TABLE CONTENT

CONTENT NEW WORDS STRUCTURES

1. Audience 1. Dream of/ about doing
STORIES 2. Terrible something
3. Reach 2. Decide to do something
3. It takes + (time) + to do
4. Daydream
something
5. Imagine 4. Continue doing
6. Achieve something or to do
Goal
7. Accomplish something
8. Imitate
9. Overcome
10. Fear
11. Huge
12. Quit
1. Penguin 1. Laugh at somebody/
2. Surf something
3. Escape 2. Quit doing something
Passion and 4. Coach 3. Get drunk
5. Fail
Persistence
6. Encourage
7. Persistence
8. Passion

1. Imitate 1. You’re fired

2. Model 2. You suck
The best guitarist
3. Distinction 3. Seek out
in the world 4. Vital 4. Look for
5. Repetition 5. Go crazy
6. Hold
I am handsome 1. Laugh at somebody 1. Ask somebody for
and I am cool 2. Impress somebody something
3. Trauma 2. Ask somebody to do
4. Empowering something
5. Empowering beliefs 3. Decide to do something
6. Incantation = Make a decision to do
7. Walk to work something
8. Lift weights 4. Learn how to do
9. Give somebody’s something = Learn to do
speech something
10. Walk over to
11.You bet

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 1. Grin 1. Dream of/ about
2. Blackjack something
The Queen of Hot 3. Posture 2. Cry somebody’s eyes
Chilies 4. Dig out (Idioms)
5. Shovel 3. Stop doing something
6. Physiology

1. Wrestler 1. Blame somebody for

2. Gigantic something
3. High-achieving 2. On the other hand
Superstar -
4. Stand around
Masterminds
5. Socialize
6. Whiner
7. Determined

1. Terrified 1. To be terrified of
2. Deer in headlights something/ somebody
3. Freak out 2. Run off
4. Tunnel vision 3. Desire to do something
Influence 5. Embarrassed 4. Participate in
(Extra) 6. Rehearse something
7. Persuasive 5. Lose faith in
8. Engage something/ somebody
6. Succeed in something/
doing something

1. Unemployed 1. Send out something

2. A limp handshake 2. Because of
3. A firm handshake
4. Hang-over
5. Throw up = Vomit
Job Interviews 6. Scowl = Frown
(Extra) 7. Stinky
8. A burrito
9. Fart
10. Corporate
11. Fabulous

Responsibility 1. Raccoon 1. Go back

(Extra) 2. Squirrel 2. Day by day
3. Abstract
4. Concrete
5. Immerse
6. Discouraged

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 1. Boot camp 1. In control
2. Little by little 2. In detail
3. Eventually 3. Focus on
Emotional Master
4. Indeed
(Extra)
5. Refrigerator / Fridge
6. Leadership

1. Obtain 1. Attempt to do
2. Ladder something
3. Shortsighted 2. Be aware of something
4. Door to door 3. Get stuck in something
Learn then Earn
5. A demanding job
(Extra)
6. An unpaid Job
7. A dead-end job
8. Stuck

1. Pleasure 1. I am …..
2. Receptionist 2. I am not…..
3. Officer Manager 3. Are you…..?
4. Chef 4. He is not ….
5. Doctor 5. He is…..
Nice to meet you
6. Architect 6. Nice to meet you
7. Actor 7. It’s a pleasure to meet
8. Tour guide you
9. Singer
10. Athlete
1. Writer 1. Who’s that/ this?
2. Neighbor 2. Excuse me
3. Artist 3. He/ She
Who’s that 4. Lawyer is…….from…..
5. Musician
SITCOMS
6. Boss
7. Guys
1. Corner 1. How do I get…?
2. Turn left 2. You’re very welcome
3. Turn right
How do I get
4. Train station
there?
5. Bookstore
6. Pharmacy
7. Block
1. Make breakfast 1. What do you do ….?
2. Do the laundry 2. How often do you
What do you do in 3. Take out the garbage ….?
the morning? 4. Read newspaper 3. Do you often….?
5. Check email
6. Take a nap

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 1. Plan 1. What are you doing
2. Go shopping …?
3. Art museum 2. Do you want to….?
What are you
4. Play Basketball 3. How about…..?
doing this
4. I am going to…..?
weekend?
5. When do you want
to……?
6. That sounds great
1. Vegetable 1. Have a taste
2. Onion 2. Do you have any…..?
3. Tomato 3. Pass something
4. Bean 4. Have a recipe for…..?
5. Pea 5. How many…..?
Tonight, I am
6. Cabbage
cooking
7. Potato
8. Fruit
9. Lemon
10. Soup
11. Cook
1. Wonderful 1. How was your
2. Weather vacation?
4. Terrible 2. That’s too bad
How was your 5. Awful 3. That’s awful
vacation? 6. Bumpy 4. That’s terrible
7. Scary
8. Unfriendly
9. Salty
1. Fever 1. I have a …
2. Headache 2. You look awful
She has a fever
3. Stomachache
4. Toothache
1. Tie 1. Do me a favor?
2. Spill
Could you do me a 3. Suit
favor? 4. Certainly
5. Client
6. Fix
How was your 1. Take some walks 1. Did you….?
trip? 2. Medicine 2. What did you do ….?
(Extra) 3. Give a speech 3. What was the weather
4. Relax like?
5. Sunny
6. Pleasant (weather)
7. Public Library

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 1. Avalon 1. What time is it?
You’re late
2. Baseball 2. Would you like to….?
(Extra)
3. Concert
1. Blouse 1. Do you like….?
Do you like this 2. Movie star 2. You look like….
blouse? 3. Dress
(Extra) 4. Skirt
5. Sweater
Greeting and In this section, you will get to know some ways to
Introduction greet to someone as well as introduce yourself.
The aims of this lesson are to provide practice of the
vocabulary of jobs and speaking skills. Besides,
Jobs/ Occupations learners also use English to describe how the jobs are
done, and who does them. Learners should also have
the opportunity to practice correct pronunciation.
At the end of the following lesson students will learn
how to give and how to ask for directions in English.
Giving directions
Also, they will be familiar with important vocabulary
on buildings and places in town.
This lesson focuses on vocabulary to talk about daily
routines, and using the present simple in the first and
third person. Firstly, students will review telling the
time in English, as well as the days of the week.
Daily Routine
Language to describe routine activities will then be
introduced, and students will answer questions about
Speaking topics
their own daily routines and find out about their
classmates’ routines.
At the end of the lesson, learners will be able to use
Making
some useful phrases for making suggestions, grating
suggestions
favors or refusing favors.
Students will have lots of speaking practice of the
target language, including a mixer activity, where
Travelling
they will ask and answer questions with their
classmates about a recent trip.
In this lesson, students learn and practice vocabulary
related to health and illness. In addition to that, they
are going to master some structures:
Health
"What’s wrong?"
"What’s the matter with you?"
"I have a/an ..."
This is a fun lesson to help students with language for
Ask for a favor making, accepting and rejecting polite requests in
work or home situations.

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 1. Family
2. Hobbies
3. Books
4. Films
Other topics 5. Music
6. Shopping
7. Job/ Work
8. Weather
9. Websites
Making a In this lesson, you will learn a list of phrases to help
presentation: you make a professional presentation in English.
Language and
phrases

1. Emotional Mastery
2. Beliefs
3. How to speak English Fluently and confidently?
4. How to stay healthy?
Presentation 5. How to live happily? / How to live a happy life?
6. How to be successful in life?
7. Advantages and disadvantages of Facebook?
Topics
8. What stop you from achieving your goal of
speaking English?
9. What are the most important things in your life?
10. How to communicate better?
11. Benefits of smile?
12. What should we do when we want to give up on
something?

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 ARE YOU READY?

READY! READY! READY!

LET’S ROCK AND ROLL!

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 GOAL
I. WORDS

WORD IMAGES EXAMPLES MEANINGS

1. Both Antonia and Listeners at a public events
Audience (n) Ray dream of
speaking to big
/ˈ ɑː .di.ənts/
excited audiences.

2. Terrible (a) The problem is they Extremely bad or serious

/ˈter.ə.bl ̩/ are both terrible
English speakers.

3. Reach (v) However, they each Succeed in achieving

/riːtʃ/ do different things to something
reach their dream.

4. Daydream (v) Ray daydreams every a set of pleasant thoughts

/ˈdeɪ.driːm/ day. about something you would
prefer to be doing or
something you would like to
achieve in the future

5. Imagine (v) Ray daydreams every to form or have a mental

/ɪˈmædʒ.ɪn/ day, he imagines picture or idea of something
speaking to big
audiences.

6. Achieve (v) She achieves her first to succeed in finishing

/əˈtʃiːv/ goal. something or reaching an aim,
especially after a lot of work
or effort

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7. Accomplish (v) After accomplishing Achieve or complete
/əˈk ɑːm.plɪʃ/ her first goal, Antonia successfully
sets a new goal.

8. Imitate (v) Every day, she Copy

/ˈɪm.ɪ.teɪt/ imitates AJ.

9. Overcome (v) Antonia sets a goal to to defeat or succeed in

/ˌ oʊ.vəˈkʌm/ overcome her fear of controlling or dealing with
public speaking. something

10. Fear (n) Antonia sets a goal to A feeling of anxiety

/fɪr/ overcome her fear of
public speaking.

11. Huge (a) Finally, Antonia sets Extremely large in size or

her final goal- the big amount
/hjuːdʒ/ one, the dream to
speak to a huge group
of excited people.

12. Quit (v) Rays gives up. Ray Give up

/kwɪt/ quits.

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 II. STRUCTURES

STRUCTURES EXAMPLES MEANINGS

1. Dream of/ about something Both Antonia and Ray dream of to think about something
speaking to big, excited audiences. that you want very much

2. Decide to do something Antonia decides to set small goals. To choose something,

especially after thinking
carefully about several
possibilities
3. It takes + (time) + to do It takes her 4 more months to Let someone know how
something improve her speaking and long it will take to do a
pronunciation. particular thing

4. Continue doing something or to Ray just continues to daydream. to keep happening,

do something/ existing or doing

III. SPEAKING

There are two friends, Antonia and Ray, Antonia and Ray. Antonia is a girl and Ray is a boy.
Antonia and Ray have the same dream. Their dream is to become famous and successful speakers.
Both Antonia and Ray dream of speaking to big, excited audiences. They also both share the same
problem. Their problem is they are both terrible English speakers. They both decide they will
become famous and successful speakers.

However, they each do different things to reach their dream. Antonia decides to set small
goals. She realizes she needs to set several small goals to reach her big dream. Ray doesn’t set any
goals, only has a big dream. Ray daydreams every day, he imagines speaking to big audiences.
Every day, he daydreams.

Antonia decides she first needs to improve her English listening so she listens to English for
three hours every day. And after about four months, her listening improves a lot. She achieves her
first goal.

After accomplishing her first goal, Antonia sets a new goal. Antonia’s second goal is to
improve her speaking and pronunciation. Every day, she imitates AJ. She listens to AJ, pauses and
then imitates his speaking. She copies his pronunciation, she copies his rhythm, she copies his tone,
and she copies everything about his pronunciation. It takes her 4 more months to improve her
speaking and pronunciation.

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 Ray tells everyone: “I will be a famous speaker”. Ray doesn’t have a goal. He just talks; he
just says “I will be a famous speaker”.

Antonia, her third goal is to overcome her fear of speaking to groups. Ray’s also afraid of
speaking to groups. They are both afraid of speaking to groups. Antonia sets a goal to overcome her
fear of public speaking. Ray doesn’t set a goal to overcome his fear. Antonia joins a public speaking
course and practices every day. Ray just continues to daydream. It takes Antonia 3 more months to
achieve her third goal.

After 3 more months, she overcomes her fear of public speaking. What’s the next goal?
Antonia’s fourth goal is to speak to small groups. She decides she needs to practice and speak to
small groups first. So every week, she gives a speech to a small group of people. Ray just keeps
daydreaming. He just keeps sun daydreaming every day.

Finally, Antonia sets her final goal- the big one, the dream to speak to a huge group of
excited people. After 3 more months, she finally speaks to 5000 people, people interested in and
excited in Antonia. Rays gives up. Ray quits. Ray says “It’s impossible. I never do it”. Antonia
becomes a famous and successful speaker.

IV. RESPONDING

There are two friends, Antonia and Ray.

1. How many guys are there?

2. Are they friends or enemy?
3. What is the boy’s name?
4. What is the girl’s name?
5. Is there only one friend?

Antonia is a girl and Ray is a boy.

1. Is Antonia a girl?
2. Is Ray a boy?
3. Is Ray a girl?
4. Who is a girl? And Who is a boy?
5. Is A.J a girl?

Antonia and Ray have the same dream.

1. Do Antonia and Ray have the same dream?

2. Do they have different dream?
3. What kind of thing do they have in the same?

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 4. Does Antonia have a dream?
5. Does Ray have a dream?

Their dream is to become famous and successful speakers.

1. What is Antonia’s dream?

2. What is Ray’s dream?
3. Do both Antonia and Ray dream of becoming famous and unsuccessful speakers?
4. Does Ray dream of being a doctor?
5. What do they want to become?

Both Antonia and Ray dream of speaking to big, excited audiences.

1. Do both Antonia and Ray dream of speaking to big, excited audiences?

2. What kind of audiences do they want to speak to?
3. Does Antonia want to speak to small, excited audiences?
4. Does Ray want to speak to big, boring audiences?
5. Do they dream of speaking to A.J?

They also both share the same problem.

1. Do they have different problem?

2. Do They share the same problem?
3. Does Antonia have a problem?
4. Does Ray have no problem?
5. What do they have in the same?

Their problem is they are both terrible English speakers.

1. What is their problem?

2. Who is a terrible English speaker?
3. Does Ray a great English speaker?
4. Is Antonia’s problem a terrible English speaker?
5. What kind of English speakers are they?

They both decides they will become famous and successful speakers.

1. What do they decide?

2. Who decides to become famous and successful speaker?
3. Do they decide to become bad and terrible speakers?
4. Does Antonia decide to become famous and successful speaker?
5. Who does Ray Decide to become?

However, they each do different things to reach their dream.

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 1. Do they do the same things to reach their dream?
2. Who do different things to reach their dream?
3. Does Ray do the same as Antonia to reach his dream?
4. Does Antonia do the different things to reach her dream?
5. How do they do to reach their dream?

Antonia decides to set small goals.

1. Does Antonia set big goals?

2. What kind of goal does Antonia set?
3. Does Antonia decide to give up?
4. What does she decide?
5. Who decides to set small goals?

She realizes she needs to set several small goals to reach her big dream.

1. Antonia realizes to need what?

2. Who realizes to set small goals to reach the big dream?
3. What kind of goal does she need to set?
4. Does Antonia realize she needs to set small goals to reach her small dream?
5. Does Ray set small goals to reach his dream?

Ray doesn’t set any goals, only his big dream.

1. Who does not set any goal, only big dream?

2. What does Ray set?
3. Does Ray set any goals?
4. How is dream that Ray only set?
5. Which dream does Ray set, small dream or big dream?

Ray daydreams every day, he imagines speaking to big audiences.

1. What does Ray do in everyday?

2. What does Ray imagine when he daydreams?
3. Who daydreams every day?
4. Does Ray daydream every day?
5. Who does Ray imagine speaking to when he daydreams?

Every day, he daydreams.

1. Who daydreams every day?

2. How often does he daydream?
3. What does he do every day?
4. Does he daydream every day?

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 5. Does he daydream or sleep?

Antonia decides she first need to improve her English listening so she listens to English for
three hours every day.

1. What does Antonia do to improve her English listening?

2. Who decides need to improve English listening?
3. What does she listen to English for three hours every day for?
4. Does Antonia decide she first need to her English listening?
5. How often does she listen to English?

Antonia decides she first need to improve her English listening so she listens to English for
three hours every day.

1. What does Antonia decide to improve first?

2. Who decides to improve English listening first?
3. How many hours does Antonia listen to English?
4. Does she listen to French every day?
5. Does she listen to English every day?

And after about four months, her listening improves a lot.

1. After how many months does her listening improve?

2. After four months, does she improve a little?
3. Does she improve after three months?
4. Whose listening improves a lot?
5. Does Ray improve after four months?

She achieves her first goal.

1. Who achieves the first goal?

2. Does Antonia Achieve her first goal?
3. Does Antonia achieve her second goal?
4. Does Ray achieve his first goal?
5. Does Antonia achieve her second goal?

After accomplishing her first goal, Antonia set a new goal.

1. After accomplishing her first goal, what does she do next?

2. Who set a new goal?
3. Does Antonia set a new goal?
4. Does Antonia set an old goal?
5. Does Ray set a new goal?

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Antonia’s second goal is to improve her speaking and pronunciation.

1. What is Antonia’s second goal?

2. What does Antonia want to improve in the second goal?
3. Does she want to improve her writing?
4. Does Ray want to improve his speaking and pronunciation?
5. Whose second goal is to improve speaking and pronunciation?

Every day, she imitates A.J.

1. What does she do every day?

2. Who does Antonia imitate?
3. Who imitate A.J?
4. How often does Antonia imitate A.J?
5. Does she imitate A.J every week?

She listens to A.J, pauses, and then imitates his speaking.

1. Who listens to A.J?

2. Who imitates A.J’s speaking?
3. Antonia listens to whom?
4. What does Antonia do?
5. Does Antonia copy his speaking?

She copies his pronunciation, she copies his rhythm, she copies his tone, and she copies
everything about his pronunciation.

1. Who copies A.J rhythm?

2. What does Antonia copy?
3. Does Antonia copy his appearance?
4. Does A.J copy Antonia?
5. Who copies A.J tone?

It takes her four more months to improve her speaking and pronunciation.

1. How long does it take to improve her speaking and pronunciation?

2. Does it take her three months?
3. Does it take Ray four more months to improve his speaking and pronunciation?
4. What does she improve after four more months?
5. Does A.J improve his speaking and pronunciation after four more months?

Ray tells everyone: “I will be a famous speaker”. Ray doesn’t have any goal.

1. What does Ray tell everyone?

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 2. Does Ray have a goal?
3. How many goals does he have?
4. Does Ray tell everyone:” I will be a bad speaker”?
5. What does he say?

He just talks, he just says:” I will be a famous speaker”.

1. What does he say?

2. Who says:” I will be a famous speaker”?
3. Does he say: “I will be a bad speaker”?
4. Does Antonia say: “I will be a famous speaker”?
5. What does Antonia say?

Antonia, her third goal is to overcome her fear of speaking to groups.

1. What is Antonia’s third goal?

2. Is Antonia’s third goal to overcome her fear of speaking to groups?
3. Whose third goal is to overcome the fear of speaking to groups?
4. Is Antonia’s third goal to overcome her fear of speaking to group?
5. Antonia’s third goal is to overcome what?

Ray’s also afraid of speaking to groups.

1. Who is also afraid of speaking to groups?

2. Ray’s also afraid of speaking to what?
3. Is Antonia afraid of speaking to groups?
4. Are both Antonia and Ray afraid of speaking to groups?
5. Is A.J afraid of speaking to groups?

They are both afraid of speaking to groups.

1. Who are afraid of speaking to groups?

2. Are both Antonia and Ray afraid of speaking to groups?
3. Is only Ray afraid of speaking to groups?
4. Is only Antonia afraid of speaking to groups?
5. They are both afraid of speaking to what?

Antonia sets a goal to overcome her fear of public speaking.

1. Who sets a goal to overcome the fear of public speaking?

2. What does she do to overcome her fear of public speaking?
3. Antonia sets a goal to overcome what?
4. Does Antonia set a dream?
5. Does Ray set a goal?

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Ray doesn’t set a goal to overcome his fear of speaking.

1. Who doesn’t set a goal to overcome his fear of speaking?

2. Does Ray set a goal?
3. What does Ray do to overcome his fear of public speaking?
4. Doesn’t Antonia set any goal?
5. What is Ray’s fear?

Antonia joins a public speaking course and practices every day.

1. Who join a public speaking course?

2. Who practices every day?
3. What kind of course does Antonia join?
4. How often does Antonia practice?
5. Does Ray practice every day?

Ray just continues to daydreams.

1. Who just continues to daydream?

2. What does Ray continue to do?
3. Does Ray have a goal?
4. Does Ray continue to nightdream?
5. What does Ray do to a daydream?

It takes Antonia three more months to achieve her third goal.

1. How long does it takes for Antonia to achieve her Third goal?
2. Does Antonia achieve her third goal?
3. Does Antonia achieve her third goal in two months?
4. Does Antonia’s sister achieve her third goal?
5. Who achieves the third goal?

After three months, she overcomes her fear of public speaking.

1. After how many months, does Antonia overcome her fear of public speaking?
2. After three months, Antonia overcomes the fear of what?
3. Who overcomes the fear of public speaking?
4. Does Ray overcome his fear of public speaking?
5. Does Antonia overcome her fear in four months?

What’s the next goal? Antonia’s fourth goal is to speak to small groups.

1. Whose fourth goal is to speak to small groups?

2. What is Antonia’s fourth goal?

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 3. Does Antonia want to speak to big groups?
4. Does Ray want to speak to big groups?
5. What does she want to do to small groups?

She decides she needs to practice and speak to a small group first.

1. Who decides to practice and speak to a small group first?

2. What does she need to do with a small group?
3. Does she give up?
4. Does she need to practice and speak to small groups later?
5. Does A.J need to practice and speak to small groups first?

So every week, she gives a speech to a small group of people.

1. What does she do every week?

2. Who gives a speech to a small group of people every week?
3. What does she do with a small group of people?
4. She gives a speech to whom?
5. Does she give a speech to a big group of people?

Ray just keeps daydreaming. He just keeps sun daydreaming every day.

1. What does Ray do every day?

2. Who keeps sun daydreaming every day?
3. Does Ray keep nightdreaming?
4. How often does he keep daydreaming?
5. Does Antonia keep daydreaming?

Finally, Antonia sets her final goal-the big one, the dream to speak to a huge group of excited
people.

1. What is Antonia final goal?

2. Does Antonia set the final goal is to speak to a huge group of excited people?
3. Does Antonia set the final goal is to speak to a small group of excited people?
4. Does Antonia set the final goal is to speak to a huge group of bored people?
5. What is Antonia’s final dream?

After three more months, she finally speaks to 5000 people, people interested in and excited in
Antonia.

1. After three more months, who speaks to 5000 people?

2. Does people interest in Antonia?
3. How many people does Antonia speak to?
4. After how many months does Antonia speak to 5000 people?

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 5. Do people feel bored about Antonia?

Ray gives up. Ray quits. Ray says: “It’s impossible. I never do it”.

1. What does Ray say?

2. What does Ray do?
3. Does Ray continue?
4. Does Ray give up?
5. Does Ray quit?

Antonia becomes a famous and successful speaker.

1. Who becomes a famous and successful speaker?

2. What kind of speaker does Antonia become?
3. Does Antonia become unsuccessful speaker?
4. Does Antonia give up?
5. Finally, what does she become?

FEED YOUR MIND EVERY DAY

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 PASSION AND PERSISTENCE

I. WORDS

WORDS IMAGES EXAMPLES MEANING

1. Penguin (n) There is a penguin, a black and white sea bird
/ˈpeŋ.gwɪn/ his name is Oliver. which cannot fly but uses its
small wings to help it swim
1.

2. Surf (v) He wants to surf. to ride on a wave as it comes

/sɝːf/ Every night he towards land, while standing or
dreams about surfing. lying on a special board

3. Escape (v) He escapes the zoo to get free from something, or

/ɪˈskeɪp/ and goes to to avoid something
Hawaii.

4. Coach (n) In Hawaii he finds someone whose job is to teach

/koʊtʃ/ a coach. people to improve at a sport,
skill, or school subject

5. Fail (v) He falls and he to not succeed in what you are

/feɪl/ fails again and trying to achieve or are
again and again. expected to do

6. Drunk (a) Oliver quits unable to speak or act in the

/drʌŋk/ surfing, goes home usual way because of having
and gets drunk. had too much alcohol

7. Encourage Kelly encourages to make someone more likely

(v) Oliver to keep to do something, or to make
/ɪnˈkɝː.ɪdʒ/ going, to have something more likely to
passion and happen
persistence.

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8. Persistence He tells Oliver the Not give up, continuance,
(n) secret to success is patience
/pəˈsɪs.tənts/ passion, plus
persistence.

II. STRUCTURES

STRUCTURES EXAMPLES MEANINGS

1. Laugh at Sammy just laughs at him, poor Oliver. to show that you think
somebody/ something someone or something is
stupid

2. Quit doing Oliver quits surfing. To stop doing something

something

3. Get drunk Oliver quits surfing, goes home and gets Become drunk/ intoxicated.
drunk.

III. SPEAKING

There is a penguin, his name is Oliver. Oliver lives in the San Francisco Zoo. Actually, he is
quite famous in the San Francisco Zoo. However, he has a problem. He wants to surf. Every night
he dreams about surfing. He tries to practice surfing in the pool. But, of course, there are no waves
in the pool. He escapes the zoo and goes to Hawaii.

In Hawaii, he finds a coach. The coach’s name is Sammy Hagar. Oliver and Sammy go into
the water to practice. Well, poor Oliver falls and fails, falls and fails. He falls and he fails again
and again and again. Sammy just laughs at him, poor Oliver. Every day, Oliver falls and fails, falls
and fails and every day Sammy laughs and laughs and laughs. Well, finally, Oliver quits. Oliver
quits surfing, goes home and gets drunk.

However, Oliver has a dream. Of course, he dreams about surfing because surfing is his
passion. He decides to get a new coach and try again. Kelly Slater is Oliver’s new coach. Kelly
and Oliver go into the water, into the waves and practice again. He falls and fails and falls and
fails and falls and fails again and again and again. So, Kelly encourages Oliver to keep going, to
have passion and persistence. He tells Oliver the secret to success is passion, plus persistence. So,
Oliver continues practicing again and again and again for six months and after six months he
finally succeeds and he rides a wave. And one year after that, Oliver becomes the world surfing
champion.

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IV. RESPONDING
THE PRESENT TENSE
Note: You can make your own questions

There is a penguin, his name is Oliver.

1. What is there?
2. Is there a dog or a penguin?
3. What is his name?
4. Is his name Oliver?
5. ………………………………………………………………
6. ………………………………………………………………
7. ………………………………………………………………

Oliver lives in the San Francisco Zoo. Actually, he is quite famous in the San
Francisco Zoo.
1. Where does Oliver live?
2. Is he famous in Vietnam?
3. Where is he famous?
4. Does he live in Thailand?
5. ……………………………………………………………….
6. ……………………………………………………………….
7. ……………………………………………………………….

However, he has a problem.

1. How many problems does he have?
2. Does he have 3 problems?
3. Does he have a problem?
4. Who has a problem?
5. ……………………………………………………………….
6. ……………………………………………………………….
7. ……………………………………………………………….

He wants to surf. Every night he dreams about surfing.

1. What does he want?
2. What does he dream about?
3. Does he dream about surfing?
4. Does he want to play soccer?
5. ……………………………………………………………….
6. ……………………………………………………………….
7. ……………………………………………………………….

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 He tries to practice surfing in the pool. But, of course, there are no waves in the pool.
1. Where does he practice surfing?
2. Are there waves in the pool?
3. What does he try to do?
4. Does he practice singing?
5. ……………………………………………………………….
6. ……………………………………………………………….
7.
He escapes the zoo and goes to Hawaii.
1. Does he escape the zoo?
2. Does he go to Laos?
3. Where does he go to?
4. Where does he escape?
5. ……………………………………………………………….
6. ……………………………………………………………….
7. ……………………………………………………………….

In Hawaii, he finds a coach. The coach’s name is Sammy Hagar.

1. Who does he find?
2. Does he find a girlfriend?
3. Who finds a coach?
4. What is his coach’s name?
5. ……………………………………………………………..
6. ……………………………………………………………..
7. ……………………………………………………………..

Oliver and Sammy go into the water to practice.

1. Who go into the water to practice?
2. Why do they go into the water?
3. What do they do?
4. Do they love each other?
5. ………………………………………………………………
6. ………………………………………………………………
7. ………………………………………………………..

Every day, Oliver falls and fails, falls and fails and every day Sammy laughs and
laughs and laughs.
1. Does Oliver fall and fail?
2. Who falls and fails every day?

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 3. How often does he fall and fail?
4. Who laughs at Oliver?
5. Who does Sammy laugh at?
6. ……………………………………………………………….
7. ……………………………………………………………….

Well, finally, Oliver quits. Oliver quits surfing, goes home and gets drunk.
1. Finally, who quits?
2. What does Oliver decide to do?
3. What does he quit?
4. Where does he go?
5. Who gets drunk?
6. ………………………………………………………………..
7. ………………………………………………………………..

However, Oliver has a dream. Of course, he dreams about surfing because surfing is
his passion.
1. What is Oliver’s dream?
2. What does he dream about?
3. What is his passion?
4. Is his passion teaching?
5. …………………………………………………………………
6. …………………………………………………………………
7. …………………………………………………………………

He decides to get a new coach and try again. Kelly Slater is Oliver’s new coach.
1. What does he decide to do?
2. Who is his new coach?
3. Does he decide to get drunk again?
4. Does he find a new wife?
5. …………………………………………………………………
6. …………………………………………………………………
7. …………………………………………………………………

Kelly and Oliver go into the water, into the waves and practice again.
1. Who go into the water?
2. What do they do?
3. Do they practice surfing?
4. Where do they go into?
5. ……………………………………………………………

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7. ……………………………………………………………

He falls and fails and falls and fails and falls and fails again and again and again. So
Kelly encourages Oliver to keep going, to have passion and persistence.
1. Does he succeed?
2. Does he fall and fail again?
3. Does Kelly laugh at him when he falls?
4. What does Kelly do?
5. ……………………………………………………………….
6. ……………………………………………………………….
7. ……………………………………………………………….

He tells Oliver the secret to success is passion, plus persistence.

1. Is the secret to success passion, plus persistence?
2. What is the secret to success?
3. Does Kelly tell him “I love you”?
4. Who tells Oliver the secret to success?
5. ……………………………………………………………….
6. ……………………………………………………………….
7. ……………………………………………………………….

So Oliver continues practicing again and again and again for six months and after six
months he finally succeeds and he rides a wave. And one year after that, Oliver
becomes the world surfing champion.
1. How long does Oliver practice surfing?
2. After 6 months, what happens?
3. Does he succeed after 6 months?
4. Who rides a wave?
5. Who is the world surfing champion?
6. ……………………………………………………………..
7. ……………………………………………………………..
8. ……………………………………………………………..

THE PAST TENSE

There was a penguin, his name was Oliver.
8. What was the penguin's name?
9. Was the penguin's name Carlos?
10. Was there a lion?
11. What was there?

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 Oliver lived in the San Francisco Zoo. Actually, he was quite famous in the San
Francisco Zoo.
12. Where did Oliver live?
13. He was a big what at the San Francisco zoo?
14. Why did people come to the zoo?
15. Was he famous?

However, he had a problem.

16. So was Oliver happy?
17. Did he have a problem?
18. How many problems did he have?

He wanted to surf. Every night he dreamed about surfing.

19. What did Oliver want to be?
20. What was his problem?
21. What did Oliver dream about?
22. Did he dream about teaching?

He tried to practice surfing in the pool. But, of course, there were no waves in the
pool.
23. Where did he practice surfing?
24. Did he practice surfing in the kitchen?
25. Were there waves in the pool at San Francisco zoo?
26. Why couldn’t he practice surfing at the zoo?

He escaped the zoo and went to Hawaii.

27. Did he escape from the bank?
28. Where did he escape from?
29. Where did he go?
30. Did he go to Viet Nam?
31. Did he go to Singapore?

In Hawaii, he found a coach. The coach’s name was Sammy Hagar.

32. Where did he find a coach?
33. What kind of coach did Oliver find?
34. What was surfing coach’s name?
35. Was his name David?

Oliver and Sammy went into the water to practice.

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 36. What did Oliver and Sammy do?
37. Did Oliver and Sammy go into the water?
38. Did Oliver and Sammy go into the waves?
39. Why did Oliver and Sammy go into the water?

Every day, Oliver fell and failed, fell and failed and every day Sammy laughed and
laughed and laughed.
40. What did Oliver’s coach like to do?
41. What did Oliver do every day?
42. What happen to Oliver?
43. What did his coach do when he fell?

Well, finally, Oliver quit. Oliver quit surfing, went home and got drunk.
44. What happen for months?
45. What did Oliver do next?
46. Why did he quit surfing?
47. Why did he get drunk?

However, Oliver had a dream. Of course, he dreamt about surfing because surfing
was his passion.
48. What did Oliver dream about?
49. Did he dream about getting drunk?
50. Did he dream about surfing?
51. How did he feel about surfing?

He decided to got a new coach and try again. Kelly Slater was Oliver’s new coach.
52. What did he do next?
53. What did he decide?
54. Who did he find?
55. What was new coach’s name?
56. Was Oliver’s new coach’s name Sammy?

Kelly and Oliver went into the water, into the waves and practiced again.
57. Where did they go?
58. What did they do when go into the water?
59. Did they go into the mountain?
60. What did Oliver do to try again?

He fell and failed and fell and failed and fell and failed again and again and again. So
Kelly encouraged Oliver to keep going, to have passion and persistence.

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 61. What happened again to Oliver?
62. Did Oliver success?
63. Did Oliver fail again?
64. What did Kelly do?

He told Oliver the secret to success was passion, plus persistence.

65. What did Kelly say to Oliver?
66. What was the secret to success?
67. Was the secret to success is laziness?
68. Who told Oliver the secret to success?

So Oliver continued practicing again and again and again for six months and after six
months he finally succeeded and he rode a wave.
69. What happened after 6 months?
70. Did Oliver quit surfing again?
71. Who continued practicing again and again and again?
72. Did Oliver Success?
73. When did he finally succeed?

And one year after that, Oliver became the world surfing champion.
74. What did Oliver become?
75. Did Oliver become the world racing champion?
76. When did Oliver become the world surfing champion?

FEED YOUR MIND EVERY DAY

THE BEST GUITARIST IN THE WORLD

I. WORDS

WORDS IMAGES EXAMPLES MEANING

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1. Imitate He imitates AJ every To behave in a similar way to
/ˈɪm.ə.teɪt/ day. someone or something else, or
to copy the speech or behavior,
etc. of someone or something.

2. Yell "Just get out of here!" To shout something or make a

/jel/ she yelled. loud noise, usually when you
are angry, in pain, or excited.

3. Dress (v) My husband dresses To put clothes on yourself or

/dres/ the boys while I make someone else, especially a
breakfast. child.

4. Fire (v) You’re fired! To remove someone from their

/faɪr/ job, either because they have
done something wrong or
badly, or as a way of saving the
cost of employing them

5. Suck (v) You suck! If someone or something

/sʌk/ sucks, that person or thing is
bad or unpleasant.

6. Distinction There's a clear A difference between two

/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/ distinction between similar things.
the dialects spoken in
the two regions.

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7. Seek out While he was at the To look for someone or
/siːk aʊt/ library, Steve decided something, especially for a
to seek out some long time until you find him,
information on the her, or it
history of the area.

8. Go crazy He scored and the If an audience or group of

/ˈkreɪ.zi/ crowd went crazy. people go crazy, they become
very excited.

9. Repetition Repetition is mother The act of doing or saying

/ˌrep.əˈtɪʃ.ən/ of skills. something again.

10. Vital It's absolutely vital Extremely important

/ˈvaɪ.t̬ əl/ that you do exactly as
I say.

11. Hold He was holding a To take and keep something in

/həʊld/ gun. your hand or arms.

II. STORY

Asher had a dream. He wanted to be the best guitarist in the world. He wanted to be a rock’n’roll
god. But the problem is he doesn’t play the guitar, he didn’t play the guitar, he never has played the
guitar.

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So he decided to find the best guitar teacher in the world. AJ Hoge was the best guitar teacher in the
world.

Asher went to AJ and he said “Teach me to be a rock god.”

AJ said “My student, you must look good to be good. Imitate me. Dress like me. Jump and yell and
look cool like me. Then you’ll be the best guitarist in the world and a rock god.”

Asher said “But don’t I have to practice the guitar?”

AJ said “No, just look good.”

So, for one year every day Asher imitated AJ. He walked like AJ. He moved like AJ. He dressed
like AJ. He tried to be cool like AJ.

But unfortunately, after one year Asher still could not play the guitar. In fact, he was terrible.

Asher said “You’re fired.”

Next, he went to his friend, Inka. He said “Inka, how can I become the best guitarist in the world? I
tried to study with AJ but he sucked.”

Inka said “It’s vital to find a great player to model. Seek out Jimmy Page. He’s the best.”

So he did. He went looking for Jimmy Page. And finally he found him in England.

He asked Jimmy “Jimmy will you please teach me to be a great guitarist? I want to be a rock god.”
Jimmy said “Okay.”

So every day Jimmy Page showed Asher new key distinctions on the guitar. He showed him key
differences, key new things to learn. He told him how to hold the guitar, how to play the guitar,
how to move his fingers quickly.

And every day he practiced. Every day a lot of repetition but repetition with new distinctions.

Finally, three years later Asher became a great guitar player. He became a rock god. When he was
in Israel, the women loved him. When he was in Europe, the women loved him. When he was in
North America, the women went crazy and they loved him. The South American women loved him.
African women loved him. Asian women loved him. He was a rock’n’roll god.

III. RESPONDING

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FEED YOUR MIND EVERY DAY

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 I AM HANDSOME AND I AM COOL
I. NEW WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING EXAMPLES

1. Laugh at To show that you think Girls always laugh at

somebody someone is stupid him.

2. Impress To make someone He wanted to impress

somebody like/remember you Angela but she didn’t
like him.

Severe emotional shock Girls always laughed at

and pain caused by an him when he asked
3. Trauma
extremely upsetting them for a date so he
experience had a dating trauma.

Something that is
For me, learning to
empowering makes you
drive was an
4. Empowering more confident and
empowering
makes you feel that you
experience.
are in control of your life

5. Empowering Beliefs that give you I decide to develop new

beliefs power, or positive beliefs empowering beliefs.

Words that are believed His incantation is that

6. Incantation to have a magical effect “I am handsome and I
when spoken or sung am cool”.

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 Walking to work brings
7. Walk to work Go to work on foot
a lot of benefits.

To exercise by lifting
Every day, at the gym,
heavy objects (such as
8. Lift weights he lifts weights and
barbells) in order to
exercises.
become stronger

9. Give Stand and talk in front of It is easy for me to give

somebody’s
people a speech in front of 50
speech
people.

To go to somewhere He walked over to my

10. Walk over to
house.

Used for saying ‘yes/

“Are you coming to the
11. You bet certainly’ in an
party?” “You bet!”
enthusiastic way

II. STRUCTURES

STRUCTURES MEANING EXAMPLES

1. Ask somebody for To invite someone to do We should ask them for a meal
something something or go somewhere with sometimes.
you
2. Ask somebody to do To expect someone to do He asks me to do housework.
something something or give you something
3. Decide to do something To choose something, especially He decides to develop new
= Make a decision to do after thinking carefully about empowering beliefs.
something several possibilities
4. Learn how to do To gain knowledge or a skill that He learned how to speak in
something makes it possible for you to do front of people.
= Learn to do something something

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 III. LET’S READ THE STORY

There was a guy and his name was George. And George, of course, had a problem. Well in
fact, George had two problems. Not just one problem, George had two
problems. Well, his first problem was that girls always laughed at him.
Well, his second problem was that he loved, loved Angela. And, of
course, Angela was a girl. He wanted to impress Angela. But, of
course, girls always laughed at him. Oh no, big problem for George. In
fact, George had dating trauma. Well, because girls always laughed at
him when he asked them for a date. Beautiful girls laughed even more
at George. With beautiful girls, he had super dating trauma. So,
George had some very big problems.

But one day he decided “I will develop new empowering

beliefs.” So, every day he said an incantation. His incantation was
“I’m handsome and I’m cool.” Every day George looked in the mirror
and he said “I’m handsome and I’m cool.” It was his incantation. He said it all the time. He was
eating breakfast, he said “I’m handsome and I’m cool.” When he was walking to work he said “I’m
handsome and I’m cool.” During lunch, he said “I’m handsome and I’m cool.” Going home from
work he said “I’m handsome and I’m cool.” Eating dinner, watching TV, all the time, every day, he
said the same incantation “I’m handsome and I’m cool.”

He repeated it again and again and again and again. It was an incantation. He started to believe
it. So, he started to go to the gym. He went to the gym every day. At the gym, he worked out. He
lifted weights. He exercised. And he exercised “I’m handsome and I’m cool” and he exercised. He
got stronger.

Then he went to a public speaking class. He learned how to speak to people. He said “Hi, I’m
George and I’m handsome and I’m cool” and then he gave his speech. And when he finished he said
“Thank you, I’m George and I’m handsome and I’m cool.” He became stronger. His speaking got
better and better and better.

And one day, amazingly, he was handsome. And one day, amazingly, he was cool. He walked
over to Angela’s apartment. He knocked on the door. She answered.

He said “Hi, I’m George. I’m handsome and I’m cool and I want you.”

Of course, she yelled “You bet, you’re hot, I love you!”.

George was very happy. And of course, he was handsome and cool.

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 IV. LET’S RECAP THE STORY

There was a guy named George and he had two problems. Firstly, girls always laughed at him.
Secondly, he wanted to impress Angela because he really loved her. George had a terrible dating
trauma because girls always laughed at him whenever he asked them for a date. One day, he decided
to make a change in his belief. He said to himself an incantation: “I’m handsome and I’m cool”.

Repeating these positive words again and again made him believe in it. He went to the gym
every day, he said “I’m handsome and I’m cool” while taking exercises. He also came to a public
speaking class and learned how to talk in front of people. He always said “I’m handsome and I’m
cool” whenever he started or finished his speech.

Day by day, he became stronger. Day by day, his speaking got better. Then he came to
Angela’s apartment and told her that he loved her. And of course, Angela loved him too. George
was thrilled. What a happy ending!

V. LET’S IMPROVE OUR INTERACTION

1. Was there a girl or was there a guy? 12. Who wanted to impress Angela?
2. What was his name? 13. What did he want to?
3. How many problems did he have? 14. Why did George have dating trauma?
4. What was his first problem? 15. Did beautiful girls laugh more or less
5. Who always laughed at George? at George?
6. How often did girls laugh at George? 16. What kind of beliefs was he going to
7. What did they always do? get?
8. What was his second problem? 17. Was he going to develop old
9. Who did George love? empowering beliefs?
10. What kind of girl was Angela? 18. What did he say?
11. Did he want Angela to like him? 19. What was his incantation?

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 20. What did he say when he was 27. And before every speech, what did he
exercising? say?
21. Who said an incantation every day? 28. Did he become stronger?
22. When did he do it? 29. Where did he go after being stronger?
23. Where did he go? 30. Did he walk to my apartment?
24. At the gym, what did he do? 31. Did he walk to Angela’s house?
25. How was he after working out for a 32. What did he say when he met Angela?
long time? 33. What did Angela say?
26. Where did he go next?

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 THE QUEEN OF HOT CHILIES
I. NEW WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING EXAMPLES

She had a big grin on

1. Grin A wide/big smile
her face.

A type of card game She walked into the

2. Blackjack
played for money blackjack table.

The way in which

someone usually holds
their shoulders, neck, She’s got very good/
3. Posture
and back, or a particular bad posture.
position in which
someone stands, sits, etc

To move soil using a He is digging a hole

4. Dig tool, a machine, or your large enough to plant a
hands tree.

A tool with a handle

and a broad scoop or
5. Shovel blade for digging and She’s got a shovel.
moving material, such
as dirt or snow.

(the scientific study of)

the way in which the She changed her
6. Physiology
bodies of living things physiology.
work

II. STRUCTURES

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 STRUCTURES MEANING EXAMPLES
1. Dream of/ about To think about something that She dreamt of having a lot of
something you want very much money.
2. Cry somebody’s eyes out She felt miserable and cried her
Cry a lot
(Idioms) eyes out.
3. Stop doing something To no longer do something Stop crying!

III. LET’S READ THE STORY

Vanilla was a beautiful, intelligent woman. She wanted to be rich. She said “Show me the
money.” But, unfortunately, she was poor.

So, Vanilla went to Las Vegas to get rich. She walked into Caesar’s Palace with a big grin on
her face. In fact, she knew she was going to become rich. She walked to the blackjack table. She
took $6,000.00 out of her pocket. She put the money on the table. She bet all of the money on the
first game. Vanilla lost all her money. She was really, really poor. She cried, “Oh no, I lost all my
money.”

First, she cried. But then she changed her physiology. She pulled back her shoulders. She put
her chin up. And she grinned. She said “I will become rich.”

Next, Vanilla went to Alaska. She went to Alaska to dig for gold. So, she got a shovel and she
started to dig. Every day she dug for gold, five days, ten days, digging for gold, digging for gold.
After sixty days, her back hurt. Vanilla had bad posture while she was digging. After ninety days,
Vanilla’s back hurt and she had no money. She started to cry “Oh, my back hurts. And I have no
money.”

But then Vanilla changed. She changed her posture again. She smiled. She brought her
shoulders back. She breathed deeply. She said “I will become rich.” So, she went to Singapore.

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She went to Singapore to start a chili business. She grew chilies, hot chilies, in her apartment and
sold them to restaurants. And she made $28 billion.

She became the Queen of Hot Chilies…the Asian Queen of Hot Chilies. Vanilla became
super rich. She got the money.

IV. LET’S RECAP THE STORY

The story is about a beautiful, intelligent woman called Vanilla. She dreamt of being rich
because she was so poor. Therefore, she made a decision to go to Las Vegas to get rich. She walked
into Caesar’s Palace and put all her money on the blackjack table. She bet $6,000.00 on the first
game but she was a loser. She felt miserable and cried her eyes out.

After that, she stopped crying and started to change her physiology. Next, she came to Alaska,
got a shovel and dug for gold. After 90 days, her back hurt because she had bad posture while
digging for gold. Of course, she had no money and started to cry again.

But then she brought her shoulders back, put her chin up and took a deep breath. She felt
better and then moved to Singapore to start her own business. She grew hot chilies and sold them to
restaurants. She made $28 billion and became the Asian Queen of Hot Chilies.

V. LET’S IMPROVE OUR INTERACTION

1. Who was a beautiful, intelligent woman? 7. What did she do in Las Vegas?
2. What was her name? 8. Did she earn a lot of money?
3. What did he want? 9. How much did she bet?
4. What was her dream? 10. How did she feel when she lost all her
5. What did she say? money?
6. Where did she go? 11. What did she do?

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12. Where did she decide to go next?
13. What did she do in Alaska?
14. How long did she dig for gold?
15. Did she have money after digging for
gold?
16. Did she have good posture while digging
for gold?
17. Why did her back hurt?
18. Did she cry?
19. Did she give up?
20. What did she do to have good posture?
21. How did she feel when she changed her
posture?
22. Where did she go to get rich?
23. What did she grow?
24. Where did she grow hot chilies?
25. Where did she sell them to?
26. How much did she make?
27. Did she make $28 million?
28. Who did she become?
29. How did she feel?
30. Did she make her dream become true?

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 SUPERSTAR- MASTERMINDS
I. NEW WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING EXAMPLES

They want to
A person who wrestles as a
1. Wrestler become great
sport
wrestlers.

It’s a gigantic
2. Gigantic Extremely large school, a super large
school.

3. High- (of a person) Dynamic, These are the high

achieving ambitious, and successful achieving students.

To spend time standing The members of the

4. Stand
somewhere and doing very second group are just
around
little standing around.

To spend time when you

Brian socializes with
are not working with
5. Socialize the whiners and
friends or with other people
complainers.
in order to enjoy yourself

A person, especially a
Brian socializes with
child, who complains or
6. Whiner the whiners and
expresses disappointment
complainers.
or unhappiness repeatedly

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 Wanting to do something She will get the job
very much and not she wants – she’s a
7. Determined
allowing anyone or any very determined
difficulties to stop you person.

II. STRUCTURES

STRUCTURES MEANING EXAMPLES

1. Blame somebody for To name someone as the cause She blamed herself for everything
something of something. that went wrong.
In a way that is different from My husband likes classical music –
2. On the other hand
the first thing you mentioned I, on the other hand, like all kinds.

III. LET’S READ THE STORY

There are two guys. Their names are Bruce and Brian. They want to become great wrestlers.
So they both join the Hulk Hogan School of Wrestling. Hulk Hogan, the famous wrestler. Hulk
Hogan is the leader of the school. It’s a gigantic school, a super large school. It’s a gigantic. This
school has 5578 students. Bruce and Brian go to their first class and they arrive early. They see two
groups of students in the class.

The first group has just five students and they are practicing in one corner of the room. These
are the high achieving students. As they practice together they also cheer each other. Yay, good job.
Go. Yay!

The members of the second group are just standing around. As they stand around, they are also
complaining about the teacher, about the school and about the students.

Bruce walks over to the first group and joins them. Brian walks over to the second group and
joins them. Bruce practices with the first group and Brian just listens to the second group. Of course,
eventually, the class begins and then after class, Bruce socializes with the high achievers. Brian
socializes with the whiners and complainers.

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 Gradually each day Brian feels a little more negative and gradually each day Bruce feels a
little more positive, a little more determined. Bruce rapidly improves and soon goes on to the
intermediate class. Brian improves very slowly, and eventually Brian starts to complain and blame
as well. Bruce finally becomes a great wrestler, while Brian finally gets sick of practicing and quits.

IV. LET’S RECAP THE STORY

There are two guys whose names are Bruce and Brian. They both harbor the dream of
becoming wrestlers so they make up their mind to join a gigantic school. The school is run by a
famous wrestler named Hulk Hogan. They take part in the first class and join two different groups of
students. Bruce joins the group of high achieving students who keep practicing and cheering each
other. Brian, on the other hand, socializes with all whiners and complainers.

Gradually, Brian becomes a little more negative and starts to blame for everything while
Bruce develops his positive beliefs and determination. As a result, Brian leaves his dream behind
and quits and Bruce makes his dream come true.

V. RESPONDING

There are two guys, their names are Bruce and Brian.
1. How many guys are there?
2. What are their names?
3. Is there only one guy?
4. Are their names Ruth and Ryan?
5. How many girls are there?

They want to become great wrestlers.

1. Who do they want to become?
2. They want to become what?
3. Do they want to become hairdresser?
4. What does Bruce want to become?
5. Does Brian want to become lawyer?

So they both join the Hulk Hogan School of Wrestling.

1. What is the name of the school?
2. Does only Bruce join the Hulk Hogan School of Wrestling?
3. Does Brian join the School of Hulk Hogan?
4. Who join the Hulk Hogan School of Wrestling?
5. Do they join the school of dancing?

Hulk Hogan, the famous wrestler. Hulk Hogan is the leader of the school.
1. What kind of wrestler is Hulk Hogan?

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 2. Who is the leader of the school?
3. Is Hulk Hogan famous?
4. Is A.J the leader of the school?
5. Is Hulk Hogan a bad wrestler?

It’s a gigantic school, a super large school. It’s a gigantic.

1. How big is the school?
2. Is the school small?
3. Is the School gigantic?
4. Which school is gigantic?
5. Is the school the largest one?

This school has 5578 students.

1. How many students does the school have?
2. Does it have 5579 students?
3. Does the school have only one student?
4. Doesn’t the school have 5578 students?
5. The school has 5578 of what?

Bruce and Brian go to their first class and they arrive early.
1. Who go to the first class?
2. Do they arrive late?
3. Does Brian arrive the class early?
4. Does Bruce go to his second class?
5. Do they both go to their first class?

They see two groups of students in the class?

1. Does Bruce see one group of student?
2. How many group do they see?
3. They see two groups of what in the class?
4. Does Brian see three groups of students?
5. Do they see two groups of students outside the class?

The first group has just five students and they are practicing in one corner of the room.
1. How many students are there in the first group?
2. Does the first group have 50 students?
3. What are they doing in the corner of the room?
4. Are they fighting each other?
5. Are they practicing in two corners of the room?

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 These are high-achieving students.
1. What kind of students is in the first group?
2. Is the first group bad?
3. Is the first group high-achieving?
4. Do the students in the first group happy?
5. Do the students sad?

As they practice together they also cheer each other. Yay, good job. Go. Yay!
1. Do they practice alone?
2. Do they practice together?
3. What do they do to each other?
4. Do they scream to each other?
5. What do they say?

The members of the second group are just standing around.

1. What are the members of the second group doing?
2. Are the members of the second group dancing around?
3. Who are just standing around?
4. Is A.J standing around?
5. Is A.J dancing around?

As they stand around, they also complaining about the school and about the students.
1. What are they doing?
2. They are complaining about what?
3. Do they complain about the food and the music?
4. Do they cheer each other?
5. Who are complaining about the school and about the students?

Bruce walks over to the first group and joins them.

1. Which group does Bruce walk over to?
2. Does Bruce walk over to the second group?
3. Does Bruce join the first group?
4. How many group does Bruce walk over to?
5. Does Brian join the first group?

Brian walks over to the second group and joins them.

1. Which group does Brian walk over to?
2. Does Brian join the first group?
3. Does Brian walk over to the second group?
4. Does Bruce join the first group?

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 5. How many groups does Brian join?

Bruce practices with the first group and Brian just listens to the second group.
1. What does Bruce do with the first group?
2. What does Brian do with the second group?
3. Does Brian practice with the second group?
4. Does Bruce listen to the first group?
5. Does Brian listen to the second group?

Of course, eventually, the class begins and then after class, Bruce socializes with the high
achievers.
1. After the class, who does Bruce socialize with?
2. Does Bruce socialize with high achievers?
3. Does Bruce socialize with AJ?
4. Does Bruce socialize with Brian?
5. Who socializes with high achievers?

Brian socializes with the whiners and complainers.

1. Who does Brian socialize with?
2. Does Brian socialize with high achievers?
3. Who socializes with whiners and complainers?
4. What do Brian do with the whiners and complainers?
5. Does Brian socialize with whiners and complainers?

Gradually each day Brian feels a little more negative and gradually each day Bruce a little
more positive, a little more determined.
1. Gradually each day, how does Brian feel?
2. Gradually each day, how does Bruce feel?
3. Does Brian feel a little more positive?
4. Does Bruce feel a little more determined?
5. Who feels a little more positive and a little more determined?

Bruce rapidly improves and soon goes on to the intermediate class.

1. How does Bruce improve?
2. Does Bruce go on to the intermediate class?
3. Who rapidly improves?
4. Does Bruce quit?
5. Who goes on to the intermediate class?

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 VI. CHALLENGE
Make at least 20 questions for this story in the past tense:
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 INFLUENCE
I. NEW WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING EXAMPLES

1. Terrified Very frightened I am terrified of spiders

A mental state of high

2. Deer in arousal caused by During his first speech,
headlights anxiety, fear, panic, Walter freezes like a deer in
surprise and/or headlights.
confusion…

He freaked out when he

To become very
3. Freak out heard he'd got the job.
excited or emotional

During his second speech,

A medical condition
Walter gets tunnel vision.
that makes someone
He can’t see to the sides, he
4. Tunnel vision see only things that
can only see directly ahead
are directly in front of
like looking through a
them
tunnel.
He feels embarrassed
Feeling ashamed or because he shakes
5. Embarrassed
shy uncontrollably during the
speech.

To practice a play, a
piece of music, etc. in The musicians rehearsed for
6. Rehearse
order to prepare it for the concert.
public performance

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 Making you want to
He is persuasive and
7. Persuasive do or believe a
influential.
particular thing

To interest someone During his third speech,

in something and Walter engages the
8. Engage
keep them thinking audience with good eye
about it contact.

II. STRUCTURES

STRUTURES MEANING EXAMPLES

Both Walter and Jesse are
1. To be terrified of To be very scared of something terrified of public speaking, but
something/ somebody or somebody they want to overcome their
fear.
To leave somewhere or He screams and runs off the
2. Run off
someone suddenly stage
They are both terrified of public
Want to do something,
3. Desire to do something speaking but always desire to
especially strongly
overcome their fear.
To take part in or become They participate in two
4. Participate in something
involved in an activity different speaking courses.
Such awful things happen but
Lose strong feeling of trust or
5. Lose faith in something/ they don’t lose faith in
confidence in something/
somebody improving and getting better.
someone
Consequently, they both
To achieve something that you succeed in giving their third
6. Succeed in something/
planned to do or attempted to speech convincingly and
doing something
do undeniably.

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 III. LET’S READ THE STORY

There are two guys. Their names are Walter and Jesse. Both Walter and Jesse are terrified of
public speaking, but they want to overcome their fear.

Both Walter and Jesse decide to join a public speaking course, but they don’t join the same
course. Walter joins the Effortless English presentation course in San Francisco. Jesse joins the Jim
Carrey speaking course in Los Angeles. Jim Carrey. Jim Carrey coaches Jesse.

Both Walter and Jesse have terrible first speeches during their courses. Walter’s first speech is
awful. During his first speech, Walter freezes like a deer in headlights. He doesn’t move. He doesn’t
speak. He is completely frozen. Jesse does the opposite. Jesse freaks out. He screams and runs off
the stage. Next, they both go home to practice and train. Walter practices and practices and practices
every day. Jesse also practices and practices and practices every day, until each gives their second
speech.

Walter’s second speech is also bad. During his second speech Walter gets tunnel vision. He
can’t see to the sides, he can only see directly ahead like looking through a tunnel.

What happens to Jesse during his second speech? During his second speech, Jesse shakes
uncontrollably. How does Jesse feel after and during his second speech? He feels embarrassed
because he shakes uncontrollably during the speech.

Everyone can see. Well, they both go home again. Walter rehearses in a mirror. While he
rehearses, he visualizes an audience in front of him. Does Jesse visualize an audience while
rehearsing?

No, no, Jim Carrey coaches him. He learns how to gesture powerfully while speaking.

Finally, the day comes for each of them to give their third speech. During his third speech
Walter engages the audience with good eye contact. Meanwhile, during his third speech, Jesse
gestures powerfully and he holds the audience’s attention.

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 Finally, at the end of their courses each one gives a final speech. During his final speech,
Walter speaks powerfully. He is persuasive and influential. During Jesse’s final speech, he speaks
enthusiastically and is entertaining and energetic.

IV. LET’S RECAP THE STORY

There are two guys named Walter and Jesse. They are both terrified of public speaking but
always desire to overcome their fear. So, they participate in two different speaking courses.

Unfortunately, their first speech is so terrible that they get freaked out and run off the stage.
However, they keep practicing at home until their second speech. During their second speech, they
both had some problems such as getting tunnel vision and shaking uncontrollably. Such awful things
happen but they don’t lose faith in improving and getting better.

Once again, they go home but they decide to train themselves in their own ways. Walter not
only rehearses in a mirror but also visualizes an audience in front of him. Being coached by Jim
Carrey, Jesse learns how to gesture powerfully while speaking. Consequently, they both succeed in
giving their third speech convincingly and undeniably.

V. MAKING QUESTIONS

Make at least 25 questions for this story:

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 JOB INTERVIEWS
I. NEW WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING EXAMPLES

Not having a job that He's been unemployed

1. Unemployed
provides money for over a year.

2. A limp A limp handshake is very A limp handshake is

handshake weak, very soft very weak, very soft.

Robert gives a firm

3. A firm A firm handshake is very handshake to Bill
handshake strong, very hard Gates.

A feeling of illness Robert gets drunk the

(headache..) after night before the
4. Hang-over
drinking too much interview, well, he
alcohol feels hung over.

To empty the contents of He came home drunk

5. Throw up =
the stomach through the and vomited all over
Vomit
mouth the kitchen floor.

Jimmy gives a limp

To look at someone or handshake at Apple
6. Scowl = Frown something with a very and then the
annoyed expression interviewer scowls at
him.

Having or producing an The fart is super

7. Stinky
unpleasant smell stinky.

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 A type of Mexican food
made by folding a tortilla
Yesterday, I ate a bean
8. A burrito (= thin, round bread) and
burrito.
putting meat, beans, and
cheese inside it

To release gas from the

He farts a lot when he
9. Fart bowels through the
talks with me.
bottom

Robert realizes that he

Of or belonging to a
10. Corporate doesn’t want a
corporation
corporate job.

She looked absolutely

11. Fabulous Very good; excellent
fabulous in her dress.

II. STRUCTURES

STRUCTURES MEANING EXAMPLES

Robert also sends out resumes
1. Send out something To mail something
to big companies.
Robert is employed
2. Because of As a result of immediately because of his
fabulous and attractive hair.

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 III. LET’S READ THE STORY

This is a story about two men, Jimmy and Robert. Jimmy is tall and thin. Robert has long
blonde hair. Unfortunately, both Jimmy and Robert are unemployed.

One day Jimmy gets an interview with Apple. Robert applies to Microsoft and gets an
interview and they both get interviews. When Jimmy interviews with Apple, he meets the
interviewer and offers a limp handshake. A limp handshake is very weak, very soft. In fact, Robert
interviews with Bill Gates. Bill Gates comes back to Microsoft to interview Robert. Robert gives a
firm handshake to Bill Gates.

Unfortunately, Robert gets drunk the night before the interview. Well, he feels hung over.
He’s hung-over. To be hung over is to feel very tired and weak, after being drunk. You get a
headache, you feel horrible, that’s hung-over.

In fact, during the interview, Robert throws up onto Bill Gates. To throw up is to vomit. It’s
not throw out it’s throw up. He’s hung over and then he throws up onto Bill Gates. He threw up on
Bill Gates, so he doesn’t get the job. Jimmy gives a limp handshake at Apple and then the
interviewer scowls at him. To scowl is to frown, to make an unpleasant, unhappy face. The
interviewer doesn’t smile at Jimmy, the interviewer scowls at Jimmy. Because Jimmy gives a very
weak, limp handshake.

Well, Jimmy goes home and he realizes he had a bad handshake, so he practices giving a firm
handshake. Each day he practices his handshake, he practices giving a firm handshake. And he
sends out resumes to companies. Robert also sends out resumes to big companies. Finally, Jimmy
gets another interview, this time, at Facebook. In fact, Jimmy interviews with Mark Zuckerberg.

Well, Jimmy’s body language is weak. His non-verbal communication is weak. For example,
his head is down when he walks into the room and Jimmy frowns during the entire interview.
Actually, Jimmy’s speaking is very good. Jimmy’s a good speaker, but his non-verbal
communication is bad. Next, Robert interviews at Virgin, the Virgin Company with Richard
Branson. The night before the interview, he eats a bean burrito and so, during the interview Robert
farts. He farts loudly during the job interview with Richard Branson. But it’s even worse because the
fart is super stinky.

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 So, he doesn’t get the job at Virgin because he farts during the interview. Jimmy, after his
interview, goes home to practice more. This time he practices his smile and his non-verbal
communication. Jimmy develops a winning smile. He also develops an air of confidence.
Meanwhile, Robert realizes that he doesn’t want a corporate job. He changes his mind. So instead,
he sends a series of letters to hair salons - places that cut, dye and color hair.

Finally, Robert gets an interview with a hair salon. Meanwhile, Jimmy gets an interview with
the Gibson Guitar Company. During his interview at the Gibson Guitar Company, Jimmy has an air
of confidence. He smiles. His head is up and he has a firm handshake. He shows the company his
resume and portfolio. He communicates confidently. He does so well they offer him the job of
President. Meanwhile, Robert goes to his interview at the hair salon. When the interviewer sees his
beautiful, long blonde hair, he says wow, your hair is fabulous and Robert is hired immediately.
They become happily employed.

IV. LET’S RECAP THE STORY

There are two men whose names are Jimmy and Robert who are unemployed. One day, they
get an interview with big firms. Unfortunately, they are not admitted to these companies because of
several reasons. For example, they have impolite and unprofessional manners such as giving a limp
handshake, getting drunk and vomiting. In addition, Jimmy’s non-verbal communication is very
bad.

After that, Jimmy decides to improve and reinforce his skills and confidence while Robert
chooses to apply to some salons.

Finally, Jimmy, with a lot of determination and enthusiasm, gets the job that he desires and
Robert is employed immediately because of his fabulous and attractive hair.

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 RESPONSIBILITY
I. NEW WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING EXAMPLES

A small North American
animal with black marks on There is a raccoon and
1. Raccoon
its face and a long tail with there is a squirrel.
black rings on it
A small animal covered in
fur with a long tail. Squirrels There is a raccoon and
2. Squirrel
climb trees and feed on nuts there is a squirrel.
and seeds.

Something that’s not real. Rachel realizes that

3. Abstract You can’t touch it. You abstract grammar isn’t
can’t hear it. You can’t see it helping.
She realizes this and
Something you can touch or she says, “I need
4. Concrete
hear or taste or feel directly concrete, direct
listening.”

To become completely She is immersed in

5. Immerse
involved in something Latin.

Having lost your confidence She’s too frustrated

6. Discouraged
or enthusiasm for something and too discouraged.

II. STRUCTURES

STRUCTURES MEANING EXAMPLES

She studies physics and then
she builds a time machine and
1. Go back Return
she goes back in time to the
year 100 A.D.
Every day, or more and more as His speaking skill gets better
2. Day by day
each day passes and better day by day.
III. LET’S READ THE STORY

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 There is a raccoon and there is a squirrel. Both Rachel the raccoon and Sally the squirrel want
to speak Latin like native speakers. They want to speak Latin like a native speaker. And so Rachel
the raccoon and Sally the squirrel join a Latin class at the nearby university. When they enter the
class they both say to the teacher: “We want to learn Latin, please teach us.” The teacher, Mr. Woz,
teaches them grammar rules every day. Mr. Woz teaches them grammar rules every day and he
gives a test every Friday. Rachel the raccoon and Sally the squirrel continue going to Latin class for
four years.

But, after four years of Latin class neither of them can speak Latin. Neither of them can speak
at all. Well, Rachel realizes that abstract grammar isn’t helping. Abstract is something that’s not
real. You can’t touch it. You can’t hear it. You can’t see it. Rachel realizes that abstract grammar
rules are not helping her. In fact, Rachel realizes that school, in general, isn’t helping her.

She realizes this and she says, “I need concrete, direct listening.” Concrete is the opposite of
abstract. Concrete is something you can touch or hear or taste or feel directly. She says, “I need
concrete, direct listening” and she decides to take 100% responsibility for her own progress. Rachel
goes to Rome. In Rome, she listens. She listens every day to a Roman teacher. She hires a Roman
teacher and listens every day. She listens and listens for months and months, but then finally she
realizes “This isn’t Latin! This is Italian, it’s not the same!”

What about Sally the squirrel? Well, Sally blames Woz, blames the Latin teacher. Sally says,
“It’s his fault. He’s the reason I’m not improving.”

Meanwhile, Rachel is frustrated. She is frustrated because she was listening to the wrong
language, but she still takes responsibility. So, next, she makes a decision. She studies…she studies
physics. She studies physics for three years. So she can build a time machine. She studies physics
and then she builds a time machine and she goes back in time to the year 100 A.D.

What about Sally the squirrel?

Well, Sally also feels discouraged and frustrated. No, Sally the squirrel says to herself, “Ah,
there’s nothing I can do. There’s just nothing I can do.”

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 Meanwhile, Rachel goes back to the year 100 A.D. And guess what? She’s in Rome. In the
year 100 A.D, the Romans spoke Latin. So every day Rachel the raccoon listens to Latin. She hears
Latin on the streets. She hears Latin everywhere she goes. She finds Latin-speaking friends, Latin-
speaking teachers. She is immersed in Latin. It means surrounded by, covered by Latin. Everywhere
she goes she hears Latin, Latin, Latin, Latin, Latin, everywhere. And because she listens to Latin
every single day for hours and hours and hours, Rachel the raccoon leans to speak Latin like a native
speaker.

Sally the squirrel doesn’t learn to speak Latin like a native speaker. Sally the squirrel quits.
She stops trying to learn Latin. She’s too frustrated and too discouraged.

Finally, Rachel the raccoon gets in her time machine and returns to the present day, to the
present time, only now she is a speaker, a fluent speaker, just a native speaker of Latin and she’s
very happy. She has achieved her dream and achieved her goal.

IV. LET’S RECAP THE STORY

There was a raccoon and a squirrel, namely Sally and Rachel who wanted to become Latin
native speakers. So they joined a Latin class and had to learn abstract grammar rules and take tests
weekly. After the course of 4 years, neither of them could speak Latin. Sally kept blaming on her
sucked teacher and gave up. On the other hand, Rachel took 100% responsibility, immersed herself
in Latin and got better day by day. As a result, Rachel fulfilled her dream and became a fluent
speaker of Latin.

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 EMOTIONAL MASTER
I. NEW WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING EXAMPLES

A type of physical training
He goes to a fitness
that consists of many
1. Boot camp boot camp run by
different types of exercise,
Sean.
often done outside

2. Little by little Slowly or gradually Now, little by little,

Herbert begins to feel
stronger and more
Happening or existing at a confident and,
later time or at the end, eventually, he loses fat
3. Eventually
especially after a lot of and becomes stronger.
effort, problems, etc
Well, eventually,
Really or certainly, often
Herbert does indeed
4. Indeed used to emphasize
become fast, a fast
something
runner.
A piece of kitchen
Next, Joe Montana
5. Refrigerator / equipment that uses
puts Herbert inside a
Fridge electricity to preserve food
refrigerator.
at a cold temperature

He goes to see Joe

The set of characteristics Montana to learn
6. Leadership
that make a good leader discipline and
leadership.

II. STRUCTURES

STRUCTURES MEANING EXAMPLES

To accept a suggestion or He agrees to help Herbert the pig
1. Agree to do something idea and Randy says, “First, you must
master your emotions.
The most important fact in a The bottom line is that he has to
2. The bottom line situation master his emotions so that he can
master everything.
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 There is a pig. The pig’s name is Herbert. Herbert’s brother is a famous baseball player.
Herbert wants to be a professional football player. Herbert, the pig wants to play American football,
American football. Not soccer, he wants to play American football. Herbert the pig wants to play for
the San Francisco 49ers. The San Francisco 49ers is an American football team. The problem is
Herbert is weak, slow and lazy. Herbert realizes he needs to change.

So, first, he goes to a fitness boot camp run by Sean. (The leader of the fitness boot camp.) A
boot camp is like a tough camp, a tough training for fitness. He goes to a fitness boot camp. Herbert
goes to the first class, the first fitness class. When he goes to the first class his shoulders are down
and forward, his head is down and his voice is kind of low.

He says, “Hi, I’m Herbert.”

And Sean yells at him. Sean yells, “Master your emotions! Head up, shoulders back!”

Herbert immediately listens. He puts his head up, he pulls his shoulders back. Sean then makes
Herbert yell.

He says to Herbert, “You must do everything I say.” He says, “Yell, I am strong! I am confident!”

Every day they do the same thing. Before they exercise Sean yells, “Master your emotions!
Head up, shoulders back!” And every day while exercising Herbert yells, “I am strong! I am
confident!” Now, little by little, Herbert begins to feel stronger and more confident and, eventually,
he loses fat and becomes stronger.

Well, next, Herbert realizes he needs to get faster. Remember he was weak and slow and lazy.
So Herbert realizes he needs to get faster. He needs speed. So he goes to see Randy Moss.

He asks Randy, “Please, teach me to run fast.”

He agrees to help Herbert the pig and Randy says, “First, you must master your emotions. You must
feel fast.”

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 And so every day they practice running. Randy Moss makes Herbert yell while he runs. He
makes him yell, “I am strong, fast and awesome!” every time he runs. Well, eventually, Herbert
does indeed become fast, a fast runner.

Next, Herbert goes to see Joe Montana. He goes to see Joe Montana to learn discipline and
leadership. He was kind of lazy and he needs leadership and discipline and to be a great football
player.

Joe Montana says, “To be great, you must completely master your emotions.” Next, Joe
Montana puts Herbert inside a refrigerator. He says, “Herbert, you must learn to master your mind
and your emotions.” Herbert yells, “I can master anything. I am powerful!”

At first, Herbert feels very cold. However, he continues to yell again and again and again with
lots of power, with lots of emotion. He continues yelling, “I can master anything. I am powerful! I
can master anything. I am powerful!” The more he yells, the warmer he gets.

Eventually, he feels hot inside the refrigerator. Joe Montana says, “You have become an
emotional master. You are ready.”

Finally, Herbert joins the San Francisco 49ers. He becomes a famous football player.

IV. LET’S RECAP THE STORY

A pig named Herbert dreamt of becoming a professional football player and playing for the San
Francisco 49ers. So he went to a fitness boot camp with very poor posture such as forward shoulders
and low voice. The boot camp was run by Sean. Sean made Herbert imitate him, exercise and say
his incantation every day. The incantation was “I can master anything. I am powerful! I can master
anything. I am powerful!”

As a result, with a lot of repetition, Herbert got stronger and more confident. Then, he went to
see Randy Moss to improve his speed and got rid of his laziness. He turned out to be a fast runner
after practicing all the time.

Next, Herbert asked Joe Montana to teach him discipline and leadership. But the bottom line
was that he had to master his emotions so that he could master everything. He was put into a
refrigerator to challenge his endurance and finally he overcame with a lot of effort.

Herbert joined the San Francisco 49ers and became a famous football player.

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 LEARN THEN EARN
I. NEW WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING EXAMPLES

1. Obtain To get something They both obtain an MBA.

They both want to

A series of increasingly
eventually climb the
important jobs or stages
2. Ladder corporate ladder and
in a particular type of
become the CEO of a
work or process
Fortune 500 company.

Showing a lack of It’s shortsighted to spend

3. Shortsighted thought for what might all your money on having a
happen in the future good time.

Going from one house or

Ziggy gets a job selling
4. Door to door building in an area to
spoons door to door.
another

A difficult job needing a It’s not an easy job, it’s a

5. A demanding
lot of time, attention, or very tough and demanding
job
energy job.

Meanwhile, Ziggy, at his

Unpaid work is work that
unpaid internship,
6. An unpaid Job you do without getting
volunteers to do all the
any money for it
dirty work.

A job in which there is

no chance of progressing He gets stuck in a dead-end
7. A dead-end job
to a better, more job.
important job

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 Unable to move, or set in
Theo gets stuck in a dead-
8. Stuck a particular position,
end job.
place, or way of thinking

II. STRUCTURES

STRUCTURES MEANING EXAMPLES

To try to do something, They are attempting to get an
1. Attempt to do something
especially something difficult MBA.
Knowing that something exists, He is aware of the importance
2. Be aware of something or having knowledge or of sales skills and leadership
experience of a particular thing skills.
In an unpleasant situation or
Theo gets stuck in a dead-end
3. Get stuck in something place that you cannot escape
job.
from

III. LET’S READ THE STORY

Ziggy and Theo are graduate students. They are both studying business Both Ziggy and Theo
are studying to get an MBA. An MBA is a Master’s in Business Administration. It’s a Master’s
degree in business. Each one of them wants to get a Master’s degree, a Master’s in Business, an
MBA. After a couple years of school they both graduate. They both obtain an MBA. Each of them
obtains an MBA. Ziggy and Theo both get an MBA.

After graduation they both share the same goal. Ziggy wants to climb the corporate ladder and
become the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Ziggy wants to work for a Fortune 500 company. Theo
has the same dream. Theo also wants to become the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. They both
want to eventually climb the corporate ladder and become the CEO of a Fortune 500 company.

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 Ziggy and Theo take different strategies. Ziggy thinks strategically. Theo is more shortsighted.
Shortsighted means to just focus on now, to only see a short distance, to just focus on right now or
the near future, not long-term.

Is Ziggy shortsighted? No, no, no, Ziggy thinks strategically. Ziggy thinks long- term, about
the long-term future. Theo, Theo is shortsighted. Theo only focuses on the short-term. In fact, Theo
says, show me the money now. Theo is shortsighted. Theo wants money now. Theo says, show me
the money now.

Ziggy realizes that he first needs sales skills, the ability to sell. Theo gets a good paying job at
an insurance company. Ziggy gets a job selling spoons door to door. It’s not an easy job, it’s a very
tough and demanding job. Demanding means difficult.

After a couple of years, they are both ready for a change. Ziggy realizes that he needs
leadership skills next. After a couple of years, they are both ready for a change. Ziggy realizes that
he needs leadership skills next. And so, Ziggy gets an internship with Bill Belichick, the famous
football coach. Ziggy does not get paid for his internship.

Meanwhile, Theo also gets a new job. Theo gets a small promotion to Assistant Manager. So
Theo gets a small promotion to Assistant Manager. It’s an easy, well- paying job. Meanwhile,
Ziggy, at his unpaid internship, volunteers to do all the dirty work.

After five years, Theo is still an Assistant Manager. After five years, Ziggy acquires
tremendous leadership skills. Ziggy gets, Ziggy learns tremendous, incredible leadership skills.

Finally Ziggy joins a Fortune 500 company and he rapidly climbs the corporate ladder, and
eventually becomes the CEO.

How about Theo? Theo gets stuck in a dead-end job. In fact, Theo works his whole career in
this same dead-end job. So Theo gets stuck in a dead-end job and Ziggy climbs the corporate ladder
and becomes a CEO.

IV. LET’S RECAP THE STORY

Ziggy and Theo are graduate students whose major is business and they are attempting to get
an MBA. After graduation, they share the same goal of climbing the corporate ladder and becoming
the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. However, they take different strategies.

Specifically, Theo is more shortsighted, he just concentrates on short-term targets. He applies

to an easy, well- paying position, Assistant Manager. On the other hand, Ziggy thinks strategically
about long-term future. He is aware of the importance of sales skills and leadership skills so he gets
an internship with a famous football coach without being paid.

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 After the course of five years, Theo gets no promotion and stuck in a dead-end job while
Ziggy climbs the corporate ladder and becomes a CEO.

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 NICE TO MEET YOU
I. WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING

1. Pleasure A feeling of enjoyment or satisfaction
, or something that produces
this feeling a person whose job is to
be responsible for the organization of
the work of an office

2. Receptionist A person who works in a place such

as a hotel, office, or hospital,
who welcomes and helps visitors and
answers the phone

3. Officer Manager A person whose job is to

be responsible for the organization of
the work of an office a person with
a medical degree whose job is
to treat people who are ill or hurt

4. Chef A skilled and trained cook who works

in a hotel or restaurant, especially the
most important cook

5. Doctor A person with

a medical degree whose job is
to treat people who are ill or hurt

6. Architect A person whose job is

to design new buildings and
make certain that they
are built correctly

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 7. Actor A person who plays the part of
a character in a movie or play

8. Tour guide A person who takes people on trips

through an area and explains the
interesting details about it.

9. Singer A person who sings

10. Athlete A person who is very good

at sports or physical exercise,
especially one
who competes in organized events

11. Mailman A man whose job is

to deliver and collect letters, etc. that
are sent by mail

II. SITCOM
The staff of Top Notch Travel, a small travel agency, greets Mr. Rashid, a customer.

Mr. Evans: Hi! Are you Mr. Rashid?

Mr. Rashid: Yes, I am.

Mr. Evans: It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m James Evans, president of Top Notch Travel.

Marie: Welcome to Top Notch. I’m Marie, the receptionist.

Mr. Rashid: Nice to meet you.

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Paul: Hi. I’m Paul. I’m a tour guide.

Mr. Rashid: Glad to meet you.

Cheryl: Hi, I’m Cheryl.

Mr. Rashid: The office manager.

Cheryl: Yes!

Mr. Rashid: A pleasure.

Mr. Evans: Bob? Bob is ... Mr. Rashid: A chef.

Mr. Evans: No, Bob is not a chef. Bob is a... doctor? No, Bob is not a doctor. Bob is not a singer.
He’s not an architect. He’s not an athlete . . . Bob!

Bob: Hi...I’m the mailman.

Mr. Evans: This is Bob. Bob is ...

Mr. Rashid: An actor!

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 WHO’S THAT?
I. WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING

1. Writer A person who
writes books or articles to
be published

2. Neighbor Someone who lives near you

3. Artist Someone who creates things

with great skill and imaginatio
n: paints, draws, or
makes sculptures

4. Lawyer Someone whose job is to

give advice to people about
the law and speak for them
in court

5. Musician Someone who

is skilled in playing music,
usually as a job

6. Boss The person who is in charge of

an organization and who tells
others what to do

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II. SITCOM

Bob, Cheryl, Paul, and Marie are having coffee in the café. A man in a hat and sunglasses walks in,
and the four friends try to guess his identity.

Paul: This is good coffee.

Bob: It is good.

Paul: Who’s that?

Bob: That’s your friend David Ducain. He’s a writer from France.

Cheryl: That’s not David Ducain. That’s Arturo Montoya. He’s Mr. Evans’s neighbor. He’s a doctor
from Mexico.

Marie: No. That’s Jeff Davis. He’s an artist.

Bob: No. That’s Alan Reese. He’s our lawyer.

Cheryl: That’s not Alan Reese.

Marie: Oh! It’s Clark Thomas from England. He’s a musician!

Paul: Excuse me. Waitress: Yes?

Paul: Who’s that?

Waitress: That’s . . . Mr. Evans. He’s . . . your boss.

Bob: That’s not Mr. Evans.

Mr. Evans: Hey, guys!

Paul: (to Marie) Musician!?

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 HOW DO I GET THERE?

I. WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING

1. Turn left to
(cause to) change the direction
in which you are facing or
moving to the left hand side

2. Turn right to
(cause to) change the direction
in which you are facing or
moving to the right hand side

3. Train station a place with one or

more buildings and platforms
where trains stop for people to
get on or off

4. Bookstore a place with one or

more buildings and platforms
where trains stop for people to
get on or off

5. Pharmacy a store or a part of

a store where medicines are pre
pared and sold

6. Block he buildings next to each other

between crossing streets, or the
distance from one street to the
next in a city or town:

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 II. SITCOM
Mr. Evans, Paul, and Bob are having coffee in the café when a tourist walks in to ask for
directions.

Tourist: Excuse me. How do I get to the Red Café?

Mr. Evans: The Red Café? Let’s see. Go to the corner and turn left.

Tourist: Left.

Mr. Evans: Go two blocks and turn right.

Tourist: Right.

Mr. Evans: Around the corner is a train station.

Tourist: Take the train.

Mr. Evans: Don’t take the train! Go through the station, across the street to the bookstore. Next to
the bookstore is a pharmacy. Next to the pharmacy is the Red Café.

Tourist: Yes!

Mr. Evans: Got it? Let’s do it again.

Mr. Evans and tourist: Corner. Left. Two blocks. Right. Around the corner. Don’t take the train!
Through the station, across the street. Bookstore. Pharmacy. Red Café!

Tourist: Thank you very much.

Mr. Evans: You’re very welcome.

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 WHAT DO YOU DO IN THE MORNING?
I. WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING

1. Make breakfast To produce a meal eaten in the morning as the
first meal of the day

2. Do the laundry To wash clothing, bed sheets, etc., that have been
or need to be washed

3. Take out the To arrange or to get

garbage waste material or unwanted things that
you throw away

4. Read newspaper To read a regularly printed document consisting

of large sheets of paper that are folded together,
or a website, containing news reports,
articles, photographs, and advertisements

5. Check email To see if there is/are new message(s) sent from

one person to another by computer

6. Take a nap To have a short sleep during the day

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II. SITCOM
Paul and Marie talk about their daily activities.
Marie: Paul, you’re late again.
Paul: Sorry. I never get up before 8:45.
Marie: 8:45?! That’s late!
Paul: What time do you get up?
Marie: 5:00 a.m.
Paul: 5:00 a.m.?! That’s early! What do you do in the morning?
Marie: Well, after I get up I usually make breakfast, take out the garbage, do the laundry . . .
Paul: The laundry?
Marie: Yes. Then I read the newspaper, check my e-mail, sometimes I take a nap.
Paul: You take a nap in the morning?!
Marie: Just fifteen minutes. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I exercise. And on the other days I
clean the house. Then I take a shower, get dressed, put on my makeup, and go to work.
Paul: Wow. You never sleep late?
Marie: On the weekends I sleep ’til 6:00.
Paul: That’s really late. You do laundry in the morning?
Marie: And the evening. Why, when do you do the laundry?
Paul: Usually in March. And September.

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 WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEK?
I. WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING

1. Plan To produce a set of decisions about how
to do something in the future

2. Go shopping To look for something to buy

3. Art museum a building where objects of artistic

interest are kept:

4. Play baseball To play a game with two teams of

nine players in which a ball, thrown by a
pitcher, is hit by a player with
a bat (= special stick) who then tries to
run around four bases before
being stopped by the other team
5. Play basketball To play a game with two teams of
five players who score points by
throwing the ball through
a net that hangs from a metal ring, or the
ball used in this game

II. SITCOM
Cheryl and Marie try to make plans for the weekend.
Marie: What are you doing this weekend? Do you want to go shopping with me?
Cheryl: That sounds great. When do you want to go?
Marie: How about Saturday morning?

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 Cheryl: I’m making breakfast for some friends at 9:00. Then I’m doing laundry from
11:00 to noon.
Marie: Saturday afternoon?
Cheryl: I’m taking an art class from 1:00 to 3:00. How about 3:30?
Marie: No, I’m exercising with a friend from 3:00 to 4:00. Then I’m going to the movies
at 5:00 with my sister.
Cheryl: Sunday morning?
Marie: I’m visiting my parents until 10:00. Then I’m meeting a friend at the art museum
until 1:00. Sunday afternoon?
Cheryl: I’m going to a baseball game with Bob at 1:00. How about late afternoon?
Marie: Around 5:00?
Cheryl: Great.
Bob: Hey. Do you want to play basketball tomorrow?
Paul: Ok.
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 TONIGHT, I AM COOKING

I. WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING

1. Vegetable A plant or part of a plant that is eaten as food.

2. Onion A round vegetable with many layers inside each other and
a brown, red or white skin. Onions have a strong smell and
flavor

3. Tomato A soft fruit with a lot of juice and shiny red skin that is
eaten as a vegetable either raw or cooked

4. Bean A seed or pod containing seeds, of a climbing plant, eaten

as a vegetable. There are several types of bean and the
plants that they grow on

5. Pea A small round green seed, eaten as a vegetable. Several

peas grow together inside a long thin pod on a climbing
plant

6. Cabbage A round vegetable with large green, purplish-red or white

leaves that can be eaten raw or cooked

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7. Potato A round white vegetable with a brown or red skin that
grows underground as the root of a plant

8. Fruit The part of a plant that consists of one or more seeds and
flesh, can be eaten as food and usually tastes sweet

9. Lemon A yellow fruit with a lot of sour juice

10. Soup A liquid food made by boiling meat, vegetables, etc. in

water, often eaten as the first course of a meal

II. STRUCTURES

STRUCTURE EXAMPLE MEANING

1. Have a taste We have a taste of the white If you have a taste of some food or
wine he's brought. drink, you try a small amount of it
in order to see what the flavor is
like.

II. SPEAKING

Cheryl, Marie, and Bob are in the kitchen, where Bob is making soup.

Bob: Tonight, I’m cooking.

Cheryl: What are you making?

Bob: Bob’s Famous Vegetable Soup. Do you have any vegetables?

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Cheryl: I have some onions, tomatoes . . .
Bob: How many tomatoes?
Cheryl: Two. I have some beans, some peas, one cabbage, and a potato.
Bob: Great!
Cheryl: You want them all.
Bob: It’s vegetable soup. Pass those bananas, please.
Marie: Bananas are fruit.
Bob: Yes.
Marie: You put bananas in your vegetable soup?!
Bob: Sounds good, doesn’t it? Now do you have any sugar?
Cheryl: Yes.
Bob: And I need a lemon. Oh, and do you have any coffee?

Cheryl: Do you have a recipe for this?

Bob: Go watch TV, please.

Bob: Come. Have a taste.

Cheryl: This is . . . delicious! Bob, you’re a great cook!

Marie: The coffee and bananas are great!

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 HOW WAS YOUR VACATION?

I. WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING

1. Bumpy Not smooth

2. Scary Frightening

3. Bet If you say you bet (someone)

that something is true or
will happen, you mean you
are certain that it is true or
will happen
4. Salty Tasting of salt

5. Unfriendly Showing dislike and

no sympathy

6. Steal To take something without

 Stole ( past tense) the permission or knowledge
of the owner and keep it

7. Cancel To decide that

an organized event will
not happen, or to stop
an order for goods or services t
hat you no longer want

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 II. SITCOM
In the office, Mr. Rashid describes a recent vacation to Marie.

Marie: Hello, Mr. Rashid!

Mr. Rashid: Hi! How are you?

Marie: Fine, thank you. How was your vacation?

Mr. Rashid: It was wonderful!

Marie: I’m so happy to hear that. Was your flight OK?

Mr. Rashid: No, pretty bad, actually. It was so bumpy. It was very scary.

Marie: That’s too bad. Did you have nice weather after you arrived?

Mr. Rashid: No, the weather was terrible. Very rainy. I actually never saw the sun.

Marie: That’s awful! So what did you do?

Mr. Rashid: I stayed inside the hotel.

Marie: Was the hotel room nice?

Mr. Rashid: The room was fine, but it was right next to the cafe, and the music was very loud. I didn’t
sleep much.

Marie: I’ll bet the food was great.

Mr. Rashid: No. It was too salty for me, and the waiters were very unfriendly.

Marie: Did you go shopping at all?

Mr. Rashid: A little bit—until someone stole my wallet. After that I stayed in the hotel and read a
book.

Marie: Was the flight home OK?

Mr. Rashid: Actually, they canceled my flight. I had to stay for two more days.

Marie: That’s terrible! But Mr. Rashid, you said that your vacation was wonderful.

Mr. Rashid: Ah! Yes, I did. And it was wonderful. I met a very nice person—a woman actually. Her
name is Basma. She’s from Lebanon, just like me, but she lives here. I’m seeing her tonight. So, yes,
it was a wonderful vacation.

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Marie: That’s great, Mr. Rashid.

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 SHE HAS A FEVER

I. WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING

1. Headache a pain you feel inside your hea
d

2. Stomachache A pain in your stomach

3. Toothache Pain caused by something

being wrong with one
of your teeth

4. Fever A medical condition in which

the body temperature is
higher than usual and
the heart beats very fast

II. SITCOM
Marie: I’m meeting my sister for lunch.

Cheryl: Aren’t you having lunch with Mr. Evans?

Marie: Oh, no! I forgot! Tell him I don’t feel well and I’m going to the doctor.

Paul: OK.

(Marie leaves.)

Mr. Evans: Is Marie here?

Cheryl: Uh, no. She’s not feeling so well.

Bob: She went to the doctor.

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 Paul: She has a fever. And a headache. And a stomachache. And a toothache.

Mr. Evans: That sounds bad!

(Marie reenters.)

Marie: I need my jacket.

Mr. Evans: You do look awful!

Marie: I do?

Mr. Evans: Well, with your fever . . .

Marie: Fever? Oh, yes, fever.

Mr. Evans: And a headache!

Marie: Ohhh!

Mr. Evans: And a stomachache!

Marie: Oooh.

Mr. Evans: And a toothache!

Marie: Ow!!!

Mr. Evans: You’re not going anywhere. Stay right here. I’m calling the doctor.

Marie: Yes. Thank you, Mr. Evans. (to her colleagues) Thank you very much.

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 COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR?
I. WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING

1. Spill to (cause to) flow, move, fall,
or spread over
the edge or outside
the limits of something

2. Tie a long, thin piece of material th

at is worn under a
shirt collar, especially by men,
and tied in a knot at the front

3. Suit a jacket and trousers or

a jacket and skirt that are made
from the same material

4. Client a customer or someone

who receives services

5. Certainly used to reply completely or

to emphasize something and
show that there is
no doubt about it

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 II. SITCOM

Mr. Evans: Marie, could you do me a favor? I’m having lunch with a client in an hour, and I spilled
coffee on my tie. Could you go to the store and buy a new tie for me?

Marie: Sure, no problem.

Mr. Evans: And can you get a newspaper for me at the store on the corner?

Marie: Yup

Mr. Evans: This coffee is cold. Could you buy me a cup of coffee, too?

Marie: Sure.

Mr. Evans: Also, this shirt doesn’t look very nice. Can you buy me a new shirt?

Marie: Of course

Mr. Evans: Could you get me a new suit, too?

Marie: Yes

Mr. Evans: And can you play the violin for me after lunch?

Marie: Certainly.

Mr. Evans: Could you fix my car tonight?

Marie: Yes, sir.

Mr. Evans: You didn’t hear me at all, did you?

Marie: I’m sorry. What did you say?

Mr. Evans: Nothing. Nothing. I’m going to the store and buy a new tie.

Marie: Ok. Can I fix his car tonight? Yeah, alright.

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 SPEAKING TOPICS
GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTIONS

I. GREETINGS

Let’s learn how to use some other simple formal and informal English greetings, as well as fun slang
expressions that people around the world use to greet each other.

Situations Formal greetings Informal greetings

Introduce Respond Introduce Respond
How do you do? My Pleased to meet you, Hello, name. I am…. Nice to meet
name is +…. Ms/Mrs… My name is… you.
First Good It is my pleasure to meet Hi, Name….. Glad to see you
meetings morning/afternoon/eve you. I am….
ning, my name is….
It is nice to meet you. I
am….
Hello, Mr/Ms…. How It is doing well. Hi, +Name. How’s it Good/ Not bad.
is everything?/ How’s going? /How are You?
everything going? things? Couldn’t be
better
Could be worse
Same as always
Good I am doing well. Hey, man. How’s life Nothing much
afternoon…..How are I am good/ I am fine treating you? really.
Subsequent you today?/ How are Pretty good/ Great. How Not much
meetings you doing? are you doing? Same old
Good afternoon…. It’s - Very well, thanks. What’s up?/ What is thing/The same
good to see you. How - I am hanging in there going on? What’s as usual
are you? ( means I had a tough new?/What is Nothing too

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 day. [-] response) happening? exciting lately
 Answer: Oh, what’s Yo. Howdy? Oh! Just the
wrong with you. I hope usual
everything will be Oh gosh, all
alright? kinds of stuff!
- I’ve been better. (means “you
have been very
busy lately)
Alright mate ( I
am doing good)
It has been a long “Hey Jack, it's good to Long time no see.
time/a while see you. I am doing
What a surprise! I well. What are you doing Where have you been
Greeting a haven't seen you in a here?" hiding? (This is a
person you long time. How have playful way of
haven’t you been?" greeting someone)
seen for a What have you been up I have been good.  It’s been ages (since I
long time. to all these years? last saw you.
It’s always a pleasure It seems like more than a How’ve you been?
to see you. How long year. I'm doing pretty
has it been? well. How about you?"
I am so happy to see Fine thanks. What’s new
you again. How are you with you?
doing?

II. GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER

Name What is your name? My name is….. My name is Hoa

What is your full name? You can call me …. You can call me Jack
May I have your name? Please call me….
Do you have a nickname?
Age How old are you? I am + Age I am 22 years old.
Could you tell me how old My age is…..
you are?
Hometown/Country Where are you from? I come from …. I come from Bac Ninh
Where do you come from? I am from…...
Job/ Occupation What do you do? I am a/an +…. I am an engineer
What do you do for a living? I work as a I work as a journalist
What is your job? I am a housewife

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 JOBS/ OCCUPATIONS

I. TALK ABOUT YOUR JOB

In this lesson, you will learn how to ask someone what they do for a living (job) and how to answer
someone if they ask you. Another part of the lesson is job descriptions and where they work.

Here are some sample phrases and sentences you can use to talk about occupations:

Questions Answers
1. What do you do for a living? 1. I am an …….
2. What is your job? 2. I work as an/a………..
3. What is your occupation? 3. My job is………….
4. What do you do to make a living?

You can tell more about the description of your job and where you work.

Job What do they do? Where do they work?

Look after the finances in an
Accountants They work in an office.
organization.
Butchers Prepare and sell meat. They work in a butcher’s
Chefs Prepare and cook food. They work in a kitchen.
Dentists Look after people's teeth. They work in a dentist’s.
Doctors Look after people's health. They work in a hospital or surgery.
Flight attendants Look after passengers. They work in an aeroplane (airplane AmE).
Hair dressers Cut and style people's hair. They work in a hair salon.
They work in a law court and in a lawyer’s
Lawyers Defend and prosecute people.
office.
Nurses Serve and take care of patients. They work in a hospital or doctor's surgery.
Receptionists Meet and greet visitors. They work in reception.
Shop Assistants Sell goods and look after customers.They work in a shop.
Teachers Teach people. They work in a school.
Vets Look after people's animals. They work in a veterinary surgery or vets.
Waiters/ Serve people food and drink. They work in a restaurant.

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III. CHALLENGE

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 I. LANGUAGE FOR ASKING DIRECTIONS

Can you tell me Post office

Excuse me, could you tell me Bus stop/ bus

station
the way to the (nearest)

Pardon me, I am lost how can I get to National Theater

Do you know how to get to toilet

where Shopping mall is?

Excuse me, I’m looking for…. the theater/ the museum…?

How far? Answers

How far is it? No, it isn’t very far. You can walk there in
ten minutes.
Is it a long way? / Is it far from here? It is quite close.
It is about a 5-minute
It is just around the walk
corner (not far).

Well, it is quite far. You’d better take a

bus/ the underground…
It is a long way on foot/
to walk It is about a twenty-
minute bus ride

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II. LANGUAGE FOR GIVING DIRECTIONS

Go left /right

Turn left /right

It is on the left/right

Take a left/right

Take the first turning on the left/right

Go ahead

Go straight ahead

Go straight on

It will be straight ahead of you

Go along the river

Go over the bridge

Go through the park

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Cross the street

Go up/ down the hill

Go past the pet shop

The bookshop is opposite the church

The bookshop is between the church and the pet

shop.

The bookshop is on/at the corner.

The bookshop is in front of the church.

 The church is behind the bookshop

The bookshop is next to the church.

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III. SOME OTHER USEFUL WORDS

Roundabout/ Traffic circle A circular road junction with traffic

moving around it.

Eg: “Go around the traffic circle

and get onto Eastwood Street.”

One-way street/road A road that only lets drivers go in

one direction.
>< two-way street
Eg: “Don’t turn down that street. It
is a one way road.”

Traffic lights A road signal for directing

vehicular traffic by means of
colored lights, typically red for
stop, green for go, and yellow for
proceed with caution

Parking lot/ Car park An area reserved for temporary

parking of vehicles

Tunnel A long passage under or through

the ground, especially one made by
people.

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Pedestrian crossing/ A place in the road where
Crosswalk pedestrians can cross. Often there
are traffic lights.

IV. CHALLENGES

Challenge 1: T/F

Look at the map and decide these following statements are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F)

1. The jewelery store is behind the Italian restaurant.

2. The bar is on Second Avenue.

3. The police station is on the left from Fire Department.

4. The toy store is across from the Chinese restaurant.

5. The movie theater is opposite the Book store.

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7. The bar is next to the Chinese restaurant.

Challenge 2:

Look at the map and give directions to:

1. Post office: …………………………………………………………………………………….

2. Underground station: ………………………………………………………………………….

3. Cinema: ……………………………………………………………………………………….

4. Bus station: ……………………………………………………………………………………

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 DAILY ROUTINE
I. DAILY ROUTINE ACTIVITIES
Here are some useful verbs to describe your routines and habits.

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Times of the day In the morning (until 12 / 1 pm)

In the afternoon (from 1 pm – 6 pm)
What do you do in the In the evening (from 6 pm until 12 pm or until you go to bed)
morning/afternoon/ evening? At night (after about 12 pm or until the early morning)

Frequency Use adverbs of frequency:

How often do you …….?
Do you often/ always/ usually…?

For example: I often play soccer at 4:00

Telling about time: When we give a specific time, we use “at”
Example: I leave home at 8 o'clock
What time do you……?
Do you ….. at……..?

To tell the time between :00 and :30, use "past":

06:05 It's five past six

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To tell the time between :30 and :00, use "to":
06:35 It's twenty-five to seven
06:40 It's twenty to seven
Or divide the time into two: the hour and the minutes:
06:05 It's six oh five
06:10 It's six ten

Remember:
1. English-speaking people generally tell the time in twelve hours (not
24 hours). So 19:30 is "seven thirty" and not "nineteen thirty".
2. You can show the difference between morning and evening by
saying "am" or "pm" after.
Example: "My train's at 8 am." Or "My train's at 8 in the evening."
 Don't use both: "My train's at 8pm in the evening" or "My train's at 8
pm o'clock"

III. CHALLENGE

Challenge 1: Student A: Discuss the questions below with your partner

1. What time do you usually go to bed at night? Should you go to bed earlier?
2. What do you often eat for breakfast? Do you think it’s healthy food?
3. What time do you arrive at school or work? Have you ever been late?
4. What time do you eat lunch? Do you eat alone or eat with other people?
5. What time do you get home after school or work? Are you tired when you get home?
6. What is your favorite TV show? Why do you like it?
7. How much time do you spend online each day? Is it too much?
8. What time do you usually eat dinner?
9. What are your hobbies?
10. How do you like to relax in the evenings?

Challenge 2: Student B: Discuss the questions below with your partner

1. What time do you usually get up in the morning?

2. What do you often eat for lunch?
3. How do you travel to school or work? (Bike, bus or motorbike…)
4. Where do you eat lunch? What do you often eat for lunch?
5. What do you like to do after school or work?
6. How many hours do you often spend on watching TV? Is it too much?
7. What is your favorite TV program? Why do you like it?
8. Can you cook? How often do you cook dinner?
9. Tell me about your hobbies?
10. What time do you brush your teeth at night? Is it necessary?

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 MAKING SUGGESTIONS/ PLANS

We make suggestions when deciding what to do with our friends, or giving them advice on what
they might do in a certain situation. Imagine that you would like to go out for an evening with some
friends. Which suggestions would you make?

There are a number of formulas used when making suggestions in English. Here are some of the
most common:

Suggestions Accepting Refusing

Why don't you / we + V….? Ok / Fine / Sure / Alright Nah
Ex:
Why don’t we have lunch? That’s a good idea. Sorry, I can’t / I don’t like it / I
Let’s go + V don’t think it’s a good idea.
Ex: That sounds good.
Let’s catch a movie! What? You must be kidding!
What about + V_ing? Sounds like a great idea.
Ex: No way.
What about playing soccer? Sounds good to me.
How about + V_ing/ Time/ Date..? Uhm... Can’t we think of
Ex: Well, it's an interesting idea. something different?
How about 3p.m?
How about Wednesday? That’s a good idea but...
How about staying at home?
Do you want to + V? I’d love to, but...
Ex:
Do you want to eat out? That would be great, but...
Would you like to + V?
Ex:
Would you like to go out for a movie?

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NOTE:

1. When refusing it is very usual to give a reason or an excuse, for example:

A: Shall we go to the theatre tonight? It’s a very good play.

B: Sounds good, but tonight I have plans already. Maybe some other time.

2. It is also common to give an alternative. For this, we often use INSTEAD:

Example 1:

A: Why don't we go to the movies tomorrow night?

B: Tomorrow night? No, let's go for a drink instead.

Example 2:

A: Shall we go for a walk? I need to talk with you.

B: Well, why don't we stay at home instead? We can talk over a cup of coffee.

II. CHALLENGE

Challenge 1:

WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST?

Read each statement. Then look at the picture and complete the suggestion

I’m a bit This room

overweight is a mess.
.

I’m hungry.
How about ………………….? Why don’t you .....………….? Let’s …………...……………..

We have a 10- It’s a

minute break. beautiful day! I’m sick.
Let’s…..……………………? Let’s …………...…………….. Why don’t you……….?

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 I love this What are we Today is my
music. going to do this weekend? birthday!
Me too. Let’s .....…………….. Why don’t we ......………….? Let’s …………...……………..

I have a I don’t have

I’m tired. new computer game. any food.
Why don’t you .....………….?
Great! Let’s ………………….. How about ………………….?

Challenge 2: Conversation Practice

With a partner, practice making suggestions in the following situations:

1. Help your partner decide which item to buy.

2. Warn your partner against doing something.

3. Suggest that your partner change his/her plans.

4. Help your partner make up his/her mind.

5. Suggest doing an activity together.

Sample conversations

A: Should I buy the Porsche or the Ferrari?

B: I think you should buy the Ferrari.

A: Why is that?

B: Because I'd like to borrow it.

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 DESCRIBING A VACATION

I. SOME USEFUL QUESTIONS AND WORDS

Questions Answers
PACKING: I brought:
- What did you bring? - Clothes
- Umbrella
- Mobile phone
- Camera……
TRAVELLING: You can say:
1. How did you get there?/ How did 1. I got there by car/ train/ motorbike/ plane.
you travel? 2. It took me ….. minutes/ hours/ days to get there.
2. How long did it take you there?

ACCOMODATION You can answer:

1. Where did you stay? 1. I stayed at ….
2. Did you enjoy staying…..? 2. Yes/No

DURATION I stayed there for…. Days/ weeks….

How long did you stay there?

WEATHER You can use some adjectives to describe:

What was the weather like? - Good, great, nice, fine, lovely, beautiful, wonderful,
excellent, fair, pleasant;
- Sunny, warm, hot, mild, cool, cold, freezing, icy
- Bad, awful, terrible, unpleasant, dull;
- Rainy, wet, dry, foggy, misty;
- Windy, stormy, breezy, windless, calm, still;
Example:
The weather was nice.
The weather was awful because it rained heavily.
FOOD/ LOCAL CUISINE Positive adjectives describing the food:
1. What did you eat? - Good/great/yummy/delicious/mouth-watering/ fresh /
2. What are some local foods? tasty/ sweet/ juicy
Negative adjectives:

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 3. What did you think about local - Bad/awful/ terrible
food? - Tasteless/ disagreeable/disgusting/ rotten

PEOPLE: Some adjectives describing people:

- What do you think about local - Friendly; kind; open, helpful, welcoming; hospitable
people?
ACTIVITIES: Some beach activities:
- What did you do? - Swam
- Went jogging
- Flew kites
- Built sand castles
- Collected shells
- Sunbathed
- Took photos
- Took naps
- Relaxed

II. CHALLENGE

Describe your vacation that you enjoyed. Work in pairs, then ask and answer these following
questions:

1. When was your last trip?

2. Where did you go?
3. Why did you go?
4. What did you bring with you?
5. How did you travel there? And back?
6. How long did it take you to get there?
7. Where did you stay?
8. How long did you stay there?
9. What did you do?
10. What did you see there?
11. Who did you go with?
12. What was the weather like?
13. What did you eat?
14. What was the food like?
15. How about local people?
16. Did you buy anything?
17. How much money did you spend?
18. Did you enjoy the trip? Why? Why not?
19. Would you go there again? Why? Why not?
20. Would you recommend this place to your friends? Why? Why not?

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I. SOME USEFUL PHRASES

In life one of the most important things you can do is to look after your health. When we have a
health problem we can go and see a doctor. Here we take a look at the English you need to discuss
bad health.

Doctor’s questions Your answers

What’s wrong with you? I have a flu.
What’s the problem? I have a headache.
I suffer from diabetes
I often have insomnia.
He has a heart attack.

What are your symptoms? My symptoms are a fever, a runny nose and I
When did the symptoms start? have coughs….
I have been feeling tired.
I haven't been sleeping well.

Doctor’s advice:
- Have a yearly check-up
- Get lots of rest
- Drink plenty of fluids
- Get some exercise
- Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables
- Avoid foods containing milk
- Cut down on salt and alcohol
- Avoid spicy food

NOTE:

- Symptoms are any feelings of illness or discomfort which are caused by a health problem.

Example: If you had the flu (influenza) your symptoms would be a fever, a runny nose and I have
coughs.

- After you tell the doctor your symptoms he will tell you the name of your problem. A diagnosis is
when a doctor tells you the medical name of your problem.

Example: You tell your doctor your symptoms: 'I have a fever, a runny nose and I have sneezes.'
Your doctor says: 'My diagnosis is that you have the flu.'

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 II. SOME DISEASES

III. CHALLENGES:

Challenge 1: Work in pairs. Ask and answer these Yes/No questions:

Questions Yes No
1. Are you healthy?
2. Do think that you need to lose weight?
3. Do you always eat healthy food?
4. Do you catch a cold more than once a year?
5. Do you eat a lot of vegetables and fruits every single day?
6. Do you ever read magazines or news articles about health?
7. Do you exercise?
If Yes,
 What kind of exercise do you do?
 How often do you exercise?

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 Do you think you need to exercise?
 What kind of exercise do you choose to do?
8. Do you go for regular medical check-ups?
9. Do you go to the dentist's twice a year?
10. Do you often eat fast food?
11. Do you take medicine when you are sick?
12. Do you usually get enough sleep?
13. Do you sleep well?
14. Have you ever donated blood?
15. Do you brush your teeth twice a day?
16. Do you go to the dentist's twice a year?
17. Do you know anyone with false teeth?
18. Do you have a lot of stress?
19. Do you think pets are good for a person's health?
20. Do you think traditional medicine is a good alternative to
modern medicine?

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 ASKING FOR A FAVOR

It's common to ask for favors from friends, relatives, your family, and your colleagues. It's important
to be polite when you are asking for a favor. Use these phrases to politely ask for a favor. Pay
special attention to the form of the verb used.

3 stages Granting a favor Refusing a favor

Getting someone's attention
Excuse me,
Pardon me,
Sorry to bother you, but . . .
Asking for a favor
Could/ Would you do me a favor? Yes. I'm afraid I can't.
Can you +V…? Sure. Sorry, but I'm unable to + V
Could you please + V……? No problem. Unfortunately, I'm not able to + V
Could I ask/ bother you to V……? Certainly. Regrettably, I can't + V
Would you mind + V_ing? I'd be happy to help you.
Would it be too much trouble for It would be my pleasure.
you + to V…? I'd be glad to help out.
Follow-up
Thanks for your help
Thank you so much.
Thanks, I really appreciate it.

Example:

A: Excuse me, could you do me a favor?

B: Sure, what is it?
A: Could you help me move these chairs?
B: No problem. / I'd be glad to.
A: Thanks a lot.

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CHALLENGE:

Bingo game which allows students to practice asking favors.

How to play: Students will go around and find one partner to do “ Rock-paper- scissors” to know
who the winner is.
Winner: “Will you do me a favor?”
Loser: “Sure, what is this?”
Winner: Can you…… ? ( Choose anything that you want a loser to do in this below table)
Loser: Ok. ( Do what a winner says)
Winner: Thanks. (Write a loser’s name in that square)

WILL YOU DO ME A FAVOR?

Knock on the

Stand on one foot Blink your eyes Cry for me desk Say “ I love you”

Sing the alphabet Point to the door Make a funny Stand up tall Hug me

face

Clap four times Shake your head Laugh out loud Draw a circle Clean the house

Walk to the Touch your toes Close the door Touch a chair Take a glass of

window water

Wiggle your ears Cross your arms Jump 2 times Reach for the sky Comb my hair

Snap your fingers Look at the Sing a song Massage my Kiss on my hand

ceiling shoulders

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Work in pairs and ask -answer these following questions:

1) What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘family’?

2) Can you tell me something about your family?
3) How important is your family to you?
4) How important are you to your family?
5) Who do you like the most in your family? And Why?
6) Would you like / Do you have your own family?
7) Do you prefer spending time with your family or friends?
8) Are you jealous of any of your family members?
9) Do you get on well with all of your family members?
10) How often do you have big family get-togethers?
11) When do you need your family most?
12) What would the world be like without families?

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 HOBBIES

1. Describe an interest or hobby that you particularly enjoy. You should say:
 What it is
 When and Where you do it
 Who you do it with
 And explain why you like to do it and how you feel

2. Describe a game or sport you enjoy playing. You should say:

 What kind of sport it is
 Who you play it with
 Where you play it
 And explain why you enjoy playing it

Some words/ Phrases:

1. Be keen on something/ doing something: Very interested, wanting to do something

very much
Eg: She is keen on playing tennis.

2. Cheer somebody up: If someone cheers up, or something cheers them up, they start to
feel happier
Eg: Playing the violin always cheers me up.

3. Get rid of stress: Be free of stress

Eg: Listening to music helps me get rid of stress.

4. Spare time: time when you are not working

Eg: I like to do a bit of gardening in my spare time.

5. Spend time doing something: To use time doing something

Eg: I've spent years building up my collection.

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Describe a book you are reading. You should say

 What the book is about

 When you read it
 And explain what you like about the book

Some words/ Phrases:

1. Bedtime reading: something to read in bed before you go to sleep.

Eg: I can’t go to sleep at night without some good bedtime reading.

2. To be a big reader: Someone who reads a lot

Eg: I am not really a big reader.

3. To be heavy – going: Difficult to read or understand

Eg: I liked the film but the book was rather heavy going.

4. A page – turner: A book that you want to keep reading

Eg: I have to say that I absolutely love “The Notebook” Novel. It is a real page-turner.

5. Can’t put it down: Isn’t able to stop reading

Eg: This book is so exciting that I can’t put it down.

6. Read something (from) cover to cover: to read something from the beginning to the
end.
Eg: The newspaper comes before breakfast and my husband reads it cover to cover
while he's eating.

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Describe a film that you would like to watch again. You should say

 What the film was

 When you watched it
 Who you watched it with
 And explain why you would like to enjoy this film again

Some words/ Phrases:

1. To catch the latest movie: to see a film that has just come out
Eg: I often catch the latest movie with my boyfriend.

2. Outstanding: excellent; clearly very much better than what is usual

Eg: The actors' performances are outstanding.

3. To go on general release: when a film can be seen by the general public

Eg: I often see a film when it goes on general release.

4. An action movie: a film with fast moving scenes, often containing violence
Eg: I am a big fan of action movies.

5. A horror film: A film that is intended to frighten people, especially one about murders,
frightening creatures, or evil people
Eg: Children shouldn’t watch horror films.

6. Comedy: a (type of) film, play, or book that is intentionally funny either in its
characters or its action
Eg: Let’s watch a comedy whenever you feel sad.

7. Science fiction ( Sci-fi): books, films, or cartoons about an imagined future, especially
about space travel or other planets
Eg: “Inception” is a must-watch science fiction film.

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Talk about your favorite music

 What kind of music you like

 When you listen to it
 How it changes your mood

Some words/ Phrases:

1. A big fan of something/somebody: An enthusiastic/ passionate admirer of a pop star,

film actor, football team, etc
Eg: He's a big fan of country music.

2 Be really into something: Be enthusiastic about or interested in something

Eg: I am really into classical music.

1. A massive hit: A record that sells lots of copies

Eg: “Faded” is a massive hit and I really love it.

2. Sing along to: to join in singing

Eg: The radio station played “Love yourself”, and I found myself singing along to it.

3. A bathroom singer: A person frequently sings when he/she is taking a bath in his/her
bathroom.
Eg: He is not a singer. He is just a bathroom singer.

4. Be in a good/bad mood: You feel good;/ bad at a particular time

Eg: Whenever I am in a bad mood, I always listen to Rock music.

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Describe a time when you bought something for someone. You should say:

 When this was

 What you bought
 Who you bought it for
 And say how you felt about buying it for them

Some words/ Phrases:

1. Shop around: to compare the price and quality of the same or a similar object in
different shops before you decide which one to buy
Eg: When you want to buy a TV, you should always shop around for the best deal.

2. Summer sales: a period in the year when things are sold cheaply
Eg: I bought this dress when the summer sales began in July.

3. 3. Reasonable: not too expensive

Eg: Tomatoes are very reasonable at this time of year.

4. 4. Shop assistant: The person who serves customers in a shop

Eg: The shop assistant is very friendly and enthusiastic.

5. Window shopping: to visit a store to look at items without the intention of buying
anything
Eg:
A: You seem to be really interested in that sweater. Do you plan on getting it?
B: No, I'm just window shopping.

6. 6. To pick up a bargain: to buy something much cheaper than the normal price
Eg: We tried to shop around to see if we could pick up a bargain.

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1. Describe your ideal job. You should say:

 What this job is
 Whether you would need any qualifications
 And say why you would enjoy this job in particular

2. Describe a job you have done. You should say:

 How you got the job
 What the job involved
 How long the job lasted
 Describe how well you did the job

Some words/ Phrases:

1. Full-time: A job that takes a lot of your time

Eg: It's very difficult trying to bring up two children while doing a full-time job.

2. Part-time: If you work part-time or do part-time work, you work for only some of the
day or the week
Eg: 3 years ago, I had a part-time job.

3. Well – paid: paying a lot of money

Eg: I want to get a well-paid job.

4. Colleague: one of a group of people who work together

Eg: My colleagues are willing to help me whenever I am in trouble.

5. Workaholic: a person who works a lot of time and finds it difficult not to work
Eg: I am a workaholic.

6. 6. A nine-to-five job: a normal job that consists of an 8 - hour day (approximately)

Eg: My sister really wants to apply for a nine-to-five job.

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 WEATHER

Describe the weather in your country, and how it makes you feel. You should say:

 What the weather like in your country is

 How many seasons your country has
 How rainy days make you feel
 What your favorite season of the year is
 What you like to in your favorite season

Some words/ Phrases:

1. Changeable: describe something that often changes

Eg: The weather in Britain is changeable.

2. Unpredictable: difficult to forecast / hard to predict

Eg: The British weather is very unpredictable.

3. Lift somebody’ spirits: To make someone happier

Eg: The cool spring breeze always lifts my spirits.

4. Drizzle: Rain in very small light drops

Eg: It drizzled throughout the night.

5. Chilly: cold
Eg: I felt a bit chilly so I put on a jacket.

6. Howl: If the wind howls, it blows hard and makes a lot of noise
Eg: Is there someone outside, or is it just the wind howling in the trees?

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Describe a useful website you have visited and liked. You should say:

 What type of website it is

 How you found out about it
 What it allows you to do and why you find it useful.

Some words/ Phrases:

1. Social Networking: the use of websites and other internet services to communicate
with other people and make friends
Eg: Facebook is a social networking website.

2. By accident/By chance: without intending to, or without plan; accidentally

Eg: I found this website just by accident, about three years ago.

3. Popular: liked, enjoyed or supported by many people

Eg: Facebook is one of the most popular websites in the world, with millions of users in
different countries.

4. Update: to make something more modern or suitable for use now by adding new
information or changing its design
Eg: This website is updated daily.

5. Reliable: Able to be relied on or trusted

Eg: This website contains reliable information.

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 MAKING A PRESENTATION: LANGUAGE AND PHRASES

A good way to make your presentations effective, interesting and easy to follow is to use
signpost language. 'Signpost language' is the words and phrases that people use to tell the listener
what has just happened, and what is going to happen next.

In other words, signpost language guides listeners through the presentation. A good presenter
will usually use a lot of signpost language, so it is a good idea to learn a few of the common phrases,
even if you spend more time listening to presentations than giving them! Signpost language is
usually fairly informal, so it is relatively easy to understand.

SECTIONS OF
SIGNPOST LANGUAGE
PRESENTATION
Good morning and welcome to [name of company, name of
Welcoming conference hall, hotel, etc.].
Thank you all very much for coming today.
My name is …….
Introducing yourself My name is …… from [name of company]
Let me introduce myself; my name is ……
The subject/topic of my talk is ...
I'm going to talk about ...
Introducing the topic
My topic today is…
My talk is concerned with ...
I’m going to divide this talk into four parts.
There are a number of points I'd like to make.
Basically/ Briefly, I have three things to say.
I'd like to begin/start by ...
Overview (outline of
Let's begin/start by ...
presentation)
First of all, I'll...
… and then I’ll go on to …
Then / Next ...
Finally, / Lastly ...

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 That's all I have to say about...
Finishing a section
We've looked at...
Moving on now to …
Turning to...
Let’s turn now to …
Starting a new section The next issue/topic/area I’d like to focus on.
Now we'll move on to...
I'd like now to discuss...
Let's look now at...
For example, ...
Giving examples A good example of this is...
To give you an example,
To sum up ...
To summarize...
Right, let's sum up, shall we?
Let's summarize briefly what we've looked at...
To conclude...
Summarizing and concluding In conclusion ...
In short ...
So, to remind you of what I’ve covered in this talk, …
Unfortunately, I seem to have run out of time, so I’ll conclude
very briefly by saying that …..
Now, I'd like to recap...
I’m happy to answer any queries/ questions.
Does anyone have any questions or comments?
Invitation to discuss / ask
Please feel free to ask questions.
questions
Would you like to ask any questions?
Any questions?

I. NEW WORDS

WORDS MEANING EXAMPLES

Something which shows what is 'Signpost language' is the words and phrases
1. Signpost going to happen, or what should that people use to tell listeners what has just
happen, in the future happened, and what is going to happen next.
Quite/ more than average, but
2. Fairly She's fairly tall.
less than very
Used when referring to the main Basically, (= The most important thing is that)
3. Basically or most important characteristic they want a lot more information about the
or feature of something project before they'll put any money into it.
Using few words or without Briefly, the company needs to cut its
4. Briefly
giving a lot of details expenditure.

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1. Divide something into Separate into parts or groups I am going to divide my

something presentation into 3 parts.
2. Move on to something To change from one subject to Let's move on to the next part
= Turn (something) to another when talking or writing of our presentation.
something
Make you think of, something Your hair and eyes remind me
3. Remind you of something/
or someone else of your mother.
somebody
If someone tells you to feel free
to do something, they mean that Feel free to ask me if you have
4. Feel free
you can do it if you want to any questions.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

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 EMOTIONAL MASTERY
I. NEW WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING EXAMPLES

Great knowledge about or Let’s talk about

1. Mastery deep understanding of a emotional mastery
particular thing in more detail.

To have power so that you

are able to decide what You’ve gotta
2. Control
somebody must do or how control your face.
something should be

Manage your
To keep
emotions so that
3. Manage somebody/something under
you feel better and
control
stronger.

The kind of mind that

Emotion and
somebody has that makes
4. Psychology psychology are
them think or behave in a
80% of success.
particular way

In this lesson, we’re

going to talk about
The way people move and
5. Physiology physiology and
use their bodies
managing
physiology.

Connected with or happening She was suffering

6. Mental in the mind; involving the from physical and
process of thinking mental exhaustion.

First, you should

7. Lean To move from a position
lean forward.

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 To behave or do something in
order to make other people I pretended to be
8. Pretend
believe something that is not asleep.
true
It’s very hard to
feel depressed and
To make somebody do
tired when you
9. Force something that they do not
have a big smile,
want to do
even if you’re
forcing the smile.
Your body became
Firm and difficult to bend or
10. Stiff stiff, you became
move
tired.

To put your arms or legs out Consciously

11. Stretch straight and contract your stretch, stretch your
muscles leg a little bit.

II. STRUCTURES

STRUCTURES MEANING EXAMPLES

To be able to manage everything well You’re learning independently and it
1. In control
in your life means you’re in control now.
The small facts or features of
Let’s talk about emotional mastery in
2. In detail something, when you consider them
more details.
all together
To give attention, effort to just one You’re going to focus on your
3. Focus on
thing physiology.

III. LET’S READ THE TEXT

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 Okay, welcome to the main audio for “Emotional Mastery.” So let’s talk about emotional
mastery in more detail now. How can you manage your emotions, how can you control, I don’t like
the word control, but let’s just say manage your emotions so that you feel better and stronger while
you’re learning English. So it’s easy to say that “Oh, feel good when you’re learning English,” but
unfortunately a lot of people feel bad when they’re learning English. A lot of people feel bored. Or
maybe just in your life in general, you’re tired, you’re working hard, and it’s difficult to learn
English also and still feel energetic and happy.

So we have to learn some techniques, some methods to manage our emotions, to make sure
our emotions are feeling strong while we’re learning. And remember, again, that emotion and
psychology are 80% of success. 80% of success is emotion. The other 20% is the method; it’s how
you do it.

So we’ve got to master our emotions to master English. How are you going to do to that? Let’s
talk about that now. There are two keys to emotional mastery. One is your physiology, again it’s
your body, and how you use and manage your body. And second is your focus, your mental focus.

In this lesson we’re going to talk about physiology, managing physiology. So this is an easy
way to change your emotional state. So let’s imagine that you are tired. You’ve gone to work;
you’ve worked a very long day. You’re tired. And you’re thinking “I don’t want to study English.”
How can you change that feeling? What you have to do is start with your body. Change your body.

Try it now. Lean forward. Put your shoulders forward. Put your chin down. Look down. Put
your body into a tired position, notice how you feel. Now let’s change it. Pull your shoulders back
and your chest up. Bring your chin up. Bring your eyes up. Look up. And now, even if you don’t
feel happy, I want you to smile really big. Put a big smile on your face, fake it. Look stupid. Okay,
so a big smile, shoulders back, chest up, eyes up and a big stupid smile, a big grin, on your face. Do
you feel differently now? You probably do. There’s a lot of research about this. And it shows that
people who have more energy, who are feeling good emotionally, learn faster. People who are tired
and bored learn much more slowly.

What’s another way that you can change your emotion by changing your body? Well another
very easy way is through breathing. So this is another thing I want you to do before you learn
English. Any kind of studying, these lessons or a book, anything, I want you to focus on breathing
deeply. Maybe just two minutes, for two minutes I want you to take deep breaths. Hold it for maybe

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2, 3, 4 seconds and then let it out. Then do it again. Hold it…and breathe out…and again and again,
1 or 2 minutes deep breathing. Do this for 1 or 2 minutes every time before you study English. I
know it seems crazy, it seems so simple and yet it will totally change the way you feel while you’re
learning. Because you will feel differently, you will learn differently.

Of course, the next factor we already talked about a little bit is your face. You gotta control
your face. Why? Because your face shows emotion. But your face also can create emotion. Just by
smiling big, pretending, looking like a stupid person, it doesn’t matter. Just by faking it, just by
making yourself smile bit you’ll actually change your emotion. You’ll change your feeling. It’s very
hard to feel depressed and tired when you have a big smile, even if you’re forcing the smile.

What’s another way we can control our physiology and therefore influence our emotional
state? Well another thing about the body is the body likes to move so we’re going to talk about
movement. You’re going to have a strong posture. You’re going to breathe deeply. You’re going to
have a big grin on your face, smiling. And then you’re going to move. Because movement creates
energy and energy wakes up your body so that you learn faster. I mentioned this in the introduction
a little bit. We’re going to talk about it more now in detail.

You should always be moving your body while you’re learning English. This is the opposite
of everything you learned in school. In school they told you “Don’t move. Sit in your chair.” Right,
so you’re sitting in your chair and what happened? Your body became stiff, you became tired. You
were bored. Well this is the opposite. You’re not in school anymore. You’re learning independently
and it means you’re in control now.

And so I want you to do the opposite of what happened in school. I want you to move your
body every time you’re learning English. Consciously stretch, stretch your leg a little bit. Stretch
your arm. Move your head around in a circle. Small little stretches, just make sure your body is
moving even a little bit. Even better is to go for a walk. You have an iPod. You’re listening to the
lessons. Get outside. Walk on the street. Walk in the country. Walk in the woods. It doesn’t matter.
Get out and walk. Move your body. Keep your posture strong while you’re walking. Shoulders back,
chin up, eyes up, chest up…breathe deeply while you walk. And of course, smile big while you’re
walking.

Okay, so that’s it for the main article here of “Emotional Mastery.” You’re going to focus on
your physiology. You’re going to focus on mastering your body, using your body to change your
emotions. Using your body to change the energy that you feel and therefore using your body to learn
English much, much faster.

BELIEFS

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 I. NEW WORDS

WORDS IMAGES MEANING EXAMPLES

Beliefs are another important
To become stronger; part of managing your
to make psychology, of strengthening
1. Strengthen
somebody/somethin your psychology so that you
g stronger will learn English, or
anything in fact, much faster.

A group of people
There are two kinds of
or things has the
2. Category beliefs to general categories
same features/ kind,
of beliefs.
sort

A point at which Limit is something that stops

3. Limit
something stops you.

So how do you eliminate

4. Eliminate Remove, delete
these beliefs?

Make something That’s the first step, you

5. Weaken
weaker have to weaken them.

An experience or a Well beliefs get stronger

6. Reference
memory from references.

To remove
somebody/somethin
You can replace your old
7. Replace g and put another
limiting belief.
person or thing in
their place

II. STRUCTURES

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 STRUCTURES MEANING EXAMPLES
To think, to realize something or We have to figure out, how can we get rid
1. Figure out
somebody of the limiting beliefs?
We have to figure out, how can we get rid
2. Get rid of To remove, delete
of the limiting beliefs?
3. Cut down To reduce something You have to cut them down.

III. LET’S READ THE TEXT

Hello, welcome to the fourth lesson. This one is called “Beliefs.” Let’s get started.

Beliefs are another important part of managing your psychology, of strengthening your
psychology so that you will learn English or anything in fact, much faster. And there are two kinds
of beliefs to general categories of beliefs. Limiting and empowering.

Let’s talk about limiting beliefs first. Now limiting means, limit is something that stops you.
It’s like a boundary. It stops you from going ahead. So a limiting belief is a belief that stops you
from improving, a belief that stops you from getting better. And I’d say most English students have
limiting beliefs and many English students have very strong limiting beliefs. I call these beliefs
English trauma and I got that name from a few of my Japanese students. The problem is these
limiting beliefs limit us. They in fact do limit us. They stop us from getting better. They cause a lot
of problems for us as students, as learners. And these beliefs hurt my motivation. They lower my
energy, and in fact they’re wrong. They’re not true.

So how do you eliminate these beliefs? Okay, you have these beliefs. You know they’re
negative, you know they’re not helping you. But we have to figure out, how can we get rid of the
limiting beliefs? That’s the first step, you have to weaken them. You have to make them weaker
and weaker and weaker. You have to cut them down. Well beliefs get stronger from references.
And reference is just an experience or a memory. Sometimes it’s just something you imagine,

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actually. But it’s a specific experience or a specific imagination, a specific moment that makes the
belief stronger or weaker. You have to question the experiences. Take the power away from the
experiences. And an easy way to do that is just to ask questions about them. So think about these
questions and think about them every day

So let’s do that. Let’s talk now about empowering beliefs, the positive side. So to empower,
the verb, to empower means to make stronger. It means to give power to another person. Or in this
case, it means the beliefs give you power. An empowering belief is a belief that makes you feel
powerful, that gives you power. That’s the kind of beliefs you want and you need to choose them.

You must decide which beliefs will make you stronger. For example, here’s an empowering
belief. You can replace your old limiting belief, add this one instead. You can say “My brain is a
natural language learning machine.” Here’s another belief you might decide to choose “English can
be fun and effortless.” English can be fun and effortless. That’s an empowering belief and it’s also
true. That’s an empowering belief you want to choose and you want to remember it every day.

And to make these beliefs stronger, you need experiences. Remember, you need references;
you need examples that prove the belief. Go find people who speak English very well. Or maybe
even that have learned another language very well.

So here’s what I want you to do. Here’s your homework. This is the last thing, the last part of
this lesson. What I want you to do is write down two, three, four empowering beliefs, beliefs that
give you power about English. Maybe “My brain is a natural language learning machine.” Maybe
“English can be fun and effortless.” Maybe “I love English.” I don’t know; write down, two, three,
four empowering beliefs about English. And every day you’re going to do an incantation. That’s a
good word, that’s a new word, incantation.

An incantation is a phrase or sentence that you say again and again. It has almost a magic
idea, it comes from magic. An incantation is a magical sentence. So do these incantations every
day just before you do a lesson. Get your body strong, peak emotional state, and then say these
incantations. English can be fun and effortless. Now your body, your mind, your beliefs, they’re
all together, very strong. Then you’re ready to learn. Okay, that is the end of the main story for
“Beliefs.

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 OTHER TOPICS
1. How to speak English Fluently and confidently?
2. How to stay healthy?
3. How to live happily? / How to live a happy life?
4. How to be successful in life?
5. Advantages and disadvantages of Facebook?
6. What stop you from achieving your goal of speaking English?
7. What are the most important things in your life?
8. How to communicate better?
9. Benefits of smile?
10. What should we do when we want to give up on something?

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