6C Family Business

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Q U IC K REVIEW S u p e rla tive s W ork in groups. S w ap in fo rm a tio n a b o u t yo u r lives and m ake at least six sentences a b o u t the g ro up using supe rlatives. Tell th e class th re e o f yo ur sente nces: Petra’s got thebiggest family.

Speaking and Reading

nWork in groups. Discuss these questions. 1 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? n Read the first paragraph of the article only. Then complete these sentences. 1 Family Business is a ... 2 The Blake family own a restaurant called ... 3 There’s also another restaurant called ... 4 The family’s main problems are ...

a Read the rest of the article. Then answer these questions. 1 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.

S o a p u p d a te : F a m ily Business

In the popular radio drama F a m 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 family 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.

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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Trudy is Lydia and 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 three- month-old Elizabeth. Kathy is guiet, easygoing 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!

HELP WITH VOCABULARY

Adjectives and prefixes (un-, in-, im-, dis-)

| | a Find the opposites of these adjectives in the article. Write them in the table.

patient considerate honest reliable employed mature helpful selfish

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b Do you know the opposites of these adjectives? Write them in the table.

happy intelligent polite ambitious friendly possible attractive correct sure organised healthy

c Check in p138.

a ^ 2 1 ■UiniMMMTW?! Listen and practise. Notice that prefixes (un-, in-, etc.) aren’t usually stressed. reliable, unreliable b Work in pairs. Take turns to say adjectives from 4a and 4b. Your partner says the opposite adjective.

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Listening and Speaking

|s| a E 3 - 2 2 Listen to the beginning of this week’s episode of Family Business. Answer these questions. 1 Where are the people? 2 Which characters are talking? 3 What do they talk about? b Listen again. Tick the true sentences. Correct the false ones. 1 Lydia borrowed some money from the bank this afternoon. 2 The bank wants to close the restaurant. 3 The Full Moon has only got eight customers. 4 The Angel restaurant is full. 5 Trudy has got a new job. 6 She’s going to work in a bank. 7 Lydia is very angry with Eve King.

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Work in pairs. Cover the article on p50. What do you remember about these people and places? a Lydia and Clive b Darren and Kathy c Trudy d Eve King e The Full Moon restaurant f The Angel restaurant

3 ^ 2 3 Listen to the end of the episode. Answer these questions. 1 Why is Kathy worried? 2 Does Darren stay at home with his family? 3 How much money did the restaurant make? 4 Where did Lydia go? 5 Who’s the last person to arrive at the restaurant? 6 Why did he come back? 7 What happens at the end of the episode?

HELP WITH LISTENING Missing words

• In informal spoken English we sometimes miss out words if the meaning is clear.

a 1 2 * ^ 2 4 Listen to these sentences. Notice the missing words.

YOU EXPECT TO HEAR YOU SOMETIMES HEAR

I’m having a break. Having a break. Are you going out? You going out? Have you seen my cigarettes? Seen my cigarettes? b Look at Audio Script | ^ ^ 2 3 p159. Listen again and notice the missing words. What types of words do we sometimes miss out?

a Work in groups of four. What do you think will happen in the next episode of Family Business'? Use these ideas or your own. Include at least four characters. • have an argument • change his/her job • leave home • lose his/her job • fall in love with someone • borrow money • break up with someone • steal money • go to hospital • close the restaurant • be arrested • open a new restaurant

I (don’t) th in k Lydia w ill be arrested.

I th in k Kathy m ight break up w ith Darren.

b Tell the class your ideas. Which ideas are the best, do you think?