- •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
A quiz Recording 3 Question 1
This question is designed to test artistic and visual intelligence. The correct answers are: Figure 1 ten sides, Figure 2 eight sides, and Figure C thirty sides. To do this type of test well, you need to be able to visualize an object – that is imagine it in your own mind’s eye, pick it up and move it around. Test show that many highly intelligent people simply cannot do this.
Question 2
This is a memory test. The ten items were: a pair of scissors, a rubber, a ruler, some drawing pins, felt-tip pens, a pencil, a glue, a paintbrush, a wastepaper bin and a door handle – all items you might expect to find in a normal classroom. The average number of items remembered was eight. If you got more than eight, you have a better than average memory. If you got less than five, you probably need to write your address on the back of your hand before you go out in the morning!
Although memory is not directly linked to intelligence, it is a very useful function, and one that can be improved by doing regular memory exercises, or by using memory aids such as remembering the first letters of items, making them into a mental picture or story or repeating them over and over again.
Question 3
This question is designed to test your emotional intelligence. If you decided to kindly tell the child not to cry, tried to distract her, or thought you should tell the child to sort it out for itself…I’m afraid you score no points! According to experts, the best answers is to talk to the child and help her find ways to get the other children to play with her. Emotionally intelligent parents use their children’s moments of upset to help them understand what it was that made them upset, what they are feeling, and the alternatives the child can try.
Question 4
This test is designed to test creativity. There is no correct answer, but the average number of uses people thought of in two minutes were eleven.
The most popular uses were: to read, for news and information, to cover the floor while painting, and to make a fire. Some unusual uses were: to sleep under, to wrap up a baby and to write a blackmail letter!
Question 5
This question tests practical problem-solving skills and logic. Some people are able to solve the problem in twenty or thirty seconds, whereas others pore over it for ages without seeing the answer. It’s best to start with the people who have to be in particular rooms: Mr. E in room two; the A children in room four (because it’s the only one overlooking the pool) and their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A, in room three because it’s the only one next door to the children. That leaves room one for Miss C who wants a view of the sea, and if Mr. F and Mr G, and Miss H all want adjoining rooms, they can take rooms six, seven and eight at the back of the hotel, leaving room five for Mr. and mars. D – the quietest room because it’s away from the swimming pool. Did you get that?
Question 6
As you’ve probably have guessed, this is also an emotional intelligence question. The commonest answers are: to apologize (and ask your partner to do so!), go silent, or to stop for a moment and state your side of the argument as calmly as possible. According to the experts, however, the best thing to do is to take a twenty-minute break and then continue conversation. Apparently, it takes this long to clear the body of the physical effects of anger. Once both people have been given some time to calm down, a more amicable discussion can be expected!
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