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SPEAKING

A Talking on your

own

to speak for

A and B. Try

Work in pairs as

Student

about one

minute.

and compare

the book

covers.

Student

A:

Describe

why.

might

read each book, and

Say who

books

what the

Student

B:

Describe

and compare

find

might

be about and where you might

Say

which

book would

interest

them.

you most

.

B

Finding out about each other

Ask your

partners:

.

they read in their own language

•

what

things

•

when they read

these things

.

•

when they last

bought

a book.

bought

it.

why they

•

what kind of book it was and

READING

Study the summary

which

was printed on the back

Then answer the

novel.

cover of a romantic

questions.

for Carl

Anderson

for three years

Laura had

worked

But it was

beginning.

and had loved him since the

but an

efficient

clear that he saw her as

nothing

his engagement

secretary

-

and when he announced

seem

Rosemary

Carlton,

that would

to the

beautiful

. However,

was concerned

to be that as far as Laura

Carl was

badly injured in

shortly

before

the wedding,

again.

never walk

and told he might

an accident

Laura

out on him. When Carl asked

Rosemary

walked

gladly accepted

.

Had her

chance of

to marry him, she

loved

But what if

Carl still

happiness

come at last?

if Rosemary

And what

would

happen

Rosemary?

life again?

into Carl's

came back

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UNIT

1

Who is in love

with whom?

2

How do you think Laura felt when Carl announced

his engagement

to Rosemary?

.

3

Explain why Carl did not marry Rosemary

4

Describe what happened after Rosemary left.

5

Describe some of the things you think a typical

reader would

want to find out after reading

the

summary.

VOCABULARY

A Which word does not belong with the other

three?

Explain why not.

Example: love

like

hate

desire

~

Hate. It's the opposite of 'love' and very different

in meaning from

the other two

words.

ugly

1

beautiful

handsome

good-looking

reliable

attractive

earnest

2

dependable

3

efficient

lovely

capable

hard-working

4

lazy

dirty

dishonest

reliable

5

generous

jealous

kind

sincere

sincere

frank

honest

6

unreliable

B

Answer these

questions about

the words above.

1

Which words suggest good characteristics?

2

Which words

suggest bad characteristics?

tell you how someone looks?

3

Which words

a

do people tend to use more about

4

Which words

woman's looks

than a man's

looks?

5

Which words

tell you only about a person's

character or working-habits?

6

Which words suggest that

a person usually tells the

truth?

C

Use the words in capital letters to form a word

that fills

each space. An example is given (0).

When Rosemary

first saw

Carl, she was strongly

_

(O)ah'racledto him.

He was

one of the

(l}.

men she had ever seen. She

knew that he felt a strong

so it was only natural that

(2)

for

her, as well,

each other

(3)

. The

they began seeing

later.

engagement

came a month

(4)

of their

to

When Laura heard the news, she tried very hard

hide her (5)

. Then she realized that it was

of her to feel that way. She

had

very (6)

with the

(7)

that Carl admired

always lived

of her (8)

as his secretary

.

her only because

The (91-

that she might be more than that had

never occurred to him.

(lO}

a

ATTRACT

6

FOOL

7

KNOW

1

GOOD-LOOKING

2

ATTRACT

8

EFFICIENT

9

THINK

3

REGULAR

10

SIMPLE

4

ANNOUNCE

5

DISAPPOINT

LANGUAGE

STUDY

Prepositions

A Complete this text with the correct prepositions

.

Everyone knows the famous story (l) __ Romeo

and Juliet. When Romeo saw Juliet, he immediately

fell

(2}__ love (3)__ her.

It was love (41-__

first sight. He

wanted to get married (5)

her but

both his and her family were opposed (6)__ the idea.

Nevertheless,

Romeo and Juliet could not forget

their

each other. One evening Romeo

took

love (7)

each

Juliet (8)__ the hand. They gazed

(9}

kissed

other. Then he took her (lO}

his arms and

had a

her

(ll)__ the lips. Soon

afterwards, Romeo

fight (12)__ Juliet's cousin and killed him.

B Discuss the story in pairs or groups. Ask

your

partners questions like these.

after Romeo

?

•

Can you remember what happened

killed

?

•

How do you think Juliet felt when Romeo

•

Do you remember how the story.

" ?

Question structures

C

Study the difference in structure between the

two questions in each pair.

1

Why did Romeo kill Juliet's brother?

brother?

Why do you think

Romeo killed

Juliet's

'2

How did Juliet

feel?

How do you think Juliet felt?

D

Rewrite the second sentence in each pair.

Use no

more than five words including

the word in bold.

Do NOT change this word.

story?

1

In your opinion, is this an interesting

think

Do you

interesting story?

'2

Why were the two families opposed to the

marriage?

think

Why do you

opposed to

the marriage?

too? Or have you forgotten?

3

Did Juliet love Romeo,

remember

Can you

Romeo,

too?

get married?

Have you forgotten?

4

Did they ever

married?

remember

Can you

Can you tell me

5

Did the story have a happy ending?

that?

Do you

a happy ending?

know

6

In your opinion, did Romeo really

love Juliet?

Juliet?

think

Do you

7

When did you first hear this story?

Can you tell me

that?

Can you

._ this story?

remember

8

In your opinion, was Shakespeare

a great writer?

a great writer?

think

Do you

WRITING

Story 2

You may be asked to write a story ending with

a

past

particular sentence. You can use the simple past,

perfect and past continuous to help you make the

order of events

clear.

A

Sample task and answer

Write a short story of about

180 words ending

with the following

sentence:

Take knew he was

saved.

It was already nearly six o'clock, and darkness

was

falling. Although

Jake was quite high up the

mountain, he couldn't see very far. The mist was

getting thicker all the time, and the rain was

coming

down harder.

He couldn't understand where he had gone wrong.

When he had set out that morning, the weather had

been fine. Halfway through the morning, he had

Now,

decided to take

a short cut across the mountain.

look at the map, he realized

that he

as he sat down to

must have taken the wrong path. He had no idea

where he was.

He stood up, feeling the cold

rain

trickling down his back, and set off.down the side of

the mountain

.

Two hours later, it was completely dark. As he

stumbled and fell, Jake knew he was really lost and

began to wonder whether he would ever get back

alive. Exhausted,

he finally collapsed beside a large

rock.

a car

Some time later, he heard what sounded like

engine. He hurried towards it and soon found himself

on a rough track. He turned his head, and in the

distance saw the car's headlights coming towards

him. Jake knew he was saved.

B

Put the events of the story in the correct

order.

The first one has been done for you.

•

It got completely

dark.

1

•

He set out on the journey.

•

The weather

changed.

•

He saw the

car.

•

He found himself on a track.

•

He noticed the weather was

good.

•

He decided to take a short

cut.

•

He collapsed by a rock.

•

He heard a car.

•

He realized he had gone the wrong way.

C

Look at the story again. Find two examples

where the same tense is used

to:

1

set the scene at the beginning of the story and

describe what was happening at

the time.

of

2

describe what happened before the beginning

the story.

other

3

describe events that take place one after the

in the story and are all seen as complete

actions.

D

Complete this story with the correct form

of the

verb in brackets

.

It was half past eight. Jennifer (1 sit)

alone in

the

restaurant waiting for Patrick to arrive.

She

not

(2 pretend) to read the menu and

(3 try) very hard

to appear worried that he wouldn't

come.

Suddenly he (4 be) there beside her. He told her

how lovely she looked, and she

(5 be) glad that

she

(6 take) particular care that evening

. She (7 choose)

his favourite dress and (8 put) on

the necklace

that he

(9 give) her for

her birthday.

Dinner was wonderful. They enjoyed the food and

(10 talk) happily

throughout the

meal. As they

(11 be)

from

about to leave, Patrick (12 take) a small package

his pocket and (13 give) it to Jennifer.

It (14 be) a ring!

E

Writing task

Write a short story ending with this sentence:

to

With a sigh of relief, he realized that

he was going

be all right.

F

You may use the following

notes.

Sahara

•

Write about a friend in a car rally across the

desert. Half way across, his car broke down.

the

•

Paragraph

1: Imagine your friend and his car in

desert. Describe the scene -

say what the weather

was like, what he could see

and hear, how

he felt,

and what he was doing at this moment. Use

the

past continuous form (was doing) for some of the

verbs. For

stative verbs like see, hear, use he could

see . . . etc.

•

Paragraph

2:

Talk about how he got

into

this

situation and about some of the events that took

place from the beginning of the race until the

car

broke down.

Use mainly the past perfect (GS

13.2.4) - for example: The race had

started very

at the start.

well, and he had made good progress

next. Give

•

Paragraph 3:

Talk about what happened

details of what he did and how he managed to be

-

rescued. Use mainly the past simple (GS

13.2.1)

for example: In the distance, he saw a large

sand

dune and began to walk towards

it.

•

Make sure you end the story with the sentence

you are given.

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