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1 Students list additional advice for each part of the 
brochure, e.g. Windows: Never leave windows open while 
you are out; Doors: Change the locks when you move 
into a new house – you don’t know who else has got 
the keys; Around the home: Use time switches to turn on 
lights and TV when you’re out
.
2 Tell students to imagine that they – and their family – are 
going away next week and their house/fl at will be empty. 
Get them to suggest the things they can do to make their 
home as safe from burglary as possible.
3 Students suggest ways to reduce the risk of fi re in the 
home.
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Unit
5 
Picasso’s birthplace
Ask students where they were born. Ask if anyone in the class 
(or any members of their families) has an interesting birthplace.
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Check the answers with the class. Then ask students if they can 
give more specifi c information about where Picasso was born, grew 
up, spent his adult life and died. For example: He died at Mougins 
near Cannes in the south of France
. Ask students if they have seen 
any of Picasso’s works. Where and when did they see them?
A
 Picasso museums
Elicit that students are going to read about more than one 
museum.
1 Check students know where Málaga is (Spain).