring up the abilities to concentrate on a task and stay with it until it is finished, the ability to see things from other people’s point of view and to understand other people’s needs.

#18 p.89 (listening)

The same birthday presents or one present to share between two sisters made the first speaker’s sister angry.

The second speaker couldn’t trust her sister because she didn’t always keep her secrets.

The third speaker and her sister had the same ideas about most things and were a team.

#18 p. 24

The Elderly

The article is about a new type of old people’s home in France. It combines a residential home for elderly with a nursery school in the same building. The children and the residents eat lunch together and share activities. The advantages are enormous both for the children and for the elderly.

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A French old people’s home combines a residential home for elderly with a nursery school in the same building. The children and the residents eat lunch together and share activities such as music, painting, gardening and caring for pets. There are trips out and birthday parties too.

The children are happy because they get a lot more individual attention, the residents are more active and interested in life when the children are around them. That’s why people feel happy there.

#17 p. 89 (listening)

Brian has lived on his boat for about 12 years.

He decided to leave London because his wife had died and his children had grown up and he hadn’t had anybody to live with him in his big house.

If he doesn’t like his neighbours he can go to another place, he can watch lovely sunsets and he needn’t go anywhere for his holiday.

#26 p. 32

Pablo Picasso

1. The article is about Pablo Picasso who was a great artist of the 20^th century. He had great imagination and invented a new style in painting called cubism.

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In Barcelona and in Paris.

Cubism – in cubism objects were cut into many flat shapes, which looked like a puzzle.

The aim of the programme is to give various people a chance to learn the skills of a new profession.

Peter’s friends thought that it was funny because he knew nothing ABOUT ART.

Peter didn’t like the people who bought his paintings because the only seemed to be interested in how much it would cost in the future.

#22 p. 28

The article is about Walt Disney’s film “Marry Poppins”. This story is so succeful today because Mary Poppins works her Magic to help people in the family to understand and value the people that are closest to us. It is very important to have time for one another.

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Before Marry Poppins comes there is a crisis in the Banks’ family. Mr. Banks spends too much time thinking about work and not enough time with his family. Everyone in the family is stressed and the children become difficult to control and behave badly.

Marry Poppins showed the Banks family how important it is to understand the true value of things. Another lesson that she teaches is that it is sometimes very important to look at the world from a child’s point of view. The most important lesson of all is that we should value the people that are closest to us. It is important to have time for one another.

#34 p.40

The article is about researching family history. People began to research family history to find out their roots and to understand who they are. The best way to do it is to interview all the family members, make a family tree and look through records in libraries, archives and on the internet.

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People start tracing their family history in order to find their roots. They say that when you discover your roots it gives you understanding who you are.

The author advices us to start with our family members’ interview, then make a basic family tree and to look through the records in local libraries, archives and on the internet.

#13 p. 86