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Try to link the marked words and copy the rhythm. For each group of three things compare them using the bold adjective, i. Riding a motorcycle is more dangerous than driving. Check I' the ones you agree with and put an X next to the ones you disagree with. Think about your reasons. Slow drivers cause more accidents than fast drivers.
A car magazine tested drivers in a driving People who drink and drive should lose simulator. The drivers had to drive in the their driver's license for life. Speed cameras do not stop accidents. Try to use expressions from the box. Do you agree? I with Juan. I think I don't think j you're right. Write a magazine article about transportation in your town or city. Arizona has shown that the stereotype that 4 What topics do In a men talk about more than women the study, hundreds of college students were fitted b women talk about more than men with recorders, and the total number of words they used during the day was then counted.
Then A read the article The results, published in the New Scientist, showed that Men talkjust as much as women and Bread the article women speak about 16, words a day and men speak Gossip with the girls? Find answers to questions In fact, the four most talkative people stereotype stcri;n"'IP' noun a fixed idea about a particular type in the study were all men.
Match them with definitions Men tend to talk about fewer 1 more credible 3 more surprising subjects, the most popular being work, 2 more important sports, jokes, cars, and women. We don't serve food here. Learn more about articles and common belief that women use three times as practice them. Then practice saying. Professor Boynton interviewed over 1, women for her study. She also found that women 4 The Woman in the kitchen is very talkative. W hy does the pronunciation change?
Professor Boynton also says that men and women talk for different reasons. In social situations, the movies the end the other day the world the sun women use conversation to solve problems and the Internet the kitchen the answer the Earth reduce stress, while men talk to each other to laugh or to exchange opinions. Work in pairs or small groups.
Do you know any men who stay at home and take care of their children? How do they manage? Can you name some of the things in the picture?
Why only better than men when the baby is small. In what way is it different e Listen again and correct the wrong information. When he left the army, Sinclair and his wife agreed that somebody needed to write such a manual, that he would stay at home and take care of the baby, and who better to write it than me?
I had been a while his wife went back to work. I was "I have done a lot of crazy things, but when I put the man for the Job. What does he want? What does he need? I did of instructions that explains with military precision not know. It was one of the most difficult days of my and diagrams how new fathers should approach the life. But I think that in men phones and tablets. Can you remember the missing prepositions?
J When are prepositions stressed? Prepositions are usually only stressed when they are the last word, e. Compare: We need to talk about our vacation. What are you talking about? Freddie is afraid of flying. What are you afraid of? Then ask and answer the questions with a partner. What do they disagree about? Answer the questions. What does Kerri th ink about? Who disagrees? What do they think? What about? Mark the sentences T true or F false. Why is Kerri surprised?
London's just not as hectic as New York. Don Sure, we all like peace and quiet. But in my New York is possibly Don't you? Kerri To be I definitely prefer London. Don Come on, Rob. You've lived in both. What do you? The whole world is here! Kerri But that's the problem. It's too big. There are too many people. Everybody's so stressed out.
And nobody has any time for you. Jenny I don't think that's Kerri. New Yorkers are very friendly. Kerri Oh they can sound friendly with all that "Have a nice day" stuff. Copy the rhythm and intonation. Discuss the following sentences. Can you remember any of - Riding a bike is the most practical way to the missing words?
Social English phrases - You only get good service in expensive restaurants. Jenny It's that How do you say them in your language? What does it mean? I've been ble to Which one do you like best? If at first you don't succeed, What other verb is it similar to?
Maybe it was because of that F I've always wanted to be able to scene In one of the very first James Bond movies, where a G we would never be able to beautiful actress comes out of the ocean looking fabulous, with oxygen tanks on her back - I could see myself looking e Read the article again. Why did they have problems? So, two years ago I booked a vacation that Have they completely given up trying? Have you ever included a week-long Intensive course. On the first day of tried to learn something and given up?
First, we had two hours of theory, and then we went Into the ocean to put it into f Look at phrases A-G again.
What tense or form is practice. But as soon as I went under the water, I discovered be able to in each one? What tenses or forms does that I suffered from claustrophobia. After can have? Every evening for the rest of my vacation I had to listen to my scuba-diving classmates g ,- p. Learn more about can, talking about all the wonderful things they had seen that could, and be able to, and practice them. I still love swimming and snorkeling, but I think that I have to accept that 3 scuba dive.
Make new sentences with the verbs or verb phrases you hear. Ride a horse When I was working in love to be able to ride a horse. Ecuador there were free classes, so I joined. Park the basic steps, but I was exercising like a robot! I didn't give up, 0e won't be able to park.
I can a Look at the topics. Choose two or three and think still remember the first two steps, and I still try to exercis when I about what you could say for them. Sean, Canada Something you've tried to learn, but have never been able to do well. Something you learned to do after a lot of effort.
Something you can do, but you'd like to be able to do better. I Something new that you would like to be able to do. I think Asian languages, which have symbols instead of words, soon be able to do well. Also my teacher, a Japanese woman, didn't speak before they leave school. Spanish very well, which didn't help! She was a very charming woman, but she was a little disappointed with us, and you could b Work with a partner. However, you chose in a. Give reasons or explanations for one day she invited us to dinner and gave us some delicious each one.
Which languages do they speak? How did they learn? Before you read, match the languages below with words Which language s. Complete the sentences with 3 does he like best bored or borinB. We use the adjective ending in -ed for the person but he can speak who has the feeling I was very frustrated that I couldn't scuba dive.
We use the adjective ending in -ing for a person or situation that produces the eleven languages feeling I couldn't join in the conversation, which was very frustrating. I never imagined that it would English or listening to English? He said that he has always been interested in languages.
Underline the stressed decided to learn Dutch with CDs and books. It was great. Ask for yourseW books, but also by watching movies, listening to more information. Then complete language learning, and figure out their meaning from with a reflexive pronoun. We use reflexive pronouns myself. I always test on new vocabulary. It's a good S What other languages would you like to be able to way to remember it.
It took him three years. It turns on and off. Good job! S My sister's so vain! Everytime she passes a mirror, she looks at in it! Listen once and complete their tip. Then compare your notes with a partner. He said, "There seem to be more your phone. Going around speaking English loudly and b Listen again. Try to add more details about each tip. For now I need to concentrate on my German and Russian, so I can prepare for my finals.
Try it! Then talk to a partner about questions A D He's dialing a number. Do you agree with what Debrett's says? C D She just hung up. D D She's choosing a new ringtone. F D She left a message on his voicemail. D The line's busy. Nowadays it still offers advice on what quiet zones instant messaging tic, and what not to do in social situations. How long have you had it?
If you're sometimes embarrassed by your ringtone. Cl from What do you use your phone for apart talking? CJ Have you ever With a partner, cross out the silent letters. Match the highlighted phrases sho'-'d talk wrong listen half dishonest with their meaning. Two of the phrases match the knowledge design whole rhy thm doubt same meaning. It isn't necessary. B Don't do this. C It's necessary or required to do this. D It's a good idea to do this. Try to copy the rhythm and to link the marked words.
Learn more about must, have to, and should, and practice them. That is the reason why they exist. Your phone is not a megaphone. You don't have to shout. It phone. Put while you ore talking to somebody your phone on vibrate in meetings, movies, etc. If you must take a call in the car, use a hands-free set. Think of three things that you feel would be bad manners to do. Did Heidi do any of chose things? I think this was wrong. Heidi was invited to spend the weekend with her fiance Freddie's d Now read some of the comments chat were posted on family at their house.
But soon after they returned home, Heidi the Internet. Write H next to the ones that support received a very nasty email from Carolyn Bourne, Freddie's Heidi and C next to the ones that support Carolyn. Bourne says Heidi should have sent a handwritten thank-you note We are in the 21st century. Nobody sends handwritten letters anymore. Why didn't he prepare Heidi? He must know what his stepmother is like. He could also have prepared his family by telling them about any eating problems his friend has.
I don't think Heidi should have sent it on to her friends. It makes me think that Mrs. Bourne might be right about her bad manners. Here are a few examples of your lack of manners: 4 The stepmother seems to be extremely jealous of Heidi. If I were should not declare what you will and will not eat - unless Heidi, I would leave him. Bourne, I agree with every word you say. Young You have never written to thank me when you have stayed.
I hope Freddie comes to his senses and finds someone better. Surprised and amused, the friends forwarded it to other people, and soon the email had been posted on several websites, with thousands of people writing comments about the mother-in-law.
Then compare with a partner. Read about what Heidi and Freddie did next. American manners. What was their problem when they first met? It's OK if you know the person ";::!! Jason thought Caroline was rude when she asked him to hang out with her. D criticize the food e. Slow down! Qa,b,or c. Turn it off. I I'm not in right now. Please hold. I We arrived Vancouver at What kind of concert was it?
What happened? Turn it off! Something historic happened at the New York Philharmonic on the evening of January 10, , about an hour into Mahler's Ninth Symphony. And rang. And rang again. It was the kind of marimba riff we've a he only needs to take one train all heard on the street from a stranger's phone. We all wondered whether the conductor Alan Gilbert would react. Suddenly there was silence.
Gilbert had halted the performance. He turned to a they have had a lot of practice the man, who was seated in the front row, and said: b they know when children are hungry "Are you going to turn it off? Will you do that? In the Avery Fisher Hall. They were so furious b talk about the same things as women that I could have imagined them dragging him from his seat on to the stage, tying him to a stake, and setting him alight!
Gilbert turned to the audience. Gilbert neither smiled nor acknowledged the a check their phones for the time cheers. Instead he turned to the orchestra, instructing the b don't interact with you while they're on the phone players to resume, several bars back from the point at which he had stopped the performance. Just before, he raised his c use their phones when they are having dinner baton and turned again to the audience and said. Gilbert's brave decision that night brought new music to the Philharmonic.
Do the tasks with a partner. I the box if you can do them. Can you In what part of the symphony did the phone ring? D talk about typical stereotypes about men and 3 How did the audience react a to the phone ringing, and b to what the conductor did? Gilbert restart the music from the same place 4 D describe something you would like co be able to do, where he had stopped?
Check their meaning and pronunciation and try to learn them. Short movies Citi bikes Watch and enjoy the movie. In pairs, interview your partner about sports using the questionnaire. Be careful with or there are two possible pronunciations.
Look at the typical spellings good sports should be optional there is too much or not enough of these sounds. Do you know what any of their a Do you know of any sports players who are superstitions are or were? A It is not only the players who are superstitious B A good example is Serena Williams C Superstitions and rituals are very common among fans D After my wife had left the room, Murray lost the fourth set E The superstitions and rituals are not confined to the court F Tennis playersarc strange people c Read the article again.
Read and tell each other about the spectators, or all of them? Goran lvanisevic. I laughed at sporting superstitions 1 Tennis players are strange people. Have you noticed how they always ask for convinced that if he won a match, he had to repeat everything he did the previous day. Spurs will score. I left the times before serving. One year this meant room and they scored.
Spurs Tottenham Hotspur, a London 4 soccer team. As we were watching tennis player Andy Murray play the fourth set at Wimbledon, my wife suddenly got up and went to the kitchen. When she charm anything from a scarf was once asked why she had played to a lucky coin , while another so badly at the French Open she questionnaire revealed that answered.
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