Graduation Joan Lingard 1 2

Growing up: Kevin and Sadie
1 Graduation
Read the texts and answer the questions below.
Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick is the real name of the American pop singer Vitamin C. Her biggest hit is the song
“Graduation (Friends Forever)”. The song is often played at high school graduations. Here are some of the
lyrics:
… Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now?
Can we survive it out there?
Can we make it somehow?
I guess I thought that this would never end
And suddenly it’s like we’re women and men
Will the past be a shadow that will follow us ‘round?
Will these memories fade when I leave this town.
I keep, keep thinking that it’s no goodbye.
Keep on thinking it’s a time to fly.
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How to …
read
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1. Which nationality is the singer?
2. What is Vitamin C’s real name?
3. What could the past be like?
4. What could happen to the memories?
5. What does graduation mean to her?
2 Joan Lingard
a) Write a text about Joan Lingard, the author of the book ‘Across the barricades’. These phrases
will help you.
British writer - born in Edinburgh 1932
married, husband Martin
grew up Belfast – live until 18
started to write – eleven years old
1970 first children’s book - “The Twelfth Day of July”
beginning of series of books
Catholic Kevin and Protestant Sadie - caught up in troubles in Northern Ireland
The British writer Joan Lingard was born
How to …
write
b)What could be written in a book about YOU? Write about 100 words. Think about: Where you
were born, what nationality and hobbies you have, …
c) Now hang up the texts in class and do a gallery walk. Who is the person behind each text?
How to …
work with
others (6)
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wordbank
feelings A
Growing up: Kevin and Sadie
3 Feelings
a) Read the words below and sort them into the grid.
positive 
negative 
excited
upset
glad
optimistic
wonderful
tired
disappointed
peaceful
bored
helpless
awful
free
comfortable
b)Read the texts on page 12 of your textbook again. Then find the right words for these
situations. You can write down more than one word.
1. How does Sadie feel when she hears her mother’s tirade?
2. How do Sadie’s parents feel when she says ‘I can go if I want to’?
3. How does Kevin feel about Brian Rafferty’s questions?
4 Kevin and Sadie’s problems
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a) Listen to Kevin and Sadie’s conversation. Why does Kevin think the situation is hopeless?
How to …
listen
b)Listen again and cross out the wrong words.
1. Kevin is worried/sad/happy/afraid that his and Sadie’s family could find out that they’re together.
2. Sadie is scared/happy/tired/excited .
3. Kevin thinks Catholics and Protestants might go on fighting each other for days/months/years/ever .
4.Sadie believes her parents/ her friends/the government/ordinary people have had enough of the
violence.
5 A tragic development
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Write down what happened to Kevin and Sadie. Look at the example for help.
1 Mr Blake – bury / Kevin and Sadie – go for a walk
After Mr Blake had been buried, Kevin and Sadie went for a walk.
2 Kevin – look down at Sadie’s hand / he – tighten his hold on it.
3 Kevin – explain his thoughts / he – say he has to go away.
Growing up: Kevin and Sadie
4 Kevin – think about what to say / he – continue to talk to Sadie.
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5 Sadie – not speak for a moment / she – ask him when he would leave.
6 What next for Kevin and Sadie?
Imagine you were either Kevin or Sadie. Write a diary entry and say what you are going to do
(about 100 words).
How to …
write
tip
Writing from
a person’s
point of view
means to
express his/
her thoughts
and feelings.
Look at the
wordbanks in
your textbook
for ideas.
7 Buddy Holly: Dearest
a) Read the lyrics of the song. Highlight all adjectives in yellow and all verbs in green .
Dearest - though you're the nearest
to my heart
please don't ever - umm ya
ever say we'll part
You may be a million miles away
please believe me - umm ya
when you hear me say
I love you - I love you
You scold1 and you were so bold2
yes together - umm ya
our love will grow old - umm ya
our love will grow old
Come home - keep me from3 these
sleepless nights
try my love again - umm ya
I'm gonna treat you right - umm ya
I'm gonna treat you right
scold1 – ausschimpfen; bold2 – frech, dreist, kühn; to keep so. from sth3 – jemand vor etw. bewahren
b)Find the English verbs for:
sich trennen
alt werden
behandeln
versuchen
glauben
c) Look at some adjectives from the song and write them down like this:
bold – bolder – boldest • frech; dreist
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dear
old
near
d)Which word in the song text is used as a noun and as a verb?
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How to …
help out in
English
Growing up: Juno
8 Talking about Juno
Cindy has just watched the film ‘Juno’. She wants to tell her sister’s English friend Alex what
it is about but Cindy only speaks German and Alex only speaks English. Can you help them?
Complete the sentences.
Cindy:
Es geht um Juno McGuff. Sie ist 16 und wird ungewollt schwanger.
You:
Cindy said the film is about
Alex:
Well this is really nothing new and happens every day.
You:
Alex sagt,
Cindy:
Juno ist etwas Besonders. Sie macht sich viele Gedanken über ihr Baby.
You:
OK, Juno is a very special
Alex:
OK, I see. And what about her parents?
You:
Er fragt
Cindy:
Sie sind zuerst schockiert, aber dann helfen sie ihr und unterstützen sie.
You:
At first they
Alex:
Well, now I have an idea what makes the film so special. Thanks!
9 Juno’s decision
a) Look at Juno and her friend Leah’s talk about the situation. Put it into reported speech. Be
careful with the tenses.
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1Juno: “I only slept with my classmate because it was another boring afternoon.”
She said (that) she had only slept with her classmate because it had been another boring afternoon.
2 Juno: “I decided to give up the baby for adoption.”
Juno explained
3 Leah: “We look for a family who will adopt a baby.”
Leah said
4 Juno: “The couple I chose is very rich.”
Juno mentioned
5 Leah: “They will be the best parents for the baby.”
tip
You can
do that in
German!
Leah said
b)Explain the rules of reported speech to your partner.
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Growing up: Juno
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Am I the father?
a) Shane’s girlfriend has just told him that she is pregnant. Listen to his call to the American Pregnancy Helpline. How did his girlfriend tell him about the pregnancy?
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CD
How to …
listen
b)Listen again and tick (4) the correct statement. Shane is 17. Shane has a lot of questions.
Shane is 15.
Shane’s girlfriend has a lot of questions.
Shane is 20.
Shane doesn’t want to ask anything.
Shane is 14.
Shane hasn’t got any questions.
Shane and his girlfriend have been together
for three years.
If Shane is the father, he will be allowed to
see his child.
Shane and his girlfriend have wanted a
baby for a long time.
If Shane is the father, he won’t have any
rights.
Shane and his girlfriend are no longer a
couple.
If Shane is the father, he won’t be able to
see his child.
Shane and his girlfriend have been together
for three months.
If Shane is the father, he will have to pay
child support.
Shane wants his girlfriend to have an
abortion.
Shane and his girlfriend can get counselling
for free.
Shane’s girlfriend doesn’t know yet what
she wants to do.
Shane and his girlfriend should talk to their
teachers.
Shane wants to keep the baby.
Shane’s girlfriend wants to bring up the
baby herself.
Shane and his girlfriend should talk to their
friends.
Shane and his girlfriend shouldn’t talk to
anyone.
Shane’s girlfriend doesn’t want him to do a
DNA test.
Shane thinks he is the father.
Shane isn’t sure that he is the father.
Shane’s girlfriend doesn’t think he is the
father.
The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69.
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Extra practice
A word snake
E11 Grammar:
Joan Lingard
Write
down
what happened to Joan Lingard, the author of ‘The Twelfth Day of July’. Look at the
a) Find
all the
example for help.
Joan Lingard – be born in Edinburgh/her parents – move to in Belfast
After Joan Lingard had been born in Edinburgh in 1932, her parents moved to Belfast.
1. she – finish reading a book at the age of eleven/she – tell her mother that she had nothing to read
2. her mother – tell her to write her own book/she – fill her pen with green ink
3. she – write her own book/she – know she wanted to be a writer
4. Joan Lingard write – “The Twelfth Day of July”/she – write four more books about Kevin and Sadie
5. she – get married to a man from Latvia/she – start to write about Latvian history
6. Joan Lingard – write more than 20 other books/her first children’s book – be published
7.she – win the German award the “Buxtehuder Bulle” in 1986/she – win the Scottish Arts Council Award
in 1998
E2 Reading: Ellen Page
T
he actress Ellen Page was born in Halifax,
Canada, on 21st February in 1987. Her
mother Martha is a teacher and her father
Dennis a graphic designer. She has an older
stepbrother and an older stepsister. She is only
1,55 m tall.
Ellen started to act at the age of 10. When she was
little, Ellen enjoyed playing with action figures
and climbing trees.
Ellen attended Halifax Grammar School until
grade 10. Then she spent some time at Queen
Elizabeth High School and later graduated from
the Shambhala School in 2005.
After she had studied for two years in Toronto she
got more roles in a number of small Canadian
films and television series. Ellen worked with a
lot of famous stars like Drew Barrymore or
Leonardo DiCaprio.
In early 2007, she went to Vancouver to film the
comedy “Juno”. The film would become one of the
best movies of the year.
When “Juno” was shown at the Toronto Film
Festival the audience loved Ellen in her role as the
teenager Juno. She got a lot of compliments from
journalists who thought she was very talented.
Ellen was even nominated for an Academy Award
(Oscar) as Best Actress. She didn’t win but she
won many other awards, including a Canadian
Comedy Award, Independent Spirit Award, and
Satellite Award.
In her spare time Ellen likes to do different sports
like cycling, snowboarding or swimming. She has
got a dog named Patti and her favourite food is
sushi. She loves to read and listen to music, too.
But the young actress also enjoys camping with
friends or just hanging out with them and having
fun.
Extra practice
2ead
R
Athe
word
article
snake
about Ellen Page. Tick (4) true, false or not given. Find all the
a)
true
false
Ellen Page is a famous Canadian actress.
She has got two older brothers.
She had to go to Queen Elizabeth High School because her family moved to another town.
She had her first role in front of a camera when she was
four years old.
Heath Ledger asked Ellen Page to act in the first film he wanted to produce as a film director.
The film Juno was made in Canada.
Journalists wrote nice things about Ellen Page in her role as Juno.
She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2007.
not given
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E3 Writing: Linda’s email
Your friend Linda sent you an email. Read it and answer it in about 150 words.
I was so confused when the doctor told me that I was pregnant. What should I do now?
My boyfriend Jack hasn’t talked to me for more than two weeks now. I thought about
talking to my mum. But what if she tells my dad? He’d be so angry. I don’t think that I
want to have an abortion. Maybe adoption is a good idea. But I need some advice… Can
you help me?
Yours, Linda
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Extra practice
E14 Listening: Juno on the screen
a) Listen to the CD again. Who says what? Write the correct letters in the boxes:
(J = Jessica, E = Emma, S = Sarah, R = Rob, M = Mike)
CD
I thought that a lot of it was unrealistic. I thougt it was great.
It was a fantastic feel-good comedy.
It left you with that warm feeling inside.
It cheered me up.
The acting is also really good.
I am afraid to say that that I disagree.
It was really annoying.
Overall I really liked it.
I found it disappointing.
The dialogue just did not sound natural.
The beginning of the film was a bit boring.
b)Now sort the statements from a) into the table below.
positive (+)
negative (–)
E5 Words: A word puzzle
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Across fi
1 a member of the Roman Catholic Church
2 when you get older you are … up
3 when you hit someone badly you … him up
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2
1/7
6
fi
Down
4 not a Roman Catholic but also a Christian
5when you’re worried because you think something
bad might happen you’re …
6 when you keep doing something you … to do it
7 silent, quiet, not excited
8 to take something that someone gives you
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ou’re standing in front of the notice board at your school. There are notices from
Y
counsellors who offer help when you feel depressed, have problems at school or home
or when you are pregnant. Choose one counsellor and prepare a short telephone
conversation with him/her.
Test yourself
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Auf den Test yourself-Seiten kannst du überprüfen, was du in Theme 1 gelernt hast. Bearbeite die
Aufgaben der Reihe nach. Überlege anschließend, welche Aufgaben dir leicht gefallen sind , welche
nicht ganz einfach waren
und welche du richtig schwierig fandest .
Deine Ergebnisse kannst du mit den Lösungen hinten im Workbook vergleichen und dann deine
Punktzahl eintragen. Sieh dir auch die Lerntipps für die Vorbereitung auf die nächste Klassenarbeit an.
Die Test yourself-Seiten helfen dir bei deiner Selbsteinschätzung mit dem Portfolio-Fragebogen.
1 Grammar: Talking about ‘Juno’
hat did Mariah and the others say about Juno? Read the sentences and put them into reported
W
speech.
Mariah: “This is the best film I have ever seen.”
Mariah said
Rick: “Ellen Page is a talented actress.”
Rick said
Cynthia: “I liked the songs best.”
Cynthia mentioned
Nathalie: “Older people have to take young people’s problems more seriously.”
Nathalie said
Brad: “Young people who watch the film will think more about teenage pregnancy.”
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Brad explained
2 Reading: All about Vitamin C
Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick is an American pop singer
better known under her stage name Vitamin C.
Colleen comes from Old Bridge in New Jersey. She
is the youngest of three children.
When she was in high school she was a dancer
and later she started to sing in a few local bands.
Her musical talent doesn’t stop at singing: she
can play the bass guitar and the keyboard, too.
Colleen started her career as the lead singer of
the punk band Eve’s Plum. The band was quite
successful and performed together until 1998.
After her band broke up Colleen started her solo
career in 1999. She changed her stage name to
Vitamin C and performed dance/pop music.
The Vitamin C song “Graduation (Friends Forever)”
became a huge hit in the spring of 2000. The song
reached the Top Ten in the USA and the second
position in Australia’s and Ireland’s charts in
2000.
Afterwards, Colleen didn’t have any more hits as
Vitamin C and lost her recording contract.
In 2000, when she was very well-known as
Vitamin C, toy producer Mattel released a doll of
her and Tommy Hilfinger made a lipstick matching
her orange hair.
Colleen also tried acting. She had small roles in
a number of well-known films like The Naked Gun
2½, Scary Movie 2 or Dracula 2000.
Colleen has written or co-written many songs for
other artists. She wrote the song “We Are Gonna
Happen” for Emma Roberts. She co-wrote “Where
Do We Go” with Scout Taylor-Compton in 2005.
She wrote the single “Make Some Noise” for
Krystal Meyers in 2008. In 2009, she wrote “Let's
Get Crazy” for Miley Cyrus who sang it in the film
“Hannah Montana”. Colleen also wrote the song
“One and the Same”, for Demi Lovato and Selena
Gomez.
In 2004 Colleen married the guitarist Michael
Kotch.
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Test yourself
Read the article about Vitamin C. Tick (4) true, false or not given.
true
false
1.Vitamin C is an artist’s name.
2.Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick was born on July 20th 1972.
3.She started singing in local bands before becoming a dancer.
4.She can play three instruments.
5.Colleen is crazy about action films.
6.She acted in the film Scary Movie 2.
7.“Graduation (Friends Forever)” was a great success outside the US.
8.Colleen Anne Fitzpatrick isn’t married.
9.Michael Kotch is a former band mate of Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick.
10.She started a solo career after Eve’s Plum broke up. not given
3 Writing: Ellen Page – A fact sheet
Read these facts about Ellen Page. Then write a portrait of at least 150 words about the young
actress for your school magazine.
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• Full name: Ellen Philpotts-Page
• Date of birth: 21st February 1987
• Place of birth: Halifax, Canada
• Height: 1,55 m
• Hair colour: dark brown
• Eye colour: brown
• Parents: Dennis Page (graphic designer), Martha Phillpotts (teacher)
• Brothers/Sisters: one older stepbrother, one older stepsister
• Hobbies: basketball, soccer, skiing, cycling, snowboarding, running, swimming, playing the guitar
• Favorite actresses: Kate Winslet, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Laura Linney
• Favorite movies: The 400 Blows, Badlands, My Summer of Love, Thank you for smoking
• Favorite music: New Young Pony Club, Cat Power, Björk, Radiohead, Joanna Newsom, Patti Smith,
Beethoven
• Favourite food: Sushi
Test yourself
4 Listening: Doing a test
a) Listen to the two girls. Tick (4) which test they are going to do.
an English test
a pregnancy test
an ability test
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a hair test
CD
b)Listen again and number the steps according to the order in which you hear them in the
conversation.
If you see a plus or cross in the result window, it means that you ARE pregnant.
Wash your hands with soap and hot water.
Urinate onto the test stick for at least 5 seconds.
If there is neither plus or minus in the result window, wait for two more minutes. If there is still no
symbol, it means that the test does not work and you have to do another one.
Place the stick on a flat and dry surface with the result window facing up.
Remove the test stick from the foil wrapper.
Place the test stick in your urine stream with the result window facing up.
If you see a line or minus in the result window, it means that you are NOT pregnant.
Sit on the toilet.
Wait for three minutes until results appear.
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5 Speaking: My plans for the next 10 years
What are you going to do when you finish school? Look at the pictures for help and prepare a
three-minute talk. You can take notes first.
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Growing up: Getting married
M1 What was done?
Look at the pictures on page 19 of your textbook again. Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the verb in the passive.
1. Wedding pictures of this special place (take) by photographers.
2. The bride in the park (tell) to wear a white dress.
3. The Royal couple (marry) in a cathedral in Madrid.
4. About 30 people (invite) to this marriage.
5. Traditional costumes (wear) for this Indian wedding.
M2 Yes, I do
CD
a) Listen to the CD then read the following statements. Tick (4) true, false or not given.
true
false
not given
How to …
listen
1. Michelle wants a big fancy wedding.
2. The average cost of a wedding is £20,000.
3. Michelle thinks getting married is wonderful.
4. Claire is getting married to Evan soon.
5. Claire thinks that you need to get married to be happy.
6. All of Michelle and Claire's friends are getting married.
7. Michelle wants to marry her boyfriend Freddy.
b)Correct the false statements in your exercise book.
M3 What the callers said
a) Read the notes the DJ took about the interview that he did. Fill in who or which.
I got a lot of calls this morning and that is what the people thought:
Most of Jacky’s friends
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still live in her hometown are engaged or married.
The feeling
Alisha has for marriage is respect.
The people
taught Alisha to believe in marriage are her parents.
The relationship
Karim has with his wife is great.
People in the country experience a lot of pressure
although they are not really in love.
Wendy does not think that she needs to be married in order to live the life
wants to live.
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makes them get married
she
Growing up: Getting married
Karim has a brilliant marriage
very much in love.
A lot of the people
is working so well because he and his wife are
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Chris knows get divorced.
b) Where can you leave out who or which? Colour these sentences green!
M4 What would be, if …
Fill in the gaps using the words in the brackets. Look at the example for help.
If Manjit
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(not want) to marry, his father
(be) angry.
If Manjit didn’t want to marry, his father would be angry.
1. If Lisa
2.If Manjit
3. Lisa
4.If Manjit’s parents
(hold) Manjit’s hand, he
(not fight) for their love, he
(break up) with Manjit if he
(be) more tolerant, Lisa and he
(feel) better.
(lose) Lisa soon.
(get married).
(stay) together.
M5 The end of Manjit and Lisa’s story
a) Read a summary of the last part of Bali Rai’s book ‘(Un)arranged Marriage’. Is it similar to
YOUR ending of the story?
Manjit is sent to India by his family. They threaten to make him stay in India until he agrees to get
married. This is why Manjit finally tells them that he is ready to marry. But on the day of his wedding he
escapes with the help of a friend.
After his escape, his family doesn’t want to have anything to do with him and he has to live on his own.
At first he is afraid that they might come after him. But after a while he realises that he is dead for them.
They even move to another town and behave as if he had never existed at all.
Luckily, Lisa’s parents take him in and let him live in her old room. Lisa, who has finished school by then,
is travelling in the Far East. Manjit and Lisa are no longer a couple but they are friends.
At night Manjit works at the supermarket to earn money. He wants to go back to school and take his
GCSEs. At work he meets his new girlfriend – Jenny. She has got a part-time job and works on the
reception desk at the supermarket. She has dark brown hair and bright blue eyes. Manjit really likes her
and thinks that she is very intelligent.
After all he went through Manjit is looking forward to rebuilding his life and making his way in the world.
b)What do you find interesting/shocking/exciting about the ending? Give reasons.
c) Imagine you had the chance to talk to Manjit now. Write down at least five questions you
would like to ask him. Then prepare a role play with a partner and act it out.
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talk
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Growing up: SLAM
M6 SLAM
Read these statements about SLAM. Which questions belong to which statements? Write them on the lines.
What do teenagers think a lot about? – What is one of the themes in SLAM? –
What is the book about? – What is one of the other themes in SLAM? –
What is Sam thinking about all the time? – Why does Nick Hornby write for teenagers?
Nick Hornby
This book is about a 16-year-old boy who is about to become a father. He’s a skateboarder. He’s a good
boy and he makes this one fatal mistake and that ends up in his girlfriend getting pregnant. His life is so
radically changed by this […] event that he can’t help but spending all the time thinking what’s going to
happen.
How to …
read
One of the themes in the book is that it only takes a few seconds to do something that is going to affect
the rest of your life… I think the decision to write for teenagers partly came about because I’ve noticed an
increasing number of teenagers coming to the readings for the other books.
I wouldn’t like to think that there is a morality to the book. Obviously it’s kind of moral territory talking
about teenagers having sex and making mistakes ... Well, I think kind of a theme of the book is the future.
It is something you spend an awful lot of time thinking about when you’re a teenager.
M7 A hard life
Sam, Alicia and the German boy Paul talk about being a teenage father. But Sam doesn’t speak
German and Paul doesn’t speak English. Can you help Alicia?
Sam:Sometimes Roof cries and I wake up in the middle of the night. I simply don’t know where I am or
what time it is.
How to …
help out in
English
Alicia:
Paul: Das hört sich ja schrecklich an. Ich will nie Vater werden.
Alicia:
Sam:Don’t worry it isn’t as bad as it sounds. I can’t imagine a time when Roof wasn’t with us. It’s just
great to have a little son and I’m very proud.
Alicia:
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