Teacher’s Instructions:

This book is to be used with B1 students.

Follow the directions given in the book and use your creativity to make

classes fun! Role-plays can be applied in the reading sections, for example.

Ask students to make up new sentences when learning new vocabulary.

As for the listening section, play the audio twice to make sure your students

have time to understand the dialog well.

After each lesson ask students to do exercises in the homework book.

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Permission

Necessity

Prohibition

Obligation
 Vocabulary
Personal /
Professional
Lifestyle.
Social status.

Vegetarian / Health Work-life

Social status.. Networking.
Vegan conscious. balance.

Health conscious.

Vegetarian /
Vegan

Pescatarian

Work-life
balance.
Personal /
Networking. Professional Pescatarian
Lifestyle.
 Grammar

Examples of the verb “get”

When did you get your new

jacket?

The jacket is underlined as it is

the object.
Get is used in this instance as to
“receive” “obtain” or “fetch”.
Grammar

Examples

He is getting better.

Get in this instance means to

become.
Grammar

Examples

I have free time this afternoon, so I am

getting the car cleaned after I go to the
market .

this is when we use “get”

meaning to cause something to
happen;
in this case, the car being
washed.
 Modal verbs:
Other modal
Core modal verbs Semi modal verbs
meanings

can dare have (got) to

Could be going to be able

ought to
to

may need

might used to

must

will

shall

should

would
Listening Questions Audio 1:
1. Why does the woman need her mother to babysit her kids?.
a) She has restaurant reservations. B)She is going to the cinema.
c) She has to work late. D) She is going to a business
conference.
2. What time did the woman say she will arrive back
home?
a)
3. 17:00. b)21:30.
What did c)18:30.
her mother d)19:00.
tell her she should do before coming home?
a) Go to eat. B)Go for a drink. C) Go for a walk. D) Go to the supermark

4. What did the woman say she and her husband need to
do?
a) Get a better work-life balance. B)Get a new car.
 Audio 1
Mother – Hi, mom, yeah, I was wondering if you could watch the kids this
evening? I have got to go to a business conference. I know it is short notice, but
Frank has got to work late tonight so I haven’t got any real options.
Grandmother – Yes, of course, darling. It’s no trouble at all. I love to spend as
much time as possible with grandchildren. I will be able to come by around 5 p.m.
if you would like.
Mother – That’s great, mom. I must leave at 6:30 to arrive on time. The
conference will start at 7:00. I might be able to arrive home around 9:30 I hope.
Grandmother – Don’t worry about it. Take your time and go for a drink after if you
would like. Don’t be rushing around or getting worked up for nothing. I do think you
need to find a good balance for yourself and Frank. The two of you are always
getting caught up in work and rarely seem to free for the kids as much as you once
were.
Mother – I know, mom, but it is very hard at the moment. I am trying to push for a
promotion, and I need to really go out of my way if I am going to have any chance
of being in the running to get it. And Frank is under serious pressure at the
moment due to the company underperforming. They had to make certain
employees redundant, so he is trying to prove his worth so to speak. Hopefully
sooner rather than later we get a good work-life balance and enjoy some good
quality family time.
Listening Questions Audio 2:
1. Why is the board member having a chat with the employee?
a)Get feedback from employees. b)He is laying him off. It is an
interview.
2. What department does the employee work in?
a)Finance. b)Marketing. c)IT. d)Legal.

3. What did the employee have to say about his department?

a)They are the best department in the company.
b)It is close knit.
c)No morale amongst staff.
d)No one gets along.
4. Does the employee have to report to anyone or make up
reports?
 Audio 2
Employee – Hello, ma’am. You wanted to speak with me.
Board member – Good morning, I have told all supervisors to select one employee
from their department to basically join me for a chat as I would like to get feedback
from our employees.
Employee – Ok, sounds good. What would you like to know?
Board member – Well, you can start off by telling me your name and what you do.
Employee – My name is Stan Matthews and I work in IT.
Board Member – Ok, Mr. Matthews, tell me what you like about working. Or should I
say do you like working here?
Employee – Yes, I do enjoy working here. I like working here a lot.
BM – Can you elaborate?
Employee – Certainly, for me personally I don’t know about other departments, but
our IT department is very close knit, and we all get along together. It is really nice to
come into a place knowing that you can count on your team and when you work in a
place where the atmosphere is good, I feel it boosts morale and will bring the best out
of the workers.
BM – That’s good. I know the IT department here is well run but that is nice to hear
that you really have a nice team spirit down there. Could you also explain to me in a
little bit more detail as to what it is that you do on a daily basis.
Employee – Well, I am the person responsible for the in-house
programming and for our systems administration. I also help with some
of the online marketing programs we have. I run some training
programmes for trainees on programming.
BM – Do you encounter any problems in terms of your work?
Employee – Sometimes I have to deal with little glitches from time to
time or explain certain changes to the system to employees but that’s
about it.
BM – Very good. Do you have to report to anyone or write up reports
weekly or things like that?
Employee – No, basically I just have to keep the systems in check and
make sure everything is working fine.
 Readin
g
Patrick - Marcus would like to join me and the gang later, we are going to the
new barbecue restaurant on the corner.
Marcus – Do they serve anything that is not meat?
Patrick – Why are you a vegan?
Marcus – No, I’m a vegetarian actually.
Patrick – Oh, cool. I never knew that about you. Have you been vegetarian for
long?
Marcus – I don’t even keep count anymore but I think it has been roughly two
years. I used to love eating a nice juicy steak, but I just decided it wasn’t what I
wanted for myself for my life to have meat as a main factor of my diet. I have
nothing against anyone who eats meat though. I have great memories of going to
Patrick – That’s cool. Yeah, I’m not one of those people who tries to
convert vegans or vegetarians into meat eaters. To each their own you
know. But that doesn’t affect you with how you work out or anything
because I know you like to lift weights.

Marcus – No, I know what I’m doing I just take a few protein supplements.
I have to say I’ve never felt better. But this has worked for me, I think has
worked so well because I wasn’t feeling so good day to day when I used to
eat meat regularly. But now I am just used to feeling this way, but it is a
big difference for me.
 Fill in the obligated, importance, interested, banquet, excuse,

blanks
instead, conversation, better, opportunity, some,
mingle, thought, management, attending.
INTERESTE
Arnold: I don’t get why we must go to this banquet tonight. I am not ___________
D in

things like this.

OBLIGATED
Emily: I know me too. But we are ___________ to go. Last year for the people who

didn’t turn up they made them come into work on the

BANQUET
weekend. So, it is easier to just go to the INSTEAD
___________ tonight ___________ of coming in

on Saturday.
IMPORTANC
Arnold: I don’t really get the ______________
E of having staff like you and I turning up,
EXCUSE
but I get what you’re saying. I was going to think of an ___________ to give the boss as
CONVERSATIO
to why I can’t go but I will save myself the hassle of having that ___________________
N
 OPPORTUNI
SOME
I suppose it is a good ________________
TY to do some networking. I hope to meet

___________ of the big wigs and shake some hands. If you want to move up in this
MANAGEMENT
company, you have to mix your life with work and get chummy with
ATTENDING
___________________. All the board members and members from management are

always ___________________ basketball games together and playing golf. I hope to get in

close with some of these people later on.

THOUGHT
Emily: I never really ___________________ of it like that, now that you’ve put it to me
MINGLE
like that, I think I will put mor effort in and try to ___________________ as well. I am
BETTER
getting a little bit excited now. Yeah, you’re ___________________ off. I guess I’ll see you

there later Arnold.

obligated, importance, interested, banquet,
Arnold: Yes, see you later Emily. excuse, instead, conversation, better,
opportunity, some, mingle, thought,
 Grammar Review
Here are some examples of words or expressions that have modal
meanings:

There is a possibility of It’s clear that the exam will be I’m certainly not giving up
rain tonight. difficult tomorrow. because things are getting
(noun) (adjective) tough.
(adverb)
 Modal Verbs
can List:
will dare

Could shall ought to

may should need

be going to be
might used to
able to

must would have (got) to

Written Exercise:

HOMEWORK:

1. Write an essay about your dietary preferences (omnivore,

vegan etc.) and explain why you are.

(Minimum of 15 lines.)
LET’S PLAY A
GAME!

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