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1、ContractionsLessonWorksheetReadthefollowingpassageandtrytoidentifythecontractionsused:Mythirdstoryisaboutdeath.WhenIwas17rIreadaquotethatwentsomethinglike:uIfyouliveeachdayasifitwasyourlast,somedayyou,llmostcertainlyberight/1Itmadeanimpressiononme,andsincethen,forthepast33years,Ihavelookedinthemirro

2、reverymorningandaskedmyself:4,lftodaywerethelastdayofmylife,wouldIwanttodowhatIamabouttodotoday?AndwhenevertheanswerhasbeenllNo,tfortoomanydaysinarowfIknowIneedtochangesomething.Rememberingthat111bedeadsoonisthemostimportanttoolveeverencounteredtohelpmemakethebigchoicesinlife.Becausealmosteverything

3、-allexternalexpectations,allpridefallfearofembarrassmentorfailure-thesethingsjustfallawayinthefaceofdeath,leavingonlywhatistrulyimportant.RememberingthatyouaregoingtodieisthebestwayIknowtoavoidthetrapofthinkingyouhavesomethingtolose.Youarealreadynaked.Thereisnoreasonnottofollowyourheart.Task2Listent

4、othespeechfrom09:01-10:07tolistenoutforthecontractionsyouidentified:Clickthislinktolistentothespeech.Changethefollowingsetsofwordsintotheircontractionform.ArenotIwillWeareCannotItisWehaveDonotShewillWewouldHeisShouldnotWhatisHereisTheyareYouareIamWasnotYouwillUsethevideotocheckyouranswers.Task4Readt

5、heparagraphbelowandplacethecorrectcontractionineachgap.SorthethingIsayis.whenyougrowupyoutendtogettoldthattheworldisthewayitisandyour.yourlifeisjusttoliveyourlifeinsidetheworld;trynottobashintothewallstoomuch,trytohaveanicefamilylife,havefun,savealittlemoney.Butlife.Thataverylimitedlife,lifecanbemuc

6、hbroader,onceyoudiscoveronesimplefact,andthatis,everythingaroundyouthatyoucalllifewasmadeupbypeoplethatwerenosmarterthanyou.Andyoucanchangeit,youcaninfluenceitryoucanbuildyourownthingsthatotherpeoplecanusefandtheminuteyouunderstandthatyoucanpokelife,andactuallyifyoupushinsomethingwillpopouttheothers

7、ide,thatyoucanchangeitlyoucanmoldit,thatmaybethemostimportantthing,istoshakeoffthiserroneousnotionthatlifeisthereandyoujustgoingtoliveinitfversusembraceitrchangeit,improveit.ListentotheinterviewbelowandcheckifyouranswersforTask4werecorrect.Clickheretowatchthevideo.Task61. Thinkaboutthese2questionsinrelationtothevideoyoujustwatched: Howdidthischangehowyouviewlife? Howcouldyouusethistoimproveyourlife?2. Usingyourphone,recordyourselfdiscussingthesequestions.3. Listenbacktotherecordingandidentifywhetheryouusedmanycontractionsornot.4. Repeatstep3buttrytoincludemorecontractionsinyourdiscussion.