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10 A
4 READING & SPEAKING

a ) You are going to read an extract from The foy Luck Club, a best-selling book by Amy Tan
about first and second generation immigrants, which has also been made into a movie. Before
you read, answer the questions below with a partner.

1 Do you know any second generation immigrants to your country?

No, I don`t

What country did their parents originally come from? Do the parents in the family still keep up
their language and culture? What about the children?

My parents are from Peru and they still maintain their native language, in the case of the children
the source language is almost lost

2 Do you think some children of immigrants might have a conflict of identity? Why (not)?

I believe that today in modern society it is no longer a problem to have conflict in a foreign country

b) Now read an extract from the book. To what extent do you think Waverly is having an
identity crisis? What does her mother feel about it?

The Joy Luck Club is the story of four Chínese

mothers and their first-generation Chinese-
American daughters; two generations of
women struggling to come to terms with
their cultural identity. Here Lindo Jong, one
of the mothers, talks about her daughter,
Waverly.

ANSWER

Waverly seems to be experiencing an identity crisis

because she had always wanted to be seen as American,
not as Chinese, but now that she wants to visit China she
feels unhappy that, according to her mother, Chinese
people will see her as an ou tsider because she cannot
speak the language and is clearly "all American-made."
Her mother feels responsible. She wanted her children to
have the best of both worlds, having the benefits of living
in the US while retaining their Chinese character, but she
now realizes that this is impossible.

c) Read the extract again. Then with a partner choose a, b, or c.

1 Lindo thinks her daughter vvill not be mistaken for a native-born Chínese mainly because of
the way she
a speaks
b looks
c moves
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d dresses
2 Lindo’s daughter__
a wishes she had learned to speak Chínese
b never behaved like a Chínese person
c has forgotten all the Chínese she ever knew
d became less Chínese as she grew older
3 What Lindo most likes about the
American way oflife is that_
a you don’t have to accept your fate
b education is free for everybody
c you can choose your religión
d other people always help you
4 Which of these is not an aspect of Chínese character, according to Lindo?
a hidingyour real feelings
b doing what vour parents tell you to do
c showingoff
d being aware ofyour strengths
5 Lindo gives the example of the chewinggum to show that
a her daughter was stupid as a child
b American habits were very easily acquired by her daughter
c the American way of life is inferior to the Chínese
d young people don’t pay attention to adulrs

ANSWER
1c 2 d 3a 4c 5b

10 B

1 READING & SPEAKING

a) Look at the photos. Do you do any of the activities, or have you ever done them? Is / Was
your experience positive or negarive?
I don't do any of those activities

b) Read an article comparing four rypes ofworkouts. Then, according to the text, work as
quickly as you can to match one or more workouts with each of the statements below.
For which of the workouts are these statements true?
1 There are two different varieties.
2 You can easily get addicted.
3 You can easily get bored if you don’t vary what you do enough.
4 Some specific mu seles hecome stronger.
5 You work on the lower body more than the upper body.
6 It takes the longest time to show any benefits.
7 Having the right instructor strongly influences your enjoyment.
8 It is difficult to actually improve.
9 You can aggravate an existing injury if you don’t do it properly.
10 You may not actually improve your level of Fitness.
11 You will learn to stand better.
12 You will lose weight the quickest.
ANSWER
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LEXIS IN CONTEXT d Look at the definitions below. Can you remember

what any of the words are? Find the ones you can’t
remember in the text.
1_______ tiouti one long step (also vb to walk with long steps)
2_______ ttoun the row of small bones that are
connected together down the middle of the back
3 _____iioun a period of physical exercise that you do
to keep fit
4 _____(to) adj. likely to suffer from
5 _____tioun a place where two bones are joined
together in the body
6 _____verb the act of putting your arms or legs out
straight and contracting your muscles
7 _____ttoun an exercise in which you lie on your
sromach and raise your body off the ground with your hands until your arms are straight
8 _____ttoun an exercise for making your stomach
muscles strong, in which you lie on the floor on your back and raise the top part of your body
9 _____ttoun the main part of the body apart from
the head, arms, and legs
ANSWER