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DECEMBER 2010 / ESO 3 - ESO 4

Money & Christmas

A Unjumble the letters to fi nd eight Christmas words.

VOCABULARY

B Label these pictures with the words from exercise A.

issatmhcr yptar scahmrtis rdeinn

scahmrtis dcar scamrtish rcerkac

scahmrtisgsntiokcsachmirts eev

isamhctrs tpnreestscrahmis sdneociotra

schmrtisa lcoar

schmrtisa eter

smcahrtisgpnuidd

Merry

Christmas!

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C Read the text quickly and say which of the words in exercises A and B are

mentioned.

D Read the text again and answer the questions.

1 What can you use photographs for?

2 How can you make a “superpresent”?

3 Which vegetable can you use to decorate paper?

4 What can you buy on Craigslist.org?

5 What can you offer instead of a present?

6 Why shouldn’t you go to a commercial centre?

7 How do you know how much to spend on the “Mystery Friend”?

8 Who saves money with the “Mystery Friend”?

READING

• Make Christmas presents for your friends and family.• Make Christmas cards by hand with photos that you’ve taken.• Make a Christmas cake or nice biscuits and wrap them up in colourful wrapping paper.• Buy food gifts (fruit, nuts, dates, Christmas pudding…) and buy a cheap basket. Wrap the basket in cellophane.• Buy lots of little presents from the Pound Shop and sweets. Use them to fi ll up a stocking to form an economic “superpresent”.• Make your own wrapping paper using potato prints.• Wait until after Christmas to buy presents in the January Sales. (Some shops are starting the Sales before Christmas this year).• Buy second hand gifts (visit Craigslist.org and eBay).

• Offer a service instead of a product. You could make a cheque book of services. Eg. Washing-up, tidying the house, digging the garden, cleaning the car, taking a dog for a walk, etc.• Don’t go anywhere near commercial centres or on big shopping sprees to buy presents. That way you can avoid the temptation of buying things you really can’t afford.• Get together with your friends and family and organize a “Mystery Friend” gift. Write all of your names on separate pieces of paper and fold them up. Each person takes one piece of paper and buys a present for him/her. Agree on a limited amount to spend. You’ll only have to buy one gift and everybody saves money.

With the economic crisis lots of kids have got less pocket money this year than ever. And Christmas is an expensive time! So how can you make your pocket money stretch further this Christmas? Here are a few tips:

Cutting the cost of Christmas

gift. Write all of your names on separate pieces of paper and fold them up. Each person takes one piece of paper and buys a present for him/her. Agree on a limited amount to spend. You’ll only have to buy one gift and everybody saves

• Make Christmas presents for your friends and family.• Make Christmas cards by hand with photos that you’ve taken.• Make a Christmas cake or nice biscuits and wrap them up in colourful wrapping paper. Buy food gifts (fruit, nuts, dates,

With the economic crisis lots of kids have got less pocket money this year than ever. And Christmas is an expensive time! So how can you make your pocket money stretch further this Christmas? Here are a few tips:

Wait until after Christmas to buy presents in the January Sales. (Some shops are starting the Sales before

Buy second hand gifts (visit Craigslist.

With the economic crisis lots of kids have got less pocket money this year than ever. And Christmas is an expensive

Cutting the cost of ChristmasCutting the cost of Christmas

Make a Christmas cake or nice biscuits and wrap them up in colourful wrapping

Buy food gifts (fruit, nuts, dates, Christmas pudding…) and buy a cheap

services. Eg. Washing-up, tidying the house, digging the garden, cleaning the car, taking a dog for a walk, etc.• Don’t go anywhere near commercial centres or on big shopping sprees to buy presents. That way you can avoid the temptation of buying things you really can’t afford.• Get together with your friends and

Christmas this year).• Buy second hand gifts (visit Craigslist.org and eBay).

With the economic crisis lots of kids have got less pocket money this year than ever. And Christmas is an expensive time! So how can you make your pocket money stretch

Cutting the cost of ChristmasCutting the cost of Christmas

Buy lots of little presents from the Pound Shop and sweets. Use them to fi ll up a stocking to form an economic “superpresent”.

Offer a service instead of a product. You could make a cheque book of services. Eg. Washing-up, tidying the house, digging the garden, cleaning the car, taking a dog for a walk, etc. Don’t go anywhere near commercial

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GRAMMAR

PRESENT PERFECT

E Put the verb in brackets in the Present Perfect.

1 I . . . . . . . . here since I was a child. (live)

2 How long . . . . . . . . you . . . . . . . . in this city? (live)

3 I . . . . . . . . just . . . . . . . . a present for my mum. (buy)

4 . . . . . . . . you ever . . . . . . . . to Switzerland? (be)

5 She . . . . . . . . never . . . . . . . . a Christmas Carol. (hear)

6 They . . . . . . . . in London for years. (work)

F Complete the sentences with one of the words in the box.

ever never just since for how

1 Have you . . . . . . . . received a present you don’t like?

2 . . . . . . . . long have you been living here?

3 He’s . . . . . . . . come back from the USA; he arrived this morning.

4 He’s been saving up for Christmas . . . . . . . . last January!

5 We’ve . . . . . . . . been to Hawaii before; this is our fi rst time.

6 People have been celebrating Christmas . . . . . . . . thousands of years.

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G Write sentences using the prompts.

1 I/live/in Madrid/since/2002

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 How long/Susan/live in Madrid?

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 You/ever/seen/a musical in the theatre?

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 They/be/Paris/three times this year

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 I/never/eat Christmas pudding

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 We/just/be to a Christmas party

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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WRITING

H Send an e-mail to a friend describing a present you have received. Use between

80 and 120 words.

Plan your writing:

• Paragraph 1: greet your friend and say why you are writing. Say what the present

is and who gave it to you.

• Paragraph 2: describe the present in detail.

• Paragraph 3: say what you think of the present and write an appropriate ending.

Useful words and expressionsAdjectives to describe shape round, rectangular, diamond-shaped, etc.Adjectives to describe materials wooden, woollen, gold, silver, cotton, etc.Adjectives to describe size big, enormous, small, tiny, etc.Adjectives to describe origin Spanish, Portuguese, etc.Adjectives of opinion or value beautiful, wonderful, expensive, fantastic, etc.

Linking words and expressions

Also …

As well as that …

Another feature …

The best thing about it is …

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SPEAKING

I Talk about these questions with a partner:

1 How do people in your country normally celebrate Christmas?

2 What special food do people in your country eat at Christmas time?

3 Where are the best places to go Christmas shopping in your town?

4 Do you think people spend too much money at Christmas? Give reasons for

your answer.

J Speak with a partner about these Christmas presents.

• Describe each present and decide how much it costs.

• Say what kind of person might like each present. Give reasons.

• Order the presents from the most original to the least original. Try to reach

an agreement.

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LISTENING

K Listen to Bill talking about an unusual Christmas tradition in the Czech

Republic. Answer the question.

Why didn’t the family eat fi sh that year?

*Listening from:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts-elementary-08.htm

Please record part 4 of the podcast

L Listen again and circle the correct words.

1 People in the Czech Republic eat fi sh / turkey at Christmas.

2 Carp is / isn’t usually eaten in Britain.

3 The speaker was surprised by how the fi sh is cooked / stored.

4 The fi sh is eaten on Christmas Eve / Day.

5 The little boy put soap / fl our in the bath.

6 That year the family ate none / all of the carp.

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ANSWER KEY

VOCABULARY

A

Christmas party, Christmas tree, Christmas pudding, Christmas dinner, Christmas

card, Christmas Eve, Christmas cracker, Christmas stocking, Christmas present,

Christmas decorations, Christmas carol.

B

1 Christmas carol.

2 Christmas card.

3 Christmas party.

4 Christmas decorations.

5 Christmas Eve.

6 Christmas present.

7 Christmas tree.

8 Christmas dinner.

9 Christmas stocking.

10 Christmas pudding.

11 Christmas cracker.

READING

C

Christmas pudding, Christmas card, Christmas stocking, Christmas present, Christmas

cake.

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D

1 To make Christmas cards.

2 By fi lling a stocking with small gifts and sweets.

3 A potato.

4 Second hand presents.

5 A service like washing up or digging the garden.

6 Because you might be tempted to spend too much money.

7 You decide together.

8 Everybody saves money.

GRAMMAR

E

1 have lived

2 have, lived

3 have, bought

4 have, been

5 has, heard

6 have worked

F

1 ever

2 how

3 just

4 since

5 never

6 for

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G

1 I’ve lived in Madrid since 2002.

2 How long has Susan lived in Madrid?

3 Have you ever seen a musical in the theatre?

4 They have been to Paris three times this year.

5 I have never eaten Christmas pudding.

6 We have just been to a Christmas party.

WRITING

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Students’ own answers.

SPEAKING

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Students’ own answers.

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Students´ own answers.

LISTENING

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Because the son had put soap in the bath with the fi sh.

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1 fi sh

2 isn’t

3 stored

4 Eve

5 soap

6 none

Tapescript

Bill Steadman is our man in Prague.

Bill: When the huge fi sh tanks appear outside supermarkets here in Prague you know

that it must be almost Christmas. The tanks are full of carp – the fi sh traditionally eaten

at Christmas here in the Czech Republic and in other central European countries.

For my fi rst Christmas in the Czech Republic I found this tradition a little strange. Carp

isn’t usually eaten in Britain – it’s a fi sh that is often full of small bones and the fl avour

is a little, well, different. But what I found really strange about the Czech habit of eating

carp at Christmas is how they do it.

People usually buy the fi sh from tanks outside supermarkets and take them

home – alive – and put them in the bath. Spending a few days in clean bath water cleans

the carp and makes it taste better when it is eaten on Christmas Eve. A friend of mine

told me that when her son was four years old he asked why they were keeping the carp

in the bath. “To clean it” she told him. Later that day my friend went to look at the carp

in the bath and saw, to her horror, a bath full of bubbles. Her helpful son had added a

generous handful of soap powder to the bath to make sure their carp was lovely and

clean. That was one family that didn’t eat carp that year. All my friends with children tell

me that there is one golden rule – never give your carp a name. When Christmas Eve

arrives you’ll fi nd it very diffi cult to explain to your children why their pet has suddenly

disappeared.

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