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Roads to education 71
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2.01
Complete the interviewwith Malika, a student at Babar Ali’s school. Then listen and
check your answers.
Interviewer
Hi Malika, is the school open today?
Malika
Yes, it is. There’s a clear, blue sky, so it
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(be) sunny.
Interviewer
What are your plans for today, Malika?
Malika
I
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(go) to school this afternoon.
Interviewer
What are you studying today?
Malika
I think it
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(be) geography, but I’m not sure.
Interviewer
Are you going to study this evening?
Malika
No, I’m not. I
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(work) this evening. I clean people’s houses.
Interviewer
What about after that?
Malika
I usually teach my little sister, but I don’t think I
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(have) time today.
Interviewer
What do you think you
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(do) when you have your diploma?
Malika
Well, I
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(not clean) people’s houses. I want to be a teacher.
Interviewer
Thanks, Malika, and good luck. Will you do another interview after your graduation?
Malika
I’d love to. Perhaps I
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(have) a job as a teacher then!
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SPEAKING
Write six sentences about your future. Use the ideas below. Then work in pairs
and compare your ideas.
two things you think will happen next year / when you leave school
two things you think won’t happen next year / when you leave school
one thing you are going to do tonight / this weekend
one thing you are not going to do tonight / this weekend
First conditional
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Read the text about a journey to school. What is unusual about it? Why do the children do it?
Pili village, China:
The road to education is
sometimes a very narrow path. Twice a year, a
group of eighty children travel from their village
in the mountains to a school in Taxkorgan, 190
kilometres away. They get to the school in three
days when the weather is good. But when the
weather is bad, it takes them a week.
There are no roads to the village, so the children
travel across the mountains and rivers. The most
dangerous part of their journey is a narrow path
along the side of a 300-metre cliff. If they slip,
they’ll fall into the valley below. Every year, teachers
worry about this path. ‘If anything happens, what
will we tell their parents?’ says one. But the danger
doesn’t end there. After the mountain path, there
are narrow bridges over deep rivers. The children
won’t fall if they’re careful, but some have slipped
in the past. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
What do the children think about the trip?
According to one teacher, they enjoy the adventure.
But at the moment, the government is building a
road to the school. Everyone hopes they’ll finish it
this year. If they do, the children won’t have to risk
their lives again.
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Read the sentences and complete the rules. Find more examples of the first conditional in
the text.
If they slip, they’ll fall into the valley below.
They’ll fall into the valley below if they slip.
We use the first conditional to talk about a possible future action or situation, and its probable result.
condition:
if
+
tense
result:
+ verb
The condition clause can come before or after the result clause. We don’t use a comma when
if
comes in the middle of the sentence.
Reference and practice 6.2
Workbook page 114
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Complete the chain story about Kai Yang, a student from Pili village. Use the ideas below.
If he doesn’t do the journey, he won’t go to school.
→
If he doesn’t go to school, he won’t learn to
read.
→
If he doesn’t learn to read, …
not do exams not get a diploma not get a job be poor not send his children to school
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SPEAKING
Choose one of the starting points below and create your own chain story.
Compare with a partner.
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Your alarm clock doesn’t go off.
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The weather is good / bad this weekend.
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You forget your best friend’s birthday.
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You lose your mobile phone.