Growing up

Answer the questions.

1 What can you see? 1
2 What are these people doing?
3 What is the relationship between them?

‘‘ 2
‘‘ It takes a whole
village to raise a child.
African proverb

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Preview KEY READING SKILLS
STUDY SHEET 1, PAGE 146

1 There are two units in this section. Find the main texts and complete this chart.
Text title Text type Topic
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Unit 7

Unit 8 8
2 Ask and answer these questions with a partner.
Where did you grow up?
Did you enjoy growing up there?
Who do you remember from your childhood?

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 Unit 7 Childhood memories
KEY READING SKILL INFERRING MEANING KEY VOCABULARY SKILL WORDS WITH DIFFERENT MEANINGS

Focus
1 Look at these pictures and
read the information.

childhood noun
the time of your life when
you are a child

Did you know ...?

• Most people can remember experiences

from three or four years of age.
• Learning a musical instrument can improve
your memory.
• Some research has suggested that women
have earlier memories than men!

2 Do you have a good memory? What’s your earliest memory?

Think about it
1 Check (✓) the things you remember from your childhood.
From your childhood, do you remember …
a a song you liked? e a hobby you enjoyed?
b a good friend? f food you liked to eat?
c your grandparents? g a toy you played with?
d a pet you had? h clothes you wore?

2 Make a group and share your memories.

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 Vocabulary skills: Words with different meanings KEY VOCABULARY SKILLS
STUDY SHEET 10, PAGE 165

1 Read this text. Choose the correct meaning of each word in italics.

Tom and I
My best friend in elementary school was Tom. When we met,
he was six and so was I. We were in the same a class in school.
We sat together and always b played together in the c break.
His family lived near my family, so we d saw each other after
school most days. In the summer, we went swimming in the
ocean when the weather was e hot. In the winter, we played
video games a lot. When his family moved to another city, I
was very sad. I’ll never forget the times we f spent together.

a 1 social group 2 group of students

b 1 had fun 2 made music
c 1 short vacation 2 time for rest
d 1 visited 2 looked at
e 1 very warm 2 spicy
f 1 paid out 2 had

2 Complete each pair of sentences with the same word.

a When I _____________ my eyes, I can still see all my childhood friends.
Anne and I were very _____________ when we were younger.
b I remember my uncle. He was always very helpful and _____________ .
What _____________ of music did you like when you were younger?
c For my fi rst date, I decided to _____________ a table in an expensive restaurant.
The most interesting _____________ I read as a teenager was The Catcher in the Rye.
d Can you see that house on the _____________ ? I lived there as a child.
My grandfather _____________ school at 14 and got a job.

Predicting
You’re going to read some messages on a blog. Look at these names, and guess where each
person is from.
a Carla 1 Hong Kong
b Daisuke 2 Mexico
c Ricardo 3 Japan
d Terri 4 Canada
e Leung 5 Italy

Reading fluently
Read the text quickly. Time yourself, and record your time in the chart on page 6.

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 http://www.childhood.memories.com/myblog/html

Welcome to my blog
Stephen Williams Friday, June 21
Today I went to the beach.
It was my first day at the
ocean for many years. The
sound and smell of the ocean
brought back memories of the
great family vacations when
I was a child. We always went to the beach
for a week in the summer. I remembered
playing for hours in the sand with my sister
and crying when I couldn’t have any ice
cream. Oh, and I remembered finding a
huge jellyfish on the beach, and running
away because I was scared! Amazing,
really, the things you remember from your
childhood ...

Comments ➤ Home
➤ Yeah, I remember going for long walks in the countryside. ➤ Photos
I guess I was only eight or nine. In the winter, my mom made
soup, and I can still remember the wonderful smell! When we ➤ Music
got home, I always went straight to sleep ...
Carla, Mexico ➤ Email me
➤ What a great story! I remember going to the beach, too – ➤ Links
on Christmas Day! My family lived in Australia when I was
young. I remember waking up early. After we opened our
presents, we always went to the beach and had a barbecue.
Leung, Hong Kong
➤ The best memory I have is playing my first video game,
Super Mario. I remember thinking that it was amazing. It was
my tenth birthday and I still remember opening the box.
Daisuke, Japan
➤ I like your story about Christmas, Leung. When I read
it, I remembered Halloween one year when I was a child.
jellyfish noun
I wore a Superwoman costume and went to a barbecue a soft, transparent sea animal
with my brothers ... I can remember eating my first kebab! that can sting you
I didn’t know what it was, but I liked the spicy sauce!
costume noun
Terri, Canada
clothes that the actors wear in a
➤ I remember playing soccer on the beach. I was nine. play or a film
I fell and hurt my leg, so my sister took me home. kebab noun
Ricardo, Italy a food that consists of small
pieces of meat and vegetables
cooked on a stick

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 Understanding the text
1 Read these questions and write your answers.
a Where did Stephen’s family go on vacation in the summer? __________________________
b Who does he remember playing with on the beach? __________________________
c How often does Stephen go to the beach these days? __________________________
d What did he see that made him scared? __________________________
e How did he feel when he saw the jellyfish? __________________________

2 Complete each sentence with one word.

a Ricardo’s memory is from when he was ___________ years old.
b Terri remembers wearing a ___________ costume.
c Daisuke remembers the present he received on his ___________ birthday.
d Carla says her mom made soup in the ___________ .
e Leung’s family always had a ___________ on Christmas Day.

3 How many people have memories connected with ...

a food? ______
b the beach? ______
c a time they felt unhappy? ______
d a time they felt happy? ______
e a special day or event? ______

4 With a partner, write three questions about the text. Then ask your questions to your
classmates.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________

5 Think of a special memory from your childhood connected with one of the following.
Write notes.

food friends a vacation a birthday the beach a party

6 Make a group and share your memories.

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 Reading skills: Inferring meaning KEY READING SKILLS
STUDY SHEET 3, PAGE 148

1 Look again at the blog. Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.
a Stephen enjoyed / didn’t enjoy family vacations when he was young.
b He was surprised / wasn’t surprised by the memories from his childhood.
c Carla found the family walks very easy / tiring.
d Carla liked / didn’t like the soup her mother made.
e Ricardo’s sister is probably younger / older than him.
f The weather in Australia is hot and sunny / cold and wet in December.

2 Read this text. Then check (✓) which statements you can infer.

Zeynep
I remember when I was seven years old. There was
a girl named Zeynep in my English class. I often sat
next to her because I wanted to speak to her, but
I was too nervous. I remember one day she asked
to use my pen. I gave her my pen and said she
could keep it. Then she held my hand. It was the
happiest moment of my life!
Aslan, Turkey

a Zeynep was about the same age as Aslan.

b Zeynep and Aslan are friends today.
c Aslan was shy when he was seven.
d Zeynep was good at English.
e Aslan liked Zeynep.

3 Look at these common sayings about childhood. What do you think each saying means?
Discuss your ideas with a partner.
‘‘
‘‘ Children should be seen and not heard.

‘‘
‘‘ Spare the rod and spoil the child.

‘‘
‘‘ Youth is wasted on the young.

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 Spotlight on grammar: Articles
Study the examples, and then choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

(defi nite the) I remember going for long walks in the countryside.
(indefi nite a/an) They had a barbecue on Christmas Day every year.
(zero) We always went on vacation for two weeks in August.

1 Tim remembers ______ best music 5 We all enjoyed our trip to Europe.
teacher in high school. It was ______ great experience.
a the a the
b a b —
c — c an
d an d a

2 I really liked to play ______ soccer 6 My family lived in ______ Thailand

when I was young. until 2002, so I grew up there.
a a a an
b — b a
c the c —
d an d the

3 Johan can never forget learning to play 7 I thought Bangkok was ______
______ violin as a child. He hated it! interesting city to live in.
a — a the
b a b a
c an c —
d the d an

4 We always went swimming in ______ 8 Probably ______ happiest time in my

ocean before we went to bed. life was when I was in elementary school.
a a a —
b the b a
c — c the
d an d an

Talk about it
1 Think about a special place you remember from your childhood. Write notes.
Where do you remember? ➞ How old were you when you went there? ➞
What did you do there? ➞ Why do you remember this place? ➞
Do you still go there now?

2 Interview a partner.

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 Unit 8 Growing up in another culture
KEY READING SKILL SKIMMING KEY VOCABULARY SKILL PREFIXES

Focus
Look at these pictures and read the information. Did you know ...?

• As many as six million Americans

Some people have two home countries – may live abroad.
the country where they were born, and the
country where they grew up. Two home • Approximately 25 per cent of
countries, two cultures … twice the fun? people living in Australia were
born in another country.

Think about it
1 Read these statements. Check (✓) your opinions.
Children who grow up in a foreign country …
Agree Disagree
a have an interesting and fun time.
b can learn languages more easily.
c fi nd it more diffi cult to make friends.
d are more independent when they are adults.
e often don’t know where “home” is.

2 Make a group and compare your opinions.

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 Vocabulary skills: Prefixes KEY VOCABULARY SKILLS
STUDY SHEET 8, PAGE 163

1 Match each prefi x on the left with a word on the right.

a in- 1 comfortable
b un- 2 cultural
c multi- 3 correct
d inter- 4 happy
e un- 5 paid
f un- 6 national

2 Complete this text with the new words above.

Third culture kids

Third culture kids (or “TCKs”) is a term fi rst used by researcher Dr. Ruth Hill Useem. It is
used to describe children who are born in one country but grow up in a different country.
Often, this is because their parents work abroad. As worldwide travel becomes easier,
there are more and more TCKs. These children have a _________________ childhoods – they
combine their parents’ culture with the culture of the country they grow up in to make a
third culture. That is why they’re called “third culture kids.”

Research from Useem and others shows that as adults, some TCKs feel b _________________
in every country they live in because no place feels like “home.” It is c _________________ ,
however, to think that TCKs are d _________________ people. Most adult TCKs think they
can understand people well. They often make friends easily, wherever they go. Many get
high qualifi cations and have good jobs. They often help in their local communities, working
e
_________________ as volunteers in their free time. TCKs are also very f _________________ .
They know a lot about other cultures. A lot of TCKs keep in contact with people in different
countries. Many also speak one or more foreign languages.

Predicting
You’re going to read about the experiences of three TCKs. With a partner, guess each
person’s story.
a Tomona Ishii 1 left Turkey at age fi ve to live in Germany.
b Trisha Harding 2 has a Japanese father and an Indian mother.
c Ahmet Alper 3 was born in Africa and lived there until she was 15.

Reading fluently
Read the text quickly. Time yourself, and record your time in the chart on page 6.

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 I lived the first 15 years of my life in Kenya. My parents
worked there as teachers in a small town. They’re both from
Los Angeles, so when we returned to the U.S., we lived there.
This was a pretty difficult time for me. In Kenya, everyone
knew who I was – I was a foreigner. In Los Angeles, because
I looked like everyone else, people thought I was the same as
them. But I wasn’t. I was different. I had different experiences,
and so I couldn’t really connect with people. I’m proud to be
American, but sometimes I really miss Africa. Trisha Harding

M y name is Tomona Ishii. My father is Japanese and my mother is from India. I was born
in Japan. I really enjoy my life in the U.K. I play a Japanese musical instrument called
“koto.” Of course, I can speak Japanese (but English is easier!). Sometimes I visit India to
see my mother’s family. There are many languages in India. My mother’s language is Bengali.
I can speak a little Bengali. I like to watch Indian movies. I’m also very interested in Indian
design and embroidery. I’m 17 now. Life is getting harder. I’m thinking about my future.
I want to go to university, but I don’t know which country to go to. I love them both!
Tomona Ishii

M y parents came to live in Germany

ten years ago, when I was five. My
father got a job here. Everything was
very weird at first. I was happier proud adj ★
after I started school. We don’t feeling happy about
go back to Turkey very often. your achievements, your
possessions, or people who
I always thought of Turkey you are connected with
as my “home” because I
miss verb ★★★
was born there. But now, to feel sad because
I think Germany is my home. someone is not with you
I speak German and all my any longer, or because you
do not have or cannot do
friends are here. I can’t really something any longer
remember my life before I weird adj
came here. So perhaps I am strange and unusual
German! Ahmet Alper embroidery noun
a design of coloured
stitches on cloth, or the
activity of decorating cloth
in this way

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 Understanding the text
1 Complete the chart.
parents’ nationality was born in … now lives in …
Trisha ________________________ ________________________ ________________________
Tomona ________________________ ________________________ ________________________
Ahmet ________________________ ________________________ ________________________

2 Choose the correct answer to each question.

a How old is Ahmet?
1 ten 2 fourteen 3 fifteen 4 eighteen
b How many languages can Tomona speak?
1 one 2 two 3 three 4 four
c What problem did Trisha have when she returned to the United States?
1 She missed her friends. 3 The weather was too cold.
2 She found it hard to make friends. 4 She couldn’t find a job.
d Where does Ahmet feel is “home”?
1 Germany 2 Turkey 3 both Germany and Turkey 4 he isn’t sure
e Where does Tomona want to live in the future?
1 India 2 Japan 3 England 4 she isn’t sure

3 Complete these sentences.

a __________________’s parents were teachers.
b “Koto” is a __________________ .
c Ahmet moved to Germany when he was __________________ years old.
d Tomona sometimes visits __________________ to see her relatives.
e Trisha grew up in a small __________________ in Africa.

4 Write T (true), F (false), or N (not in the text) for each statement.

a Trisha was a teenager when she moved to the U.S. ______
b Ahmet has a lot of friends in Turkey. ______
c Tomona thinks Bengali is an easy language to learn. ______
d Trisha works as a teacher. ______
e Ahmet sees his relatives in Turkey every year. ______

5 Close your book. What can you remember about each person? Tell a partner.

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 Reading skills: Skimming KEY READING SKILLS
STUDY SHEET 8, PAGE 153

Quickly skim this text. Then immediately answer the questions. Do not look back at the text.
You have one minute.

Growing up Chinese-Canadian

I am Chinese, but I live in Canada. I came to
Vancouver with my husband fi ve years ago. We
live in an area called Richmond. Many Asian
people, and especially Chinese, live here. I like my
life in Canada, but I am also proud to be Chinese.
When I had a son last year, I needed to think
of a name for him. Most of my Chinese friends
gave their children English names. They said a
Chinese name would cause problems for my son
in the future. I don’t agree. I think we have to
keep our culture alive. I want my son to have a
Chinese name, and to learn to speak and read
Chinese, too. I want him to know Chinese culture.
Some Chinese people born in Canada can’t speak
Chinese. I think this is wrong. I want to teach
my son the language and culture of China – then
he will be proud of being Chinese. Yes, we live
in Canada and we’re happy here. But we are still
Chinese in our hearts! We must not lose that.

a The writer … c She wants to …

1 lives in China. 1 stay in Canada.
2 lives in Canada. 2 return to China.

b She wants her son to … d The woman feels …

1 learn Chinese language and culture. 1 she is Canadian.
2 have an English name. 2 she is Chinese.

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 Spotlight on grammar: Time expressions
Study the examples, and then choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

Ahmet’s family moved to Germany ten years ago.

Last year, Tomona went to India to visit her relatives.
We were in Australia in the 1990s.
I lived in Mexico for two years when I was younger.

1 Every year ______ June we went to 5 My friend Martin went to Australia

the U.S. on vacation. with his family fi ve years ______ .
a on c in a before c last
b at d by b in 2005 d ago

2 James is going to live in South America. 6 My sister and I lived in Peru ______
He’s leaving ______ Friday. three years when we were younger.
a in c to a in c for
b at d on b last d at

3 Carmen grew up in Taiwan, but she 7 Raul visited his grandparents in

returned to Spain ______ year to see Chile ______ winter.
her relatives. a on c since
a at last c the next b last d from
b every d on this
8 Dan said he grew up in India.
4 I think Hiroshi lived in Africa ______ He was there ______ 2001 to 2007.
the late1980s. a in c for
a at c in b from d at
b on d by

Talk about it
1 Ask and answer these questions with a partner.
Would you like to live in another country?
What are the problems of growing up in another culture?
Do you think people should follow the culture of the country they live in?

2 Make a group and compare your answers.

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 Extension
Choose the best answers to complete the text.

I remember growing up in Kuala Lumpur as a child. We went there when I was seven
because of my father’s job. He was a manager and 1 ______ company he worked for often
sent him abroad.
He had four weeks’ vacation 2 ______ year, so we often went sightseeing around Asia.
I remember thinking it was 3 ______ exciting time. These days, I still have a very 4 ______
life. I enjoy 5 ______ a lot. I like to visit different countries and experience the local 6 ______
Living in Malaysia, however, is still my most 7 ______ experience. I’m going back there
8
______ March, to see some old friends. I can’t wait!

1 a a b an c — d the
2 a for b every c last d in
3 a the b an c — d a
4 a worldwide b foreign c international d overseas
5 a trip b travel c voyage d journey
6 a culture b cultural c cultured d culturally
7 a memory b memorable c memorize d memories
8 a in b on c at d by

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