FUNCTIONS
Ferriss
trip people understand the situation in Irak |
ENABLING |
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Give a 16-year-old a credit card ? |
USEFULNESS |
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Ferris be killed |
RISK TAKING |
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Ferris sensitize people |
PLANNING |
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Ferriss parents be irresponsible |
ACCUSING |
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Ferris enter the Iraqi territory |
PROHIBITION |
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Ferris involve himself deeply in what he
does (simpliquer) |
HABITS |
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Ferris be kidnapped |
PROBABILITY |
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Ferris focus attention on Iraq |
SUCCESS |
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Ferris Iraqi parents- doesnt speak Arabic |
PARADOX |
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Ferris not enter the Iraqi territory |
FEAR |
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TENSES
This is the article about Ferris published by
Steve. Unfortunately, he spilled some coffee on it and some words, expressions,
etc. are missing. Try and patch it all up.
Ferris (1 leave) home
.. telling his parents. He
(2 study) immersion journalism in
California, and he (3 want) to
immerse
in the life of wartime Iraq. When I (4 meet) him, he (5 be) in
Bagdad for a couple of days. I (6 read)
a report about a missing young American of Iraqi origin when somebody (7 knock) at the door of my hotel room in
Bagdad. After listening to him telling me the reasons for his presence in a war
zone, I told him that not only (8 be/he)
jeopardizing his life, but also the lives of others. Later, he (9 drive) to the American Embassy from
where he (10 fly) back home. I hope
that his odyssey (11 have) the impact
he expected. Ferrris (12 strike) me
as a dedicated youth. He (13 always/ask)
questions. I wish I (14 have) a son
like him.
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HYPOTHESES
* Now that
hes back, if I (be)
.. his
parents, I (ground him)
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for the rest of his life.
* If I (be) his mother, when I got news of his
presence in Iraq, I (fly)
.. to bring him back straight away.
* If Ferris
(kidnap)
.. by Muslim
fundamentalists, it (not / help)
.. the Iraqi cause at all.
PHONETICS
Classify
those words in four groups whose central voyel has the same
pronunciation as the word in the first box
though / tough /
through / thought / taught / laugh / dough / rough /
bus |
you |
pocket |
no |
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WRITING
Imagine the essay Ferris wrote about his trip
and what he learned. (insist on his motivations and expected impact on his
immediate environment and the way he is planning to follow up on his trip )