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Doc. 1Cold domineering parents

Doc. 2Empty-nest syndrome

Les candidats traiteront l’un des deux sujets : sujet 1 (a + b) ou sujet 2.

1 a. Finally, Ken comes home for Christmas. Write the dialogue between father and son (120 words).

b. Many students leave home to study. Would you like to do that? Who or what can influence your decision (80 words)?

2 You are about to leave home to study at university and you want information about the everyday life of a student.

Write the e-mail you send to a friend who is already studying at university.

Write the answers he/she e-mails back.

E-mail one

Ask your friend:

– how he/she feels about this change in his/her life.

– how to choose a place to live.

– what it was like to become independent.

E-mail two

– Imagine the answers to the questions asked in e-mail one.

– Explain how it feels to live without your parents.

(200 words)