C1.2 UNIT 1 MEMORIES

💬1 What kind of stories do you and your family and childhood friends tell about your childhood?

2 What was a particularly funny/proud/scary moment?

👂 Listen to Tommy, Marissa, and Clara talk about their childhood memories. Answer the questions. (empower)

1 What’s the significance of each of the photos? Summarise what happened in each memory.

2 Why do you think these memories are still so clear for the speakers?

Listen to Marissa’s memory again, then listen to her brother Charlie’s version. Note down the differences.

💬 Discuss the questions.

1 Does your family have any stories that there are different versions of? Do any members of your family tend to add their own details to stories?

2 What’s your earliest memory? How reliable do you think it is?

VOCABULARY

DESCRIBING A MEMORY

MATCH THE STATEMENTS TO THE SENTENCES WITH THE SAME MEANING

1. I remember it like it was yesterday.

2. I have a vague recollection of...

3. It rings a bell.

4. It has already slipped my mind.

5. It's always on my mind.

6. It brings back memories of...

a. I intend to do it, but I'm not actively thinking about it.

b. I'm always thinking about it.

c. I remember it very clearly.

d. I remember the general experience but not the details.

e. I've forgotten about it.

f. When I see/hear/smell it, I remember...

For each statement, think of an example from your experience.

ADJECTIVES FOR DESCRIBING A MEMORY

Which words describe positive memories? Which describe negative memories?

warm fond traumatic scary pleasant photographic

poor exciting

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