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Before you watch

A Work with a partner and answer these questions.
• What do you think 'family ties' are?
• Are family ties important to you? Why? / Why not?
• What reasons would a person cut family ties for?

While you watch

В Watch the video and decide if these statements are T (True) or F (False).
1 Flora Salonik has a university degree but nowadays she lives on a farm.
2 Flora's life changed because she fell in love with a man from the Dorobo people.
3 The remote village of Kijunga is a forty-minute walk from Arusha.
4 Flora's family didn't know she was leaving the comforts of the city and moving to a faraway village. ; ]
5 Flora and her husband Loshero raise cattle and grow crops to feed their family.
6 Since Flora has been away for so long, the busy streets of her hometown are familiar to Flora.

After you watch
С Complete the summary of the video below using these words.

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Flora Salonik (1)____________________up in A family packages recently
Arusha, which is one of Tanzania's busiest cities. harvested plants, Tanzania
She went to university and learnt to speak
four languages. However, Flora's life changed
dramatically after she got
(2)_____________________Her husband brought
her home to the small village of Kijungu, very
far away from Arusha. Besides looking after
their three children, Flora also took care of the
family's (3)____________________ as her husband
was away for most of the time. It was difficult
for her to stop thinking about her past and she
wondered how her life would be if she lived in
the (4)_____________________Flora had to make a
(5)___________________ about her family's future.
She decided to go back to Arusha to figure things
out. Flora was very (6)___________________ to see
her mother and (7)____________________ with her for
a while. She also visited all the places she used to
know. Finally, Flora made her decision; she
(8)___________________ in Kijungu.

Ideas Focus Do you think it's better to raise a family in a village or in
a city? Why / Why not?
Would you like to live close to your childhood home when
you grow up? Why? / Why not?