- •Contents
- •5. Use these words to complete these expressions with age:
- •6. Now use the expressions in the sentences below:
- •7. Find the mistake in each sentence. Write the correct sentence into the box.
- •Read the text and do the assignments.
- •How do you understand the expression in bold? Define it using the text and the examples below:
- •Answer the questions in the last passage.
- •Vocabulary – The Stages of Life
- •1. Now add the correct words to complete the sentences:
- •2. Vocabulary Quiz
- •3. Put these words into the following sentences:
- •Use these words in the patterns below:
- •5. Match the beginnings of these sentences with the endings below:
- •6. Important events in people's lives.
- •7. The best day of my life.
- •Family Vocabulary
- •Describe a family tree:
- •Different types of family
- •Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences below:
- •Family by Vivien.
- •Explain the meaning of the words and expressions in bold. Use them in your own sentences.
- •Choose the correct answer. There can be more than one variant.
- •Each paragraph of the text is an answer to a certain question. Ask these questions and let your group mates answer them.
- •Speak on Vivien’s family as if you were one of her brothers. Family by Thomas.
- •Say: What do they do? Where do they work?
- •2. Unscramble the letters to find the jobs:
- •3.What are they?
- •Related terms: translate and make up your own examples.
- •3. Choose the best (most logical) response to complete each of the following sentences:
- •There are many different ways to express leaving or losing a job.
- •4.Act out a dialogue: a Job Interview
- •Vocabulary – Friends
- •He's my best friend
- •2.Other words for friend
- •3. Making friends
- •4. Why people are friends
- •Friendship by Vivien
- •Say whether the following statements are true or false. In case they are false give the right answer.
- •Speak about Vivien’s friends. Friendship by Thomas
- •Explain the meaning of the words and expressions in bold. Use them in your own sentences.
- •Each paragraph of the text is an answer to a certain question. Ask these questions and let your group mates answer them.
- •Choose the right answer.
- •Say whether the following statements are true or false. In case they are false give the right answer.
- •Comment on the italicized parts of the text. Do you agree with all Thomas’ ideas concerning friendship.
- •Point out the main factors which are important in friendship.
- •Problems in a friendship. Complete the following letters to a magazine problem page with these words and phrases:
- •Vocabulary – Love and Romance
- •Complete the following text with the words and phrases below:
- •Starting a relationship
- •Read the following sentences and put the words and phrases into the correct column below:
- •4.Match the beginnings of the phrases on the left with the endings on the right:
- •5. Use these expressions in the situations below:
- •3. Before the wedding
- •4. People at the wedding
- •5. The vows
- •Love, Marriage, Romance, Flirting.
- •6. Choose the right word and complete the sentences.
- •Celebrity Divorce
- •9. Study the new vocabulary before you read the dialogue.
- •10. Read the introduction and comment on it.
- •11. Read the dialogue between Marni and Mason talking about celebrity divorce.
- •12. Whose viewpoint appeals to you more, Mason’s or Marni’s? Share your opinion of the ideas given in the text.
- •Vocabulary – Appearance
- •Match the pairs of sentences with the pictures on the right:
- •3. Put these descriptions in the correct order:
- •Vocabulary – Head and Face
- •Vocabulary – Hair and Face
- •1. Basic vocabulary
- •2.Hairstyles
- •Face - distinguishing features
- •If a man always shaves, we say he is clean shaven.
- •Vocabulary – Houses and Homes
- •1. Different kinds of house
- •Vocabulary – In the living room
- •2. Paying a compliment
- •3. Dinner conversation
- •4. Make up a small dinner conversation using the phrases mentioned above.
- •Vocabulary – In the Kitchen
- •1.Entitle each object:
- •2. What Kitchen appliances do you know?
- •3. Kitchen equipment
- •4. Test yourself
- •Vocabulary – In the bedroom
- •1.What do you wear in bed?
- •Saying how you slept
- •Vocabulary – In the bathroom
- •Vocabulary – Accommodation
- •3. Things/items around the house - Talking about things that are located in your house or apartment. Choose the best answer:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •Accommodation by Vivien
- •Explain the meaning of the words and expressions in bold. Use them in your own sentences.
- •Find English equivalents in the text:
- •Choose the right answer.
- •Say whether the following statements are true or false. In case they are false give the right answer.
- •Each paragraph of the text is an answer to a certain question. Ask these questions and let your group mates answer them.
- •What is Vivien’s idea of an ideal flat? Does it have anything in common with the flat of your dream? accommodation by Thomas
- •Explain the meaning of the words and expressions in bold. Use them in your own sentences.
- •Find English equivalents in the text.
- •Choose the right answer.
- •Say whether the following statements are true or false. In case they are false give the right answer.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Vocabulary – Housework and Household Chores
- •4. Need / could do with
- •5. Asking for help
- •6. Answer the questions:
- •Household chores by Vivien
- •Explain the meaning of the words and expressions in bold. Use them in your own sentences.
- •Find English equivalents in the text:
- •Choose the right answer.
- •Say whether the following statements are true or false. In case they are false give the right answer.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Literature
Celebrity Divorce
8. When things go wrong. Complete the following sentences with the words and phrases below:
a. destroyed our marriage
b. broke up
c. get a divorce
d. left him
e. got custody of the children
f. saved our marriage
g. didn't work out h. separated
1. His wife ………………………….two years ago for another man.
2. I was so happy when I got married but things…………….. and we split up three years ago.
3. Our marriage after my wife discovered I'd been seeing somebody else.
4. My wife and I last year. We hadn't been very happy for a while. We've now decided that the best thing is to………………………………………
A few years ago my husband started seeing another woman. I tried to forgive
him but it was impossible. In the end it ……………………………………
6. Things started to go wrong after about three years. I guess we just got bored of each other. Then I had a baby and things got much better. I think that's what…………………………….
7. I got divorced five years ago. Unfortunately, my ex-wife……………… and now I only see them at the weekend and for a few weeks during the summer.
Your ex-wife or ex-husband is the person you were married to before your divorce. When people are speaking, they often just say ex - "I got divorced last year but I still see my ex sometimes".
9. Study the new vocabulary before you read the dialogue.
1) to peg for - make an assumption about someone or something.
e.g. I didn’t peg Molly for being a hockey fan.
2) rate - percentage as compared with others.
e.g. Niger has the lowest literacy rate in the world. Only 14% of people there can read and write.
3) to commit -make a choice and stick to it.
e.g. Kristin can’t decide whether or not she wants to commit to spending the rest of her life with Joe.
4) indicative- telling, sending a certain message.
e.g. I don’t think the fact that John likes to go out with his friends is indicative that he’s cheating on you.
5) divorce- end of a marriage, separation of two married people, split.
e.g. My mom and dad got a divorce because they didn’t love each other anymore.
6) tabloid- type of media that reports gossip about celebrities.
e.g. My best friend’s mom is really into tabloids. She can always give me a good piece of gossip about the stars.
7) headline- title of a news story.
e.g. Michael Jackson’s death was in the headlines of all the U.S. newspapers.
8) to split up- break up; end a relationship.
e.g. Annie decided to split up with her boyfriend when she found out he had cheated on her.
9) sacrifice- something you give up for a goal or to help others; ritual offerings.
e.g. I made a lot of sacrifices to get where I am today.
10) famous- well known, known by many people.
e.g. Michael Jordan is one of the most famous athletes in the world.
10. Read the introduction and comment on it.
In the US, about 40% of marriages end in the divorce. That’s a lot. But it seems like divorce is even more common among celebrities. Nearly every time you pick up a tabloid, there’s a headline about a couple splitting up on its cover. Whether it’s because of their busy careers, the pressures of fame, or the temptation of being constantly surrounded by other attractive people, it sometimes seems like famous people just can’t manage to stay married.