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Pre-reading 1. How was your childhood? Do you have good memories about it? Discuss the following questions with your teacher and classmates. a) Where did you grow up in your childhood? Explain. b) What did you use to play when you were a child? Did you use to play alone or with your friends? c) What did you learn in your childhood that you want to use in your life experience? 2. Do you think children who live in the city have a similar or a different childhood from the ones who live in a rural area? With a colleague think about it and make a list, in your notebook, about the similarities and differences. Then, share your ideas with the other students of your class. 3. Now, think about the experience of growing up in a rural area. Observe the pictures and the following sentences. Do you agree with them? If so, which one(s)? Why? pa C a A th a t t KIDS WHO LIVE IN RURAL AREAS CAN HAVE MORE CONTACT WITH NATURE AND BECOME MORE CREATIVE. CHILDREN CAN HAVE MORE CONTACT WITH ANIMALS. LEARN HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEM AND BE MORE RESPONSIBLE. CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN RURAL AREAS HAVE MORE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES TO DO: KIDS WHO LIVE IN RURAL AREA COMMUNITIES HAVE A HEALTHY LIFE BECAUSE THEY CAN EAT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN THEIR DAILY MEALS MORE FREGUENTLY. KIDS WHO LIVE IN RURAL AREAS HAVE MORE CONTACT WITH ELDERLY PEOPLE AND LEARN HOW TO RESPECT THEM. CHILDREN WHO GROW UP IN CONTACT WITH NATURE LEARN HOW TO RESPECT AND PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT EARLIER IF COMPARED WITH THE ONES WHO LIVE IN CITIES. 4. You are going to read a text intitled "Growing up on a farm and the rural experience". What kind of experience do you think you are going to read in this text? Is he talking about a good or bad experience? Talk to a classmate about it.