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TRANSITIONS 6UNIT

Lesson AA. Match the stage of life to the description.

1. infancy a. an adult 2. old age b. a baby 3. adulthood c. a teenager 4. adolescence d. a child 5. childhood e. a senior citizen

B. When do most people do these things? Write the stage of life.

1. learn to talk

2. get married

3. stop working

4. have their first boyfriend or girlfriend

5. learn to read

6. finish their education

C. Circle the correct form of each verb—simple past tense or present perfect tense.

1. I don’t want to eat at Pizza Palace tonight. I (ate/have eaten) there twice this week.

2. Jessica (knew/has known) her best friend since they (were/have been) six years old.

3. I (worked/have worked) for this company since 1998, and I like it very much.

4. Marina (had/has had) a baby last month.

5. I (finished/have finished) my homework, so I can go out tonight.

6. We (saw/have seen) that video before. It (was/has been) terrible!

D. Have you done these things? If so, when did you do them for the first time? Write sentences with the present perfect tense and simple past tense.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

infancy

I’ve ridden a horse. I rode one in 2005. OR I’ve never ridden a horse.

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UNIT 3

Lesson B

A. Unscramble the sentences to make a conversation.

(hear/you/the big news/did) (to drive/is/Mark/learning)

Beth: ? .

(but/16/he’s) (to/that’s/too/young/drive)

Julia: ! .

(about/oh/I/know/that/don’t) (careful/very/he’s) (teaching/and/his father/is/him)

Beth: . . .

(a few years/think/true/that’s/but/I/he/wait/should)

Julia: , .

(the best age/well/to drive/what/do you think/is/to learn)

Beth: , ?

(graduated high school/I think/people/should/their driver’s license/after/get/

they’ve)

Julia: .

B. Melissa is 15. She just got a job. Write a new conversation like the one in exercise A.

Your friend:

You:

Your friend:

You:

Your friend:

You:

C. Say these words out loud. Circle the unstressed syllables with the e sound.

1. important 3. pizza 5. animal 7. listen 2. travel 4. apartment 6. woman 8. transition

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UNIT 6TRansiTions

Lesson C

A. Read the meanings and unscramble the expressions.

1. stopped working: (dertrie)

2. with the energy of a younger person: (flotuuyh)

3. between 30 and 39: (nirhetthrsiise)

4. acting like a child: (ilshidhc)

5. old enough to make good decisions: (tremau)

6. looking and acting old: (yeellrd)

7. between 40 and 60: (eilmdd-dega)

B. Read the sentences. Use how to ask questions about the underlined words.

1. My friend Lana is very tall.

2. My brother sings really badly.

3. I just found out that Mr. Sloan is very wealthy.

4. I love to eat at Janie’s house because she cooks so well.

5. The test was really difficult, and now I’m worried.

C. Katie has a new boyfriend, and her parents are asking a lot of questions about him. Fill in their questions with how.

How tall is she?

1. ?

2. ?

3. ?

4. ?

5. ?

He studies very hard.

He’s very mature.

He drives very carefully. He’s never had an accident.

He speaks English very well. He’s spoken it all his life!

He’s 19 years old.

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UNIT 3

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Every country has special celebrations to mark transitions in life. Here are three examples of important days for young people in diff erent countries.

Do you remember your fi rst day in school? Many children feel scared, but in Germany, the kids are very excited. Their fi rst day in school, when they are six, is a big celebration called Schulanfang. All of the kids have new clothes, and their parents give them a Zuckertuete, a big colorful cone full of candy and small presents. Parents take pictures of their child holding the Zuckertuete. Then they meet their new teachers and classmates, and they sing songs and play games to celebrate. There is also a party for the parents after school with coff ee and cake.

Girls in Mexico and other countries in Latin America are very excited about their fi fteenth birthday. For them, it marks the transition from girl to young woman, and there is a special celebration called the Quince Años. The girl gets a beautiful and very expensive dress that looks a little bit like a wedding dress. On the morning of her birthday, the girl goes to church with her family and all of her friends. In the evening, there is a huge party in a restaurant, with a big cake in the same colors as the girl’s dress. People enjoy music and dancing until very late at night.

For young people in Japan, their twentieth birthday is very important, because that is when they become adults. There is a national holiday called Coming-of-Age Day to celebrate this. On the second Sunday in January, each city has a ceremony for people who had their twentieth birthday in the last year. All the new adults go to the City Hall to listen to speeches and get a present from the town’s mayor. Everyone wears new clothes, and many women wear beautiful kimonos. Their families take lots of pictures.

Lesson D

Celebrating Transitions

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UNIT 6TRansiTions

A. Complete the chart with information from the reading.

Transition Schulanfang Quince Años Coming-of-Age DayCountry

Age of people celebratingWhen

Where

What do people do?

B. Answer the questions.

1. Which of these celebrations sounds like the most fun? Why?

2. Which birthdays are the most important in your country? Why?

C. Write about a celebration of a life transition such as a birthday party or a wedding. Who was the party for? What was the person celebrating? Why was it important? What did you do at the party?

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UNIT 3

Review

Across 1. being a baby

5. Old enough to make good decisions

6. I (see) ___ that movie three times. I love it! (2 words)

7. finish your education

8. stopped working

10. elderly person (2 words)

13. 13–19 years old

14. I (do) ___ all my homework, so I can go out tonight.

(2 words)

15. looking and acting old

16. having the energy of a young person

Down 2. being an adult

3. become husband and wife (2 words)

4. He’s 20–29 years old. (3 words)

5. 40–60 years old

9. My brother ___ married last year.

11. acting like a child

12. get a different house or apartment

14. My sister ___ a child two years ago.

Solve the crossword puzzle with vocabulary and grammar from this unit.

1 2 3 4

65

7

109

13

14

11

8

12

15

16

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