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Comparing habits and customs from different societies
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Reading comprehension
Activity 2.5
Read the following text and underline all the words you don’t know. Use your
dictionary and write the new words in your glossary.
Think about it!
Do you know how the life of
your grandparents was when
they were your age?
The way we were
Lucy was a young girl in the 1960s. She wrote:
“I was a young girl in the 1960s. My friends and I used to do a lot of things. We
used to go dancing every weekend; we really loved the music of the Beatles
and of course, our Mexican music. My boyfriend and I used to go for picnics
in the surrounding area quite often. He had a car, so he always drove to the
beach. We used to go to the cinema twice a week and I loved to watch Flms
with Enrique Guzman and Angelica Maria”.
Peter Sanatu was a handsome boy when he was 18. He used to play the
drums in his African tribe. He knew that music was very important because it
expressed the experiences of the community. He played the drums in special
occasions such as births, weddings and funerals. He used to practice every
day at night because he loved the sound of his drum. He used to make his
own instruments made from raw materials but now that he is a professor at the
University of Accra, he only teaches music to his students.
Antonio was a nice boy from Guanajuato. When he was 17 he used to play the
guitar and he was a member of the Estudiantina of Guanajuato. They used to
wear many colourful ribbons. They used to give owers to the
people who would accompany them.