3 The world around us READING Power up 1 How would you feel about working on a farm for a week? What would you find most challenging about it? 2 What do you think you might learn from working with animals or on the land? List three things and share your ideas with the class. Read on 3 Read the article about Jamie's Farm quickly. What is the main purpose of the farm? 4 Read the exam tip and complete the task. exam tip: gapped text Read the text quickly. Then read the missing sentences and see where they can fit. Look at the sentences before and after the gap to make sure that there is a logical progression of ideas. Read the second paragraph of the article. What is the general topic of this paragraph? A the teenagers B the animals C the farming methods used Now read the sentences in Ex 5. Which one applies to your answer above? Check to see it fits grammatically as well. 5 Read the article again. Choose which sentence A-G fits each gap (1-6). There is one extra sentence you do not need. A For many, it is that lack of traffic noise that helps them to see things more clearly. B One of the boys describes how he feels differently now. They would all play a full part in running the farm while at the same time learn more about themselves and how they behave in a different environment. D The teens really like the fact that the staff are always available to chat. This is one of the ways in which the farm organisers make sure they have the least impact on the environment FBut it's pretty certain they'll soon realise that helping an animal to give birth or feeding a baby goat from a bottle is way more important. GOf course, there are fun times too, like jumping in the river or the egg-throwing gamely a Find words or phrases in the article and sentences (A-G) in Ex 5 that mean the following. 1 cutting into pieces (para 1) 2 not have something (sentences A-G) 3 something that a country or person has that they can use (para 2) 4 important or noticeable (para 5 a powerful effect (sentences A-G) 6 do something that you have been told to do (para 6) 7 the power to control (para 6) 8 something that you want and plan to do (para 7) 9 a statement that expresses your opinion (para 10 behaving in an angry and violent way (para 7) Sum up 7 List as many of the experiences of life on Jamie's Farm as you can remember. Work in pairs and share your notes. Speak up 8 What other benefits might inner-city kids get from a stay on a farm like the one in the article? What about country kids living in the city? Discuss as a class. Jamie's offers a taste of the country It's a typical mid-week morning on Jamie's Farm. One group of teens, who would normally be at school at this time, are happily chopping wood outside - with an adult's help, of course. Another group are cleaning out the animals' living areas (ooh, the smell), while a third group are going to dig the vegetable plot. Their next break is for lunch at 1 p.m. when they will all be eating together around the huge farmhouse kitchen table. What are they having for lunch? There will be organic produce from the farm, fresh vegetables and salads, and puddings using home-grown fruit. How else do they manage to do this? Well, by raising animals, consuming solar energy, recycling waste and using natural resources such as rainwater around the farm. When Jamie Feilden, an ex-teacher, together with his mother, Tish Feilden, a psychotherapist, decided to set up Jamie's Farm, his goal was to have a place in the country where groups of inner-city kids could come and stay on a weekly basis. Their hope was that any students who were having emotional difficulties or problems at school would benefit particularly from the experience. On their arrival at the farm, the teens have mixed feelings. Some are afraid of getting dirty; others are panicking because they will definitely have to do without their mobile phones for the week (one of the house rules), as well as giving up sugar. By looking after creatures in these small but significant ways, they will learn how humans and animals are dependent upon each other for their health and happiness. These teens have little or no experience of country life. Most of them have never been in wide-open spaces where all you can hear is the wind blowing in your face and the sound of birdsong. "You can just sit on the grass and think calmly about everything - all your troubles and your worries,' said Charlene on a visit to the farm from Hackney in London. If you catch one whole, you're in; if you catch one and it breaks you're out! There are also horse whispering sessions, where the students can communicate with the horses. Horses will only obey someone who is speaking calmly and with authority, not with anger. This is an extremely valuable lesson to learn. So how do the teenagers feel after their experience at Jamie's Farm? One girl expresses her intentions: 'When I go home. I'm going to change my attitude... I'm just going to try and grow up a bit more". I'll stop and think before I act - I won't just say something that will cause an argument. I've learnt to calm down and be more aware of what I'm about to do. she claims. And one final comment sums up the whole experience: 'You can't be aggressive to a sheep.' Sheep have a field of vision of 300° so they can see behind themselves without having to turn their head. When I go home, I'm going to change my attitude... I'm just going to try and grow up a bit more.

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