8 Speaking: Paranoid Park and “Deportation at breakfast” In pairs, compare and contrast the extract from the novel Paranoid Park and the short story “Deportation at breakfast”. In your discussion, you should • compare and contrast the plot, • describe the main characters, • give your personal opinion about which story you liked better. Listening: Interview with a crime author You are going to listen to an interview with the award-winning author Clarissa Stinson. First you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will hear the recording twice. While listening, complete the sentences (1–7) using a maximum of four words. Write your answers in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. 0 Robert Rose, the show host, introduces Clarissa Stinson as … . a very successful author ✔ 1 Her second book was more successful than … . 2 One reason for her success was that her stories are about … . 3 Another reason for her success is that she uses … . 4 She started writing when she was fired from … . 5 She wanted to write a thriller that was better than the one she had watched … . 6 At the beginning of her career, she did not want to … . 7 Her friends convinced her to contact a publisher because they found the … . 1 ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ I can express belief, opinion, agreement and disagreement politely. I can give brief comments on the views of others. (B1) 2 c29 ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ I can understand straightforward factual information about common everyday or job related topics, identifying both general messages and specific detail, provided speech is clearly articulated in a general familiar accent. (B1) Now you can • Talk about crime and criminal acts. • Discuss short stories and analyse story elements. • Develop a story line and write a short story yourself. • Use passive forms. • Improve your style by using adverbial clauses. Self-evaluation Tick the buttons on the scale to evaluate your language skills. ➀ I can do it easily and correctly. ➁ I can do most of it but I am not fully sure. ➂ I need to have a look at some things again. ➃ I should go over the whole chapter again. ➄ I need to ask my teacher for help. If you do the tasks again at a later stage, you can add a tick to show your progress. 112 Crime and suspense Check-out Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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