Reading and Vocabulary Work in groups. Discuss these questions. Do you watch or listen to dramas or soap operas on TV or the radio? If yes, which ones?
Which soap operas are popular in your country? Why are they popular, do you think?
What are typical stories in soap operas?
a) Read the first paragraph of the article only. Complete these sentences.
1 Family Business is a ...
The ... family own a restaurant called ...
There’s also another restaurant called ...
The family’s main problems are ...
b) Read the rest of the article. Then answer these questions. Is The Full Moon restaurant successful?
Do Lydia and Clive have a good relationship?
How many children have they got?
Has Trudy got a job at the moment?
Which of their children is a criminal?
When did Nick leave the programme?
Who are Elizabeth’s parents?
Where is The Angel restaurant?
Work in pairs. Draw a family tree of the Blake family.
a) Find the opposites of these adjectives in the article. Write them in the table.
patient considerate employed mature helpful honest reliable selfish
un-
m-
impatient
dis-
b) Do you know the opposites of these adjectives? Write them in the table. happy intelligent polite ambitious friendly possible attractive correct sure organized healthy
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