Student: Makhamatkhujaeva Guzal. Case Study definition

pick-up: small truck
chase: follow 
cattle: cows and bulls
look after: be responsible for 
herd: large group
healthy: in good form
fence: wooden barrier
shortage: absence, not enough 
snake: serpent 
dude: city man 

MODERN COWBOYS

Before writing this article, our reporter talked with a real cowboy in the Wild West of. Here are some of the questions that she asked; imagine how the cowboy answered them.


Interactive exercise
Write your answers into the boxes, adding at least six words

Do you always work on horseback these days?

No.......................................
Moreover, what have you done today?
We've .......................................
Did you do the same yesterday?
No, we.......................................
I see that you are carrying a gun. Is that really necessary?
Oh yes, if.......................................
Is it a good job being a cowboy in the 21st century?
Well.......................................
And could I become a cowboy too, for a week, maybe?
Sure! .......................................

For Teachers

Vocabulary: Can pupils find the opposites of these words, as they read the article? The answers are given below: some of the opposites will certainly not be in your pupils' active vocabulary; they will need to search for them.

Find the opposites of: not yet / rarely / hardly ever / small / useful / sick / abundance / the same as / easy / safe / very poor / useless / departure points /

Answers: still / often / often or very regularly / large / useless / healthy / shortage / different from / hard / dangerous / excellent / useful / destinations /
Pay attention in particular to different from and useful (-ful is always spelt with one "l" as a suffix, not two.)