- •Other Forms of Address
- •Less Common Forms of Address
- •Informal Address
- •Forms of Address within the Family
- •Making and Responding to Introductions
- •Third-Party Introductions
- •Self-Introductions
- •Responding to Introductions
- •Your relationship to the two people, and something they may have In common, according to the clues provided. You don't have to use all the
- •Information given; just use what you think would be appropriate.
- •B. Age and Ageing.
- •Do any of the words refer only to males (m) or only females (f)?
- •Skill Ex. 7 In the following dialogue, agree with the first speaker. Developing Use words from exercises 4 and 5 that mean roughly the same as the words in italics.
- •C. People's Occupation. Focus Vocabulary
- •Countries. Languages. Nationalities.
- •It's Been Long
- •The Way to Ask People about Their
- •Less Optimistic Replies
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •I. Insert prepositions if necessary.
- •II. Rewrite and correct the sentences in which there are errors.
- •III. Translate from Russian/Belarusian into English.
- •Unit 2 Family Relationships Focus Vocabulary
- •1) Which two of these words can be used as a verb?
- •3) Which of the following:
- •4) Which of the word-parts in the box can be used with each of the relations below?
- •Interview with 16-year-old daughter Helen
- •Interview with 17-year-old son David
- •Interview with mother
- •Development answering the questions below. Try to use the multi-word verbs and expressions in the box in your answer as well as the verbs above.
- •When you are old
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •I. Insert prepositions where necessary.
- •II. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below.
- •III. Change the words underlined to give the sentences the opposite meaning.
- •IV. Translate from Russian/Belarusian into English.
- •Complimenting People
- •"It's been long", "How are you", "Complimenting".
- •1. When we describe somebody, we tend to follow this order in our description: height, build, age, hair, eyes, face, complexion, extra features, dress. Study this example.
- •2. Eyes
- •With the definitions in b.
- •A Detective Inquiry
- •Role-Play
- •Test Yourself
- •Unit 4 Character and Personality a. Focus vocabulary
- •Word Meaning Ex. 1 Match the words on the left with the closest meaning on the right.
- •We Are Not Alike a. Intellectual ability
- •Attitudes towards life
- •Attitudes towards other people
- •One person's meat is another person's poison
- •It Takes All Sorts
- •Idiomatic expressions
- •Your Stars
- •In the examples below?
- •We don't get on well
- •Likes and Dislikes
- •Test: How brave are you?
- •The Main Attraction
- •Persоnal
- •Interview the husband and the wife of the year.
- •Proposal
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •I. Put the following adjectives in the correct order.
- •II. Use the prompts below to build up a description of a student. Before you begin think about the tenses you will use.
- •III. Cross out the incorrect word in each of the following sentences.
- •IV. Translate from Russian/Belarusian into English.
- •Vocabulary
- •Focus Vocabulary
- •It would be very interesting to find out the opinion of girls and boys. Do they differ in any way?
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •Unit 2 Furnishing and Decorating Focus Vocabulary
- •Furniture in your home to your partner. Use the prepositions and adverbs to help you.
- •Flat for sale
- •Word Use Ex. 14 Complete the following sentences with a suitable idiomatic expression.
- •Estate agent
- •It needs doing, to have smth done, to do smth.
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •Something suitable.
- •Houses and Flats to Let
- •Houses and Flat for Sale
- •Sharing a Flat
- •The Noisy Neighbours
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •I. A. Renting a flat
- •Buying a house
- •III. Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below.
- •Unit 4 Housework. Household Chores. Focus Vocabulary
- •Ex. 4 Make and do
- •Now collect any new expressions you can find using "make" or "do" from the dialogue below. Put them on your "make and do" list.
- •What's your attitude to untidy people?
- •Unit 5 Pets Focus Vocabulary
- •Don't Get a Dog or Puppy Until You've Checked These Points:
- •If you cannot answer 'yes' to all these questions, please think very carefully before you get a dog or a puppy. Perhaps another kind of animal would make a better pet for you.
- •Are They Not Sweet?
- •2. Are they better companions than some people may be?
- •3. Speak about your pets if any or pets you'd like to keep.
- •Vocabulary
Revision and Consolidation
I. Insert prepositions where necessary.
1. Robbie's cousin is married___an architect. She says she isn't |iappy____her
marriage.
2. John married___Kate two years ago.
3. Jane is married___two children, Susy and Betty by name.
4. - Is Lucy any relation __ you? - Yes, she is a close relation___mine. She's my
elder sister.
5. My elder brother Nick has a family___his own. He married___a doctor whose
name is Alice Brent. They have a three-year-old kid. Kate by name. She is the pet __the family.
6. Bob and Leanne are going______together.
7. We drank a toast_______their happiness.
8. He fell______love_______her at once.
9. She's engaged_________apoliceman.
10. His parents don't approve______her.
II. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below.
bride engaged bridegroom consent wedding
civil reception honeymoon propose toast
One evening, although he was nervous, Joe decided to_________ girlfriend, Linda. She accepted his proposal, they became_______to his and he gave her a ring. After a year they had saved enough money to get married (they were both over 18 so they didn't need their parents' ________. Some people have a religious ceremony with a priest, but Joe and Linda decided on a ______ ceremony in a registry office. On the day of the_______Linda, the________, was very calm, but Joe, the ________, was nervous. Afterwards, at the________, the speeches were made and the guests drank a ________in Spain to the happy couple, who finally left for a____________.
III. Change the words underlined to give the sentences the opposite meaning.
1. I like people who smoke in public places.
2. I respect my boss, even though most of my colleagues feel the opposite.
3. Maria's his current girlfriend. He has so many and changes them so often it's difficult to know who is who.
4. He's senior to her in terms of length of service, so the promotion is not surprising.
5. She's not a particularly special friend of mine.
IV. Translate from Russian/Belarusian into English.
1. У меня нет близких родственников, но много дальних родственников. 2. Катя самая младшая. Ее старшая сестра Аня на три года старше ее. Она студентка университета. А самая старшая сестра Женя замужем и работает инженером. Ее муж тоже инженер. Они хорошо ладят друг с другом. 3. Лена - моя лучшая подруга. Мы с ней одного возраста. Мы обе изучаем биологию в университете. 4. Он твой близкий родственник? -Нет, дальний. Но мы с ним большие друзья. 5. Моя младшая сестра увлекается игрой на гитаре и коллекционированием марок. 6. Мой старший брат женат. У него своя семья. Он женат на своей однокурснице. Они поженились три года тому назад. Их двухлетняя дочурка - моя любимая племянница. 7. Катя такая упрямая. Она всегда поступает по-своему, невзирая на советы окружающих. 8. Поверь мне, это не сойдет тебе с рук! 9. Я опять поссорилась с родителями. На этот раз они не одобрили мою прическу. 10. Вы должны стыдиться своего поступка. 11. Не бойтесь высказывать свое мнение. 12. Я уважаю своих родителей, хотя у нас различные взгляды на современную жизнь. 13. В данной ситуации я не могу принять ничью сторону. 14. Мои родители не разрешают мне гулять на улице допоздна. Они всегда ругают меня за это. 15. Ему опять удалось избежать наказания. 16. Всякий раз, когда я ссорюсь с родителями, мой дед защищает меня. 17. Я хорошо уживаюсь (лажу) со своей сестрой. Мы не всегда сходимся во взглядах, например, в отношении моды и музыки, но я всегда могу на нее положиться. 18. В детстве я никогда не мог избежать мытья посуды. Это была моя маленькая обязанность по дому. Если я забывал мыть посуду, родители бранили меня за это. 19. Мой младший брат любит слушать громкую музыку. Я ничего не могу с этим поделать, и мне приходится мириться. 20. Я поняла, что он поддерживает Николая, а не меня в этом вопросе. 21. Посмотри вон на того мальчика: еще такой маленький, а ведет себя совсем по взрослому. 22. Как трудно жить, когда не можешь достучаться до самого близкого тебе человека. 23. Петя - самый маленький в семье. Его никогда не наказывают за плохое поведение. Боюсь, он вырастет таким испорченным. 24. Я часто вспоминаю нашу жизнь в деревне. 25. Много лет назад у девушек было довольно строгое воспитание. ..... 26 Я похож на отца. Я люблю поступать по по-своему, но все-таки я чаще, чем он, прислушиваюсь к мнению других 27.Бабушка мне рассказывала, что мой дядя был в семье как бельмо в глазу. |
1. У мяне няма блiзкiх сваякоу, але шмат далёкiх. 2. Каця самая малодшая. Яе старэйшая сястра Ганна старэйшая за яе на тры гады. Яна студэнтка унiверсiтэта. А найстарэйшая сястра Жэня замужам i працуе iнжынерам. Яе муж таксама iнжынер. Яны добра ладзяць. 3. Лена — мая найлепшая сяброука. Мы з ёй аднаго узросту. Мы абедзве вывучаем бiялогiю ва унiверсiтэце. 4. Ён твой блiзкi сваяк? - Не, далёкi. Але мы з iм вялiкя сябры. 5. Мая малодшая сястра захапляецца iгрой на гiтары i калекцыянаваннем марак. 6. Мой старэйшы брат жанаты. У яго свая сям'я. Ён ажанiуся са сваей аднакурснiцай. Яны пабралiся шлюбам тры гады таму. Iх двухгадовая дачка - мая упадабаная пляменнiца. 7. Каця гэткая упартая. Яна заусёды дзейнiчае на свой розум, не зважаючы на парады iншых. 8. Ужо дай мне веры: гэтае табе не сыйдзе з рук! 9. Я iзнoy пасварылася з бацькамi. Гэтым разам яны не ухвалiлi маю прычоску. 10. Вам мусщь быць сорамна за свой учынак. 11. Не бойцеся высказваць свае меркаванне. 12. Я паважаю cвaix бацькоу, хоць у нас i розныя погляды на сучаснае жыццё. 13. У дадзенай атуацьп я не магу узяць шчый бок. 14. Мае бацькi не дазваляюць мне позна гуляць на вулiцы. Яны заусёды сварацца на мяне за гэтае. 15. Ён iзнoy здолеу пазбегнуць пакарання. 16. Кожнага разу, калi я сваруся з бацькамi мой дзядуля мяне баронiць. 17. Я добра ужываюся са сваёю сястрой. Мы не заусёды сыходзiмся у поглядах, прыкладам, адносна моды i музькi, але я заужды магу на яе paзлiчвaць. 18. У дзяцiнстве я нiколi не мог пазбегнуць таго, каб мыць посуд. Гэта быу мой невялiчкi хатнi абавязак. Калi я забывауся мыць посуд, бацькi мне за гэта выгаворвалi. 19. Мой малодшы брат любiць слухаць тучную музыку. Я нiяк не магу даць тут рады, i мне даводзiцца трываць. 20. Я зразумела, што у гэтым пытаннi ён падтрымлiвае Мiкалая, а не мяне. 21. Зipнi вунь на таго хлопчыка: яшчэ гэткi маленькi, а паводзiць сябе зyciм як дарослы. 22. Як цяжка жыць, калi не можаш дастукацца да самага блiзкага табе чалавека. 23. Пеця - самы малы у сям’i. Яго не караюць за кепскiя паводзiны. Баюся, ён вырасце гэткiм разбэшчаным. 24. Я часта згадваю нашае жыццё на вёсцы. 25. Шмат гадоу таму дзяучатау выхоувалi даволi строга. 26. Я падобны да бацькi. Я люблю усё рабiць на свой лад, але усё ж такi я часцей за яго прыслухоуваюся да меркаванняу iншых. 27. Бабуля мне распавядала, што мой дзяцька быу у сям’i як бяльмо на воку. |
Unit3
Going by Appearance
Focus Vocabulary
What do we look like?
build/figure - tall, short, thin, slim, slender, skinny, plump, stout, stocky, fat,
overweight;
complexion - fresh, pale, sallow, tanned
face -freckled, wrinkled, long, oval, round, square, thin
hair - short, long, dark, grey, fair, dyed, coloured, straight, wavy, curly
nose - straight, hooked, long, flat, upturned
to age well
to be/not to be a bit like smb
to be a pleasant-looking person
to be attractive/plain/ugly
to be dressed spick and span
to be nice
to look at
to be pretty (F)/handsome (M)
to be the sort of person who ...
to be typical of smb to be (very much) alike
to be well-groomed to be shortsighted/near-sighted
to gain/put on weight
to grow thinner,
to recede (about hear)
to limp
to be lame
to look a mess
to look scruffy
to look like smb
to look one's age
to look tidy/untidy
to look beautiful/charming/fit/ happy/nice/smart/ well
to look young/old for one's age
to lose weight/to slim
to stammer
to take after smb
to take much care over one's appearance
Word Ex. 1 Match the adjectives on the left with their synonyms on the Meaning
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1. ugly |
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a |
attractive |
2. slim |
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b |
unattractive |
3. stout |
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с |
slender |
4. good-looking |
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d |
handsome |
5. plain |
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e |
blonde |
6. pleasant to look |
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f. |
unpleasant |
7. fair-haired |
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g |
overweight |
8. fat |
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h |
stocky |
Ex. 2 Combine the nouns with the adjectives given in brackets. Use them to make the sentences of your own. Pay attention to the use of the articles.
a. hair (short, long, fair, dark, grey, straight, curly)
b. face (round, thin, oval, square)
с. figure (tall, short, well-built, thin, slim, stout)
d. nose (turned-up, long, short, straight)