I’m not sure that it’s a good thing photography was invented. 1 People can take pictures of you all the time. This can be quite boring. 2 Most of my classmates take hundreds of pictures of their faces every day. However, they are not even good-looking! 3 When users post pictures online, they don’t even know what might happen with those photos. The thing is: in my childhood there was always photography. Everyone has always found me and my twin brother so sweet. 4 There are so many pictures of the two of us now. And now even Lionel has become picture-crazy: he always makes scrapbooks. In these he puts pictures and writes stuff about our family. He even takes pictures of our grumpy1 grandpa. He really hates that! My cousin Ally told me photography is art. She is also working on an art project. 5 Ally thinks that good pictures are worth a thousand words. I’m sure that her art teacher told her that kind of nonsense. She is also a photographer. 6 I think that picture-crazy people are just … crazy! b) Read Liam’s text again. The highlighted sentences are quite short. Make one longer sentence out of two short sentences. Use who or which. First of all, people can take a picture of you, which … . He always makes scrapbooks, in … . My cousin Ally, who … . Say, “Cheese!” Is it really picture-perfect? CB, p. 51 a) Read Liam’s text about photographs which he wrote for his art project. Write the first five words of a new sentence where linking words are missing (1–6). Use the words below. 2 first of all, all in all, finally, all of a sudden furthermore, this is why Tip Texts without any linking words or phrases can sound boring. T 1 grumpy – grantig 1. First of all, people can 2. 3. Finally, 4. 5. 6. 46 8 Unit Picture-perfect forty-six Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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