Getting To Know You: Tenses - Questions - Using A Bilingual Dictionary - Social Expressions 1
Getting To Know You: Tenses - Questions - Using A Bilingual Dictionary - Social Expressions 1
Getting To Know You: Tenses - Questions - Using A Bilingual Dictionary - Social Expressions 1
llll Look at the pictures. Who ,wc the two people? Read
and listen to Marija. Complete the text, using the verbs
in the box.
Check it
4 Choose the correct verb form.
1 Marija comes / is coming from Zagreb.
2 Jim speaks I is speaking Spanish and English.
3 Today he wears I is wearing jeans and a shirt.
4 Are you liking / Do you like black coffee?
5 Last year I went /go on holiday to Florida.
6 Next year my sister studies I is going to study at university.
Dr Mary Steiner
Exchanging information
5 Look at the picture of Dr Mary Steiner. She's a radio agony aunt.
What do radio agony aunts do? Who phones them? Why?
6 Work with a partner. You have different information about Dr Mary
Steiner. Take it in turns to ask and answer questions.
Student В
Look at the information
on pi46.
Dr Mary Steiner lives in Santa
Barbara, California. She's married
and has... (How many children?).
Student A
Look at the information on
pl43.
Dr Mary Steiner lives in ... (Where?).
She's married and has twin sons.
Where does Mary Sterner live? ]
In Santa Barbara, California.
~V ^
How маму children does she have?
She has twin sons. J4^"
8 Unitl • Getting to know you
LISTENING AND
SPEAKING •
Best friends
■SflkKkVt
y
Dave
flkvd
Caleb ___________
Language work
to
4 Match the verbs with the words or phrase.
become the Internet
play emails
send friends
give on the phone
talk football
have together
grow up parties
go on advice
Ю do you think Matt will pick from these three lovely girlsj
MIRANDA, 29 BETH, 25 HOLLY, 30
Star sign: SCORPIO Star sign: PISCES Star sign:
CAPRICORN
Lives: Camden Town, North London Lives: Clapham, South London
Lives: Canary Wharf, by the River
Job: A lawyer, loves her job. but it's hard Job: Bookstore manager, 'I love working
Thames
work so she needs to relax. with books/
Job: Fashion designer. 'I started
Interests: Dancing, going to clubs, pubs, Interests: Reading, the theatre, art studying art history, but changed to
and the cinema. Meeting friends to galleries, cycling (1 cycle to work'), and
fashion design.'
exchange news. ('I have lots of friends.') walking. 'Sometimes I really need to get out
Visiting art galleries sometimes. of London and walk in the country.' Interests: Travelling, skiing ('I'm
learning to snowboard now'), going out
Hates: Men who are crazy about football. Hates: 'I can't think of anything.'
with friends to restaurants, bars, and
Clothes: Loves designer clothes. 1 spend Clothes: Comfortable. 'I like to look nice clubs.
too much money on clothes.' but I don't think too much about clothes.'
Hates: People who smoke.
Food: Italian. French, and a McDonald's Food: Vegetarian. Loves Indian food
Clothes: 'Of course, I love clothes. I
'but only after a night out clubbing!' because 'there are so many delicious
always try to look good, but I like to be
Love life: Lots of boyfriends. Last 'veggie' dishes'.
casual and comfortable sometimes.'
relationship ended a few weeks ago. Love life: One long relationship, ended six
Food: Loves all food. 'It's a problem. I
Perfect partner: Good-looking, good fun months ago.
just love going out to restaurants, all
and good to talk to. Perfect partner: Someone who's kind and kinds.'
good to talk to, who likes both town and
Love life: Two long relationships. One
country life.
just finished.
Perfect partner: Good-looking and
good fun. Someone who likes sports,
travel, and adventure.
Listening Language work
A friend arranges a blind date for you. Write questions to ask your friend
Listen to Matt. Who did he
choose? Why? What happened on the about your date. Use all of these question words. Compare questions with
date? Are they going to meet again? another student. Who...? What...? Why...? When...? Where...?
How...?
ШШШШ Listen to the girl he chose. What
impression do you get of the couple? What do you think?
What kind of people are they? Do you
• Are blind dates a good idea? Why? Why not?
think they will stay together? Why?
• Why do people go on blind dates?
• Do you know anyone who has been on a blind date? Was it successful?
• Would you like to take part in a newspaper blind date like this one?
*• Unitl • Getting to know you 11
VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION
Using a bilingual dictionary
1 Look at the entry from an the pronunciation in phonetic symbols
English-Spanish dictionary. the translation the word used in an example sentence.
the part of speech: book /bok/1 n libro: I'm reading a book by Cervantes at the
moment, {notebook) cuaderno; (of cheques, tickets) talonario 2 Information in brackets
n = noun v = (...) helps you to find
v [seat, room) reservar: / booked a table at the restaurant for
verb the right translation.
pur people.
•booking office/'bokirj ,ofis/ «taquilla
•bookseller /'bokseb(r)/ n librero
•bookshelf /'bokfelf/ n>pi -shelves /-Jelvz/ estante
Other words made with book
(compounds) are in separate entries.
2 What part of speech are these words? Write n (noun), v (verb), a (adjective), adv
(adverb), prep (preposition), or pt (past tense).
com'puter и 'wonderful on 'quickly /
3 These words have more than one meaning. Write two sentences that show
different meanings. Use a dictionary.
book Cm reading a good book. 1 booked my flight online.
kind
mean
flat
can
play
train
ring
2 Look at the photos. What do you think the people are saying?
With your partner, write two short conversations that include some of the
social expressions. Mark the stressed words. Act your conversations to
the class.
T 1.12
Pairwork activities Student A
UNITl p8
UNIT 3 P25
PRACTICE PRACTICE
Exchanging information Exchanging information
Ask and answer questions to complete the information about Ask and answer questions to complete the information about
Mary Steiner. Hugo Fenton-Jones.
Teenager goes on spending spree
with father's credit card
>r Mary Steiner lives in ... {Where?). She's married and has
twin sons. Her husband's name is ... {What... name?) and he's a
surgeon. They met... {When?). Both her sons went to Harvard
University and studied ... {What?), and now they both work for Teenager Hugo Fenton-Jones stole ... {What?) while his
Miramax film studios in California. father was working in the garden. He then went to ...
Mary started working as a radio agony aunt... {When?), and {Where?) and stayed in the Ritz Hotel. His room was £... a
does five programmes a week. Every day more than 60,000 night {How much?). While he was shopping in the Champs-
people try to phone her. They have ... problems - all sorts! Elysees, he bought ... {What?).
{What sort?) The programme lasts an hour, and at the end He phoned two English friends because he wanted them to
Mary feels ... {How?). come to Paris. They were eating breakfast... {Where?) when
At the moment she's writing a book about marriage, because ... Hugo's father, James, phoned. His credit card company
{Why ... a book about marriage?). Her own parents divorced wanted to know why he was spending so much money. They
when she was five. thought James was staying in the Ritz.
She's going to retire ... {When?). She wants to spend more time
Hugo went... {Where?), where his father was waiting for him.
'He isn't speaking to me at the moment,' said Hugo yesterday.
travelling.
'He's a bit angry with me.'
Pairwork activities • Student A 143
Pairwork activities Student В
Н NIT1 p8 fy и NIT 3 p25
и
PRACTICE PRACTICE
Exchanging information Exchanging information
Ask and answer questions to complete the information Ask and answer questions to complete the information
about Mary Steiner. about Hugo Fenton-Jones.
Teenager goes on spending
spree with father's credit card
EXERCISES
1 Write the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.
Word list
Tapescripts the phone all the time, especially now, because we
are both having a baby this summer!
Dominic My best friend is called Sammy -er and he
often comes to play at my house after school. A
has a really interesting job and he's very funny. I
hope I'm interesting enough for him. Anyway, he's
coming to see me at the bookshop next week and
we're going to have lunch together. Who knows?
long time ago -er when I was four -er we went to I'd love to go camping with him one day.
Busy Bee Nursery School together. Me and Sammy
UNIT1 are both six now. I like him 'cos he's funny and he
1 I'm reading a good book.
plays football. I like going to play at his house, too.
He's got a big garden, and a nice dog called King. [ booked my flight online.
2 What kind of music do you like? My
Michael I have two very good friends from mother's a very kind person.
university called Dave and Azam. We stayed in the 3 What does this mean?
same house near the university. I don't know why wc Some people are very mean. They don't like
Marija Kuzma Hello! My name's Marija became friends. We were all very different. Dave was spending their money.
Kuzma and I come from Zagreb, the capital cily of very quiet and always worked hard, and Azam was, 4 I live in a flat.
Croatia. I'm 20, and I'm studying medicine at the well, a bit crazy! He never remembered his house Holland is a very flat country.
University of Zagreb. The course lasts six years and keys. He climbed in through the window at least once 5 Can you swim?
it's all in English! It's hard work, but I'm enjoying it a a week. He loved cooking Indian food and having I'd like a can of coke.
lot. I live at home with my mother, father and parties. Wc had parties all the time in our house. Now, 6 Do you want to play football?
grandmother. I can speak three foreign languages - of course, life is very different. Dave is a writer and We saw a play at the theatre.
English, French, and Italian. I speak Italian because lives in France. He sends me long, funny emails every 7 The train's coming.
my grandmother's from Italy, and she always spoke to month. Azam is an international lawyer. He's working Athletes have to train very hard.
me in Italian when I was very young. I speak English in Hong Kong at the moment. But we still meet once a 8 The phone's ringing.
because I went to an English-speaking high school. year with our families. Wc usually meet at Dave's What a lovely ring you're wearing!
After I graduate, I'm going to work for Medecins sans house in France and have a holiday together.
Fronueres in West Africa, because I want to travel and Brianna My best friend is my neighbor, Caleb. He's and seep!3
help people. 16. Our moms are good friends, and I call Caleb's
mom Auntie lanine. We grew up together. When we
Jim Allen Hello. My name's Jim Allen and were kids, we always liked the same games. Now
I come from the north of England, near Manchester. I we're into the same music. Weekends, we usually go
live in a village just outside the city.! live alone now, on the Internet, or sometimes we go downtown to the
because my wife died three years ago. But I'm near my music stores to listen to our favourite artists. Caleb's
daughter and her family, so that's OK. Until last year, I cool. He's like a brother to me.
worked in a paper factory, but now I'm retired. I never
liked my job much but now I'm really enjoying life! Blind Date
I'm a student again. I'm studying with the University of I = Interviewer M = Matt
the Third Age. It helps retired people like me who
want to study again, and it's really wonderful. You see,
I So, Matt, which lovely lady did you choose and
why did you choose her?
UNIT 2
I left school when I was 15 and started work in the M Well, they all looked lovely and at first I thought Anne-Marie Boucher has a small family hotel with her
factory, because we needed the money. Now I'm 'Oh I'll choose Holly, she sounds sporty and good husband, Pascal, near Quebec City, Canada. It's
studying Spanish. I love it. My son lives in Spain with fun'. But in the end I chose Beth. I chose her situated on the coast outside the town, and near two
his Spanish wife. Next year I'm going to visit them for because I liked her eyes, and because she seemed national parks. She says,'Our hotel has got wonderful
six months, so I want my Spanish to be good! a bit different from the other London girls. Best of views of the St Lawrence River and the Isle of
all, I liked the fact that she couldn't think of Orleans.'
IJM !-Interviewer J = Jim anything that she hated. She has visitors from all over the world. She says, 'We
1 I Do you have a job? I So tell us about the date. What happened when speak French, English, and a little Italian, which is
J No, 1 don't. I'm retired. I'm a student now. you met? very useful! Our guests keep us busy both summer and
2 I Which university do you go to? M Well, I arrived first at the restaurant - an Indian winter, so we've always got lots to do.' They don't have
J I don't go to university. I study at home. restaurant, of course, and when Beth walked in -er much free time. 'But I like it that way,' she says. 'And I
3 I Are you enjoying the course? J I could see she was nice-looking, but she seemed love meeting new guests.' In winter it's very cold, -10°
Yes, I am. It's wonderful. quite nervous, -er, shy, and perhaps a bit C. Their guests go skiing or snowmobiling in Mont
4 I What are you doing at the moment? embarrassed by being on a date with a stranger... Sainte-Annc Park. It's January now, and she is
J I'm writing an essay about Don Quixote. but I liked that. We ordered our meals, and she enjoying her favourite sport, dog-sledding. She's got
5 I Why did you leave school at 15? tried to tell me why she was vegetarian. I felt a bit twelve dogs, and she's racing them across the snow.
J Because my family was poor. We needed the guilty because I ordered chicken curry, but it was She says 'I'm working the dogs very hard at the
money. OK, we laughed about it, and after that she started moment. Next year I want to race in a dogsled
6 I Who are you going to visit next year? to relax and wc began to really enjoy ourselves. I competition. It's really exciting.'
I My son and his wife. They live in Spain now. told her that she was very brave to cycle in Lien Xiaohong is 22. She lives and works in a toy
London, because you know I can surf and swim in factory in Guangdong province, China. She lives in a
rough seas, but I really couldn't ride a bike in the room with 14 other women in the factory dormitory,
1 Do you like listening to music? London rush hour. But she said it's fine if you're seven hundred miles from her family. The factory
2 What sort of music do you like? careful. She was really interested in my job and where she works employs 15,000 workers, nearly all of
3 Do you often wear jeans? my time at sea. We both agreed that one day we'd them women in their twenties. She works from 8 a.m.
4 What's your teacher wearing today? like to move out of London and live in the country to 7 p.m. She has just an hour for lunch. She says, T
5 Where did you go on your last holiday? - I'd like to be beside the sea, of course. Suddenly work five and a half days a week, but I usually do
6 What did you do yesterday evening? it was midnight and time to part. We're going to overtime in summer. It's very tiring. When I'm not
7 What are you doing this evening? meet again next week. There's a lot more I'd like to working or studying, I sleep.' Her monthly wage is
8 What are you going to do after this course? know about Beth. about S65, enough to send a little back home to her
family, and to pay for computer classes and English
liH Best friends I = Interviewer В = Beth classes in town. She says,* I haven't got any money left
Shona I have three or four good friends, but I think I And now Beth. What did you think of the date, to buy things for me.' It's the evening now, and she is
my best friend is Kirsty. We first met when we were Beth? having a computer lesson in a private school. 'There
12. She started at my school, and the teacher asked me В Oh, I liked Matt a lot, the moment I saw him, but I are two skills that are essential these days,' she says.
to look after her. We soon became friends. We looked felt so nervous. I was amazed he chose me and at 'English and computers. One day I want to be my own
quite funny together. She's very tall, and I'm quite first I just couldn't speak, but he was really kind. boss.'
small! Because we grew up together, we know He asked me about my job and said how brave I
everything about each other. So Kirsty knows me was, cycling in London - it's not really brave -
better than anyone else. I can always talk to her about anyway, soon we were laughing like old friends. I 1 'Do you like your job, Lien?'
my problems. She always listens and then gives me think he's very good-looking. He 'No, 1 don't like it much. My hands hurt all the time.
good advice! I hope I do the same for her. We are both 2 'What are you doing at the moment?' 'I'm
married now, and - er, we live quite near each other, having a computer lesson.'
but in different towns. We talk on 3 'Have you got any brothers or sisters?'
'I've got a brother. He lives with my parents in
Hunan province."
Tapescripts Tapescripts 1.1-2.2
Writing
UNIT 1 DESCRIBING FRIENDS - Correcting common mistakes
1 Look at the symbols often used to correct mistakes in 4 Correct this piece of student writing.
writing. Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Compare your
answers with a partner.
Sp Spelling €p
1 I m enioing the party.
WW Wrong word WW 2
My brother has a good work.
Wo Word order wo
Gv Grammar 43 She's
I havegot
twosome
brothers
new younger.
reds shoes.
P Punctuation p
6 Thev arent coming.
A Word missing 7 She's doctor.
^ p.
Writing Unitl
Tenses • Questions • Words with more than one meaning
Pronunciation - Phonetic symbols
'm living like play made comes 'm going to look arrived s studying
from Hong Kong
. from Hong Kong. She (2)
Vanessa (1) _________mathematics at the University of
Newcastle, in the north of England.
'I (3)______________the people very much. They are warm and friendly. When I first (4)______________
I was very worried, but I soon (5)_____________friends. I (6)______________on a campus. It takes me
five minutes to walk to the city centre, where I can shop, or go to cafes and clubs. I often
(7)______________sport here - squash and table tennis. I (8)______________for a job in a bank
when I finish. Maybe here in Newcastle. Who knows?'
.....
Steven Sonnenberg has studied speaks emigrated was born 'm going was 'm doing
from in
Steven Sonnenberg (1) in Germany, but he (2) to Boston, USA
I with his parents when he (3)__________ six years old. He (4) ___two sisters.
'■■ He(5)_____________three languages - German, English, and Russian.
' 'I (6)______________law at Harvard from 2000-2004. Now I (7)_______ . a course in _
international studies at the Sorbonne in Paris. After the course, I (8) on holiday to
______________________________________________________
Russia. I can't wait to see the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.'
■■
■
Nick and Carol Taylor ____
come teaches got helps 're going to train 're staying are doing love
from England
_____voluntary work in Kenya for a year. They (2)
Nick and Carol (1)__________
married last year, but decided to live abroad before starting their careers. They (3)______________at
Camp Kenya with fifty other volunteers, who (4)______________from all over the world. Carol
(5)______________English, and Nick (6)______________local people to build schools and
playgrounds.
'The kids (7)______________football,' says Nick, 'and now they've got a real pitch to play on.'
J
When Nick and Carol go back to England, they (8)______________to be teachers.
. . .
4 Unitl • Getting to know you
2 Choosing the correct form
Choose the correct form of the verb.
Question forms
4 Making questions with auxiliaries
1 I'm speaking I1 speak I I'm speak three
languages: French, Spanish, and Write Yes/No questions for these sentences.
English. Is she French?
2 A Where does Hans come I 1 She's French.
Hans come I is Hans coming from? В 2 It's raining.
He's Swiss. He comes from Zurich.
3 They're at school.
3 A What you do I do you do I
4 They're learning English.
are you doing tonight? В
I'm going out. 5 You're tired.
4 A Where's George? 6 She was at home last night.
В He has I's having I have a shower. 7 I'm right.
5 A What means this word I does 8 He was born in 1960.
mean this word/ does this word mean?.
В I don't know. Look it up. 9 We're going to see Jim.
6 A Do you want a cigarette?
В No, thanks. I don't smoke I 5 Making questions with do / does / did
no smoke/smoke not. Write Yes/No questions for these sentences.
7 Last year I went I go I was go to Do you like music?
America on holiday. 1 You like music.
8 How long you stay I did you stay I
2 She comes from France.
stayed you in America?
3 They live in a flat.
9 The weekend was boring. I no do I
didn't I didn't do anything. 4 You take sugar in tea.
10 A I'm going to university next year. В 5 I speak English well.
What are you going to /you going 6 She watched a film last night.
to I do you study?
7 It started at 8.00.
Dad (6)__________?
Kate Because he's going to study English. 1
2
Dad (7)_________'s he going to stay?
3
Kate Here in London.
4
Dad (8)_________school is he going to?
5
Kate He doesn't know yet.
6
Dad (9)__________is he coming?
7
Kate Next week.
8
Dad You must invite him round. (10)_________don't
you write back and invite him to Sunday lunch? 9
Kate OK, I will. Thanks, Dad. 1
0
6 Unitl • Getting to know you
Reading
10 If you can't master English, try Globish
1 Read the text and answer the questions. 3 Complete the questions.
1 What sort of English is Globish? 1 Who work for?
2 Who speaks it? IBM.
3 Write the full conversation between the Korean and the
Colombian. ?. got )d English?
4 How does Jean-Paul Nerriere describe Globish? Yes, excellent English.
5 What language did the hundred colleagues speak in?
6 Why didn't they understand Jim and Bill? 3 Hnw '/
1,500.
2 Find words in the text which mean ....
4 When ?
1 the act of travelling from one place to another While he was at a meeting in Paris.
2 a person who makes or thinks of something new
3 the most important part of something S What ?
A
1 I have /tu:/_________/SAnz/____
В
2 Do you /пэи/______
1 /m?'>hml/
scissors 3 Could you /rait/____
? /Hapri/
mouse
3 /siraz/
chewing gum
4 /ЬезЬгл|/
diary
Ц /wnfJV
mobile
6 /lju:in длт/ watch
7 /wnht/
hairbrush
8 /maos/ wallet
2 Complete the sentences with a word from the box. Use each
word twice with a different meaning.
, thanks.'
1 'How are you?' 'I'm
I got a parking_____ _ today. £30.
on Saturday. Can you come?
_______in Britain.
2 I'm having a--------
Labour is a political
3 Your tie is nice, but it doesn't_____ your shirt.
Did you see the football_________ on TV last night?
4 My sister has___________hair and blue eyes.
You gave her £20, and me nothing! That's not-------------