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Booksdosed. Make a worksheet with the following gapped A Bob's got a terrible hangover.
sentences(or write them on the board / display them on an
overheadprojector). Ask the students to read them and to
B
guessthe numbers or percentages that should complete them. C Eds got a sore throat.
Allowthem to discuss their answers in pairs or small groups. If D
YOliprefer, you could give them the answers (jumbled) and let E Jane's got a splítting headache.
themdecidewhich one goes in each gap.
F Usa's got dreadtul hay fever.
Checkanswers and see if anybody guessed any correctly.
Initiatea discussion on which were the most surprising facts.
2 Pairwork. Students read the conversations again and
lnthe course of a lifetime, the average person ...
decide what advice the friend gives. They complete the
a) spends - years eating. friends' final sentences with suitable pieces of advice.
b) consumes - eggs and - kilos of chocolate. If some students finish before the others, encourage them
to practise the conversations aloud.
c) grows- metres of finger nails and - kilometres of
hair on the head.
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d) talks on the phone for - years. Play the recording for students to listen to and see if the
advice is similar to theirs. Ask them if they have ever tried
e) only falls in love - .
any of the remedies suggested and whether they worked
o walks- kilometres. or not.

g) knows- people by name and calls - of them

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h) Iivesfor - years and has - children and - (A = Ann; B = Bob; C = Chris; D = Dana; E = Ed;
grandchildren. Fran; J
K = Keith; L = Usa)
i) hasa - chance of remaining married to the same
A
person for the rest of their life.
A: Oh dear - you look like death warmed up.
a) three and a halt Heavynight last night?
b) 7,300; 160 B: party,
c) 28; 725 A: Oh well, if you hadn't drunk so much you
wouldn't be feeling so bad now, would you?
d) two and a hal.t
Anyway, 1'11give you my secret cure:get
e) twice a couple of raw eggs, mix them up in a cup,
f) 22,000 add a bit of chillísauce and a pinch af salt, and
g) 2,000; 150 drinkit down in ane go.
h) 79;2;4 B: Ugh - that wauldjust make me sick.
i) 60%
wouldn't fOU?
B
(lose Up (p 34) Why are you walking like that?
D: My ankle's killíng mel
Books dosed. Ask students to work in pairs and tell their
partnerabout the last time they felt unwell. They should say Oh dear, poor thing! If you ask me, you
whythey felt unwell and what they did to make themselves need to lie dawn and put some ice on it to
feelbetter. keep the swelling dawn.
C
Sympathy & advice E: Ugh! I can't swallow anything.
1 Students read the conversations and the items in the table F: Oh yes, I know what you mean. I was the same
and decide what is wrong with the person in each last week. I could only eat ice cream!
conversation. Check answers with the class.

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