Potenziamento IT`S PROM TIME!

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Name Potenziamento
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Class Date P R O M TIME! ✸ ✸
How will you celebrate when you finish your
exams next summer? That’s an easy question for
British teenagers. A lot of them know exactly
what they’re going to do. They’re going to have
fun at the school prom!
A school prom is a formal party which celebrates
an important event at school, for example the
end of exams or the final day of school. The
tradition comes from the USA, but today, thanks
to films and TV programmes like High School
Musical and Glee, proms are very popular in
Britain. About 85% of UK secondary schools
organise a prom for students in Year 11 (15 – 16
years old) after they finish their GCSE exams. The
proms are often very extravagant. The students
buy new clothes, celebrate in big hotels and
sometimes travel to the events in expensive cars
and limousines!
Lisa and Oliver are two British students. They
are both in Year 11 and, at the moment, they
are preparing for their school prom. Read about
their plans and predictions for the event.
Lisa..
‘I’m really excited1 about our school prom this year.
We’re going to have a three course meal and a disco
in a four star hotel in town! It’ll be brilliant!
Next week I’m going shopping with my mum to look
for a new dress. I’d like a long, blue evening dress and
I want to wear a tiara, too!
I think the day of the prom will be very busy! In the
afternoon I’m going to go to the hairdresser’s and my
hairdresser, Katie, is going to do my hair and nails2 .
After that, I’m going to get ready3 with four friends
at my house. When we’re ready, Dad’s going to take
some photographs of us and then we’re going to
travel to the hotel in a limo4! How cool is that?
I’m sure that it’ll be one of the best days of my life!’
Oliver..
‘I usually wear casual clothes like jeans and T-shirts. I
don’t like wearing formal clothes very much, but I’m
going to buy a suit5 for my school prom. It will be
perfect for the prom night and then I’ll use it in the
future if I get a job interview6. I might buy a bow tie7,
too! It may be the only occasion I ever have to wear
one of those!
Mum’s a hairdresser so she’s going to cut my hair
on the day. Then I’ll just put some gel in it and I’ll be
ready to go!
I’m going to travel to the prom in style – Dad’s going
to take me and two friends on his tractor! I think it’ll
be really funny!’
What will it cost Lisa?
What will it cost Oliver?
Prom meal £40
Dress and tiara £160
Shoes £35
Hair £30
Prom meal Suit Bow tie
Nails £15
Bag £20
Limousine £300 for 6 people
Total £
£40
£100
£15
Hair gel
Shirt £2
£25
Total £
Glossary
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suit
completo giacca e pantaloni
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job interview
colloquio di lavoro
7
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Name Class Date A
Reading
Focus on you
1 Leggi il testo e completa le frasi.
4Rispondi alle domande in modo personale.
1 A school prom is
.
2 School proms celebrate events like
3 The tradition comes
.
4 Today they are very popular in
.
5 This is because of
.
2Completa la tabella con quello che dicono
Lisa e Oliver.
Lisa
Going
to wear
Transport
Oliver
1
4
2
5
Writing
5Immagina di andare a un ballo studentesco
2
3
6
2
2
3Rispondi alle domande.
1 How old are British students when they take
their GCSE exams?
2 What school year are they in?
3 What percentage of UK schools organise a
prom for students after the GCSE exams?
4 What are school proms often like?
5 Where is Lisa’s school going to have the
school prom this year?
6 What predictions does Lisa make about the
day of her school prom?
7 What type of clothes does Oliver usually
wear?
8 What type of clothes doesn’t he like
wearing?
9 Who is going to cut his hair on the day?
10 How much will Lisa spend? How much will
Oliver spend?
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.
1 How will you celebrate when you finish your
exams next summer?
2 Who will you celebrate with?
3 What will you do during the summer
holidays?
4 What do you think about the school proms in
the UK?
5 Would you like to go to a school prom?
che la tua scuola sta organizzando. Inventa
delle risposte per queste domande.
1 Where is the prom going to be?
2 What are you going to have at the prom? (a
meal, a disco, etc.)
3 What are you going to wear to the prom?
4 What are you going to do in the afternoon on
the day of the prom?
5 Who are you going to travel to the prom
with?
6 How are you going to travel?
6Scrivi un brano (70 – 100 parole) sui tuoi
progetti per il ballo studentesco. Usa le
risposte dell’es. 5. Concludi il testo facendo
previsioni sull’evento.
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