- •Introduction
- •Section 1
- •2.3. The part of the recording you will hear now is about the schedule of the course. Listen and fill in the missing information on the grid below.
- •3.2. Listen and note down the English equivalents of the following Russian word combinations:
- •3.3. While listening this time try to fill in the missing words in the sentences below.
- •1.1. Go through the following list of business vocabulary.
- •1.2. Make sure you know these words and word combinations.
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.2. Listen again and fill in the left-hand column of the chart below with the types of characteristics required in the order they come on the tape.
- •1.1 Study the meaning of the words and word combinations below.
- •1.2. Read this advertisement carefully. The information will help you understand the recording better.
- •Candidate a
- •Candidate b
- •Candidate c
- •2.5.3. Mark the following statements as True or False.
- •2.6. Listen to the phone calls again and fill the available information in the chart below:
- •3. Language Focus and Auditory Memory Check
- •3.1. Identify the speaker (the manager, the secretary and the candidates) who the following sentences belong to.
- •3.2. Indicate the meanings the following words and word combinations have in the conversations you’ve heard.
- •3.3. Insert fairly, rather, too in the sentences from the recording.
- •4. Follow-Up Activities
- •1.1. Before you listen to the tape read this newspaper advertisement.
- •1.2. Go through the vocabulary list given below and clear up any difficulties.
- •1.3. Study the table given below. Copy it out before listening to the recording.
- •2. Teaching at school
- •2.4. Listen to the text another time paying attention to the details of the contents and the language. Give answers to the following questions.
- •3. Language Focus
- •3. Language Focus
- •3.1. Listen to the recording again. Pick out and note down the past activities Isabel talks about (She mentions 3 of them.)
- •3.2. In each pair of statements below choose the one from the tape-recording.
- •2.2. Give synonyms from the recording for the following words and word combinations.
- •2.3. Give the English equivalents for the sentences below keeping to the text:
- •Consolidation 1
- •2.3. Write a detailed passage about one of the pieces of news.
- •3. Language Focus and Auditory Memory Check
- •Section 2
- •4. Follow-Up Activities
- •4.1. Roleplay the telephone conversations you’ve listened to.
- •4.2. In pairs talk about the symptoms that are worrying you and ask for advice.
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Listen to the recording and identify the following statements as True or False.
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •2. A day in my life
- •1. Listening Exercises
- •Listen to Margaret talking and choose the right option to make up true statements.
- •1.2. Say if the following statements are True or False.
- •3. Language Focus
- •3.1. Listen to the tape again. Pick out and note down the words which mean:
- •3.2. Give the English equivalents for the following sentences.
- •2.6. Listen to Anna Wright and Peter Savage giving their opinions on the problem. While listening answer the questions below choosing the right alternative.
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Listen to the conversation and complete the statements that follow.
- •2.2. As you listen to the conversation once more complete some of the answers. Listen to the recording twice.
- •3. Language Focus
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •Study the list of words given below.
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Listen to Dr. Clarke speaking about first aid. From the list of cases needing first aid tick (√) those that are mentioned in the interview:
- •2.2. Listen to the text again for more detail. Say if these statements are True or False.
- •2.3. Listen to the text again and focus on the right action you have to take when an accident happens. Complete the following sentences.
- •3. Language Focus
- •4. Follow-Up Activities
- •1.1. Read the information below. Pubs & wine bars
- •1.2. Answer the following questions:
- •1.3. Read the menu given below and say if it is a pub or a wine bar.
- •Vegetarian Crepes £3.75
- •1.4. Go through the list of words and clear up any difficulties.
- •1.5. Read some of the sentences from the interview and see if you understand them.
- •3.2. Go through the list of word combinations and phrases below and find their equivalents in the recording while listening to it again.
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •1.1. Go through the list of words below to clear up any difficulties.
- •3.2. Translation
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •3.2. Complete the following sentences using the words and word combinations given in the box.
- •2.3. While listening to the man’s story again write down the following information about him.
- •2.4. Now listen to Laura’s story and note down the answers to the following questions.
- •3. Language Focus
- •2.2. Listen to the tape again to find the answers to these questions.
- •3.2. Tape dictation. Fill in the blanks. Check your answers by listening to the tape again.
- •3.3. Listen and note down the English equivalents for the following Russian expressions and sentences.
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •In groups discuss the following:
- •3. Language Focus
- •4. Discussion
- •3. Language Focus
- •Consolidation 3
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •Section 4
- •1.1. Before listening to the text name as many English towns as you can.
- •1.2. Go through the following list of words and word combinations.
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1.While listening focus on the essential characteristics of the towns: their having a cathedral, a market; their origin and inhabitants.
- •2.2. Check your understanding by choosing the right alternative.
- •2.3. Listen to each text separately and note down the information needed to answer the questions.
- •3. Language Focus
- •2.3. Listen to the text extract by extract according to the sub-topics of the outline and concentrate on the details of the contents. Write down:
- •3. Follow-Up Activities
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Now you will hear part of a lecture about London. State the subject matter of the text by choosing the suitable prompt.
- •3. Language Focus
- •3.1. As you listen to the lecture now concentrate on the details of the vocabulary. Pick out and note down:
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •2.4. Listen to the speaker describing places of interest and pay attention to what some of these places were originally and what they are today. Fill the necessary information in the chart given.
- •3. Language Focus
- •Videofilm
- •2. Comprehension Exercises
- •2.1. Watch carefully and pick out the relevant information to answer these questions.
- •2.2. Watch the episode once more and take notes about some details of the description.
- •3. Language Focus
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •Videofilm
- •4. Language Focus
- •4.1. Listen to the recording again and give the English equivalents from the tape for the following Russian expressions.
- •4.2. Fill in the prepositions where necessary.
- •2.2. Complete these notes made by a member of a group on holiday abroad:
- •2.3. Say whether the following statements are True or False.
- •3. Language Focus
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •Consolidation 5
- •1. Writing Based On Listening. Recognition Accuracy Check
- •Section 6
- •3.3. Give the English equivalents for the following Russian word combinations from the text of the recording.
- •News Story 1
- •News Story 2
- •News Story 3
- •3. Language Focus
- •3. Language Focus
- •1.1. Study the list of words below. They will help you understand and follow a conversation about the condition of a car.
- •1.2. Copy the grid below.
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Listen to the recording and complete the following statements by choosing the appropriate continuation.
- •2.2. Listen to the conversation again and answer the following questions:
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Jeff and Emma are flatmates. Emma is ringing to Criterion cinema to see what’s on. Listen to the recorded message twice and fill in the chart.
- •2.2. Now you are going to hear Emma and Jeff discussing what to do this evening. Listen to them and choose the correct answers.
- •3. Language Focus and Auditory Memory Check
- •3.1. Look at these groups of sentences. Choose the sentences used in the recording.
- •3. Language Focus and Auditory Memory Check
- •3.1. Listen again and pay attention to the context in which these expressions are used. Get ready to reproduce it after listening.
- •3.2. Look through the chart below and state who these words belong to by ticking the right box.
- •2. An extract from Pygmalion by b. Shaw (Part 2)
- •3. A song from the musical My Fair Lady —
- •1.1. You will now hear a scene from Pygmalion by b.Shaw. Read the information below.
- •1.2. Read the information below.
- •1.3. Read the plot summary of the play.
- •1.4. Use the sentences from the ex. 1.3. To help you match a word in a with a definition in b.
- •Extract a
- •Extract b
- •Extract c
- •3. Language Focus
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •Consolidation 6
- •1. General Comprehension
- •2. Intensive Comprehension
- •3. Writing Based on Listening Recognition. Recognition Accuracy Check
- •Section 7
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Listen to the fairy tale and identify the following statements as True or False. Correct the false ones.
- •2.2. Arrange the suggested subtopics according to their order in the text.
- •2.3. Listen to the fairy tale once again and in each pair of statements tick the True one.
- •2.4. Read the sentences below and identify the speaker. Reproduce the situations which these statements belong to.
- •3. Enriching your Vocabulary
- •3.1. Recognising new vocabulary in the speech flow.
- •3.2. Making use of new vocabulary
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Listen to the tape to identify whether the fairy tale was
- •2.2. Answer the following alternative questions:
- •2.3. Say if the following statements are True or False.
- •3. Language Focus
- •3.1. Fill in the gaps with a) the prepositions and b) the intensifiers used in the text. Then listen to the recording again and check your answers.
- •2. Listen to the same extract again and focus on some text features. Pick out and put down word combinations and phrases:
- •1. Listen to a new passage of the text and trace down the events that happened to Alice here. Expand the suggested outline by making use of the key words and phrases in the brackets.
- •2. Listen to the talk between Alice and the Caterpillar and the song they perform together. Make sue you’ve grasped the contents of the conversation by completing the statements which follow:
- •3. Listen to the song “You are Old, Father William” again and focus on some language features.
- •You are Old, Father William by Robert Southey (1774-1843)
- •Literature
- •Contents
3.2. Listen and note down the English equivalents of the following Russian word combinations:
а) отказаться от намерения
b) проводить научное исследование
c) ладить с кем-нибудь
d) собеседование с поступающим на работу
e) предложить постоянную работу
3.3. While listening this time try to fill in the missing words in the sentences below.
I worked ... ... ... ... ... ... years ... ... ... wanted to send ... ... South ... but ... ... ... married, ... ... decided ... ... ... . Then ... ... ... baby and I ... ... ... ... ... the family, ... ... ... ... English ... ... ... ... in the evenings.
I liked ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... agency ... ... the owner ... ... ... offered ... ... ... ... ... ... a teacher, ... ... ... ... the agency. Two years later, ... ... ... ... ... ... to retire, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... as the director. ... ... I am!
4. Follow-Up Activities
4.1. Talk about the speaker’s education, experience, interests, social status and family. Make use of the vocabulary from ex. 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 4.2.
4.2. Share your opinion of the speaker’s ambitions, interests and turns of circumstances in his life and career.
Lesson B. OUT-OF-CLASS LISTENING
Text Title: I’d like to boss people around
Cassette: A Native Speaker’s Recording
1. Listening Exercises
Listen to Nicolle speaking about what job she would like to get when she graduates from the University.
1.1. Say if the following statements are True or False.
a) Nicolle studies languages at the University.
b) Nicolle finds the work of an interpreter boring.
c) She is the type of person who likes to stay at home.
d) She can’t stand having a normal 9 to 5 job.
e) She wouldn’t like to have a job with a lot of responsibility.
1.2. Listen to the recording again paying attention to how Nicolle explains why she:
a) will have to start thinking about what to do with her life very soon;
b) can’t decide what she wants to do;
c) doesn’t want to become an interpreter;
d) would prefer to be in business.
2. Language Focus and Auditory Memory Check
2.1. While listening to the recording this time pick out and note down:
a) synonyms of the following words and word combinations:
for sure to be realized
completely to give people orders
to be different dull, uninteresting
subordinate, requiring no skills
b) words denoting jobs Nicolle would like to have
2.2. After listening translate the following sentences using the vocabulary of the recorded text. (The word combinations in the box below will help you.)
to make decisions for oneself, a job with responsibility of one’s own,
to have a normal 9 to 5 job, to keep smb interested, to boss around,
to come out (about one’s plans), to be totally bored by,
to be the type of person, to use one’s languages
1. Мне предстоит учиться в университете еще 1 год. 2. Я хочу работать с языками, но не знаю точно, каким образом. 3. Я не хочу быть переводчиком, так как чувствую, что эта работа была бы очень скучной. 4. Я принадлежу к тем людям, которые не смогли бы сидеть дома, поэтому мне нужно работать. 5. Я не думаю, что смогла бы выдержать работу с 9 до 17 часов. 6. Я бы предпочла работу, за которую я бы отвечала и где я сама могла бы принимать решения и даже руководить людьми. 7. Мне нужна работа, которая поддерживала бы во мне постоянный интерес и была бы разнообразной. 8. Я не думаю, что я бы получала удовольствие от работы, где мне нужно было бы выполнять чьи-то поручения. 9. Может быть, я буду делать что-то, связанное с рекламой или банковским делом. 10. Это мои планы, хотя я точно не знаю, как они реализуются.
UNIT 3
Lesson A. IN-CLASS LISTENING
Text Title: Interview
Cassette: From Listening. Upper-Intermediate, by S.Rixton
1. Pre-Listening Vocabulary
1.1. Go through the following vocabulary list to avoid any difficulty of understanding.
civil engineer - инженер гражданского строительства
evidence [] - свидетельство
ignorance [] - неосведомленность, незнание
job-holder - работодатель
prejudice [] - предрассудок
survey [] - опрос
apparent [] - очевидный
insecure [] - ненадежный
reasonable - обоснованный
1.2. The following words are familiar to you in meaning. Make sure you pronounce them correctly.
stereotype (n) [] - стереотип
status (n) [] - статус
2. Listening Exercises
You will now listen to a talk between an interviewer and a sociologist. They discuss the results of a recent survey into attitudes to different professions.
2.1. Listen to the recording and choose the title that best conveys the main topic of the text.
a) Advantages and disadvantages of various professions
b) Sociological studies in modern society
c) Stereotyped views of professions and a career choice
2.2. Check your understanding of the major points by choosing the correct continuation for the following statements.
1. The subjects of the survey were
a) young people b) children c) job-holders
2. The technique used by the investigator was
a) to answer questions b) to fill in a form c) to choose the appropriate variant
3. The results of the survey were striking concerning the profession of
a) a sales representative b) an engineer c) a physicist
3. Intensive Comprehension Exercises
3.1. Listen to Part 1 of the interview. Pick out and note down the names of the professions mentioned (there are ten of them in all.)
3.2. Listen to Part 2 of the interview. State the characteristics the children associated with the profession of an engineer.
A. The job of an engineer is:
1. clean/dirty 4. secure/insecure
2. of high status/of low status 5. well paid/poorly paid
3. responsible/subordinate 6. interesting/boring
B. An engineer is likely to be:
1. interesting company/boring company
2. well dressed/badly dressed
3. cheerful/gloomy
3.3. Listen to Part 3. Note down the professions which the following results of the survey correspond to.
a) ___________ collected by far the greatest number of positive opinions
b) ___________ were right at the bottom of the rating list
c) ___________ came out top as the more civilized sort of chap
d) ___________ were just above the sales representatives
e) ___________ was the only one that the majority of subjects thought would be gloomy rather than cheerful
3.4. Listen to Part 3 again and make a complete list of professions. Mark the order in which they came out in the results of the rating.
4. Language Focus and Auditory Memory Check
4.1. Listen to the interview again and do the following tasks.
4.1.1. State the meaning of these words as they are used in this text.
1. false 2. by far 3. technique
a) artificial a) much more (than the others) a) equipment
b) incorrect b) approximately b) methods
4. point 5. come out
a) feature a) leave
b) idea b) result in
4.1.2. Pick out and note down synonyms of the following words and word combinations.
keep to a point of view unsafe
widely group together
aim at judge (v)
be pleasant to deal with come out first
be dull to deal with fellow
broad be the last on the list
connect
4.2. Recall the contexts with the words and word combinations you picked out in the previous exercise.
5. Follow-Up Activities
5.1. Answer the questions.
1. Did any of the prejudices about the jobs mentioned in the interview surprise you?
2. Are there any types of jobs in your country that people joke about or are prejudiced against?
3. Which jobs do you think have the highest (the lowest) rating in your country?
Lesson B. OUT-OF-CLASS LISTENING
Text Title: Do you enjoy your work?
Cassette: From International Business English,
by L.Jones, R.Alexandre
1. Pre-Listening Exercises