Add to My Lessons Pre-Intermediate Instant Lesson™ The Drinks are on Me Pre-Reading Activities A: DiscussionWork with partner and discuss the questions below. 1. Is it legal to buy alcohol in your country? Do you know of any countries where buying alcohol is illegal?2. If you answered 'yes' to question 1, at what age can people in your country buy alcohol? 3. At what age do people in your country start drinking alcohol? Is it different from the answer to question 2? 4. What are some popular alcoholic drinks in your country? 5. Where do people like to drink alcohol? 6. What are some good things about alcohol? What are some bad things about alcohol? B: VocabularyMatch the words below with their correct meanings. to insist to offer champagne anonymous bill delighted end up tip Find the word that means...1. the same as happy (adjective).2. you are willing to do something (verb). 3. you don't want people to know who you are (adjective).4. to say strongly that you want to do something (verb).5. a piece of paper which tells you how much money you have to pay (noun).6. an alcoholic drink (noun).7. you give a small extra amount of money to someone like a waiter (you also pay the bill) (verb).8. you are in a place or a situation after a number of things have happened (phrasal verb). Reading Activities 1. Read the article.Drinks on me! LONDON Wednesday November 28 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people at a London nightclub were delighted when a businessman offered to pay for everybody's drinks -- and ended up with a bill for more than 42,000 pounds ($59,000). The 39-year-old German-born fruit importer, who chose to remain anonymous, walked into Brown'snightclub in Covent Garden, central London, on Saturday night and insisted on buying birthday drinks for the club's owner, Richard Traviss. (Continued/...)Article © 2001 Reuters Limited. Lesson © 2002 www.english-to-go.com Drinks on me! (Continued.../) "I asked for a glass of champagne and he gave me nine bottles,'' Traviss was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail newspaper on Wednesday. ``I thought to myself, 'Who is this guy?''' That was just the beginning. The businessman then asked the DJ to turn down the music and said to the whole club: "The drinks are on me."His bill, which totaled 42,608 pounds including a tip of 4,734 pounds, covered 49 bottles of Cristal Rose champagne at 325 pounds a bottle, 40 bottles of Cristal champagne at 250 pounds each and 20 bottles of Dom Perignon at 225 pounds a time. Article © 2001 Reuters Limited. Lesson © 2002 www.english-to-go.com 2. Number the statements below in the same order as the events in the article.___ The businessman wanted to buy birthday drinks for the club's owner. ___ The businessman asked the DJ to turn down the music. ___ The 39-year-old walked into a London nightclub. ___ The businessman said to the whole club that he would pay for their drinks. ___ The club's owner asked for a glass of champagne but the businessman bought him nine bottles. ___ The businessman ended up paying a bill for 42,000 pounds ($59,000).3. Answer the following questions.1. What did Travis ask for? 2. What did he give him? 3. What did the businessman say to the whole club? 4. How much did he tip the nightclub? 5. Why were the people at the nightclub delighted? 6. How much did the businessman pay? 7. Where did the businessman go? 8. What did the businessman insist on buying? 4. Today's article is about:a. A London nightclub.b. A German businessman.c. Different sorts of champagne.d. A businessman buying all the people in a nightclub a drink.5. Think About It1. Why do you think the businessman bought drinks for all the people in the nightclub? 2. Do you think the businessman meant to buy all of those drinks or was it a mistake?3. If the businessman was your friend, how would you feel about what he did?Post-Reading ActivitiesA: Language In today's article there were these words: "The 39-year-old German-born fruit importer, who chose to remain anonymous, walked into Brown's nightclub.... " This is an example of a non-defining relative clause. A relative clause is used when you want to give more information about something or someone. We use a non-defining relative clause to give extra information about something or someone we already know about. A non-defining relative clause usually has two commas, one before the relative clause and one after it. However, if the non-defining relative clause comes at the end of a sentence, we use a full stop instead of a comma. We use 'who' at the start of the relative clause for people and 'which' for things. Below are some pairs of sentences for you to change. Use a non-defining relative clause to turn the two sentences into one sentence. You will have to use 'who' or 'which'. Example: 1. Katy is coming for dinner tomorrow. (She is learning French with me.) Katy, who is learning French with me, is coming for dinner tomorrow. 2. The book is very good. (Raymond lent it to me.) 3. We often go for walks in the park. (The park is very close to us.) 4. My apartment is very small. (It is in the city center.) 5. My uncle lives in Manila. (He is a doctor.) B: Web Sites If you are interested in doing independent research on the topic of alcohol, here are the addresses of three websites. Visit one of them and make notes on any information you find interesting. (Do NOT just copy information, but try to summarize it in your own words.) Report back your findings to others in your class.http://www.drinksmart.org/alcohol.html http://www.wrecked.co.uk/ Finland and Alcohol: http://www.niksula.cs.hut.fi/~abyss/alcohol.html C: WritingWrite about three paragraphs describing how you think alcohol should be used. (i.e. people shouldn't drink any alcohol / people should only drink a little alcohol, etc.)Look back at the discussion questions in Pre-Reading Activity A to give you some ideas. Give some strong reasons for your opinions. ANSWER KEY Pre-Reading Activities B. Vocabulary - Answers1. delighted 2. to offer 3. anonymous 4. to insist 5. bill 6. champagne7. tip8. end up Number the statements below in the same order as the events in the article.1. The businessman wanted to buy birthday drinks for the club's owner. 2. The businessman asked the DJ to turn down the music. 3. The 39-year-old walked into a London nightclub. 4. The businessman said to the whole club that he would pay for their drinks. 5. The club's owner asked for a glass of champagne but the businessman bought him nine bottles. 6. The businessman ended up paying a bill for 42,000 pounds ($59,000). Answer the following questions.1. a glass of champagne2. nine bottles (of champagne)3."The drinks are on me."4. 4,734 pounds 5. a businessman offered to pay for their drinks6. 42,000 pounds ($59,000)7. Brown's nightclub, Covent Garden, central London8. birthday drinks for the owner of the club, Richard TravissToday’s Article is About: The correct answer is d. Think About It - Answers1. Answers will vary.2. He probably did, as he said "the drinks are on me." It is unclear whether he would have felt pleased about what he had done the next morning when he thought about the bill. 3. Answers will vary.Post-Reading Activities Use a non-defining relative clause to turn the two sentences into one sentence. You will have to use 'who' or 'which'. Answers 2. The book, which Raymond lent me, is very good. 3. 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