Contents1TextATheLittlestFire-fighterLanguageinUseTextBAuction

Warm-upQuestions:2Warm-upQuestions:1.Whatwasyourdreamwhenyouwereachild?2.Howdidyourfamilyandwell-wishershelpyoutomakeyourdreamcometrue?

Pre-classTask13Pre-classTask1Readthetextonceforthemainidea(s).Donotrefertothenotes,theglossary,ordictionaries.

TextATheLittlestFire-fighter4PassageThe26-year-oldmotherstareddownathersonwhowasdyingofterminalleukemia.Althoughherheartwasfilledwithsadness,shealsohadastrongfeelingofdetermination.Likeanyparent,shewantedhersontogrowupandfulfillallhisdreams.Nowthatwasnolongerpossible.Theleukemiawouldseetothat.Butshestillwantedhersonsdreamstocometrue.1

5PassageShetookhersonshandandasked,“Billy,didyoueverthinkaboutwhatyouwantedtobeonceyougrewup?Didyoueverdreamandwishwhatyouwoulddowithyourlife?”“Mommy,IalwayswantedtobeafiremanwhenIgrewup.”Momsmiledbackandsaid,“Letsseeifwecanmakeyourwishcometrue.”23TextATheLittlestFire-fighter

6PassageLaterthatdayshewenttoherlocalfiredepartmentinPhoenix,Arizona,whereshemetFiremanBob,whohadaheartasbigasPhoenix.Sheexplainedhersonsfinalwishandaskedifitmightbepossibletogivehersix-year-oldsonaridearoundtheblockonafireengine.4TextATheLittlestFire-fighter

7PassageFiremanBobsaid,“Look,wecandobetterthanthat.IfyoullhaveyoursonreadyatsevenoclockWednesdaymorning,wellmakehimanhonoraryfiremanforthewholeday.Hecancomedowntothefirestation,eatwithus,gooutonallthefirecalls,thewholenineyards!Andifyoullgiveushissizes,wellgetarealfireuniformforhim,witharealfirehat—notatoyone—withtheemblemofthePhoenixFireDepartmentonit,ayellowstickerlikewewearandrubberboots.TheyreallmanufacturedrighthereinPhoenix,sowecangetthemfast.”5TextA