- •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
Language focus
1. Complete the following sentences in accordance with the dialogue.
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It’s been so cold that I haven’t been ... for a week. I do ... cold;
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Yes, it’s best to stay indoors in such ... weather.
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They are from London and they think it’s the only place in the world ... ;
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Londoners always think they are ... than other people, but I always find them ...;
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Anyway I don’t want ... people like that;
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My husband says it’s 4 years old and it probably cost less than ours ... .
2. Translate into English.
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Я заглянула к ним вчера.
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Жена сделала несколько язвительных замечаний по поводу этой местности.
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Она использует слишком много косметики и красит свои волосы.
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Кажется, она не так молода, как выглядит.
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Я знала, что они окажутся снобами, когда я увидела их огромную машину.
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Машина расходует так много бензина, что вы едва можете позволить себе ездить на ней.
Follow-up Activity
What do you think:
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why is gossiping so disgusting?
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What sort of people may enjoy spreading gossip?
2. 4 Developing the mind
Topic Preview
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Would you compare college life with a merry-go-round or with something else?
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What do you think of the first months at the university?
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What tactics do you personally choose to get yourself organised and sit down to work?
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Can you imagine an exemplary student? Speak about exemplary students and ordinary ones.
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“A man is never too old to learn”. Do you agree with this proverb?
EXAMS, EXAMS, EXAMS
Recording 1
Pre-listening Tasks
1. Consult a dictionary and make sure you know the meaning of these word combinations and phrases:
What’s the point of it?
Luck comes into it a good deal!
You are just making excuses!
Why does he always come top of the class?
Practical experience.
Qualifications on paper.
2. Consult a dictionary paying attention to the different pronunciation of the word “either”. Listening Tasks
1. Listen to the conversation between Mick and Joan about exams and choose an alternative to make the sentences true.
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Mick considers exams … .
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to be a stupid waste of time;
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to be a good thing to find out if you know anything.
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Joan … .
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does not like exams either;
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likes exams.
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Joan says that … .
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she wouldn’t study at all if they didn’t have exams;
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would study if there were no exams.
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Mick … .
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forgets what he’s learned as soon as exams are over;
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does not forget what he’s learned as soon as exams are over.
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Joan … .
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agrees;
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does not agree that luck comes into exams a good deal.
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2. Listen to the recording again and see whether you understand whom the statements belong to.
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Surely you have to do exams for people to find out if they know anything.
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When you leave school they want people with practical experience not qualifications on paper.
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Of course, I don’t like Cedric, but that’s nothing to do with it.
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If you are lucky, you get the questions you’ve studied. If not they ask something stupid and you fail.
Language Focus
Listen again if necessary. Find in the conversation synonyms for the following words and word combinations.
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What’s the use of it?
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I don’t agree with that completely.
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Luck comes into it to a great extent.
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They ask you something stupid and you can’t answer.
Follow-up Activity
Express your opinion concerning the following.
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Are exams a stupid waste of time?
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Does really luck come into exams a great deal?
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Would you study if there were no exams?