Prime Time 6, Coursebook mit Audio-CD und DVD

1 A role play Imagine Alicia and Sam are talking about what has happened. Choose one of the following options and act out a discussion about possible pros and cons. 3 “Get an abortion. We’re only 16 – we’re too young to be parents!” “Let’s keep the baby. We’ll take responsibility and learn to be good parents.” “Let’s have the baby, but give it up for adoption. There are lots of childless couples who would love the chance to give the baby a good family life.” Slam , continued a) Read another extract from the story. b) While reading, highlight what the two characters say in this scene with different colours. 4 “I need a room,” I said. “For yourself?” “Yes.” “Where is she?” “Who?” “How old would you say I was?” I looked at her. I’d played this game before, with one of my mum’s friends from work. For some reason Mum’s friend asked me to guess how old she was and I said ‚y-six and she was thirty-one and she started crying. It never ends well. And this woman – she denitely wasn’t, I don’t know, under forty. I don’t think. But she could have been sixty-ve. How was I supposed to know? So I stood there, probably with my mouth open. “I’ll help you out,” said the woman. “Would you say I’m more than one day old?” “Yes,” I said. “Course. You’re much older than a day.” And even then she sort of frowned a bit at the way I said it, as if I was telling her she was a horrible ancient old witch, whereas all I actually meant was that she wasn’t a newborn baby. I mean, what are you supposed to say to these people? “Oh you look so young you could even be a newborn baby not even a day old?” Is that what they want? “Right,” she said. “So I wasn’t born yesterday.” “No.” Ah. I got it now. “And that’s how I know you have a girl waiting outside.” A girl! at was too funny. She thought I wanted a room so that I could sleep with a girl in her hotel, when the truth was that I was never going to sleep with anyone for the rest of my life, in case I made her pregnant. “Come out and look.” “Oh, I know she won’t be standing out on the street. You may be naive, but I’m sure you’re not actually da‚.” “I don’t know anyone in Hastings and I don’t like girls.” at was a mistake, obviously. “Or boys. I don’t like girls or boys.” And that didn’t sound right. “I like them as friends. But I’m not interested in sharing a room in a B&B with anyone.” “So what are you doing here?” she said. “It’s a long story.” (From: Slam by Nick Hornby; abridged) 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 c) Which two characters appear in this extract? Describe them. d) Judging from this extract – what has happened to Sam? e) Is this the way you would have expected the story to develop? Explain your answer. f) Discuss whether Sam has been acting responsibly. 14 Growing up Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv