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Comparing habits and customs from different
societies
Activity 3.1
Apply your knowledge
Make groups of three students and put in the right order the following text. The order
o the paragraphs is:_________________. When you have fnished, in pairs read
the whole story out loud and check your pronunciation.
Old times were better
(1) the morning and go to his farm.
He cultivated corn, wheat and some
rice, too. He used to have a nice hor-
se and every morning he would ride
it to go around his felds to see the
crops. My grandmother used to cook
and bring the ood to the felds. She
didn’t use to stay with him in the felds
but she used to prepare for him nice
handmade tortillas, chile
(2) studies and prepare ourselves
for the challenges of the society to-
day. Probably my grandfather does
not agree completely with the new
means of communication, but he is
very happy each time we can use the
webcam to talk to and see our relati-
ves in the United States.
(3) and my parents have lived. I love
the stories my grandpa usually tells
us when we eat. He keeps recalling
his times when he was a farmer. His
family didn’t use to live in the city. He
told me that he used to wake up very
early in
(4) Do you recognize that senten
-
ce? Who usually says that? Is it your
grand parents or even your parents?
I fnd it di fcult to believe that senten
-
ce, because there are so many good
things I can see in my life today, but
also I can name all the interesting
things my grandparents
(5) with meat and beans. Now, they are not in the farm anymore, they live in the
city with us. Sometimes, I can see that my grandfather misses his place very
much but still, he keeps encouraging us to continue with our.
Check your answers in the Answer Key.
Webcam:
A video cam-
era that is connected to
computer so that wath it
records can be seen on
a website as it happens.