2.5 Making money
Free practice
Work in pairs.
You and your partner have decided to join together to find a new way of making money (one that is different from your present occupation). Working together, decide what you are going to do. Work out as many details as you can.
Useful expressions
Shall we ...? |
Let's ... |
Wh-... shall we...? |
Why don't we ...? |
Now form new pairs. Interview each other about what you are planning to do.
Writing
Write a paragraph, explaining what you and your partner are planning to do to make money.
2.6 Arrangements
Presentation
Ludwig and Samira are students on a summer course in Cambridge.
Ludwig: Are you coming on the excursion on Saturday?
Samira: What excursion?
Ludwig: To Stratford-on-Avon. We're spending the day there, and then we're seeing a play in the evening.
Samira: Who's going ?
Ludwig: Lots of us. They're hiring a coach. Why don't you come too ?
Here's the programme. Go through it and say what the students are doing on Saturday.
Example They're leaving at quarter to nine.
Practice
It's Saturday morning, and the students are waiting for the coach. Samira has lost her programme, and asks Ludwig some questions about the day's arrangements.
In pairs, act out their conversation. These are Samira's questions:
1. time/leave ?
2. stop/see Coventry Cathedral on the way?
3. stop anywhere on the way ?
4. when/arrive/Stratford ?
5. lunch?
6. visit Shakespeare's birthplace?
7. afternoon ?
8. dinner together?
9. which play?
10. start back straight after the performance?
11. stop on the way back?
2.7 Your own plans Free practice
In groups, talk about your own arrangements and plans for the future. Talk about:
1. after this lesson 2. tonight 3. next weekend |
4. when this course has finished 5. next year |
If you haven't got any definite plans, make some decisions!
2.8 A celebration Listening
Alan and Jane go to a restaurant, and later Charles joins them. Listen to their conversation.
1. Listen to the first scene again, and write in the missing words.
Waiter: Good evening. Would ?
Alan: Er, no .
We'll need .
Waiter: Ah, , perhaps .
Jane: Thank you.
Waiter:
before ?
Alan: Er, no. I .
We'll Can ?
2. a) At the beginning, what do Alan and Jane decide not to do?
b) What does Alan decide «of to eat?
c) What does Jane decide not to eat?
3. Exactly what does each of the three friends order (a) to eat ? (b) to drink ?
4. Exactly how does Alan ask about (a) wine? (b) paying?
5. Do you think (a) Jane (b) Charles has been to this restaurant before? Why?
6. The three friends made two arrangements yesterday. What were they ?
7. Why are they having a meal together?
Unit 2 Summary of language
In this unit you have learnt how to:
KEY POINTS
1. 'I'll' for spontaneous decisions Perhaps/Maybe I'll go to the cinema tonight. Perhaps/Maybe I won't go to the cinema tonight.
I think I'll read that book. I don't think I'll read that book.
2.'Shall we ...?' and'Let's ...' Where shall we go this evening? Shall we invite Peter to dinner? Let's go for a walk.
3. Verbs expressing intentions and plans I'm going to visit my sister next week. They're planning to build an extension to their house. She's intending to retire next year. I'm thinking of buying a bicycle.
4. Present Continuous tense for definite arrangements I'm starting my university course in September. (They've already accepted me.) He's flying to Italy on Friday. (He's already booked the ticket.)
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Unit 3 Jobs and routine