EMPOWER UNIT 2

a. Look at the pictures and answer the questions

1. Where do you think the woman is?
A/: I think she is in an aquarium or a shelter where there are marine animals.
2. What’s in her hand?
A/: Food for penguins (maybe fish)
3. Is the water warm or cold?
A/: I think it’s cold
4. What’s one good thing about her job and one bad thing?
A/: A good thing for me is working with animals and I don’t know I can’t find a bad
thing about this job
b. What kind of work do you think is interesting? Here some ideas:
 Working with people
 Working with animals
 Working with machines
 Working on your own
A/: I think that working with animals is interesting because animals are very
awesome and is other world, I think that animals are the most innocent beings in
the world, they are so unique, so beautiful, I would love to work with animals.
2A
1. READING AND LISTENING
a. Look at the pictures. Answer the questions
1. Is the woman a truck driver or a passenger?
A/: She is a truck driver
2. Where do you think she’s from, the USA or Canada?
A/: She is from Canada
3. Do you think her job is easy or difficult?
A/: I think her job is difficult
b. Read the Ice Road Truckers and check your answers
c. Find words in the text to complete the sentences
 R/: Water is at 0°c
 The opposite of safe is dangerous
  Bad things sometimes happen on roads

d. Read the text again. Find three reasons why Lisa’s job is difficult
A/: She drives for many hours, sometimes the ice breaks and it is very easy to
have an accident
e. Listen to Karen and Peter talking about the TV programme Ice Road
Truckers. Do they like it?
A/: Peter likes TV programme but Lisa doesn’t like, she hate it and Peter loves the
TV programme.
f. Listen again. Who thinks these things, Karen (K) or Peter (P)?
1. It’s unusual to see a woman truck driver (K)
2. The truckers are only interested in the money (K)
3. The program is popular because people want to see something bad happen
(K)
4. Lisa Kelly is a really good driver (P)
g. Talk about the questions
1. Would you like to do Lisa Kelly’s job? Why / why not?
A/: I would not like to do Lisa's work because it is very dangerous and I do not like
it, it does not attract my attention.
2. What other dangerous jobs do you know?
A/: Fireman, builder, pilot.
2. VOCABULARY JOBS
a. Match words 1-9 with pictures a-i
1-i Nurse, 2-d Shop assistant, 3-c Police officer, 4-f Dentist, 5-e Pilot, 6-b Engineer,
7-g Cleaner, 8-h Photographer, 9-a Taxi driver
b. Listen to the words and underline the stressed syllable.
Police officer Dentist Photographer Engineer
c. Complete the sentences with jobs from 2a. Talk about your answers
1. A pilot has a dangerous job
2. A shop assistant has an easy job
3. A police officer has an exciting job
4. The pay for a cleaner isn’t very god
3. GRAMMAR
a. Look at the sentences from 1b and 1e and complete them with the verbs
from the box. Listen and check
Drive(3) Don’t(2) Doesn’t(3) Like(2) Drives
A/: I really like Ice Road Truckers
They drive trucks in the North of Canada
Lisa Kelly drives a big truck
I don’t like Ice Roads Truckers at all
They don’t drive on roads because there are no roads in the north
Lisa doesn’t drive in summer
b. Underline more present simple verbs in the text in 1b. Make two lists:
positive and negative forms.
Positive Negative
Drives doesn´t
Makes
Has
Breaks
Goes
Lose
c. Now go to Grammar Focus 2A on p.138
d. Underline the verbs in sentences 1–2.
A/: 1. She makes all her money in the winter.
2. In the winter the water freezes.
e. Which verb in 3d has an extra syllable when we add the letter –s? Listen
and check
A/: Freezes
f. L
g. Listen to these verbs. Tick the verb that have an extra syllable
A/: Finishes, teaches, watches
h. Student A go to p.129. Student B go to p.132
4. SPEAKING
a. Think about your job or the job or someone you know. Write four sentences
about the job: two positive and two negative. Use the verbs in the box
A/: She works in the cinema, she finishes work at 7p.m
She doesn’t like her job, she doesn’t have time to rest
2B
1. READING
a. Ask and answer the questions
1. Are you good at exams?
A/: It depends on the subject but if I review for the exam I will surely pass it
2. Do you worry about exams and test?
A/: it depends on the exam, if it is a final exam or an important exam if I worry
otherwise I can be more calm.
3. Do you study a lot for an exam or test?
A/: No, I don’t study a lot for an exam or test
b. Read comments 1-3 on the Unichat forum and match them with pictures a-c
A/: 1-C, 2-B, 3-C
2. VOCABULARY
a. Look the underlined words in questions 1-7. Match them with pictures a-g
below.
1. Do you have a break in the middle of your English lesson? 1-G
2. Do you have a timetable for your study routine? 2-C
3. Do you make notes when you read something in English? 3-D
4. Do you get good marks in English tests? 4-E
5. How many weeks is a term at your school? 5-F
6. Do you have an exam at the end of the year? 6-A
7. Do you enjoy your English studies? 7-B
b. Match the words in the box with 1-4. You can use some of the words more
than once.
GET GOOD PASS BAD MAKE FAIL
1. An exam
2. Marks
3. Notes
4. A test
c. Ask and answer the questions in 2a.
1. Do you have a break in the middle of your English lesson?
A/: I almost always take a break but it's not always.
2. Do you have a timetable for your study routine?
A/: Yes, I have a timetable
 3. Do you make notes when you read something in English?
A/: Sometimes when i find unfamiliar words.
4. Do you get good marks in English tests?
A/: Almost always or I like to think that haha
5. How many weeks is a term at your school?
A/: A semester lasts 16 weeks
6. Do you have an exam at the end of the year?
A/: I have a final exam when I finish the semester
7. Do you enjoy your English studies?
A/: Yes, I enjoy my English studies because I like to learn new things.
3. LISTENING
a. Jack (SWOTTIE 8’s real name) talks to Tania about her study habits. Listen
and tick the things they talk about.
 Places to study
 Hours of study
Exam
 Free time
b. Listen again. Complete the information about Tania’s studies.
 Part-time or full-time studies? Part-time studies
 Hours a week? Ten hours a week
 When? Nine o’clock
 Where? In her job, in the kitchen, in the bedroom, anywhere
4. VOCABULARY
a. Match the times that Tania talks about with the clocks.
1. Usually at half past eight…
2. … last night at quarter past eleven
11:15
08:30
b. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
TO PAST O’CLOCK HALF
1. Four o’clock
2. Half past four
3. A quarter past four
4. A quarter to five
c. Now go to vocabulary focus 2B on p.162 for more practice with time
5. GRAMMAR
a. Look at the questions. Which is correct? Listen and check
 1. You study full-time or part-time?
2. Do you study full-time or part-time?
3. Study you full-time or part-time?
b. Complete the questions with one word
Do you study part-time?
Do they like tests?
c. Jack asks Tania about her daughter Ellie. Listen and complete the
information about Ellie’s studies.
 Hours a week? Forty hours a week
 When? Nine o’clock
 Where? Home and the University library
d. Read the question Jack asks Tania
Does she study more before an exam?
Look at the questions in 5b. How are they different? Why?
A/: The difference is the auxiliary do/does, it gets does when it is third person.
e. Now go to grammar focus 2B on p.138
f. Put the questions in the correct order. Listen and check
1. How many hours do you study a week?
2. Do you study grammar or vocabulary?
3. When do you study?
4. Where do you study?
g. Notice the pronunciation of do you in each question. Can you hear both
words clearly?
A/: Yes, I can hear both words clearly
6. SPEAKING
a. Look at the questions in 5f. Write another question about study.
1. How often do you practice English?
b. Ask and answer your questions in 6a
1. I practice English everyday
2. I think is French
3. Yes, I like, it’s cool
4. Omg, it’s complicated but I think that the final exams are necessary
c. Do you have new ideas about studying now?
A/: No, I don’t have new ideas about it
2C
1. LISTENING
a. Look at the picture. Dan and Leo are in a cafeteria. Do you think they’re:
 1. At the airport 2. At work 3. In a shopping centre?
A/: At work
b. Watch or listen to part 1 and check your answer 1a
c. Work in pairs. Choose the correct answers.
1. Dan orders a small / large tea, a small / large latte and one croissant / two
croissant
2. It costs 3.60 / 4.60
3. Dan asks Leo to pass the milk / sugar
d. Watch or listen to part 1 again and check your answer in 1c.
e. Watch or listen to part 2. Annie wants to do an online course. What’s her
problem? Choose one answer.
She can’t decide:
a. Which course to do b. How much to pay c. When to start
f. Watch or listen to part 2 again. Are the sentences true or false? Correct
the false sentences.
1. Annie asks Dan for help. TRUE
2. Dan’s free tonight. FALSE / Dan is not free tonight
3. Annie isn’t free on Friday. FALSE / Annie is free on Friday
4. Annie’s happy about dinner. TRUE
g. Where do you usually meet friends and family?
 In your home. YES
 In their home. YES
 In a café. SOMETIMES
 In a different place. SOMETIMES
2. USEFUL LANGUAGE
a. Look at these ways to ask for things. Who says them: Dan (D) or Annie (A)?
1. Can I have a tea and a latte, please? D
2. Could I come to your place tonight? A
3. Could we chat about it now? D
4. I’d like some help. A
b. Watch or listen to parts 1 and 2 again and check. Match a-d with 1-4 in 2a.
a. Certainly. Small or large? 1
b. Sorry, I have another meeting in five minutes. 2
c. Sure, no problem. 3
d. Sorry, we’re not at home tonight. 4