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8 Wishful Thinking 10 Writing رابط الدرس الرقمي www.ien.edu.sa A. 1. Have you ever watched a quiz show on television? What did you think of it? 2. Would you ever participate in a quiz show? Why? Why not? 3. Read the answers given by the winner of a popular quiz show, Top Quiz, and match them with the right questions. Write the number of the question in the blank. Listen and check. Interviewer: Congratulations! You're the big winner. Simon: Interviewer: Simon: Interviewer: Simon: Interviewer: Simon: Interviewer: Simon: Interviewer: Simon: Interviewer: Simon: Interviewer: Simon: Interviewer: Simon: Thank you, thank you. I'm very excited. You know, I've been too busy to think about it. So I guess, no, it hasn't. But I'm sure it will. I'm only a guy who was on a quiz show. No more, no less. I don't feel like a celebrity. I'm just a regular person. If you could pick one thing from Top Quiz to take away as special, besides your million dollars, what would it be? 1 How does it feel to be a celebrity? 2 Did you have any rough moments during the show? 3. Has it sunk in yet? 4. Well, my friends and family kept pushing me to join. I wasn't so sure. I mean, I didn't think I was all that good at anything. But in the end, I thought, why not? What have I got to lose? Yes, you could say I was. But I didn't watch it all the time. If I had anything better to do and had to be away, I was away. I guess I'm a big fan now! I don't think anything can prepare you for something like this. I was in a bit of a shock at first but it didn't take that long to get used to things. It felt really good. Yes, I did actually. If you remember, there was this young man, Weber, who was a real whiz kid. I thought that was it, for a moment. I didn't think I could make it. But as it turned out he's got a way to go. He's quite young. But ... I wouldn't want to compete with him in ten years' time. The whole experience. It was something I'll remember for the rest of my life. Even if I hadn't won, I would still feel that way, because it's all so unique, working with all these wonderful people, knowing that thousands of viewers watch you on every show. Right now, I need some time to settle down and think. I know one thing, How did you decide to sign up? How did it feel to be on the show? Was it what you had expected? 6 Were you a fan of 7 the show before you joined? for sure, though; I will not be watching any shows for a while. I'd like to go What are your plans for somewhere and rest and then probably decide if I'm going to go back to college or start my own business. Interviewer: Any last words? Simon: I would like to thank everybody for giving me this opportunity-my family, my friends, the people on the show... 4. How would you feel if you won in a quiz show? Why? 5. Would you want the reporter to ask you different questions? Which ones? 6. Role-play the interview in pairs. Give your own answers. the future? 5 8 00 وز 122 عليم Ministry of Education 2024-1446 MG_01_COMBO_TEXT_2024.indb 122 30/4/24 2:03 AM

Have you ever watched a quiz show on television? What did you think of it?

وزارة التعليم B. Write a description of a day in your life as a famous quiz show winner. Imagine your new celebrity lifestyle and answer the questions: 1. Where do you live? What do you wear? 2. What do you do? Where do you go? How do you get there? 3. Who are your friends? Are they new friends or old friends? 4. What is your relationship like with your family? 5. Has your success changed your life for the better or the worse? 6. Make notes in the chart. 7. Use your notes to write your description. 8. Exchange and read each other's descriptions in class. Description of your celebrity lifestyle Positive and negative aspects of your celebrity lifestyle the place where you live your possessions e.g., house, clothes, car, etc your daily routine your relationships with family and friends A Day in My Life As a Quiz Show Winner my driver to come and collect Wearing the latest designer sunglasses, I call me from my huge house where I have lived since winning Top Quiz."' My house is beautiful. It has seven bedrooms and three bathrooms. The only always tabloid newspaper reporters waiting at the disadvantage is that there are end of the driveway I ask driver to take me downtown in my a 5-star restaurant to meet friends ... Writing Corner my luxurious car. I make my way to When you write a description of a person or someone's lifestyle: Use a lot of descriptive vocabulary to get your reader interested in the person and their lifestyle. Paint a picture with words to illustrate what kind of person you are describing, such as: huge, luxurious and so on. Use present tenses to describe the person, their friends and family and their activities. Use paragraphs to describe different aspects of someone's lifestyle. You could organize your description into different parts of the day, the places the person visits, their feelings throughout the day and how they change and so on. Mention the negative aspects of the person's lifestyle as well as the positive aspects. Conclude your description by summing up how the person generally feels about their life. Ministry of Education 2024-1446 MG_01_COMBO_TEXT_2024.indb 123 123 30/4/24 2:03 AM

Write a description of a day in your life as a famous quiz show winner Imagine your new celebrity lifestyle and answer the questions: 1. Where do you live? What do you wear?