Lovers - Reading & Writing
LOVERS
Deborah and Gilbert are both finishing their last year of university. She will be a social worker and he will graduate in geophysics, specializing in oil exploration. They are in love, spend a lot of time together and had planned to be married soon after their graduation. Now, however, Gilbert can't get a job in Western Canada where they want to make their home.
Deborah has had an offer of a job in Vancouver that is well paid. Gilbert has only one job possibility and that is for a five year contract with a company in Saudi Arabia. Although it would be very well paid, he doesn't know if he wants to take it. Deborah couldn't work as a social worker there and she doesn't want to live in a culture that she believes discriminates against women.
Complete the following with a preposition:
YanıtlaSilDeborah and Gilbert are ____________ love. They have been devoted_________ each other _____________ many months.
Until recently they had counted__________ being able to marry soon after their graduation but now they areconcerned_____________ Gilbert's difficulties with getting a job.
Deborah had felt very happy ____________ her job offer in Vancouver but now she worries _______________ Gilbert. They are committed ___________ each other and hate the thought ____________ being apart.
If Gilbert were to take the job in Saudi Arabia they would be provided _____________ plenty of money.
Imagine the following scenario:
Write a paragraph telling what happened. Use the appropriate tenses. Choose an ending for the story.
Deborah and Gilbert are lovers in Vancouver in 1998.
They decide to marry in five years.
Gilbert goes to Saudi Arabia.
Deborah meets a handsome guy in 2000.
Gilbert returns in 2001.
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ROLE PLAY:
Scenario 1:
Gilbert is talking to one or two of his friends. He tells them his problem and they suggest that he should take the job because then he'll have enough to live very well when he returns home. They say that money is the most important. You decide what Gilbert thinks.
Scenario 2:
Deborah is talking to her family. They are proud that she has been offered such a good job. They would worry if she went to Saudi Arabia. They say that five years isn't such a long time and she could visit him there. You decide what Deborah thinks.
Scenario 3:
Deborah and Gilbert are talking to some of their friends who have traveled a lot. They suggest that Deborah live in a country nearby so they can visit each other often. With her university qualifications she could probably get a job. You decide what Deborah and Gilbert think.