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LISTENING – The Hippie Legacy
1 Listen to part of a talk show and answer these questions.
1. What is true about our lifestyle according to Mitchell Johnson?
a. It is essentially hippie. The status quo represents the
b. It receives influences from different generations. current state of things, what is
c. It’s not liberal these days. generally accepted and seen as
d. It’s healthier than that of the hippies. normal by society.
2. Which of the following aspects of our lives was was not mentioned by the author as being influenced by the
hippie lifestyle?
a. Eating habits
b. Music
c. Fashion
d. Education
3. Which of the following can be considered an influence of the hippie movement? Choose two.
a. People feeling free to challenge the status quo and make their own way.
b. People deciding to wear clothes that are trendy and fashionable.
c. People choosing to follow tradition to honor the previous generations.
d. People trying to live in harmony with nature and embrace diversity.
4. According to Mitchell Johnson, what is the influence of the hippies’ liberal views about relationships and life
in general in the way we live today? What’s your opinion about this?
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READING – The Modern Lifestyle
2 Read this magazine article and answer the questions.
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festyle is ta k ing a h e a v y to
Lifesty le m a g azine – F
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1. What is the main idea the author is trying to get across?
a. Modern life is horrible.
b. Modern lifestyles are more comfortable and convenient.
c. The lifestyle of this digital age is making us lose physical contact with the world.
d. Convenience and comfort are important in our lives.
2. Which of the following is not true according to the author?
a. There is an illusion that life is easier nowadays, but that’s not always true.
b. The internet is in fact a great advancement in our lives, but it comes with a price.
c. Nowadays people see how important it is to go out and actually see places and talk to people.
d. The ease of living our lives online is causing us to live in isolation.
3. Look at the article again and find expressions that the author uses to transmit these ideas:
• in the past:_ ______________________________________________________________________________
• to have a bad consequence:_ _______________________________________________________________
• to worry somebody:________________________________________________________________________
• something that can be expected:_____________________________________________________________
LANGUAGE USE
3 The people below are discussing the article you read. Complete the dialogs. The
words in parentheses are the ideas they want to express. Feel free to come up with
your own examples when necessary.
A: (1. Explain) __________________________ that the author is looking at only part of the facts. Yes, we
Dialog 1
spend more time in front of the computer, but we go to fitness clubs, and we also walk for exercise.
B: (2. Disagree politely) ______________________________. People in general do realize that they must
exercise to compensate for a sedentary lifestyle, but the ones who actually do something about it are very
few.
A: I disagree with him. I think life nowadays is (3. Compare emphasizing the difference) _________________
________________________. I mean, who would want to go back to living without the internet?
B: I don’t know. I think he has a point. (4. Compare present and past habits) __________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________.
And if you think about it, it wasn’t really so bad.
Dialog 2
A: (5. Agree and introduce a new idea into the conversation) ______________________________________ that
there will always be a good and a bad side to everything. But letting that scare us into thinking we are a
lost generation is absurd.
B: But you have to admit there are some pretty scary examples of what he is saying out there. (6. Talk about
somebody who does something) _______________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________.
A: Well, I guess this is always going to be a controversial matter.
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WRITING – Where do you stand?
4 Write a letter to the magazine responding to the article you read. Feel free to agree
or disagree with the author and make sure you explain your point of view.
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