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Lesson One: Countries, Nationality and Languages
A: Vocabulary

B: Fill in the following blanks with correct words.

N Country Nationality Language

2 ………………………………. Chinese Mandarin
5 ………………………………. Korean Korean
6 ………………………………. Russian Russian
9 ………………………………. Israeli Hebrew
1 Australia Australian ……………………………….
10 Cambodia Cambodian ……………………………….
3 France ………………………………. French
4 Japan Japanese ……………………………….
7 Thailand Thai ……………………………….
8 the USA (United States of America) ………………………………. English

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Speaking Practice

A: Works in groups of two to four students. Choose any questions you like from below and
ask them to each other. If you want to know more about your partner’s answer, feel free to
ask extra follow-up questions such as those in brackets below.

1. Are you interested in any foreign sports teams? (What countries do those sports come from?)
2. Can you cook any foreign food? (Which countries are those dishes from?)
3. Do any foreign people live near you? (What foreign countries are they from?)
4. Do you buy any imported food? (Which countries does the food come from?)
5. Do you have any foreign contacts online? (Where are they from?)
6. Do you have any foreign friends? (Where are they from?/ What languages do they speak?)
7. Do you like any foreign movie stars? (Where are they from?)
8. Do you like any foreign music? (Where is it from?/ What language is it in?)
9. Do you like watching or doing any sports? (Which country are those sports from?)
10. Do you own any foreign brands? (Which countries are they from?)

B: Work in pairs and ask and answer the following questions.

1. Do you own any foreign goods? (Which countries are they from?)
2. Do you work or study with any foreign people? (Where are they from?/ What
languages do they speak?)
3. Do your favourite teams have any foreign players or a foreign coach? (Where are they
from?/ What languages do they speak?)
4. Have you ever flown on a foreign airline? (What countries were they from?)
5. Have you ever spoken English outside the classroom? (Who did you speak to?)
6. Have you ever studied any other languages? (Would you like to?)
7. Have you seen any famous foreign people on TV recently? (Where are they from?)
8. Have you seen any foreign tourists recently? (Where were they probably from?)
9. Have you seen any international sports events recently? (Where was it?/ What
countries were the players from?)

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Lesson 2: Thy Physical World
A: Vocabulary

1. Climate: weather conditions

2. Come out(v): appear
3. consist of(v): is made or formed from
4. contrast(n): big differences
5. distance(n): the amount of space between two places
6. Heavy rain(n): a lot of raining
7. landscape(n): the appearance of an area of land
8. Light rain(n): a little raining
9. region(n): area in a country or the world
10. Thick fog(n): bad fog

B: Match the following words with their definitions.

A B C
1. climate(n): A. a little raining 1……
2. Come out(v): B. a lot of raining 2……
3. consist of(v): C. appear 3……
4. contrast(n): D. area in a country or the world 4……
5. distance(n): E. bad fog 5……
6. Heavy rain(n): F. big differences 6……
7. landscape(n): G. is made or formed from 7……
8. Light rain(n): H. the amount of space between two places 8……
9. region(n): I. the appearance of an area of land 9……
10. Thick fog(n): J. weather conditions 10……

C: Read the following paragraph.

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D: Did you know?

E: Answer the following questions with your partners.

(1) What images spring to mind when you hear the word ‘Earth’?
(2) What are your feelings towards the Earth?
(3) How often do you think about the Earth?
(4) How much trouble do you think the Earth is in today?
(5) Would you like to see the Earth from space?
(6) Why is Earth the only place known in the universe that has life?
(7) What do you know about the history of Earth?
(8) Do you think ‘Earth’ is a good name for our planet?
(9) What is Earth made of?
(10) What do you know about the centre of the Earth?

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Lesson 3: Weather
A: Vocabulary

B: Write the English words of the following definitions.

1. ………….. (adj): warm and wet

2. ………….. (n): a flash of bright light in the sky
3. ………….. (n): a storm with thunder and lightning and usually heavy rain
4. ………….. (n): heavy raining with a short time
5. ………….. (n): the sudden loud noise that comes from the sky especially during a storm
6. ………….. (v): rain heavily
7. …………..(n): a lot of wind
8. …………..: the sky has no clouds.
9. …………..: the wind makes something fall away
10. …………..: very cold

C: Read the following sentences.

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Questions for Discussion
Question set A

1. What is your favourite type of weather?

2. What was the weather like yesterday?
3. What type of weather is most fun?
4. When was the last time it rained?
5. Would you like to be a meteorologist, and why?

Question set B

1. What type of weather do you not like?

2. What do you think the weather next week will be like?
3. Do you like going outside when the weather is bad?
4. Have you ever seen snow, and what was it like?
5. Are meteorologists good at forecasting the weather?

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Homework

Describe weather in your country.

What type of weather do you like and dislike?

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Lesson 5: Animals and Insects

A: Vocabulary

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Part 4

B: Write 20 animals/insects/sea creatures that you’ve remembered.

1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20

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Questions for Discussion

Part A
1. Do you have a pet?
2. How old is it?
3. Where did you get it from?
4. Who takes care of it?
5. What does it look like (color, breed, etc.)?
6. What do you feed it?
7. Do you play with it?
8. What is it's name? How did you choose this name?
9. Does it know any tricks or understand any words?
10. If you don't have a pet, why not?
11. Would you ever consider getting a pet?
12. Did you grow up with pets in your home?
13. What are the pros and cons of keeping a pet?
14. What is the best pet to own?
15. What are some animals that live in your country?

Part B

1. Are there animal rights groups where you live?

2. Are you afraid of snakes? What is the biggest snake you have seen? Are there any poisonous
snakes in your country?
3. Are you frightened of spiders? What do you do if you see one?
4. Can you name some endangered species?
5. Have you ever ridden a horse?
6. Are there birds or squirrels in your neighborhood?
7. Do you know someone who owns an unusual pet?
8. Do you think it is acceptable to test cosmetics on animals?
9. How do you feel about the use of animals for medical research?
10. Do you think it is okay to eat meat? Do you know any vegetarians?
11. Is there any kind of meat you would not eat?
12. What kind of meats have you eaten?
13. Have you ever been to a zoo?
14. Are there laws about hunting in your country?

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Lesson 6: The body and the movement

A: Vocabulary

B: Read the following sentences.

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Exercise Practice
A: Use the following words to create as many examples as you can.
1. Shake hands:
2. Fold your arms:
3. Attractive:
4. Protect:
5. Wealthy:

B: Fill in the following blanks with correct words.

A. ankle F. exercises
B. awesome G. forehead
C. cheek H. knee
D. chest I. neck
E. elbow J. waist

Part A
A B
A: He looks handsome because he has a chubby A: I wanna have a small (5)……………, but a big
(1)……………. bottom.
B: How about me? B: Why?
A: Yes. You’re also beautiful because you have A: Because it looks (6)…………….
thin lips and a wide (2)……………. B: Have you ever cut your (7)……………when you
B: Thank you very much. fall down?
A: Why does Nimol have a very long A: Yes, I have. My arm was bandaged from the
(3)……………like a giraffe? (8)……………to the fingers and my knee was cut.
B: I think maybe she likes to copy (4)……………from B: Me too. I fell over and twisted my (9)……………,
her friends when she is having any quizzes. my hip was hurt and there was pain in my
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Questions for Discussion

Part A

(1) What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘body’?
(2) Do you like your body?
(3) What are the most useful parts of our body?
(4) Are you proud of your body or ashamed of it?
(5) What kind of body language do you use?
(6) How would you describe the human body to an alien?
(7) Would you rather have the perfect body or be super intelligent?
(8) Would you sell your body to science?
(9) How good is our body?
(10) Hermann M. Biggs said: "The human body is the only machine for which there are no spare
parts." Is this true? Should there be lots of spare parts?

Part B

(1) Do you think our body is perfectly formed?

(2) What do you do to look after your body?
(3) What part of your body would you like to change?
(4) Do you think the naked body is beautiful?
(5) How is your body changing? Do you like these changes?
(6) What will our body look like after another million years of evolution?
(7) What three adjectives would you use to describe the human body?
(8) What’s the best and worst thing ever to happen to your body?
(9) What do you think of bodybuilding and bodybuilders?
(10) Shakespeare said: "Our bodies are our gardens - our wills are our gardeners." What does this
mean? Do you agree with him?

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Homework

1)Are you proud of your body or ashamed of it?

2)How would you describe the human body to an alien?

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Lesson 7: Describing appearance
A: Vocabulary
Part 1

1. attractive: good looking or pretty

2. gorgeous: very beautiful or handsome
3. height: how tall or short they are
4. roughly: approximately: about
5. average: very similar to most other people in height and weight
6. medium height: height which is neither short nor tall

Part 2

Examples:

1. My hair is blond, but his hair is brown.

2. She’s got straight hair.
3. He’s got long black hair.
4. I’m into having wavy hair because it looks gorgeous.
5. Do you like dark wavy hair or fair curly hair?

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Exercise Practice

A: Match the following words with their definitions.

A B C
1. Basic principles A. : how tall or short a person is 1
2. Gain weight B. : how heavy a person is 2
3. Height C. : approximately: about 3
4. Lose weight D. : describe someone who is not tall or short 4
5. Medium height E. : not tall or short 5
6. Roughly F. : increase weight 6
7. She's about average height. G. : decrease weight 7
8. There was a slight decrease in H. : do exercise 8
my weight after a week of I. : important tips 9
sickness. J. : You lost your weight after you were sick one 10
9. Weight week.
10. Work out

B: Fill in the following blanks with words from the box.

A. average F. monster
B. gain G. overweight
C. healthy H. principles
D. height I. regularly
E. Maybe J. weigh

A B
A: How tall are you? A: I have a friend who is (6)……………. I wanna help
B: Well, I’m of average (1)……………, with one meter him to lose weight. What can I advise him?
fifty-five tall. B: There are a few basic (7)……………to lose weight.
A: How much do you (2)……………? First of all, he should not eat food that has lots of
B: Honestly speaking, I never weigh myself. I’d calories. Second of all, he should work out
say, I’m (3)……………. I think it’s roughly 55 (8)……………in the morning. Last of all, he should
kilograms. eat lots of fruit.
A: Do you know how to gain weigh? A: Thank you very much.
B: It’s as easy as ABC to (4)……………weight. First, B: Some people are gonna gain weight after
just eat regularly. Second, eat (5)……………food. Covid-19. Do you think so?
Last, sleep well. A: (9)……………some do, but others don’t. Some
people are so poor that they don’t have enough
money to buy food to eat. How can they gain
weight?
B: OK, you are right. Covid-19 is a real
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Questions for Discussion

Appearance

1. What is the first thing you notice about a person?

2. What do the clothes someone wears say about that person?
3. Is there a part of your appearance that you are very proud of? (i.e. eyes, fashion sense, hair etc.)
4. What is the most interesting haircut you have seen?
5. Have you ever gone through the entire day without noticing something was wrong with your
appearance? (i.e. missing button, food in your teeth)
6. What kinds of things do you do to improve/maintain your appearance?
7. Are there any fashion trends in the past you followed but think are silly looking now?
8. How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
9. Have you ever been intimidated by someone’s appearance?
10. Do people in your country talk a lot about other people’s appearance?
11. Is it rude to tell the person that they need to improve their appearance?

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Homework

Describe your appearance.

Describe your best friend’s appearance.

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Lesson 8: Describing character

A: Vocabulary

Part 1

1. Positive(adj): believe that good things will happen

2. Reliable(adj): can be trusted to do what people expect you to do
3. Confident(adj): feeling sure about yourself and your ability
4. Shy(adj): not confident, especially about meeting or talking to new people
5. Hard-working(adj): putting a lot of effort into your work and spending a lot of time on it
6. Have a good sense of humor(v): have the ability to make people laugh
7. Patient(adj): able to stay calm and not get angry, especially when things take a lot time

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Exercise Practice

A: Write the correct word of the following definitions.

1. ………………………(adj): believe that good things will happen
2. ……………………… (adj): can be trusted to do what people expect you to do
3. ……………………… (adj): feeling sure about yourself and your ability
4. ……………………… (adj): not confident, especially about meeting or talking to new people
5. ……………………… (adj): putting a lot of effort into your work and spending a lot of time on it
6. ……………………… (v): have the ability to make people laugh
7. ……………………… (adj): able to stay calm and not get angry, especially when things take a lot
time

B: Write the opposite words.

1. Generous(adj):
2. Honest(adj):
3. Clever/intelligent(adj):
4. Calm(adj):

C: Match the following words with their definitions.

A B C
1. Sensible(adj): A. Be sure that she is honest 1……..
2. Silly(adj): B. Good at thinking of new ideas 2……..
3. Trust(adj): C. Has a natural ability 3……..
4. Creative(adj): D. Not sensible, a bit stupid 4……..
5. Talented(adj): E. Practical and doesn’t do stupid things 5……..

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Questions for Discussion

Part A

1. What are some characteristics of your personality?

2. What makes you happy?
3. What are some things that make you angry?
4. Are you happy with your personality?
5. Would you like to be different?
6. Are you a determined person? Are you a stubborn person?
7. Are you shy ? In which occasions are you shy?
8. Do you consider yourself selfish ? Why?
9. Is your personality suited to your job?
10. In what way has your personality changed? Why has it changed??
11. Are you more introverted (focused on your inner world) or more extraverted (focused on other
people and the outer world)?
12. Do you think you can change a major characteristic of your personality if you try?
13. Do you think you have an unusual personality? Why?
14. If you could change any aspect of your personality, what would it be?
15. What sort of things would you do to amuse yourself during a car journey?

Part B

1. What personality traits do you consider important in a good friend / a boss / a partner?
2. Do you consider yourself to be even-tempered?
3. What is one thing that many people don't know about you?
4. What expressions include colors when discussing illness? (ex., white or pale, pink eye, black
and blue for bruises, yellow fever)
5. What expressions include colors and feelings? (ex. I feel blue, green with envy, red with rage,
turning red, black circles under the eyes, you are turning blue)
6. What do the colors in your home country's flag represent?
7. Do you think birth order makes a difference in your personality?

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Homework

Describe your personality.

Describe your best friend’s personality.

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