JAMES STUART Fireman
James, 26, is a fireman. He comes from Scotland, but now he lives in Sussex, England. He works at a small fire station near Brighton. James drives the fire engines. He works 10 days a month. He's at work for 24 hours, and then he has 48 hours off. It's a difficult job, but he likes it.
He's married, with two children, and on his free days he takes Lara (6) to school and enjoys playing with Max (4). He also goes to the gym and he plays snooker.
MAGGIE HOWELL Zoologist
Maggie, 45, is a zoologist. She studies wolves and she's the Director of the Wolf Conservation Centre in New York State. She lives in Connecticut and works with her husband, Spencer. Maggie also visits schools and teaches children about wolves. She works 5 days a week, but she goes to the Wolf Centre on Sundays too, because she likes it there 1
In her free time she reads a lot, and watches TV with her daughter, Eleanor. She also plays tennis, and walks their dog Drew.
The Yanomami and the Amish
The Yanomami are Amazonian Indians and they live in the Brazilian rainforest. A Yanomami family often has six or seven children, and families live all together in one big hut.
The Amish live on farms in the USA. They have big families. They don't have cars, they use horses, and they don't use electricity or phones. They wear old-fashioned clothes.
Guiomar is nine. She gets up early, but she doesn't go to school. She helps her mother to find food and learns how to cook with her. Then Guiomar plays with the other children. She goes to bed when the sun goes down because they don't have lights. It's hot in the rainforest, so she sleeps outside.
'I help my mother with breakfast, and I cook dinner with her, and my grandmother, too. It's hot so l don't usually wear clothes.'
Toin is 11. He likes being with his father. His father doesn't go to work. He hunts in the rainforest, and he teaches Toin to use a bow and arrow. In the evening. Toin eats, sings, and dances with all the other children and their families.
"I don't go to school. I go out with my father and learn how to hunt, sometimes for 2 or 3 days. We usually hunt birds I take my pet monkey with me!"
Tomas is 12. He starts work on the farm in the morning and then has school at home with the other children. He also has homework. On Sundays, he goes to church, and visits other families. He likes playing baseball.
I get up at 5 o'clock and I help my father with the cows. Then I have breakfast. I don't like school - I like doing work and being outside!
Kristina is 14 and she has six brothers and sisters. She doesn't have school now - it stops when you're 14. She cooks, cleans and does the washing with her mother. In the evenings, she reads and plays board games. She likes singing,
"Family life is important for us. I help my mother with the little children. I don't go to bed late - our house doesn't have electric lights. "
The small actress with a big name!
Natalie Portman is American and Israeli. Portman is Natalie's grandmother's name - Natalie's real name is Hershlag. Natalie's father is a doctor and Natalie's mother is an artist. Natalie lives in Los Angeles now - she likes Los Angeles because everyone smiles there'. Natalie works all over the world. Paris and Berlin are two of Natalie's favourite cities and Natalie loves to visit Paris and Berlin.
Natalie is married to the French dancer Benjamin Millepied. Natalie and Benjamin have two children - the children's names are Aleph and Amalia.
Natalie dances and ice-skates in her free time, and loves cooking. Natalie is a vegetarian - she says she doesn't want to eat animals because she loves animals so much.
Natalie has an 10 of 140. Natalie is very interested in psychology and has a degree in psychology from Harvard University, Natalie is only 5' 3" (160 cm), but Natalie is an actress with a very big name.
Unit 2 Work and Family life New headway Elementary
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