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Unit TED Talk Grammar Vocabulary

Less stuff, more happiness The perfect aspect The prefixes over-
Graham Hill and under-

Authentic listening skill: Relaxed

pronunciation
Critical thinking: Identifying aims
Necessities
1 8–17
Presentation skill: Using props

Who am I? Think again Amounts and Describing dress

Hetain Patel and Yuyu Rau comparisons

Authentic listening skill: Dealing with

accents: voiced and unvoiced sounds
Critical thinking: Constructing an argument
Image and identity
2 18–27
Presentation skill: Using humour

REVIEW 1 (Units 1 and 2) | The Real Junk Food Project 28

Making peace is a marathon Cleft sentences Conformity and

May El-Khalil non-conformity

Authentic listening skill: Discourse markers

Critical thinking: Distinguishing between fact
and opinion
Harmony
3 30–39
Presentation skill: Being personal and
relatable

How I beat stage fright Approximation Obstacles and

Joe Kowan opportunities

Authentic listening skill: Collaborative

listening
Critical thinking: Emotive language
Challenges
4 40–49
Presentation skill: Controlling nerves

REVIEW 2 (Units 3 and 4) | One Earth Designs 50

I’m not your inspiration, thank you Unreal past Having ideas
very much Inversion in
Stella Young conditionals

Authentic listening skill: Elision

Critical thinking: Understanding examples
Inspiration
5 52–61
Presentation skill: Repeating key ideas

How to make filthy water drinkable Purpose Solution

Michael Pritchard collocations

Authentic listening skill: Signposts

Critical thinking: Using supporting evidence
Presentation skill: Demonstration
Solutions
6 62–71
REVIEW 3 (Units 5 and 6) | Sonidos de la tierra 72

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PRONUNCIATION READING LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING

Vowel sounds at word Why do we sleep? Planning a trip Luxury and necessity A statement of
boundaries Talking about things opinion
we need Writing skill: Hedging
Hedging expressions

Weak of Image, identity and Preparing for a job Evaluating data Giving feedback
Sounding clothing interview Talking about image Writing skill: Being
encouraging Making suggestions diplomatic

Sentence stress in How groupthink Choosing a logo Evaluating teamwork Emails dealing with
cleft sentences closed the ‘flying Dealing with disagreement
Stress in expressions bank’ groupthink Writing skill:
of disagreement Dealing with Encouraging
disagreement and cooperation
reaching consensus
(Choosing a logo)

Approximations One man’s meat … Asking how Using approximations Information for a
Intonation in something works Talking about sales house guest
questions potential Writing skill:
Asking for clarification Instructions
and repetition
(Giving and receiving
instructions)

Softening negative Eureka moments? Planning a party Talking about life A to-do list
statements experience Writing skill:
Where my ideas Abbreviations
come from
Brainstorming and
choosing the best
ideas

Stress in content and The parable of the Discussing options Talking about why Online advice forum
function words stones for solving a problem things are useful Writing skill:
Describing a solution Softening advice or
Finding solutions recommendations

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 Unit TED Talk Grammar Vocabulary

Taking imagination seriously The continuous Expressions with

Janet Echelman aspect mind

Authentic listening skill: Inferring meaning

from context
Critical thinking: Reading between the lines
Imagination
7 74–83
Presentation skill: Being authentic

Build a tower, build a team Cause and result Teams and

Tom Wujec teamwork

Authentic listening skill: Understanding

contrastive stress
Critical thinking: Supporting the main idea
Working together
8 84–93
Presentation skill: Using visuals

REVIEW 4 (Units 7 and 8) | Boxcycle, Hipcycle and Marriott Construction 94

All it takes is 10 mindful minutes Intensifying Idioms related to

Andy Puddicombe adverbs parts of the body

Authentic listening skill: Understanding

mid-sentence changes in direction
Critical thinking: Understanding the speaker’s
Stress and technique

9 relaxation Presentation skill: Thinking about your

audience
96–105

Protecting Twitter users (sometimes from Passive reporting Risk and probability
themselves) verbs 1
Del Harvey Passive reporting
verbs 2
Authentic listening skill: Avoiding frustration
Qualifiers
Critical thinking: Analogies
Risk
10 106–115
Presentation skill: Pace and emphasis

REVIEW 5 (Units 9 and 10) | Triodos Bank 116

How to build with clay … and community Subordinate Expressions with

Diébédo Francis Kéré clauses look and see

Authentic listening skill: Dealing with

accents: different stress patterns
Critical thinking: Relevance
Presentation skill: Varying your tone of voice
Vision
11 118–127
Image recognition that triggers Future in the past Optimism and
augmented reality pessimism
Matt Mills and Tamara Roukaerts

Authentic listening skill: Listening for

grammatical chunks
Critical thinking: Thinking about the speaker’s
The future
12 128–137
motivation
Presentation skill: Being concise

REVIEW 6 (Units 11 and 12) | Mellowcabs 138

Grammar summaries 140  |  Audioscripts 164  

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Pronunciation Reading Listening Speaking Writing

/ŋ / sound The power of Speculating about a The benefits and A news story
Contraction with have visualization mystery drawbacks of Writing skill: Neutral
daydreaming reporting
Talking about
visualization
Speculating

Voicing in final Bad team building Reviewing a project Cause-and-result Debriefing

consonants relationships questionnaire
Emphasizing the main Work issues Writing skill: Linking
focus of the sentence Taking part in a devices
meeting

Stress with Can stress be good Dealing with awkward Holiday lessons A record of a meeting
intensifying adverbs for you? situations learned Writing skill:
Polite and assertive Talking about stress Reporting verbs
intonation Having difficult
conversations

Saying lists Understanding risk Assessing risk A TV news story A consumer review
Facing risks Writing skill: Using
Discussing qualifiers
alternatives (Health
and safety issues)

Intonation in Visionaries Life coaching Looking after what An endorsement

subordinate clauses matters Writing skill:
Sure and unsure Talking about Persuasive language
tones visionaries
Sharing dreams and
visions of the future
(Talking about a
vision of the future)

Sentence stress in Is pessimism really Arranging to meet Past views of the A group email
explaining outcomes so bad? present Writing skill:
Sentence stress in Talking about Impersonal language
making arrangements financial decisions
Making arrangements

Communication activities 172 and 183  | TED Talk transcripts 173

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