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C.Now work in small groups and see how many of the following questions you can answer. When you have answered as many as possible, listen to the recording again and try to complete your answers.

1.Who is interested in sign language?

2.What are Liz Bullock’s interests?

3.How many harmoniums has Ian got?

4.Is Vera interested in history?

5.What interest do Basil and Jeanette share?

6.What interest do Vera and H-A share?

7.Is the person who worries about money interested in antiques?

8.How many people are interested in reading?

9.Who has the most interests?

10.One of the interests in the list is not mentioned in

the interviews. Which?

D.Labels:

a.Write three words on a piece of paper that say something about you.

Example: engineer, skiing, cooking.

b.Put the paper on yourself and look round you, reading labels and trying to find someone whose label interests you.

c.Interview the person, asking as many questions as you can think of.

d.Report to the group, giving detailed description of your

partner’s interests.

Exercise3. A.Readthispoem.Whichofthefollowingisitabout:givingup Vocabulary smoking, being in love, liking music or liking literature?

Giving Up Smoking

There’s not a Shakespeare sonnet Or a Beethoven quartet

That’s easier to like than you Or harder to forget.

You think that sounds extravagant? I haven’t finished yet –

I like you more than I would like

To have a cigarette. (by Wendy Cope)

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B.Which of the following things would you find most difficult to give up if you were asked to do so?

C.Read these comments and say which you sympathize and why.

1.I really dislike the habit.

2.I would hate to think that a child of mine would start smoking.

3.People seem to detest me just because I smoke. Well, why not? I like smoking.

4.I don’t care for cigarettes. They are extremely unpleasant.

5.I get a kick out of smoking. I’d just like to see someone try to stop me!

6.I used to be a smoker, but now I’ve taken an intense dislike to the habit – it’s distasteful and harmful.

7.There’s nothing I loathe more than people who’ve given up smoking. They’re so self-righteous. I’m not that keen on it, but yes, I enjoy the occasional cigarette.

8.I have a love-hate relationship with cigarettes. I mean I love smoking but I hate what it might do to me.

9.Cigarettes do not tempt me in the slightest. They never have. And I can’t stand being in public places which are full of smokers.

D.Put the italicized verbs from the comments in exercise C into the table below.

Add the following words to the table:

Use the words and expressions in the sentences of your own.

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Exercise 4. A. Complete the chart.

Word Form

B.Complete the blanks with the correct form of the word in brackets.

a.Heavy drinking is really (harm)______ to the liver.

b.The sight of someone who has had too much to drink is really (disgust)___.

c.Some people are (captivate)_____ by the confidence of people who have had a drink or two.

d.Most of us, however, tend to (repulse)_____ the advances of inebriated people.

e.Once you have had a drink there is a strong (tempt)_____ to have another.

f.People who have had a lot to drink often find members of the opposite sex more (entice)_____ than they do when they are sober.

g.There are two kinds of drinkers; those that are (love)_____ and that are (detest)_____.

h.The main thing – if you want to drink – is not to become (addict)_____

to the stuff.

Exercise 5. A. Are the verbs in the table followed by to + Infinitive or

Word Useby an -ing verb? Tick the boxes.

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Qualifying Words B. Match the sentences a, b, c with their meanings 1, 2, 3.

D. Based on the previous exercise, say which of the qualifying words in the box:

a. are used with more neutral words

b. are used with stronger words for liking and disliking c. can be used with either

E. Express your attitude to the following:

For example:

‘I’m keen on Mozart.’ – ‘Oh, I simply adore his music!’

a.‘I hate her dress, don’t you?’

b.‘He’s a very selfish person. I don’t like him at all.’

c.‘I preferred her third husband. This one’s incredibly stupid.’

d.‘This meat is absolutely delicious. I just love beef.’

e.‘God, I hate heavy metal music.’

f.‘There’s nothing I enjoy more than a night in a discotheque.’

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Exercise 6. These people are talking about Ralph’s music. Complete the Metaphor/ the chart with the names of the speakers.

Idiom

Paul: I’m really into it.

Keith: I would call myself an aficionado. Kate: Ralph’s music leaves me cold.

Anne: He’s not up to much, as far as I’m concerned. Jenny: Ralph’s music? I can take it or leave it.

Liz: I’m a real fan of his music.

Irma: Frankly, it really gets on my nerves.

Tim: I’m an admirer of his, but I don’t like his latest record. Brian: I’m not really bothered.

John: He’s out of this world!

0.What verb + preposition beginning with A means you 0. approve of have a favourable opinion of someone or something?

1.A 9-letter adjective beginning with F and ending with -IC 1. ______

that describes your feelings about something wonderful.

3.A plural noun of 15 letters beginning with C that you use 3. ______

to express your pleasure at someone’s success.

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with W. (7 letters)

15. What 10-letter adjective beginning with C would you use 15. _____

‘mistaken’?

22. What adjective beginning with C and ending with N means 22. _____

‘rough’ or ‘socially unacceptable’? (6 letters)

Exercise 8. Are you a sociable person?

Quiz

Fulfill the tasks and then speak about your attitude towards friends and friendship.

Task 1. Answer these questions. The answers should be either ‘yes’ or ‘no’.

1.Has any of your friends ever deceived you?

2.Do you think you know people well?

3.Do you prefer to travel alone?

4.Do you like to meet other people often?

5.Do you know all the people who live in your house?

Task 2. Which statements, in your opinion, are correct?

1.Friends cannot be substituted by either music, or arts, or films, or poetry, or sports and games.

2.Even your friend will leave you in trouble.

3.First think of your friend and then of yourself.

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4.You should not demand of your friends too much.

5.The more friends you have, the better.

Task 3. Of these seven good features select two which you would like to see in your friend. You’d like your friend to be:

Now that you’ve fulfilled all the tasks, check the result:

If your score is less than 140 points you are not sociable. It is not because you yourself can’t make a good friend. It’s rather because you do not believe that there is real friendship. Learn to trust people.

A score of 141 to 180 points shows that you know people well and make friends easily. You have good friends you can rely on, and you yourself never let your friends down.

A score of over 181 points gives you a full right to say: ‘Well, friends? I have quite a lot. I hardly know how many I have.’ But are they your real friends? Of course you make friends easily, but can as easily hurt their feelings and lose them.

Exercise 9. Makeupdialoguesaboutoneofthefollowing,showingyour Discussion attitudes towards it:

*pop music * alcohol * drugs * football hooligans * make-up * opera or ballet

Exercise10. Individually,writedowntwopethates(thingsthatyoureally Writing can’t stand) and two wild enthusiasms (things you are crazy about). You can write anything you like, but here are some

suggestions.

* weather * fashion * entertainment * transport * people’s behaviour and moods * games

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UNIT 23. ATTITUDES AND RELATIONSHIPS

Exercise 1. Read through the text below to check on some of the language Reading we use to describe our feelings for other people – from

adoring them to tolerating them to hating them. Actually, the text goes about animals. Can you guess which animal is meant in each case? The first letters of the names

can help you.

Tim and Lenny can’t stand each other. They loathe each other, hate the sight of each other. Lenny seems to envy Tim his stripes and Tim is envious of Lenny’s spots.

We all have great respect for Leo; respect mingled with fear. Sammy frightens everyone. Even Tim and Lenny keep out of his

way, and Leo admits to being slightly afraid of him. The chickens are terrified of him and the rabbits are petrified; they nearly have a heart attack if you just go up behind them and hiss.

Clarence always seems to have a chip on his shoulder – as if he has a grudge against the whole animal kingdom. The others ignore him.

Everyone looks up to George.

Zoe and Pat are very close. They seem to enjoy each other’s company and get on very well together. I suppose they have a lot in common, same taste in clothes etc. Penny, who has a love-hate relationship with Pat, is getting jealous, though.

Percy makes everyone feel a bit uneasy; none of us can really relax in his company. We all remember past pricks and so are wary of him.

Nobody trusts Charlie; they say you never know what he’s thinking. Dear Henry is amused by everything and everybody.

Everyone keeps their distance from Ronny.

Everyone admires hardworking Sarah. She impressed us all last autumn particularly.

Oswald is very badly treated. Everyone looks down on him; even wise old Orville regards him with contempt. The poor chap, he’s developed an inferiority complex, just because he can’t fly.

There’s general sympathy for Harry. I’m not sure whether we pity him for his ugliness or feel sorry for him having to carry all this weight around.

We’re all very fond of Donna, but she seems quite indifferent to us. (I get the feeling that she’s only in love with herself, just sitting around all day singing protest songs about Love and Peace and things.) It’s difficult to get through to her.

Gordon is fascinated by the butterflies, absolutely captivated. They seem to find him pretty intriguing, too.

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To a man, we’re all bored stiff by, fed up with and sick to death of Polly, who goes on all day about nothing in particular.

We detest and despise Valerie for giving us all a bad name. Everybody despairs of Lou and his friends, throwing themselves

off cliffs like that.

We resent Bruin’s and Bunny’s popularity with children; their dressing up in people’s clothes is definitely frowned on.

Secretly, I think we all still miss Dudley.

Exercise 2. A. ’Animal Language’.

Vocabulary Some words traditionally connected with animals can be used when speaking about people as well.

Choose the suitable characteristic:

Practice B. Use the expressions below (and possibly above!) to say or write a true statement about the way you relate to people you know or to particular groups of people. You may need to add a preposition.

Example: be in love I’ve been in love with Carlos since we were children.

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Exercise 3. Types of relationships.

Vocabulary A. Here is a scale showing closeness and distance in relationships in different contexts:

Read the notes below and say if you have found this information new and useful:

Mate is a colloquial word for a good friend. It can also be used in compounds to describe a person you share something with, e.g. classmate, shipmate, workmate, flat mate. Workmate is usual in non-professional contexts; colleague is more common among professional people.

Fiancé / fiancée can still be used for someone you are engaged to, but a lot of people feel it is dated nowadays. You will sometimes see husband / wife-to-be in journalistic style.

English has no universally accepted word for ‘person I live with but am not married to’, but ‘partner’ is probably the commonest.

Excan be used with or without (informally) another word, e.g. She’s my ex / ex-girlfriend.

B. Match these words with the definitions below.

Someone who:

a.is associated with you in business or plays sport with you.

b.helps you in war or confrontation.

c.you know only superficially.

d.you disagree with violently and dislike.

e.keeps your company.

f.you have a sexual relationships with.

g.is a member of the same political or military group as you.

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