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91 Read through the topics below and decide which ones you would find in the lifestyle section of a newspaper. Discuss your choices with a partner. Animals Books Cartoons Cricket Fashion Family Food Games Global development Health & fitness Home & garden Love & sex Men Money Opinion Sport Travel Women What other topics would you like to find in a lifestyle section? Listen to the editorial meeting of a magazine for young adult readers and answer the questions in note form. 1 Why does the lifestyle section have to be done differently? 2 What is the first suggestion that is made? 3 How does the team define ‘lifestyle’? 4 What unusual lifestyles are mentioned? 5 Why do they decide to take things a little more slowly? 6 How are they going to start their new lifestyle section? Do you agree with what they think will appeal to young people? Why?/Why not? Expand your vocabulary: Describing lifestyle Look at the adjectives in the boxes below and check them in a dictionary (if necessary). Match them to form as many opposing pairs as possible. SPEAKING 3 a It’s raining cats and dogs b LISTENING 4 a 13 b LANGUAGE 5 a M p. 35 Check your pairs with a partner. Think of three different lifestyles and describe them to someone using as many adjectives from 5a as possible. Can your partner guess what your lifestyle is? Imagine you’ve made your lifestyle choice and you want to become active in your community. Write the teaser for a website advocating your lifestyle. It shouldn’t be longer than 50 words. b c WRITING 6 active extravagant fast glamorous healthy mainstream minimal slow traditional affluent alternative busy comfortable expensive fast-paced hectic lavish mindful modern nomadic ordinary relaxed sedentary simple spiritual sustainable toxic unhealthy Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eig ntum des Verlags öbv