Make Your Way 5, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

My favourite of the three is ... I wasn’t so keen on ... I prefer poems that are ... I like the way the poet ... I thought it was a bit ... (I think) the poem is talking about ... The best bit is where ... It didn’t really ... Talk about the topic Complete the sentences about the poems in 4 . Then talk about the poems with a partner. 4 Language booster: Similes 5 “Mind the Gap”-Rap 6 With your partner think of your own similes to complete these sentences. • Together with a partner, think of how you would finish these similes. • Match them with the common English combinations. • 1 It was a magical moment. Her kiss was like … 2 When he saw his son’s school report, he was as … 3 The ballerina was so graceful. She danced like … 4 When my dad gave me the puppy, I was as … 5 The reporter wanted to know the truth. She asked the politician question after question like … 1 as blind as 2 as flat as 3 as sure as 4 as busy as 5 as hot as 6 as quick as 7 as easy as 8 as old as 9 as white as a a bee b hell c eggs are eggs d a bat e lightning f a pancake g the hills h a sheet i falling off a log 1/17 We often use the words like and as … as in similes . Her voice was as soft as a feather on fresh snow. Her voice sounded like a Formula 1 racing car. There are many common as … as similes in English. as light as a feather as naked as the day he was born These similes are so commonly used that most of them have become clichés. Try and find more imaginative • similes. In the late 1980s London Underground decided to put up a series of poems in their trains to keep passengers entertained on their way to work. They were so successful that they released a book “Poems on the Underground”. “Mind the Gap”-Rap appeared in a book called “Poems NOT on the Underground”. This book was “an affectionate collection of parodies and spoofs” of the poems that appeared on the tube trains. The title of the poem is something that any user of the underground will recognise immediately. At many stations on the underground you will hear the recorded words “Mind the gap” when you leave the train, reminding you about the space between the train and the platform. The poem is based on rap and much of the language is slang used by rappers. 112 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv