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14 UniT 01 | Old friends and new friends Lerwick Harbour Look at the text in 8b again. It falls into two parts: Jimmy with and without a friend. How are these two periods in his life described? Which words does the writer use to convey the atmosphere in each? Without a friend: prison, … With a friend: breezy, sunny, … Do you know any other books that deal with friends or friendship? Describe them briefly. Work with a partner. Choose one of the topics below and talk about it for about two minutes. Take turns.  How I became best friends with …  A time my friend was there for me  The best thing I’ve ever done with a friend READING 9 a b SPEAKING 10 By the way: Fair Isle – a British island Jimmy from the story grew up on the remote 7 island of Fair Isle. Fair Isle is one of the smallest islands of the UK. In fact, only about 70 people live there. It is just 5 km long and 3 km wide, and it is surrounded by 8 impressive cliffs, rising over 100 metres. The most spectacular cliff is Sheep Rock. Other cliffs on the west coast are 200 metres high. There are no pubs and restaurants on the island except in the bird watching station as Fair Isle is an important resting point for migrating birds 9 . There is only one shop and one primary school, which sometimes has only five pupils. There is also a fire station run by volunteers 10 and a small coast guard rescue team 11 . The island is famous for its knitting patterns 12 and for bird watching. Although Fair Isle is so small and so remote, people have lived there since the Stone Age. There are traces of oval houses that were built more than 3,000 years ago, and stone walls from the same period can still be seen. One of Jimmy’s problems in the story is that he can’t go home over the weekends. So how does one actually get to Fair Isle? There is an overnight ferry to Lerwick, the ‘capital’ of Shetland, which takes about 12 hours from mainland Scotland. Halfway through the journey, you can see the rocks of Fair Isle slowly appearing in the setting sun. From the Shetland mainland, Fair Isle can be reached by either the island mailboat, Good Shepherd IV , or by the eight-seater ‘Islander’ aircraft. The journey to Fair Isle takes about two and a half hours and can only be done if the weather is calm enough. A safe summer harbour was created in the last century, at North Haven, and even today the mailboat has to be pulled out of the water, away from the reach of the winter storms. Make a list of some good and some bad things about living on a small island and discuss it with a partner.  7 remote: abgelegen, fern  8 surrounded by: umgeben von  9 migrating birds: Zugvögel 10 volunteers: Freiwillige 11 coast guard rescue team: Rettungsmannschaft der Küstenwache 12 knitting patterns: Strickmuster Strategies box Telling a story Make your story interesting by adding a range of details. Think about: where?  what? when?  why? Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv