- •Unit I decisions, decisions grammar: Gerund or Infinitive?
- •I. Conversation practice
- •Spoken Etiquette
- •Inviting
- •Read and act out the dialogues. Make up dialogues of your own.
- •Complete the dialogues:
- •Questions for Conversation (work in pairs)
- •Role Plays.
- •6. Having read the text below, say what one should remember to become a decisive person.
- •II. Reading practice active vocabulary
- •Text decisions, decisions
- •5. • Do all the research you need
- •6. • Once you've made a decision, it can never be altered.
- •Fear of what may result
- •III. Grammar practice Gerund or Infinitive?
- •IV. Listening practice
- •V. Writing practice
- •VI. Revision test № 1
- •I. Choose the correct answer.
- •II. Match:
- •III. Fill in prepositions if necessary:
- •Keys to revision test n 1:
- •Transcript n 1 performance appraisal
- •Unit 2.
- •Grammar: Gerund or Participle?
- •II. Reading practice active vocabulary
- •Text rules of relationships
- •1 Relationships in general
- •2 Relationships in the workplace
- •3 Relationships with the working colleagues you don’t like very much
- •IV. Listening practice
- •A. Listen to the following text and mark with “t (true)”, “f (false)”, “ng (not given” the following statements:
- •V. Writing practice
- •VI. Revision test № 2
- •I. Find in the list of English words and word combinations equivalents to the following Russian words:
- •II. Give synonyms to the following words:
- •Choose the correct answer:
- •Fill in the blanks, using active words from the texts.
- •Keys to revision test n 2:
- •Transcript 2
- •Unit 3 fresh start grammar: How to express obligation?
- •1. Spoken Etiquette
- •2. Read and act out the dialogues. Make up dialogues of your own.
- •3. Complete the dialogues:
- •Give your opinions on the statements below:
- •6. Questions for Conversation (work in pairs; use etiquette formulas given above)
- •II. Reading practice active vocabulary
- •Text fresh start
- •Work out what you’re actually going to do
- •III.Grammar practice How to express obligation?
- •You must wear a helmet when you ride a motorbike.
- •Iy. Listening practice
- •1. Listen to the dialogue and make its translation into Russian (work in pairs)
- •2. Act the dialogue out.
- •Writing practice
- •VI. Revision test № 3
- •Keys Exercise 12
- •Keys to revision test № 3
- •When in england do as the english do
- •Unit 4 supermarkets grammar: How to express ability and possibility?
- •1. Spoken Etiquette
- •2. Read and act out the dialogues. Make up dialogues of your own.
- •3. Complete the dialogues:
- •4. Try to persuade your friend to do the following things:
- •5. Make up a dialogue and then act it out.
- •6. Discuss with your partner the secrets (hidden tricks) of your future profession.
- •II. Reading practice active vocabulary
- •Their secrets revealed
- •III.Grammar practice How to express ability and possibility?
- •Iy. Listening practice
- •2. Make up recommendations on how to give an effective presentation at a trade show
- •Writing practice
- •VI. Revision test № 4
- •4. Complete the sentences using can or (be) able to in the necessary tense form.
- •5. Choose the correct variant (variants)
- •Keys to revision test № 4
- •Transcript № 4
6. Having read the text below, say what one should remember to become a decisive person.
II. Reading practice active vocabulary
to make choice
the right/wrong choice
to make up one’s mind
to dither
a ditherer
a long-term impact on one’s life
backpacking
sensible
an adult
to take responsibility for the consequences
pros and cons
to seek advice from someone
to waste money/time
hard-earned money
a nightmare
to involve
gut feelings
to predict the future
to command respect
to drive someone mad
to lack something
to cause trouble
to make the best of something
to move out of one’s home
to be keen on
to set a deadline/ to set a time limit
to stick to
to be a failure
to fail
to get a chance/an opportunity
a destination
to be panicked into something
Exercise1. Read the text and find English equivalents to the following Russian words and expressions:
брать на себя ответственность за что-либо
когда что-нибудь не ладится
передумать
аргументы «за» и «против»
чем важнее решение, тем страшнее ошибиться
швырять деньги «на ветер»
кошмар
«внутренний» голос
предсказывать будущее
полагаться на интуицию
сводить с ума, выводить из себя
установить лимит времени и придерживаться его
чем скорее вы примете решение, тем лучше
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Text decisions, decisions
0 (H) We have to make choices every day of our lives - whether it's what to have for lunch or choosing between the red or the black jacket. Do you make up your mind quickly or are you one of life's ditherers? The difference between having a tuna or chicken sandwich isn't going to change the world, but sometimes you have to make an important decision that will have a long-term impact on your life.
1. Deciding whether to go to college or leave your job and go travelling is not easy when you've got no experience to base your decision on. After all how do you know what backpacking around Borneo will be like if you've never done it? What's more you’ve probably got everyone telling you what they think you should do. Their advice may sound sensible, but if your heart says no, it’s not the right choice for you. Learning to make your own mind up is about becoming an adult. When we're young, our parents do a lot of our decision-making for us, but as we grow up we take responsibility for ourselves. However grabbing the power to make decisions for ourselves means taking responsibility for the consequences even when things go wrong.
2. People become indecisive because they don't want to do the wrong thing. You change your mind constantly, write endless lists of pros and cons, seek advice from everyone and end up horribly confused. The truth is that you're terrified of making a mistake - and the bigger the decision, the bigger the potential mistake. For example, if you buy a horrible pair of boots you know that all you've done is waste a week's spending money. But if you buy a flat with someone and living together turns out to be a nightmare, you could end up involved in a financial and emotional mess.
3. But the fact is that there's an element of chance in every decision, so often our gut feelings are the only thing we've got to guide us. Whatever you decide at the time is right: it’s only in the light of what happens next that it can seem wrong. If yon decide to spend your money on a battered old car and three months later it falls to bits, you would think you made a terrible decision. But if it goes along for years, you'll congratulate yourself. So stop trying to predict the future and trust your instincts.
4. Decisive people command respect because they know what they think. You may think it’s amusing to have a reputation for being indecisive, but eventually you’ll drive others mad. Indecisive people lack personal power because they appear unreliable, out of control or even selfish. If you're always causing people trouble because you change your mind at the last minute you’ll seem unreliable. Decisive people are successful because they make a decision and move on - .aid if it doesn't go the way they planned, they make the best of it