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Unit 6
Better together Reading; Train to ; Pronunciation

Culture note BETTER TOGETHER UNIT 6
London Film and Comic Con is an
annual fan convention that focuses Amy
on anime, comics, cosplay, cult Amy023@thinkmail.com
TV, films and gaming. It began in Looking out for a hero
2004 and has been held in different Hi Matteo,
London venues over the years. I’m so excited! Comic Con London is next month. Would you like to go with
me? It’s the biggest comic event in the UK. I know you love comics and graphic
novels, so I think you’ll enjoy it. You can find every type of comic or graphic
novel there. It’s amazing. Also, you’ll meet some of the authors and artists, which
is cool. Please say you’ll come. There are lots of people there who share the
6 To introduce the topic, tell same interests as us. They watch the same shows as us and they love all of the
students the same story twice. The characters as much as we do. You can spot them by their costumes.
Now, I know you aren’t keen on dressing up, but I think you should wear a
first time you tell it, use ordinary costume. The first time I went, I didn’t dress up and it was nowhere near as much
adjectives (good, nice, not bad, fun. And don’t worry. Some of the costumes are terrible, so our costumes don’t
have to be perfect.
etc.), e.g. I went on holiday last If you’re worried about making your costume – don’t be! I’ll help you if you want.
You know I love sewing and I’m pretty creative! Besides, the more amazing your
year. It was nice. The food was OK costume is, the more people you meet. Wearing the costume makes you feel a
and the weather was good. lot more self-confident, too. Lots of people come up and ask you for a selfie.
You’ve seen all my selfies from last year. People may be dressed as a superhero,
but they are not nearly as intimidating as you think they’ll be.
When you repeat the story, There are workshops, too. You can learn how the artists draw the characters and
use language of exaggeration, how the authors build a comic book world. I went to one on Cosplay last year.
I learned that Cosplay is a shortened form of two words – costume and play.
stressing the adjectives, e.g. I went I also learned that it started in Japan.
on the best holiday of my life last There is a Casual Cosplay Showcase. Everybody can take part. There are prizes
for the best costumes and performances. It’s a lot more fun to compete in than to
year. It was absolutely fantastic. watch. There is also the EuroCosplay Championships Final. There are participants
from 25 countries and the judges choose the winner. We must go to that. I really
The food was delicious and the enjoyed it last year, and the costumes get more and more creative every year.
First, however, we’ll visit Comic Village. All the latest comics and all the old
weather was incredible. favourites are there. You can buy comic books, postcards of your favourite
characters and badges. I got some really cool things last year.
Ask: What was the difference The Comic Cons get better and better every year so I’m sure it will be great fun.
between the two stories? Elicit Of course, it won’t be nearly as much fun if you don’t come. Will you come?
Let me know soon because we have to make our costumes!
that the second included more Amy
exaggeration and was possibly
more interesting to listen to.
1 five
2 journey was terrible; worst journey
of my life; stopped for ages; middle Exaggeration
of nowhere; so bored I thought I was When we feel strongly about something, we tend to exaggerate – we call something ‘a brilliant idea’, ‘the best (film) ever’, ‘an amazing
going to go mad journey’, etc. But we often don’t mean that literally. As a listener, you need to be aware of exaggeration and understand what the
speaker is really saying.
3 journey was terrible: journey was 6 Read the example and answer the questions. 7 SPEAKING Work in pairs and tell your
SPEAKING
annoying/inconvenient partner about something really good or
worst journey of my life: it wasn’t a Last night’s train journey was terrible. It was the worst journey really bad that happened to you recently.
Use exaggeration.
good journey of my life. The train was two hours late and then it stopped
for ages in the middle of nowhere. I was so bored I thought
stopped for ages: stopped for quite a I was going to go mad. I hope today’s journey won’t be as bad. PRONUNCIATION
long time Linking words with /dʒ/ and /tʃ/
Go to page 120.
middle of nowhere: not at a station / 1 How many exaggerations does the speaker make?
2 What are they?
in the countryside 3 What does he or she really mean in each case?
so bored I thought I was going to go 57
mad: bored with having to wait
7 Allow students six to eight minutes Homework
to prepare their stories. Encourage Ask students to write their story from Exercise 7, with lots of exaggeration.
students to make notes rather than
write long sentences. If students
have access to a recording facility Activity idea Extension
(using their mobile phones, for During feedback, read the example
example), they could record their text (in the speech bubble in Exercise
conversation and play it back to 6) for students to repeat and check
check their own pronunciation stress/intonation. Point out that we
and intonation. They can then put a strong stress on words which
repeat the exercise and listen for we use to exaggerate meaning, e.g.
improvements. terrible – worst, two hours – ages. more
Ask students to take turns telling Worksheets
Pronunciation the story to a partner using suitable Project Comics
stress and intonation.
Linking words with /dʒ/ and /tʃ/ Communication Bringing people together
Student’s Book p120 Get ing What festivals are celebrated
Critical ing Communication in your town or city?
Understanding and analysing ideas and Using appropriate language and register for
arguments context Workbook
Interpreting and drawing inferences from Using a variety of language and communication Pronunciation p119
arguments and data. strategies to achieve a desired effect.
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