Listening and speaking
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You
are going to listen to four people describing how they learn
vocabulary. Find out what they do to remember new words better.
Speaker 1 ________________________
Speaker 2 ________________________
Speaker 3 ________________________
Speaker 4 ________________________
GRAMMAR The Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
1 Tick the correct sentence
1. a) It's raining heavily today. b) It rains heavily today.
2. a)I'm going to Bath next week. b) I go to Bath next week.
3. a)How many languages do you speak? b) How many languages are you speaking?
4. a) Jane works eight hours a day. b) Jane is working eight hours a day.
5. a) It's often snowing in Canada. b) It often snows in Canada.
6. a)Millions of tourists visit London every year. b) Millions of tourists are visiting London every year.
2 Underline the right verb-form.
Jeff lives / is living in an expensive part of London.
The river Thames is flowing / flows through London.
Sarah will get an exam soon, so she is working / works very hard at the moment.
He isn’t smoking / doesn’t smoke as a rule.
Your children are growing up/ grow up very quickly.
I never drink / am drinking whisky.
This firm is selling / sells its goods overseas.
Computers are becoming / become more and more important in our lives.
FUNCTION
HOW TO MAKE A TELEPHONE CALL
1 Read the dialogue and study how it is organized.
carol: Hello, seven one three, four double seven.
emma: Hello. Is that Carol? This is Emma.
carol: Hi there. Do you want to speak to Simon?
emma: Is he in?
carol: I think so. Hang on a minute.
simon: Hi, Emma.
emma: Hi, Simon. How are you? Listen. I think I can get a tennis court for Wednesday afternoon. Would you like to play?
simon: Yeah, I'd love to. I've got a meeting that afternoon, but it should be over by five.
emma: Shall I book it for five thirty then?
simon: That would be fine.
2 Notice these common expressions on the telephone.
A Hello!
B Hello. Could I speak to Barry Perkins, please?
A Speaking. (= I am Barry Perkins.)
B Ah, hello. This is Jane Gardener. (NOT I'm or Here is…)
A Can I have extension 366, please?
B Hold the line, please. I'm putting you through.
A Can I speak to Mrs. Barrett, please?
B I'm afraid she's out at the moment. Can I take a message?
A Yes. Can you ask her to give me a ring? I'll give you my number.
A Can I speak to Mr. Bray, please?
B I'm afraid his line is busy at the moment. Would you like to hold?
A No. I'll phone back later.
Follow up
Speak about your own way of learning English.
Lesson 9 then and now everyday english
Read the dialogues, say where they take place. Act the dialogues.
A: Is that a new painting? Seventeen century, isn’t it?
B: Yes, I bought it last week. Is not an original, though!
A: Can you imagine living in those days?
B: Yes, I’m sure life was tough without electricity, telephones, washing machines…
A: And I bet it used to take days just to travel from one place to another.
B: Yeah, imagine – no cars, trains or planes, just coaches.
A: At least there was no pollution in those days.
B: That’s true. Rivers were clean, and the air was pure.
A: You know, maybe life wasn’t so bad back then, after all!
A: How was your trip to the USA, Alice?
B: It was fantastic. We had a great time, thanks.
A: What was it like?
B: It was out of this world. Here! Take a look at the photos.
A: Wow! Did you really go on the rollercoaster*?
B: Yes, it was great! Haven’t you ever been on a rollercoaster?
A: Yes, but that was years ago. I haven’t been on one nice since then.
B: You know what you should do?
A: What?
B: Get a ticket to Sea World as soon as you can.
A: I think you are right. I haven’t been on holiday for years.
B: Well! Here’s your chance.