- •Different kinds of greeting Recording 1
- •Go over the list of words and word combinations and clear up any difficulties.
- • Listening Tasks
- • Language Focus
- •Recording 2
- •2. Listen to each dialogue again and try to guess where the action takes place. Fill in the table below.
- •Inviting people to a party Recording 3
- •Recording 4
- •2. Listen to the same interview for the second time and complete the statements given below.
- • Language Focus
- •Habits and customs. Recording 5
- •When in rome… Recording 6
- •Listening Tasks
- •1. You will hear five people describing their first visits to another country. Define the countries the speakers visited and the popular habits associated with them.
- •2. Listen to the recording again and choose from the list a – k what each person says about the country. Use the letters only once. There’s one extra letter you don’t need to use.
- •F The soil is incredibly rich there.
- • Follow-up Activity
- •Living in a foreign country Recording 7
- •1. Consult a dictionary if you have any difficulties in translating the following words and expressions.
- •2. Before listening think of three things that make life easy and three things that make life difficult for a person living in a foreign country.
- •2.2 Skin deep. People’s appearances
- •Describing people Recording 1
- •Language Focus
- •Recording 2
- •Recording 3
- • Listening Tasks
- • Follow-up Activity
- •Recording 4
- •1. Go over the list of words and clear up any difficulties.
- • Listening Task
- • Follow-up Activity
- •2.3 Interpersonal relations Topic Preview
- •Recording 1
- •1. Listen to the recording. Which of these sentences are true?
- •Recording 2
- • Listening Task
- •How to deal with difficult children Recording 3
- •Marriage guidance council Recording 4
- •1. Go over the list of words. Make sure there are no difficulties in understanding their meaning.
- •2. Practice these proper names and words.
- • Listening Task
- • Language Focus
- •Recording 5
- •1. Listen to Sam and Charlie talking about being married and being single and answer these questions:
- •2. Listen to their talk and take notes of Sam’s and Charlie’s arguments for and against marriage.
- •Recording 6
- • Language Focus
- •1. Complete the following sentences according to the dialogue.
- •2. Translate into English.
- •Recording 7
- • Listening Task
- •1. Listen to the conversation between Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Smith and choose the things they have mentioned in their talk.
- •2. Listen to the recording. Think over the right alternative to make up a true statement.
- • Language focus
- •1. Complete the following sentences in accordance with the dialogue.
- •2. Translate into English.
- •What sort of people may enjoy spreading gossip?
- •2. 4 Developing the mind
- •Recording 1
- •You are just making excuses!
- •2. Consult a dictionary paying attention to the different pronunciation of the word “either”. Listening Tasks
- •Iq tests Recording 2
- •What do you think these tests measure?
- •2. Listen to the final radio program extract and note down three pieces of advice for people doing iq tests mentioned in the recording.
- •A quiz Recording 3
- • Listening Task
- • Follow-up Activity
- •Recording 4
- •2. Listen to the recording again and answer the following questions.
- • Language Focus
- •2.5 Job options
- •Recording 1
- • Listening Tasks
- •2. Listen to the conversation again and complete the phrases.
- • Grammar Focus
- •2. Listen to the stress in these sentences from the grammar box in task 1.
- •3. Listen to the rest of the sentences. Mark the stressed words and then practice the sentences. Follow-up Activity
- •Recording 2
- • Listening Tasks
- • Follow-up Activity
- •Recording 3
- • Listening Tasks
- •2. Listen again and answer the questions.
- • Language Focus
- •Recording 4
- • Listening Tasks
- • Grammar Focus
- •Follow-up Activity
- •Recording 5
- • Listening Tasks
- • Language Focus
- • Follow-up Activity
- •Recording 6
- •2. Study the acis advertisement.
- • Listening Tasks
- •3. Listen to the last extract and answer the questions.
- • Language Focus
- • Follow-up Activity
- •Recording 7
- • Listening Tasks
- • Follow-up Activity
- •2.6 Views and news
- •Recording 1
- • Listening Tasks
- •2. Listen again and answer the questions.
- • Language Focus
- •Recording 2
- • Listening Tasks
- •2. Listen to the recording again and answer these questions.
- • Follow-up Activity
- •Recording 3
- • Listening Tasks
- • Follow-up Activity
- •What habits of the people you’ve just been listening to are very like the same as yours? tapescripts
- •2.1 Cross-cultural behaviour
- •Recording 1
- •Recording 2
- •Inviting people to a party Recording 3 Dialogue 1
- •Dialogue 2 Mary Hello, Mary Latimer here.
- •Dialogue 4
- •Have you ever considered living abroad? Recording 4
- •Habits and customs Recording 5
- •When in rome… Recording 6
- •Recording 7
- •2.2 Skin deep. People appearances describing people Recording 1
- •Describing people Recording 2
- •Recording 3
- •Recording 4
- •2.3 Interpersonal relations
- •Recording 1
- •Recording 2
- •How to deal with difficult children Recording 3
- •Marriage guidance council Recording 4
- •Talking about being married and being single Recording 5
- •Recording 6 Mrs. Jones Good morning, Mrs. Smith. What beautiful weather again!
- •Mrs. Jones Yes, but some people are complaining about the heat and grumbling because we haven’t had much rain for the gardens.
- •Recording 6
- •2.4 Developing the mind
- •Recording 1
- •Joan I don’t like them either, but on the other hand, if we didn’t have them, I don’t suppose I’d study at all.
- •Joan I suppose they do, but I don’t think that’s the point, either. Surely you have to do exams for people to find out if you know anything…
- •Iq tests Recording 2
- •A quiz Recording 3 Question 1
- •Question 2
- •Question 3
- •Question 4
- •Question 5
- •Recording 4
- •2.5 Job options
- •Recording 1
- •Recording 2
- •Julia: Bye-bye!
- •Recording 3
- •Recording 4
- •Man: Mmm ... And do you speak any foreign languages
- •Woman: Do you have any experience with this kind of work?
- •Recording 5
- •Recording 6
- •Recording 7
- •2.6 Views and news
- •Recording 1
- •Recording 2
- •Recording 3
Talking about being married and being single Recording 5
SAM: Hey, Charlie . . .
CHARLIE: Huh?
SAM: Isn't it about time you settled down and got married?
CHARLIE: Ah, well, you know, I really, uh, kind of like my freedom the way I am right now. I, uh, agree ...
SAM: Yeah, but sometimes you can have too much freedom. I always have somebody there … somebody to share things with - I never get lonely.
CHARLIE: Look, your wife is great. I really like her a lot. But, you know, I like to date lots of different people ... so I have a varied experience, you know.
SAM: Yeah, but speaking of dating, I never have to look for a date on Saturday night, you know!
CHARLIE: Yeah, I know, but, you know, I like it because I don't have a lot of financial responsibility to someone else right now. That's why ...
AM: But if you were married, you might have a chance for two incomes, and that could be a big help.
CHARLIE: Well, it's true. But you know, I... I really don't think I could deal with in-laws ... at this point in my life. I really like, uh, you know, just dating around ... and sort of playing the field.
SAM: Charlie ...
CHARLIE: Mmm?
SAM: I always have a tennis partner.
CHARLIE: Well, that's a ... that's a point. But, you know, I really like to live just the way I am ... with my things, and I don't have, uh, someone else changing the way that I want... to ...
SAM: OK ...
CHARLIE: live ...
SAM: ... Charlie, OK, I don't mean to push, but when you're ready, have I got a girl for you!
A LITTLE GOSSIP
Recording 6 Mrs. Jones Good morning, Mrs. Smith. What beautiful weather again!
Mrs. Smith Yes, lovely! What a splendid summer we’ve had so far this year!
Mrs. Jones Yes, but some people are complaining about the heat and grumbling because we haven’t had much rain for the gardens.
Mrs. Smith Some people are never satisfied.
Mrs. Jones By the way, have you heard that your Patrick Ellis has had another accident in his car?
Mrs. Smith How awful! Is he badly hurt?
Mrs. Jones Well, they took him to the hospital but I don’t think it was serious because he’s coming home today.
Mrs. Smith I suppose he was driving flat out again. Only yesterday I was telling Mrs. Tailor how madly he drives. And all his friends are just the same.
Mrs. Jones I know. What wild things young men are these days!
Mrs. Smith Mm… I’ve got some news for you, too. Have you heard that Eva Browning is getting married for the third time on September the tenth?
Mrs. Jones Fancy that! She only got her second divorce in the spring. What a dreadful woman she is!
Mrs. Smith Her first marriage only lasted six months – and that was only in 1972, wasn’t it?
Mrs. Jones Yes, that’s right. At this rate she’ll lose count of her husbands before she’s forty.
Mrs. Smith She may lose count, Mrs. Jones but we certainly won’t.
MORE GOSSIP
Recording 6
Mrs. Jones Hello, Mrs. Smith. Any news?
Mrs. Smith Nothing much. It’s been so cold that I haven’t been outside for a week. I do hate the cold.
Mrs. Jones Yes, it’s best to stay indoors in such beastly weather. You noticed that the new people have arrived at number thirty-five though, surely.
Mrs. Smith Yes, I did notice that. But I haven’t met them yet.
Mrs. Jones I called on them yesterday. They seemed such nice people at first – but now I’m not so sure.
Mrs. Smith Really? Why?
Mrs. Jones Well, they’re from London, and they think it’s the only place in the world worth talking about. The wife made some very catty remarks about this area.
Mrs. Smith Londoners always think they’re better than other people, but I always find them less cultured. What does she look like?
Mrs. Jones Quite young and pretty, but she does wear a lot of make-up, and she certainly dyes her hair. Perhaps she isn’t as young as she looks.
Mrs. Smith Anyway I don’t want to mix with people like that. I knew they would be snobs when I saw that huge car. Surely they don’t need such a big one.
Mrs. Jones No…still, my husband says it’s four years old and it probably costs less than ours second-hand; and ours is certainly as fast as theirs.
Mrs. Smith My husband would never buy a car like that. It uses so much petrol you can hardly afford to run it. But surely your car is four years old too, Mrs. Jones. Our car is the newest of the three.
Mrs. Jones It certainly isn’t. Ours is the same age as yours…