VOCABULARY I
6 C AND SKILLS
Vocabulary adjectives and prefixes (un-, in-, im-, disSkills Reading: an article; Listening: a radio drama
Family Business
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Read the first paragraph of the article only. Then complete these sentences.
g ro u p s . S w a p in fo rm a tio n a b o u t y o u r lives a n d m a ke a t le a s t s ix s e n te n c e s a b o u t th e
1 Family Business is a ...
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3 There’s also another restaurant called ... 4 The family’s main problems are ...
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2 The Blake family own a restaurant called ...
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Work in groups. Discuss these questions.
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a Read the rest of the article. Then answer these questions.
Do you watch or listen to soap operas on TV, the internet or the radio? If yes, which ones? 2 Which soap operas are popular in your country? Why are they popular, do you think? 3 What are typical stories in soap operas?
Is The Full Moon restaurant successful?
2 Do Lydia and Clive have a good relationship? 3 How many children have they got? 4 Has Trudy got a job at the moment? 5 Which of their children is a criminal? 6 When did Nick leave home? 7 Who are Elizabeth’s parents? 8 Where is The Angel restaurant? b Work in pairs. Draw a family tree of the Blake family.
Soap update: Family Business In the popular radio drama Fam ily Business, things aren't looking good for the Blake family. They own The Full Moon restaurant, but a new restaurant called The Angel is taking all their customers. The Full Moon also has serious money problems and relationships between the fam ily members are getting worse every week. For new listeners here's our guide to the main characters in radio's most popular drama. Lydia Blake
and her husband Clive own The Full Moon restaurant. Lydia is bright and extremely organised, and she's very worried about the restaurant. She wants to borrow some money from the bank - if she can't, The Full Moon might have to close.
Trudy is Lydia and
Clive Blake is the
chef at The Full Moon - but being married to Lydia isn't easy. Fie thinks she's impatient and inconsiderate and would like to ask her for a divorce. But if he does, what will happen to the restaurant he loves? Darren is the oldest of Lydia and Clive's three children (their other son, Nick, left home a year ago). Darren works as a waiter in his parents' restaurant - when he's not stealing cars or staying out all night. The most dishonest and unreliable member of the family, he's the one we love to hate!
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Clive's youngest child. Nineteen-year-old Trudy is unemployed and she can't keep a job for more than two weeks. Is this because she's immature, moody and unhelpful, perhaps? Kathy is Darren's
lovely wife and the mother of threemonth-old Elizabeth. Kathy is guiet, easy going and unselfish but does she have a secret past? Eve King is the
owner of The Angel restaurant, which opened in the same street as The Full Moon last month. Eve is attractive, ambitious - and single!
