Christina's Future Plans 1
Christina sells women’s clothing in a department store.
She usually works 6 days a week, but this week she’s going to take 3 days off.
She’s taking time off so that she can visit her parents.
Her parents live in the mountains, about three hours away by train.
They are looking forward to seeing her.
They haven’t seen her for almost a year.
Christina is their only child.
Exercise:
1.— How far away do her parents live?
— They live about three hours away by train.
2.— When was the lsat time Christina saw her parents?
— They haven’t seen her for almost a year.
3. Put the sentences in the correct order.
(1) Her parents live in the mountains, about three hours away by train.
(2) She’s taking time off so that she can visit her parents.
(3) They haven’t seen her for almost a year.
(4) They are looking forward to seeing her.
Correct order: (2) (1) (4) (3)
Christina isn’t going on the trip by herself.
Her boyfriend is going with her.
She is going to introduce him to her parents.
She and her boyfriend want to get married.
If everything goes well, they plan to get married in 6 months.
Exercise:
1. — Who is she going to introduce to her parents?
— She is going to introduce her boyfriend to her parents.
2.— Who is going on the trip with Christina?
— Her boyfriend is going with her.
3. She's going to introduce her boyfriend to her parents.
After they get married, Christina plans to quit her job.
She wants to spend more time designing clothes.
She wants to set up her own business.
This will take time.
Her boyfriend thinks it’s a good idea.
He's also thinking about starting his own business.
Exercise:
1.— What does Christina want to spend more time doing?
— She wants to spend more time designing clothes.
2.— What does her boyfriend think it’s a good idea?
— Her boyfriend thinks it’s a good idea for her to start her own business.
3. She wants to spend more time designing clothes.
They don’t plan to have children right away.
In fact, they may decide not to have children.
They don’t know yet.
It’s going to be a big decision.
Exercise:
— What may they decide not to do?
— They may decide not to have children.
Repeat & Read Sentences:
1. Christina isn’t going on the trip by herself.
2. She and her boyfriend want to get married.
3. She wants to spend more time designing clothes.
4. After they get married, Christina plans to quit her job.
5. Her parents live in the mountains, about three hours away by train.
Christina's Future Plans 2
Christina’s parents want her to marry and have children.
They are looking forward to having grandchildren.
They don’t want her to start her own business.
They think it’s more important to have children.
In fact, they would like her to live closer to them.
They want to be close to their grandchildren.
Exercise:
1.— What do Christina’s parents want to have?
— Christina’s parents want her to marry and have children.
2. They are looking forward to having grandchildren.
So Christina doesn’t plan to tell her parents everything.
For now, she just wants them to meet her boyfriend.
She wants them to be happy that she is going to get married.
She wants them to like him and see her happiness.
She wants her parents to accept her way of life.
Life isn’t the same now as it used to be.
Times are changing.
Exercise:
1. — What isn't the same now as it used to be?
— Life isn’t the same now as it used to be.
2. Life isn’t the same now as it used to be.
Repeat & Read Sentences:
1. She wants her parents to accept her way of life.
2. They think it’s more important to have children.
3. They don’t want her to start her own business.
4. Christina’s parents want her to marry and have children.
5. In fact, they would like her to live closer to them.
