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1 GffilEElIffiIiEflEl Work in pairs. lmagine you could live
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in an unusuat place or tead an unusual lifestyle. Where or suliQ un de d,by,vratel:;,but fe € [ 1,., 1,1,.1
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think of other unusual ptaces or ways to [ive. ,:,B,i.]t,WaS :s,tr-'ga at fiiit,t6,r.Staytln,:the,,5aryeplace, b ut
1 on a ship saiting around the world with your family i.'r,,:th.e:plea5ureiol.*oi:ng'te;.lctl1t1,,tre1ptd,d,,LnL,,,,,
. 2 with a sma[[ group of peopte on a small istand
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3 in a hut in the mountains alone
my sister and me.
4 with a remote tribe away from civilisation
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ho:use,wasr alwaystlof:kiiig.a1U,, mOvi{g.s t i gtrtty.
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Read the text. Four sentences have been removed. Match
each gap (1-4) with a sentence (A-E). There is one extra
Use of English
sentence that you do not need.
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The way things were
When I thinl< of my childhood, I think of water. I was born,
and spent my early [ife, on a houseboat, atong with my
older sister and my parents. I remember the unsteady, Complete the text with an appropriate word in each gap.
but atso comforting, feeling of being on the water. ETI Earty memories
And I remember the rain - lots of it! When you're on a My first memory is of my mother painting my cot.
small boat, you feeI and notice the weather more. latso I remember the smell '_ the paint. lt probabty
remember going to the standpipe to fetch water. We wasn't very good '_ me! I also remember falling
regularly needed to fill up the water tanks on the boat, '_ of my pushchair and banging my head, atthough
and that job betonged to me and my sister. We always my mum says it was my brother o_ did that. He's a
had to be carefulwith how much water we used. ETI yearolder'_ me. Perhaps lsaw him do it. I have a '
We washed in a sma[[ tin bath, and washed our hair in vague memory of my grandmother visiting us and giving
the sink. We brushed ourteeth with a mug of water. My me a bag of sweets, but she died when lwas three, so
mum washed all our clothes by hand and hung them out I'm not sure 6_ this is a real memory or just based
along the top of the boat in fine weather, but atI over the '_ what my mum has totd me about her. I remember
inside of the boat on rainy days. A lingering memory of my my sister being born when I was four. My brother and
chitdhood is the smetl of damp clothes. I went to a neighbour's house while mum was 8
Our boat was fairly long, but extremely narrow.l3Tl hospitat. I don't l<now why dad coutdn't look e_ us,
,o_
but anyway, we were only there one night.
My parents' bedroom was at the far end ofthe boat, next
to the Iittte room where my sister and I had bunl< beds.
At the other end ofthe boat, there was a tiny bathroom, Speaking
living space and kitchen area. When my sister and I wanted
4 Oo theexam task.
more space, we played beside the boat at the water's
edge. We used to ptay outside in alI weather.
Most of my earty life we spent travelling along the canals Work in pairs. lmagine that you left school ten years ago
of southern England. But when I was six, we came to stay and that you are now organising a reunion for members
in Oxford on a canaI nearthe centre of the city, and my of your class. Agree on:
sister and I started formal education. ETI Untitthen
. where you should hotd the reunion (restaurant? school
we hadn't realty realised that our way of Iife was unusuat,
ha[t? other ven ue?)
but our new friends were fascinated by our home. As we
o what the reunion shoutd involve (food and drink?
were by theirs!
entertainment? speeches?)
. how you wilt notify the former members of your ctass
of your ptans
o whether you shoutd invite teachers too.

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