Out On A Limb
OUT ON A LIMB
Practice English with your teacher
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- Is it ever okay to tell a white lie? When?
선의의 거짓말은 괜찮은 경우가 있나요? 언제요? - Can you usually tell when someone is lying?
누군가가 거짓말하는 것을 보통 알아챌 수 있나요?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
San Francisco, CA, USA. Julia Butterfly, 24, has GONE OUT ON A LIMB for her beliefs. She has SPENT TWO YEARS living in a giant redwood tree in Northern California, 180 feet above the ground. “I’m trying to save this tree,” she says.
Butterfly is a member of Earth First!, an environmental protection group. She and her group are GOING HEAD TO HEAD WITH a lumber company, which owns the forest. The company wants to chop down the 1000-year old trees and sell the wood. To protect the tree, Butterfly stays in it AROUND THE CLOCK. Only 3% of redwood forests remain, ACCORDING TO Butterfly. “The world needs to know that the magnificent redwood forests are almost gone. I’m TAKING A STAND for life
in its beautiful form.”
Butterfly PUTS UP WITH horrible weather. Powerful storms often hit her tree house. She pulls up all her food with a rope. She cannot bathe. Her only convenience is a cell phone to KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HER FAMILY.
Butterfly plans to stay in the tree as long as she can. What does she LOOK FORWARD TO back in civilization? “I’d like to TAKE A HOT SHOWER,” she says.
Comprehension Check
Answer the questions about what you read.
읽은 내용에 대한 질문에 답해 보세요.
- Why is Butterfly in the tree?
- How much time has she spent living there?
- What is Earth First? Why is it going head to head with a lumber company?
- According to Butterfly, why is it important to take a stand?
- What problems does she have to put up with in the tree house?
- Why does she need a cell phone?
- What does Butterfly look forward to?
- Do you think Butterfly has the right to stay in the tree? Why or why not? Complete the dialogue: Two university students are talking about a street demonstration to protest higher tuition costs. Fill in the blanks with the idioms given below and put the verbs in correct form and tense. Around the clock Go head to head with Put up with Keep in touch Go out on a limb According to Tom: Hey, Mira. I heard about the protest march on Saturday. Way to go! Mira: Yeah, we’re really ______________university administration. I’ve been working __________ on it. Tom: You’re brave, girl, to organize this thing. You’re really ________________. Mira: Yeah, well…. Tom: ___________________ my brother, the university president is not too happy about it. Mira: Yeah, I know. But we can’t __________________ that huge tuition increase. It’s not fair. Tom: That’s for sure. Well, I’ve got to run. Good luck on Saturday. Mira: Thanks, so long! _______________________! redwood: a very tall, evergreen, coniferous treenative to the coastal ranges of southern Oregon and central and northern California, having small seed-bearing cones with peltate scales and unflattened branches.beliefs: something believed or accepted as true, especially a particular tenet or a body of tenets accepted by a group of persons.Examples:1) Redwood trees can be as old as a hundred years old!2) It takes sacrifice to stand firmly on one's principles and beliefs. New Idioms and Expressions: Match the idioms and expressions. AB
- go out on a limb a. wash yourself in the shower or bath
- spend time doing something b. communicate regularly
- go head to head with someone c.clearly and loudly declare your point of view
- chop something down d. continuously; without a break
- around the clock e. argue or fight with someone 6.according to someone or something f. do something that could have dangerous consequences
- take a stand g. use time to do something 8.put up with someone or something h. cut something down, usually a tree
- keep in touch with someone i. as said by someone or something 10.look forward to doing something j. endure or tolerate someone or something
- take a shower or bath k. anticipate doing something with pleasure
- Which social or political causes are important to you? Which ones would you go out on a limb for?
- Do you care about the environment? Tell how you help save the earth.
- Are there environment groups in your country?What are their goals?
- Tell about a time when you put up with an inconvenience such as horrible weather or no electrical power?
- Imagine that you are living in a tree for a year. What would be difficult to put up with? What would you look forward to? What would you spend time doing?
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
"search for"는 "~을 검색하다"입니다. 인터넷에서는 "on the Internet"을 씁니다.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- What was the most surprising thing you learned about out on a limb from this passage?
이 지문에서 out on a limb에 대해 가장 놀라웠던 점은 무엇인가요? - How does the topic of out on a limb affect your daily life?
out on a limb 주제가 당신의 일상에 어떻게 영향을 미치나요? - Do you agree with the main argument presented in the reading? Why or why not?
읽기 자료에 제시된 주요 주장에 동의하시나요? 왜 그런가요, 왜 아닌가요? - If you could share one idea from this lesson with a friend, what would it be?
이 수업에서 친구에게 공유하고 싶은 한 가지 아이디어는 무엇인가요?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: OUT ON A LIMB
Level: High Intermediate (H.I)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!