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Babies given away on Pakistan TV show (4th August, 2013)

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	baby	a.	his show
2.	a popular	b.	couples
3.	childless	c.	celebrity
4.	He usually gives	d.	worked
5.	be more	e.	girls
6.	The baby giveaway	f.	boy next week
7.	more people watched	g.	popular during Ramadan
8.	He will give away a baby	h.	away computers

PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	A charity found	a.	animals
2.	in the	b.	waited 17 years
3.	hurt by	c.	up
4.	It wants the babies to	d.	the babies
5.	It talks to new	e.	mother
6.	New mother Soraya Bilquis	f.	parents many times
7.	grow	g.	street
8.	call me	h.	get a good home

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

A TV show (1) ___________________ baby girls. A (2) ___________________, Aamir Liaquat Hussain, gave the babies to two (3) ___________________. He usually gives away computers. Maybe he gave babies to (4) ___________________ during Ramadan. The baby (5) ___________________ because more people watched his show. He (6) ___________________ a baby boy next week.

A charity found the babies (7) ___________________. It often finds babies there. Some of them are dead or (8) ___________________. It wants the babies (9) ___________________ home. It talks (10) ___________________ many times. New mother Soraya Bilquis (11) ___________________ for her new baby. She said she was very happy, "because someone (12) ___________________ call me mother."

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

ATVshowgaveawaytwobabygirls.Apopularcelebrity,AamirLiaqua
tHussain,gavethebabiestotwochildlesscouples.Heusuallygivesa
waycomputers.MaybehegavebabiestobemorepopularduringRam
adan.Thebabygiveawayworkedbecausemorepeoplewatchedhiss
how.Hewillgiveawayababyboynextweek.Acharityfoundthebabie
sinthestreet.Itoftenfindsbabiesthere.Someofthemaredeadorhur
tbyanimals.Itwantsthebabiestogetagoodhome.Ittalkstonewpare
ntsmanytimes.NewmotherSorayaBilquiswaited17yearsforherne
wbaby.Shesaidshewasveryhappy,"becausesomeonewillgrowup
andcallmemother."

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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WRITING

Write about babies for 10 minutes. Read and talk about your partner's paper.

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