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Ferrari is one of the greatest names in automobile history. It conjures up images of speed, power and beauty. It was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 as a racing team. He had no plans to manufacture cars for the road. The original name was Scuderia Ferrari, which translates as ‘Team Ferrari’. He decided to make street-legal cars in 1947. The company has since enjoyed unrivaled success in Formula One motorsport and an unparalleled reputation and glamorous image for its sports cars. The company is famous for its “Ferrari red” cars and the prancing horse logo. Ferrari also branched out into merchandising its brand. It makes sunglasses, luxury pens, perfume, high-tech bicycles and watches. It also opened Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, where visitors can ride on a special rollercoaster to experience the g-force of a 0-100kph-in-2 seconds F-1 car.

1. BRAINSTORM CHAT: Write all the words you can think of about Ferrari on the board or on a piece of paper. Talk about these words with your partner(s).

2. FERRARI MORNING: Each student pretends to be an employee of Ferrari. They walk around the class and talk about the company and their job.

3. RUMOURS: Each student writes down a pretend rumour about Ferrari. They then walk around the class and talk to other students about their rumour.

4. GOOD AND BAD: Brainstorm good and bad things about Ferrari and write them on the board. Students talk about these in pairs.

5. TRUE OR FALSE: Students find out several facts about Ferrari. They write these down and add the same number of things about the company that are false. Students test each other on which of their points are true or false.

6. FACTS: In groups, students write down as many facts as they can about Ferrari. The winner is the group with the most facts. Teacher may wish to have groups share their facts to make sure they are real.

  LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

Ferrari ______________________ names in automobile history. It ______________________ of speed, power and beauty. It was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 as a racing team. He had no ______________________ cars for the road. The original name was Scuderia Ferrari, which translates as ‘Team Ferrari’. He decided to make street-legal cars in 1947. The ______________________ unrivaled success in Formula One motorsport and an ______________________ and glamorous image for its sports cars. The company is famous for its “Ferrari red” cars and the ______________________. Ferrari also branched out into merchandising its brand. It makes sunglasses, luxury pens, perfume, ______________________ watches. It also opened Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, where visitors can ride on a special rollercoaster to experience the g-force of ______________________ F-1 car.

  CORRECT THE SPELLING

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  UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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  PUNCTUATE & PUT CAPITALS IN THE TEXT

ferrari is one of the greatest names in automobile history it conjures up images of speed power and beauty it was founded by enzo ferrari in 1929 as a racing team he had no plans to manufacture cars for the road the original name was scuderia ferrari which translates as ‘team ferrari’ he decided to make street-legal cars in 1947 the company has since enjoyed unrivaled success in formula one motorsport and an unparalleled reputation and glamorous image for its sports cars the company is famous for its “ferrari red” cars and the prancing horse logo ferrari also branched out into merchandising its brand it makes sunglasses luxury pens perfume high-tech bicycles and watches it also opened ferrari world in abu dhabi where visitors can ride on a special rollercoaster to experience the g-force of a 0-100kph-in-2 seconds f-1 car

  CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

Ferrari .......... (be) one of the greatest names in automobile history. It .......... (conjure) up images of speed, power and beauty. It was .......... (found) by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 as a racing team. He .......... (have) no plans to manufacture cars for the road. The original name .......... (be) Scuderia Ferrari, which .......... (translate) as ‘Team Ferrari’. He .......... (decide) to make street-legal cars in 1947. The company has since .......... (enjoy) unrivaled success in Formula One motorsport and an unparalleled reputation and glamorous image for its sports cars. The company .......... (be) famous for its “Ferrari red” cars and the prancing horse logo. Ferrari also .......... (branch) out into merchandising its brand. It .......... (make) sunglasses, luxury pens, perfume, high-tech bicycles and watches. It also .......... (open) Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, where visitors can .......... (ride) on a special rollercoaster to experience the g-force of a 0-100kph-in-2 seconds F-1 car.

  REWRITE WITH SPACES

Ferrariisoneofthegreatestnamesinautomobilehistory.Itconjuresupimagesofspeed,power
andbeauty.ItwasfoundedbyEnzoFerrariin1929asaracingteam.Hehadnoplanstomanufacture
carsfortheroad.TheoriginalnamewasScuderiaFerrari,whichtranslatesas‘TeamFerrari’.He
decidedtomakestreet-legalcarsin1947.ThecompanyhassinceenjoyedunrivaledsuccessinFormulaOnemotorsport
andanunparalleledreputationandglamorousimageforitssportscars.Thecompanyisfamous
forits“Ferrarired”carsandtheprancinghorselogo.Ferrarialsobranchedoutintomerchandising
itsbrand.Itmakessunglasses,luxurypens,perfume,high-techbicyclesandwatches.ItalsoopenedFerrariWorldinAbuDhabi,wherevisitorscanrideona
specialrollercoastertoexperiencetheg-forceofa0-100kph-in-2secondsF-1car.

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  PROJECT FERRARI

Part 1. Your mission is to increase the profits and sales of Ferrari. Complete this  table with your project partner(s):

Part 2. Change partners and look at their project. Suggest improvements. Ask for advice on your project:

Part 3. Make a presentation on your project. Give it to the class. Vote the best projects.

  FERRARI – ROLE PLAY 1

  FERRARI – ROLE PLAY 2

  JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAY

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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  FERRARI SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about Ferrari in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

  WRITING 1 – SPEED WRITING

Write anything about Ferrari for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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  WRITING 2 – LETTER OF COMPLAINT

Write a letter to Ferrari. Complain about one of its products. Ask for a refund. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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  WRITING 3 – LETTER OF APOLOGY

Write a letter of apology to the customer. Explain why you cannot give a refund. Show your partner your letter. Correct each other’s work.

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  HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about Ferrari. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about Ferrari. What have they done recently? What are their plans? Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. FERRARI POSTER Make a poster about Ferrari. Make sure you sell the company to the public.  Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY FERRARI LESSON: Make your own English lesson on Ferrari. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.

6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on Ferrari. Share your findings with the class.