magic tour 8. sb. unit 1

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PESSIMIST or OPTIMIST

PRONUNCIATION

1. a) Listen to the poem. What kind of person is its author?b) Do you know all the words in the boxes? Check theirmeaning with your classmate, teacher or dictionary. Match thewords from the two boxes.

E.g.: to do - work

1.

b) Listen and check yourselves.

c) Take it in turns with your partner to match the phrasesfrom 1a) with nothing but or nowhere but. Mind the pronunciation of nothing and nowhere .

E.g. Nothing to do but work

d) Are you a pessimist or an optimist? Find out about yourpartner. Report your findings to the group.

LISTENING

2. a) Divide the adjectives in the box into positive and negative.

b) Pessimistic and optimistic make a pair of opposites. Findas many pairs of opposites in the two groups as you can.

E.g. attractive ugly

to do to eat to wear to cut to breathe to h ve

to comb to throw to live to sleep

to cry to bury to singto go to come

food clothes air wood out work h ir

songs back in bed de d tears doubts

here away

pleasant, competitive, naughty, ugly, cheerful, frank, terrible, calm, bossy, boring,

selfish, hospitable, hard-working, noisy, proud, too talkative, friendly, helpful, lazy,

quiet, impolite, impatient, unfriendly, faithful, dishonest, sociable, attractive,unpleasant, honest, confident, polite, changeable, patient, wonderful

selfish thinking only of

themselves
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3. a) Listen to the story. Choose the best moral for it.Explain your choice.

Ask no questions and you will be told no lies.

The things look the way we look at them.Better to do well than to say well.

Every family has a black sheep.

It takes all sorts to make the world.

b) Which is the right way to behave? Which of the twostrangers would you like to have for a friend or a neighbour?

c) Play the memory game: retell the story as a group. Take it in

turns to say one sentence each. Use your notes for ex.2 for help.

VOCABULARY

4. a) Find examples of adjectives in ex. 2 in which prefixescreate a negative meaning. Check with your partner.

b) Work in pairs. Use the prefixes in the box to make thefollowing adjectives negative. Check with a dictionary.

c) Match the negative adjectives with the nouns below.

SPEAKING

5. a) Work with your partner. Describe

the people of your town / city / village

your family member

your friend

your neighbour

yourself

b) Compare with your classmates description.

possible

believable

sociable

formal

separable

legal

correct

regular

healthy

faithful

logical

food friends explanation answer clothes storyperson business verbs situation husband

Moral - the message of astory which youunderstand from it abouthow you should or shoulnot behave.

selfish to behave

im-, il-, un-, in-, ir-,
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WHAT DO YOUR STARS SAY?VOCABULARY

1. a) Read the description of people in Chinese Zodiac.Fill in the missing letters. Compare with your partner.

Y E A R

DESCRIPTION OF BEHAVIOURGOOD

QUALITY DESCRIPTION OF BEHAVIOURBAD

QUALITY

R A T

Is ready to share money, help, kindness,more than is usual

genero_s first does and then thinks h_t-headed

Is good at producing ideas or things thatare unusual or clever

ima_inative likes telling people what to do bos_y

O X

Is certain about what he / she does c_nfident gets unhappy and angry becausesomeone has something they want

jealo_s

Is always ready to protect you fromdanger

prot_ctive gives too much attention to formalrules and small details

pedan_ic

T I G E R

produces a lot of original and unusualideas

creativ_ does what he/she want and will notdo anything else

stubbor_

understands what other people need, is

helpful and kind to them

sensit_ve often has strong feelings and

expresses them

too em_tional

R A B B I T

Is enjoyable, attractive and easy to like ple_sant its difficult for him / her to make achoice

i_decisive

Is peaceful, quiet, not noisy ca_m behaves like the weather in April,very often changes their opinion,etc.

chang_able

D R A G O N

Is full of energy; very active en_rgetic feels better and more importantthan other people

pro_d

shows no fear of dangerous or difficultthings

b_ave always tries to do or be better thansomeone else, wants only to win

comp_titive

S N A K E

Is a quiet, deep thinker; does not laugh a

lot

seri_us Is not ready to share money, help,

kindness

not very

_enerouscan understand something withoutthinking about it, only with the help oftheir intuition

int_itive does not want to change thesituation, lets other people be incontrol

pas_ive

H O R S E

does a lot of work ha_d-wo_king

Is egoistical; only thinks abouthimself / herself

s_lfish

doesnt like to be controlled by other people

i_dependent Is not very honest, can cheat on you dis_onest
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S H E E P Is pleasant, well-liked by people cha_ming is nervous and uncomfortable with

other peoplesh_

Is able to wait and continue to dosomething, even despite difficulties

patien_ thinks bad things are more likely tohappen

pes_imistic

M O N K

E Y

can learn and understand things veryquickly and easily

cl_ver shows dislike, not friendly unfr_ _ ndly

likes to spend time with other people sociabl_ always behaves badly, never doeswhat they have been asked orordered to do

naug_ty

C H I C K E N can decide quickly and positively, with

a clear resultde_isive Cant to wait at all i_patient

can understand and learn and make judgments or have opinions that are based on reason

inte_ligent is unpleasantly loud, makes toomuch noise

nois_

D O G you can have confidence in them,

depend on themdepen_able cant stop being angry with you u_forgiving

Is unchangeable in his / her friendship faith_ul Is not polite; rude i_polite

P I Galways tells the truth _onest believes that things can be better idealisti_Is truthful, even when this might makeother people uncomfortable

f_ank makes negative judgments aboutother people

critica_

c) Listen, check and repeat the adjectives after the speaker.

2. Read the description of your year carefully. Do you agree with it?Does your partner agree with his / her description? Are you verydifferent from each other? Why?

3. a)Put the personality adjectives into three groups: familiar,unfamiliar and unfamiliar, but easy to understand.

b) Put them into different groups according to their form.

c) Us e the card the teacher has given you to interview your partner.Report the results to the class.

4. a) Read the descriptions for the years of the Ox and Tiger madeby professional astrologers. Are the negative opinions expressedvery categorically? What other words can help you to make youropinion less categorical?

OX: You are very confident, but you can be jealous at times.

TIGER: You are creative and sensitive but you tend to be too emotional.

b) What words or phrases are used to soften the negative opinion?

WRITING

5. Work in pairs. Write the descriptions for the other years. Makethe negative opinions less categorical. Check with the class.

depend ablein depend ent

dependable stubborn (in)decisive jealous unforgiving generous sensitiveintelligent creative to tend
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COOL BREEZE

OVER THE MOUNT INS

LISTENING

1. Answer the questions:

If a person was born in the year of the Dragon, whatqualities should this person have?

Can you name the actor who starred in Matrix as Neo?What do you know about him?

2. Read the beginning and the ending of an interview with KeanuReeves. Are there any facts there that surprise you?

3. a) Listen to the interview with Keanu Reeves.Check if the horoscope is right.

b) Match the words with the definitions:

1. quality a) the physical or mental power or skill needed to do something2. secretive b) intelligent, or able to think quickly or cleverly in difficult situations3. self-critical c) to interest or attract someone4. unemotional d) a characteristic of someone or something5. dumb e) ready to give negative judgments about themselves6. ability f) calm and controlled, not expressing strong feelings7. be unable g) foolish or unwise; making people angry, especially of repeated situations8. to appeal to someone h) not to have the physical or mental power, skill, time, money, etc. needed

Now were going to talk with an actor who decidednot to accept a $12 million offer for Speed 2 to doShakespeare in a small Canadian theatre. He isfamously generous with his money: he buys giftsfor his movies' backstage workers and donatesmoney to charity. A Buddhist and a pacifist, he sagainst war on principle, and chose not to play inseveral films because the part seemed too violent.He also gave back $38 million of his Matrix moneyto pay for some of the special effects.

That was Keanu Reeves, the man chosen as one of the50 most beautiful people in the world by Peoplemagazine; the actor who starred in Matrix , a film thahas become a cult classic. The world is divided into two categories: those whoenjoy his work and those who can't stand him. Whileit's true that he hasn't yet joined the same league as APacino and Jack Nicholson , he is comfortable in bothindependent personal dramas and loud blockbusters.He personifies a new action hero, and there's nodenying that Keanu Reeves will be remembered as oneof the most o ular movie stars ever.
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9. smart i) hiding their feelings and thoughts from other people10. silent type j) a type of person, usually a man, who says very little

c) Listen to the interview again. Answer the questions:

Keanu Reeves is secretive, self-critical, unemotional, sensitiveand generous. What facts from the interview tell us about that?

What is Keanu Reeves unable to do? Is he smart?What special ability does he have?

What quality of Keanu Reeves appeals both to women and men?

What other qualities does Keanu Reeves have? What about hisfilm characters? What quality appeals to you most in KeanuReeves?

GRAMMAR

4. a) Read the sentences from the interview. Whose wishes are they?

Which of the examples express regrets?Do these regrets refer to the past or to the present?Which examples tell us about what we would like people (not) to do?Which of the sentences sound critical?Which sentence sounds more emotional than the others?What verb forms are used after I wish and If only in each case?

5. Write about your wishes . I wish I was /were more/less

If only I could be I wish (somebody) would

SPEAKING

6. a) Interview your partner.

- What is your best quality? What is the worst one?

- Which of your qualities do you think appeals to people most?

- What special things are you able to do?

GRAMMAR FOCUS

I wish I was / were

I wish I could

I wish I would

I wish he would

I wish I were smarter .

If only I could be more emotional.

I wish he would appear in movies with more martial arts and less dialogue.

Born September 2, 196

Keanu and his sister Kim

I wish you would not ask me about that.

I wish it was easy to pronounce!

I wish I were a more intelligent person.
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- What people appeal to you most?

b) Report your findings to the group.

WEIRD

CHARACTERS

READING

1. a) Which of the definitions of the word character correspondsto the word , which - , which - andwhich ?

b) Weird means very strange and unusual, unexpect ed or notnatural. Can you give any examples of weird characters in films orcartoons?

2. Read the introduction to a magazine article on a notorious(famous for something bad) cartoon. Have you seen any of thecartoons mentioned in the article? Have you heard about them?

3. a) Read the character descriptions in the boxes.Match them with the characters in the pictures.

quality secretive self-critical unemotional dumb smart ability to be able to appeal silent

Character -a personrepresented in afilm, play or story

Character -the particularcombination ofqualities in a personthat makes themdifferent from others

Character - someone

whose behaviour isinteresting or amusing

First there came The Simpsons . Then came Beavis and Butthead and King of the Hill . Now South Park has become t he worlds cult

animation show. South Park, which has been called the mostoffensive (unpleasant) and outrageous (scandalous) television showever made, tells the story of four eight-year-old third-grade studentswho live in a small town in Colorado, a place where strange thinghappen. The black humour with bad language has led to the show

being labelled as adult humour but many of its biggest fans arechildren. South Park is made by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, whoare making fun of American pop-culture. Many of Hollywoods topnames wanted to be involved, including George Clooney. TheSouth Park merchandise especially T- shirts with the words Oh,my God! They killed Kenny! - is extremely popular. In case youare wondering, there is a real South Park in Colorado. It has one ofthe highest number of UFO sightings in the world!

Character - a person,especially when you aredescribing a particularquality that they have

Awesom
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b) Find the words and phrases that mean

a group of young men who spend time together and cause trouble (Stan)friendly, energetic, sociable (Stan)the smartest in the group (Kyle)

behaving as they want; impolite, not attentive to other people, because

their parents have given them too much attention (Cartman)not intelligent (Cartman)thinking that they are cleverer or more important than they are (Cartman)a person who is joked about or laughed at (Cartman)speaks unclearly (Kenny)attractive and charming (other characters)ability to see things as amusing (other characters)4. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions:

a) Which character is the weirdest? b) Which character do you think appeals to everyone?c) Which character would you like to sound ?d) Do you think youre spoilt or big -headed?e) Do you have a sense of humour?e) How do you behave when you get angry?f) Who is the brains of your class?g) Would you like to be the butt of everyones jokes?

Stan, the normal one, is the leader of thegang and the good kid of the g roup. Hesindependent, outgoing and hes the mostconfident of the group, but hes shy with girls.He wears a blue hat with a red pom-pon.

Kyle (Br oslofski) wears a gree n hat with earflaps.Hes Stan s best friend, he also has a pet elephant.Hes sm art: hes the brains of the group. Kyle ishonest and kind, but sometimes hes a terrible bullyto his little brother. The character is actually basedon co-creator Matt Stone.

Cartman is the spoiled one. Hes stupidselfish, dishonest, competitive, impatient,

jealous, stubborn, insensitive and unforgiving.Wow! Hes very big -headed, too. When hegets angry, he starts eating his favourite snackcalled Cheesy Puffs. His mother calls him Ericand hes the butt of everyones jokes.

Kenny is the poor quiet one. His face is alwayshidden inside his anorak hood and he alwaysmumbles. He has had a difficult childhood and hedies in horrific circumstances almost in everyepisode. The most famous line from the cartoon is:Oh, my God! They killed Kenny!

Other characters include Chef, a large, lovable soul-singing school cafeteria cook, and Mrs. Garrison,the boys teacher who wears a hand puppet called Mr. Hat. Weird sense of humour!

Shesa hard-working and dkind and honest forgiving aundemanding generous andsmart and outgoing characte

Shes very lovable and kinspoilt insensitive step-sisterstepmother though shes alwof their jokes.

Even when she becomes a pdoesnt get big-headed and doesnsense of humour.

character spoilt big-headed outgoing lovable butt weird sense of humour

UK: spoilt US: spoiled

UK: humour US: humor
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Film directorFitness instructor

Veterinary Archaeologist

ZookeeperCarpenter

PilotDesigner

Boat captainProgrammer

ScientistTeacherMusician

Doctor

What personality traits do you need for your job?

What special abilities are necessary in your job?

What education should you have for your job?

What training does your job require?

What are you responsible for?

Whats the best thing about your job?

Whats the worst thing about your job?

Whats your secret wish?

WRITING

5. a) Write a short description of your favourite book,film or cartoon character. Keep the name secret.b) Read out your description. Let your classmates guess.

Prepare to give a tip or two if it gets too difficult for them.

ON THE JO

LISTENING

1. Guess what job it is:

2. a) Listen to the mini-interviews with three women. Choose theanswers to the questions below from the boxes.

What are their jobs?

What questionsdid they answer?

b) Listen again. Take notes.What personality traits and special abilities do they need in their

jobs? What appeals to them most in their jobs?

3. a) Complete the sentences below. Use the active vocabulary boxfor help, if necessary. One word is used twice.

A. A zookeepers job r _____ someone who is d______ to animal care.

B. A zookeeper should be r_______, dependable and c_______ of thesafety of animals.

C. You n___ a love of animals for a zookeepers job.

D. A sense of humour is n______ for a zookeeper, too.

For this job you have to be creative, hard-working,sociable, confident, smart, emotional, self-critical, patientand decisive. You should be able to work in a team butyou will have to be bossy at times.

to require to need

personality character

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E. A captain must be c______ and k_______-.

F. Its n _______ to be a risk- taker in a captains job.

G. To be a good musician you need to be d_______, hard-working,thirsty for knowledge and ready for change.

b) One of the statements in 3a) is false. In pairs decide which one.Listen and check yourselves.

GRAMMAR

4. a) Match the women and their wishes.

b) Write wishes for people of other jobs. Keep the name of the jobsecret. Let your classmates guess.

You: Your partner:

WRITING

disciplined dedicated responsible careful to need to require personality traitnecessary conscious knowledgeable

Dale, river captain Nicki, zookeeperMidori, violinist

A. I wish I could play modernmusic more often.

B. I wish I was moreknowledgeable aboutanimal health

I wish peoplewould becomemore safety-conscious.

I wish I was moreknowledgeable about building bridges.

Youre an engineer 1

Id like to be For this job you need This job requires someone who Its necessary to be You should be One needs to be


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5. a) On a sheet of paper write about your dream job.What personality traits and special abilities do you need for it?What appeals to you most in this job?Write about a wish connected with your dream job.

b) Hang up your papers around the classroom. Read the dream jobdescriptions. Do they have anything in common?

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE

PRONUNCIATION

1. a) What two adjectives do the pictures illustrate? How many otherpersonality adjectives have you come across so far? Make a list.

2. a) Match the adjectives in the box with the stress patterns.

b) Add more adjectives from your list to illustrate each pattern.

c) Listen and repeat after the speaker.

VOCABULARY

3. a) Are all the personality qualities in your list either good or bad?Find those which are neutral.

b) Study the dictionary diagram for the word good. Findequivalents to the collocations in your language. Use the collocationsto rephrase the sentences below.

a) Jane is very attractive: shes got beautiful eyes and gorgeous hair.

b) Youre so lazy! You behave like a real couch potato.

c) Hes so proud of his brilliant sense of humour. He doesnt wantto talk to his classmates.

d) This friend of yours will get you into trouble. I think, hes bad .

competitive talkative calmimaginative impatient noisyimpolite indecisive polite

hospitable unemotional
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e) Shes very kind to her Granny. She visits her every dayand does all the shopping.

f) He has a friendly relationship with his neighbours.

g) Keanu has become rich and successful.

h) A cup of hot tea will make you feel much better.

i) The children behaved well. They were no trouble at all.

j) This news is unbelievable.

k) Dont throw away the magazines. They can be useful for making acollage.

l) Shes not my best friend, but shes one of my close friends.

m) If you speak English every day, youll soon be able to speak well.

SPEAKING

good-looking =attractive

too good to be true =unbelievable

to be on good terms = tohave a polite and friendly

relationship

a good friend = somebodyyou know very well andlike very much, a close

friend

to think youre too good

for something = to be proud to be good-for-

nothing = to belazy and useless

to make good = to become rich and

successful

to do you good = to make

you feel better

to be no good = to be a bad, useless

person

to be good tosomebody = to bekind to somebody

to be good for somet= to be useful

to be good at something= to be able to dosomething well

to be good =to behave well

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Queen

System of a Down

4. a) Make up questions using the phrases wit h good to interviewyour partner .

E.g. Are you on good terms with your neighbours?

Do you know anyone who is good-looking?

b) Interview your partner. Report your findings to the group.

LONELY HEARTS

LISTENING

1. a) Read the saying of Aeschylus. Is there an answer to thisquestion? Who, save gods, can be happy all life long?

b) Do you always feel happy? Do you ever feel lonely? Why?

2. a) Look at the photos of three popular bands. What do you thinkthese bands have in common?

b) Look through the excerpts from their songlyrics. Match them with the bands. What dothe lyrics have in common?

Red Hot Chili Peppers

A.Sometimes I feel like I dont have a partner, Sometimes I feel like my only friendIs the city I live in, the city of angel -Lonely as I am; together we cry

C.Such a lonely day -And its mine,The most loneliest day of my life.Such a lonely dayShould be banned,

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c) Look at the words in bold in the song lyrics. Answer the questions:

Whats wrong with them?

What should these lines look like?

Why do you think they are different in the songs?

3. a) Read the Queen song lyrics. Find more irregularities.

Sometimes I feel I'm gonna break down and cry (so lonely): Nowhere to go, nothing to do ___ my time -I get lonely, so lonely living ___ my own.

Sometimes I feel I'm always walking too fast,And everything is coming ___ on me, ___ on meI go crazy, oh, so crazy living ___ my own.

Dee do de de, dee do de de,

I don't have no time ___ no monkey business,Dee do de de, dee do de de,I get so lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely yeah,Got to be some good times ahead.

Sometimes I feel nobody gives me no warning,Find my head is always ___ in the clouds __ a dreamworld,It's not easy living ___ my own.

Dee do de de, dee do de de, b) Fill in the missing prepositions. Listen and check yourselves.

c) Find lines in the lyrics that prove the following statement:

The singer i s a sensiti ve and romanti c per sonali ty, but he isoptimistic about hi s futur e.

d) Sing along with the singer.

WRITING

B.Sometimes I feelI'm gonna break down and cry (so lonely);

Nowhere to go, nothing to do with my time -I get lonely, so lonely living on my own.

Living on my Own

Words and music byFreddie Mercury

On ones own alonwithout help fromanyone else

Alone - without other people

Monkey business -dishonest or unacceptable

behaviour.

Lonely - unhappy because you are alone

sensitive (here) easily upse

Sensitive? Romantic?If you have these two

qualities, I would like hear from you. Imlonely and I need a

lonely sensitive romantic

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4. a) Imagine you are lonely and want to find a friend. Write a shortadvertisement for the Lonely Hearts column in a magazine or aforum o n the Internet. Use your imagination to describe yourself.

b) Play the matching game. Go round the classroom. Try to find agood friend for yourself.

c) Report to the group how lucky you ve been in finding a friend .

TWENTY WAYS TO GET BETTERREADING

1. Answer the questions:

What people are not happy with themselves?

Are you happy with yourself? Do you wish you weredifferent? What kind of person would you like to be?

2. a) Read the article from a teenage magazine on how tobecome a better person. Which advice do you like best?

1. Behave towards theothers as you would likethem to behave towardsyou.

6. Better late than never.Join a library and use it.Just think how many quizquestions youll get right.

11. Chat to the person nextto you in the dinner queue.You could make a newfriend.

16. Share smiles, ideasand optimism. Dontkeep all that to yourselfRiches are for spending

2. Make a list of qualitiesyou admire in others, andturn to it once in a while,when you feel youregetting confused aboutlife.

7. Smile. Feeling happywill make your life betterand better. And the

jealous ones will havesomething to worryabout.

12. Always have a dream.As the song says:If youdont have a dream, howare you going to have yourdream come true?

17. Make your life brilliant by learningEnglish outside theclassroom. Read a bookwatch a DVD, learn tosing a song . Youll be

brains of the class!

3. Learn how to take acompliment. If people tellyou youre cool, believethem, please.

8. Write down all thethings you want to getout of life. Focusing yourthoughts will give you aclearer direction.

13. Go up to the girl / boyyou like and tell him / herhow you are feeling. Itsthe first step that costs.

18. Its never too late tolearn. Take a lesson inmartial arts. Learn to

protect yourself. Life wseem better.

4. Learn to do the thingsyouve always wan ted todo take up the bass

9. Never put off tilltomorrow what you cando today. Do your

14. Everyone does stupidthings sometimes. Learn tolaugh at yourself. As the

19. Be careful with falsfriends, but if you dontwant to stay alone, learn

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guitar or belly dancing. Goon, its easier than youthink. You never knowwhat you can do till youtry.

homework as soon asyou get home fromschool. Free for the restof the evening! Hurrah!

saying goes:Laugh andthe world laughs with you.Cry and youll cry alone.

to say to your closefriend :Im not angrywith you any longer.

5. Re-style your old jeansor deep-dye your old T-shirts. Paint your bedroom

pink and yellow. Whynot?!

10. Always look on the bright side of life.Believe in yourself. Ifyou dont , no one elsewill.

15. Cook The Parentsdinner sometime. Theydeserve it. And visit yourGranny not only beforeyour birthday.

20. Theres no time likethe present. Be the firston the dance floor at

parties. Enjoy life itthe only one youve got

b) Make the recommendations more laconic. Use the beginnings inthe box and the personality adjectives you know.

E.g. Recommendation 1: Be conscious of the feelings of other people.

c) Find proverbs and sayings in the article. Explain their meaning.Do you have similar proverbs and sayings in your language?

3. Discuss with your classmate:

Which recommendation is the easiest / the most difficult tofollow?

Which recommendation is the funniest / the most serious?

Which recommendation(s) could be good for you?

4. a) Follow the first part of recommendation No2. Make a list ofqualities you admire in others.

b) Compare your list with your classmates. What qualities do bothof you admire in people?

SPEAKING

5. a) Read the quotations from the unit interviews. What phrases canyou borrow from them to make a discussion more natural?

Keanu Reeves: My best friend is my sister, I suppose.Yes, thats absolutely true. I learnt martial arts moves for Matrix.

Dale L ozier: The best thing about my job is working with people, I guess.

Try to be Learn to be Be Dont be Get more / less

admire have a positive

opinion of someonor their behavior; to

find someoneattractive and pleasa

to look at

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M idori Tanaki: The best thing is being able to work with kids andteenagers, Id say.

b) Work in a group. Decide what qualities make an ideal friend /neighbour / teacher / student / parent / son or daughter / classmate /relative. Make a list of qualities using as many adjectives as you can.Use the phrases from the quotes in your discussion.

c) Read out your description to the group. Listen to the otherportraits. Take notes. What people do we admire most?

2 WORDS ABOUT MUM

WRITING

1. Read a students composition about her mother. StudyThings to Remember box and say whatrecommendations the writer did not follow.

- Thats absolutelytrue. And a true

friend needs to befaithful, too.

to admire

I admire my mother very much. She is 37. She isnttall but she isnt short either. Shes anurse Mymother likes her job very much She has got manyfriends. They admire her too. Shes funny. I admireher because shes kind and she loves me and my littlebrother

THINGS TO REMEMBER!STEPS

1. Before writinga) Make notes of ideas and examples.b) Think what language you might use.

c) Think of a good title.

2. While writinga) Think what would be interesting for your reader.b) Look up words you are not sure about.

3. After writinga) Do a spelling and grammar check.b) Check the structure of the composition.

c) Edit the vocabulary of the composition (cut out

or add some words).

PLAN

1. IntroductionWho are you writing about?How do you know that person?

Other small details

2. Main partPara1: Give a short description of the person: theirage, appearance, clothes, habits.Para2: Describe the personality. Say why you admirethem.

3. ConclusionWrite again bout your feelings towards the person.

Write about your wishes connected with this person.


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THINGS TO AVOID!Words you dont understandInformal phrases

Too many examplesRepetitions

Very short sentencesVery long sentences

2. a) Read an examiner s comments to this composition. Would youadd any questions?

b) Think about your mother. Answer the questions above about her.Make notes.

3. Think about some other adult people you know well. Complete thesentences below making them true for these people.

a) Her / his job req uires someone who is

b) She / Hes able to

c) One of his / her best qualities is her ability to

d) He / she can / tends to be . at times but

50 words are definitely not enough to describe your mother. Your writing could get better if you answerthese questions in your composition:

Does she look young for her age? Is she attractive?

Who does she look like: her father or mother? What about you?

What qualities does she need in her job?

Why does she have many friends? Is she your good friend?

Does she have a sense of humour?

What is she good at?

All mothers are normally kind. What other personality traits does she have?

What are her best qualities? What appeals to people most in your mother?

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e) I admire her / him because she / he is

f) What appeals to me most in her / him is her / his . chara cter.

g) I wish he / she would

h) I wish she / he were(was) / could be

4. Write a composition about an adult you admire. Use about 200words. Make sure you use Things to Remember and Thi ngs to Avoid boxes.

CH RLES By Shirley Jackson1. Read the story. Answer the questions.

The day my son Laurie started kindergarten an era of my life wasended; my sweet-voiced little baby was replaced by a self-confident character who forgot to stop at the corner and wavegood-bye to me. He came home the same day, his hat on the floor,shouting, Isnt anybody here?

At lunch he spoke impolitely to his father, spilled his baby sistersmilk and remarked that his teacher said we were not to take thename of the Lord in vain.

How was school today?I asked casually .

All right, he said.

Did you learn anything? his father asked.

Laurie regarded his father coldly. I didnt learn nothing, he said.

Anything, I said. Didnt learn anything.

The teacher spanked a boy, though, Laurie said, addressing his bread and butter. For being fresh, he added, with his mouth full.

What did he do? I asked. What was it?

Laurie thought. It was Charles, he said. He was fresh. Theteacher spanked him and made him stand in the corner. He wasawfully fresh.

What are your earliestkindergarten memories?

Did you like staying inthe kindergarten?

Why did Lauriescorrect him?

spanking

Did anyone hit or spankyou in the kindergarten

fresh tooconfident, showing

lack of respect

Were you ever made tostand in the corner?What for?


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The next day Laurie remarked at lunch, as soon as he sat down,Well, Charles was bad again today. He grinned enormously andsaid, Today Charles hit the teacher.

Good Heavens, I said, mindful of the Lords name. I suppose,

he got spanked again?

He sure did, Laurie said. Look up, he said to his father.

What? his father said, looking up.

Look down, Laurie said. Look at my thumb. Gee, you aredumb. He began to laugh hysterically.

Why did Charles hit the teacher? I asked quickly.

Because he made him colour with red crayons, Laurie said.Charles wanted to colour with green crayons so he hit the teacherand she spanked him and said nobody play with Charles buteverybody did.

On Wednesday Charles hit a little girl, on Thursday he had to standin a corner during the story-time because he kept pounding his feeton the floor. Friday Charles threw chalk.

On Saturday I remarked to my husband, Do you thinkkindergarten is too unsettling for Laurie? All this toughness and

bad grammar, and this Char les boy sounds like bad influence.

Itll be all right, my husband said reassuringly. There must be people like Charles in the world. Might as well meet them now aslater.

On Monday Laurie came home late, full of new. Charles, heyelled, Charles was bad again. You know what Charles did? hedemanded, Charles yelled so in school they sent a boy in fromfirst grade to tell the teacher she had to make Charles keep quiet,

and so Charles had to stay after school. And so all the childrenstayed to watch him.

What did he do? I asked.

He just sat there, Laurie said, climbing into his chair at the table.Hi, Pop, yold dust mop.

hitting

Can you explain tmeaning of Lauriefathers words?

Where do you thinkLaurie learnt this joke

Did you have story-timin the kindergarten? Hdid the kids behaveduring the story time?

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Charles had to stay after school today and everyone stayed withhim, I told my husband.

What does Charles look like? Whats his other name? myhusband asked Laurie.

Hes bigger than me, Laurie said.

Monday night was the first Parent-Teacher meeting, and only thefact that the baby had a cold kept me from going: I wanted

passionately to meet Charles mother. On Tuesday Laurieremarked suddenly, Our teacher had a friend come to see her inschool today.

Charles mother? my husband and I asked simultaneously.

Naah, Laurie said scornfully. It was a man who came and madeus do exercises. We had to touch our toes. Charles was fresh again,he didnt even do exercises. The teachers friend told Charles totouch his toes and Charles kicked him.

What are they going to do with Charles, do you suppose?Lauries father asked him.

Through him out of school, I guess, he sa id.

Wednesday and Thursday were routine; Charles yelled during the

story-hour and hit a boy in the stomach and made him cry. OnFriday Charles stayed after school again and so did all the otherchildren. The third week was the same.

During the third and forth weeks it looked like a reformation inCharles. Laurie reported grimly at lunch on Thursday of the thirdweek, Charles was so good today the teacher gave him an apple.And he was the teachers helper: gave crayons around and pickedup the books.

For over a week Charles was Charles was the teachers helper;each day he handed things out and he picked things up; no one hadto stay after school.

The PTA meetings next week again, I told my husband oneevening. Im going to find Charles mother there.

kicking

apple is a symbol ofeducation in Americanschools

Were you given anyspecial presents by yoteacher in thekindergarten or primarschool for good

behaviour?

Did you ever work as teachers help er in thekindergarten or primarschool? Did you givecrayons around or do

something different?

Did your parents likegoing to Parent Teachmeetings when you werein the kindergarten? Dothey like it now?


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Ask her what happened to Charles, Id like to know, my husbandsaid.

On Friday of that week things were back to normal. You knowwhat Charles did today? Laurie asked at the lunch table. He told

a little girl to say a word and she said it and the teacher washed herWhat word? my husband asked unwisely, and Laurie said, Illhave to whisper it to you, its so bad. He got down off his chairand went around to his father. His father bent his head down andLaurie whispered he word. His fathers e yes widened.Did Charles tell the little girl to say that? he asked respectfully.

She said it twice, Laurie said, Charles told her to say it twice.

Monday morning Charles said the bad word himself three or four

times, getting his mouth washed with soap each time. He alsothrew chalk.

At the PTA meting I sat scanning each face, trying to determinewhich one had the secret of Charles. None of them looked to metired enough. No one stood up at the meeting and said, Im sorryfor my sons behaviour. No one spoke about Charles.

After the meeting I found Lauries teacher. We smiled to eachother.

Ive been so anxious to meet you, I said. Im Lauries mother.

Were all so interested in Laurie, she said.

Well, he certainly likes kindergarten. He talks about it all thetime.

We had a little trouble adapting, the first week or so, she said,but now hes a fine little helper. With occasional lapses, ofcourse.

Laurie usually adapts very quickly, I said. I suppose this timeits Charless influence.

Charles?

Yes, I said laughing, you must have your hands full in thatkindergarten, with Charles.

Did your teacher punishyou for saying bad worin the kindergarten?How?

What is your opinionabout using bad language

Do you usually adapt quickly in newenvironments?

to have ones hands full to be very busy

Who usually handsthings out and picksthem up in your lesson

What word in yourlanguage does thehighlighted word remindyou of?


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2. a) Guess what the teacher said.

b) Listen to the scene after the meeting and check yourpredictions.

3. Describe a) Laurie b) Charles. .4. Was there a Charles in your kindergarten or primaryschool? Have you ever behaved like Charles?

VOCABULARY LIST, UNIT 1abilityadmire

appeal be able behave big-headed

outgoing buttcarefulcharacterconsciousknowledgeablecreativedependable

disciplineddedicatedresponsibledumbhot-headedunforgivinggenerousindecisiveintelligent

jealouslonelylovable

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GRAMMAR REFERENCE, UNIT 1

Lesson 3

WISHES - REGRETS ABOUT THE PRESENT

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ATTENTION!!!

+

WISHES (what we would like other people (not) to do in the presentor future)

+ +

I WISH

IF ONLY

PAST SIMPLE

I WISH

IF ONLY

SOMEBODY WOULD DO SOMETHING

I WISH

IF ONLY

I, HE, SHE, IT WERE / WAS


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