## Step 4 - Reading

Reading
Do you have regular family get together? Or does your family meet just once a year?
Do you suffer from hypercopresence? Do you know what that is?
Read the sentence and choose the best situation to illustrate hypercopresence.
Quickly read the first paragraph and check your answer.

1. Everyone comes to our house at Christmas – it’s such a lovely time spending time with my family.
2. We usually go to Grandma’s for Christmas. We have a big family and it can be really stressful. There are lots of people, and lots of noise and then Mum always argues with Uncle Brad. Every year!
3. Christmas is a time of giving and that is what I love most about it. Everyone giving something to someone else. It’s really great.

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Strict schedules and cramped conditions cause 'hypercopresence'

Read the article and answer the questions.

1. (par 2) Why do people argue over this period?
2. (par 2) Who does them refer to?
3. (par 3) How do people feel when everything is so organised?
4. (par 5) What is the shower an example of? Can you think of another example?
5. (par 6/7/8) What are the suggestions to avoid tension?
6. (par 9) What is said about mobile phones?

Now read the article again.

- Which aspects are true for you?
- Do think that hypercopresence is a real phenomenon?

Write your ideas down.