NOTE: IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE TEXT, UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE IT BETTER I RECOMMEND THESE EXERCISES.
THERE WILL BE TWO TYPES OF EXERCISES:
1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT: THESE ARE EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE READING COMPREHENSION, WORKING WITH VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS.
2. EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION: EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION.
1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT
1.1 TRUE/FALSE: Look at the article and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or False (F):
a. People in Britain have the strangest names in the world.
b. People were either born with strange names or married into them.
c. One woman in a report was named Barbed Wire.
d. The report says parents need to think more carefully about names.
e. The article says parents who wake up early choose better names.
f. Lots of people name their children after movie stars and singers.
g. The report suggested teachers have to try not to smile at some names.
h. The banker Rob Mee and the lawyer Sue Mee are married.
1. released .......... a. strange
2. unfortunate ...... b. warning
3. bizarre ............ c. well-liked
4. realized ........... d. consequences
5. implications ...... e. made public
6. wake-up call ..... f. fantastic
7. popular ........... g. peculiar
8. tremendous ...... h. unlucky
9. hold back ......... i. understood
10. curious ........... j. contain
1.3 PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one option is possible):
1. the strange names ............... a. implications
2. the names have been with ..... b. couple names
3. one reason for .................... c. people from birth
4. realise the ........................ d. call for today’s parents
5. Parents really do need .......... e. embarrassment
6. a wake-up ......................... f. why people have these names
7. name babies ...................... g. some people have
8. tremendous ....................... h. their smiles
9. hold back .......................... i. after pop stars
10. the best married- ............... j. to think carefully
1.4 GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text:
REASON - FROM - THOUGH - MARRIED - RELEASED - TIME - HAVE - NAMED
A website in Britain has just ____________ a study into the strange names some people ____________. TheBabyWebsite.com created a list called ‘The Most Unfortunate Names in Britain’. Some of the names have been with people ____________ birth; others got the names after they ____________. The bizarre, unlucky names include Barb Dwyer, Hazel Nutt, Jo King, Justin Case, Barry Cade and Mary Christmas. A spokesperson for the website gave one ____________ for why people have these names, saying: “When the parents of some of those people ____________ their children, many probably didn't even realise the implications at the ____________.” He added: "Parents really do need to think carefully ____________ when choosing names for their children.”
INTRODUCE - COMMON - LAWYER - CALL - SMILES - CAREFULLY - FOUND - MUST
The list is a wake-up ____________ for today’s parents to think more ____________ about the names they give to their children. It is very ____________ to name babies after pop stars and actors. Popular names for children today include Miley, Britney and Brad. TheBabyWebsite explained how difficult life ____________ be with a strange name: “There must be tremendous embarrassment every time they have to ____________ themselves to anyone, especially to a crowd. Even their teachers must have had to hold back their ____________ sometimes.” Americans also have some curious names, such as Carrie Oakey and Bill Board. We ____________ the best married-couple names on the BBC’s website; Mr and Mrs Mee – Rob’s a banker and Sue’s a ____________.
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