Getting to know you ‘question. Do you find it easy to get to know other people? 2. Decide which five of these questions would be useful to ask if you wanted to get to know someone. Give reasons by discussing what you think the answers would reveal. 1. What would be your ideal way to spend a weekend? 2 Vo you preter to work or study on your own, or with other people? 2. How important is it for you to keep up wwith the news? 4 Would you ever do an extreme sport, such as bungee jumping? 5 Which is your favourite meal of the day? Why? 6 Do you make detailed plans for your future, or do you just wait and see what happens? 7 What's the first thing you notice about people when you meet them for the first time? 8 Whats the furthest you've ever heen from home? 2 Workwith a differant partner Ack and answer the five questions you chose. Discuss what you think the answers revealed. 4 Lookat the photos. What is your first impression of each person? 10 unity Vocabulary 1 Complete th sentences with words from the box. There may be mote than one possible answer. ‘conscientious narrow-minded courageous unconventional competent down-to-earth ‘oulgoing decisive knowledgeable persuasive 1 She seems very consentious and is obviously putting a lot of effort into her new job 2 With two years’ experience in the classroom, Til say he's avery teacher. 3 I think shed make a great team leader because she’s a sort of person, whereas I find it hard to ‘make up my mind. 4 Moura company's pollution record. 5 Til describe her asa pretensions, 6 One of his daughters is fone is realy shy ~ how strange! 7 To my mind, he has a very = ite vory creative 8 You could say they display the typical... attitudes of small communities. decisions tw resign is protest at the sort of person with no while the other way of dressing. 9 She gave a very speech about the need for more funding. 10 If she’s an international lawyer. then she needs to be very in her job. (ABH Listen and check your answers. Mark the stress on ‘each word in the box (e.g. conscigitious). ‘Work in pairs. Use the adjectives from exercise 1 to talk about the people in the photos.Conditionals 1. Look at these examples of conditional sentences, What are the grammatical differences? Which one seome more’real"? If she's an international. Lamyer, then she needs to be very knowledgeable in her job What would be your ideat may to spend a weekend? 2. Complete the table about the four basic types of conditional. ro Tense Use for. cenes zero | present simple | present simple orcontinuous | or continuous fist second past simple or hypothetical continuous situations thie would have + past participle 3 Work with a partner. How could you rephrase these sentences using structures from the table? 1 Should you have any problems, Iwill be available to help. 2. Had it not been for Jane, the manager would have got the wrong impression of me. 3 lL keep my real opinion to myself fit makes the situation easier. 4. Complete the sentences using words from the box. ifso unless otherwise provided 1 He might be lonely. . Tsuggest he jus a spots lub, 2 Let's take a taxi to the party, well be late 3 he increase in social-networking its easier to keep in touch with people, 4 Lwont go you come with me. 5 that you follow this advice, you'll do well in your new college. ce @eorpus ence oO Be careful with given and provided. The Cambridge English Corpus “shows exam candidates often mistake these. ‘The tourweii s pleasant as we thought ft would be, given that the coach broke down on thevay. NDT Bheroresnenne laments syetaeigatt eit ha provided that thecoactrbrokedowrrom thea. GETTING To KNOW YoU "Reading 1) Work with a partner and discuss these ‘questions. 1 Have you e foreign country? Ifso, what cultural differences did you notice? 2. What mighta visitor to your country perceive to be the biggest cultural difference? 3 What is culture shock, do you think? Have yon ever experienced this? 2. Read Joy's blog about living in London. 1 Why does she compare culture to an iceberg? 2 What is her final piece of advice to people going to live in another culture? cr visited or lived in a 3. Workin small groups and discuss these questions. 1 What are the dangers of making xgencral statements about national characteristics? 2 What generalisations are made about people from your country? Do you agree with them? a2 \ unit Culture shock Posted by Joy: Tey 10.12 am Today marks exactly one year since I came to London! When {I made the decision to leave Singapore, it was incredibly exciting. Soon, though, | had to face the challenge of experiencing a different way of life. Ithasnt always been apy, living Un (literally) he utler side Uf Une world. | guess | shouldn't be surprised that people who have grown up in different places have different ways of behaving, thinking and expressing themselves. Before | set off on my adventure, | had certain images of English people: polite, serious people, always drinking tea, obsessed with the weather ... These things aren't exactly false, but they're only the tip of the iceberg. | soon realised that people's behaviour wasnt always consistent with my preconceptions. Lets start with the things | ove, London is a big, bustling, cosmopolitan city. So, in that respect, things weren't totally new for me, There are lots of things to do all year round and {ican go to museums, musicals and plays whenever | want. Also, because of where London Is, | can easily just pop over to Paris or Brussels for a weekend getaway. But after going through the ‘tourist phase’ of finding everything completely new and exciting, more and ‘more things started to surprise me. I discovered the “iceberg' hidden under the water and started to gain some insight into British cultura. For example, come of the TV programmes and newspapers were a bit of a shock. Sometimes it seems that, in the media, anything goes. The English sense of humour is realy interesting, too. A lot of the time, its really self-deprecating humour. Sometimes it can be quite obvious and crude (and not at all polite). At other times, you don't really know if they're being sarcastic or being serious. It took me a while to get used to that, and read between the lines. But it helned to watch a lot of chat shows and comedies (English people love watching TV ~ in fact, that’s what a lot oftheir conversation and cultural references are about). In fact these programmes are a rich source of information about the British and the British way of life All this got me thinking about culture ~ not just in England, but everywhere. It's like a kind of social glue, it holds society together. We leam about the culture of our own society in a very natural way as we grow up its the ‘dos’ and ‘don'ts’ about how we treat people, what is acceptable behaviour. “The aspects of culture you can see are based on those values and belles that you can’t 1 will take 4 tony tie to understand those deeply held values and beliefs, because you have to notice them slowly and work them out. ‘My advice to anyone going to a new country Is this: don't be afraid to try out new things. That's the whole point of going and how you gain expertence, But before you go, check out good websites for information about the place and get a {good guidebook. When you're there, explore itas much as you can — get out and make friends with ‘real’ people! You'll find that the more you do, the more you'll gain confidence.Speaking 1. Workwith a partner. Discuss these questions. 1 Do you like doing oF learning new things or travelling to new places? Why? Why not? ‘To what extent does living your life to the full mean not being afraid to try new things? 3 What do you think of the idea of not watching deus, et for a month and limiting your use of your phone and the internet to a maximum of an hour a day? 4 Describe four things youid love to do (e.g. travel, write a novel, try a new sport). 2 Read the email, Then discuss these questions. 1 Who is Ms Bryant, and why to her? 2. Isthe email written in formal or informal language? Why? is Amanda writing 16 \ unit 2 Living life to the full v Dear Ms Bryant, ‘Thank you for your email in which you confirm my place fon the tennis coaching course starting Sth July. | apologise for the delay in replying, but have been siting my final exams in Sports Paychology at university. As ‘soon as my results are available, | wil forward them to you. 1am sure | willbe able to draw on the knowledge that Ihave acquired at university during my course | am delighted that | have been assigned to the group ‘spechalling in conching'11=18-year-clce, aw this the age range lam particulary interested in, | bolieve in the importance of encouraging participation in sports ‘especially for teenagers because this is a period in thelr lives when they opt for what | consider to be Ie choices. Ita person engages in sport as a young person, they are more lkely 1o continue to lead a healthy lie in adulthood, | wonder if could ask a couple of questions. Is breakfast Can | assume that as you have asked me to bring two tennis rackets and my sports kit | willbe provided with any extra equipment necessary for the course, such as a tennis ball cannon? | very much look forward to taking part in the course. Youre sincerely, ‘Amanda ForesterWriting 1. Read Amanda's email again. 1 Itbegins with Dear Ms Bryant and ends with Yours sincerely, .... What other beginnings and endings can formal emails have? 2 What do you notice about the type of vocabulary used? Give examples 3 Are contractions used? Why? Why not? 4 What are the differences between formal and informal writing? 5 Write sentence summarising each paragraph. 2 Read a friend's message. What is the problem wit her letter? ‘As you know, 'm studying hotel management and as part of the ‘course, we have to work in a hotel. ve got to write to the hotel ‘Whi Ios Wirkini ta iatduea veal: Could You Kat's loo at what I've written so far? Its only the start of the letter. How can ‘change it to make it more formal? Dear Tom, ''m coming to your hotel for the month of August, Its part of my. Management course at Branston College. My course is great fun and I've done lots of stuff on receptionist duties, customer care and some finance. | ike customer care best and hope that I be able to learn a lot more about that at your hotel. I've worked in a restaurant before as a waitress but only as a holiday job when | was at school. 3. Put the words in order to make sample phrases that could be ‘used to make the message more formal. 1 Management / part / my / course ... of / As 2 subjects / as... / course / such f covers / The 3 Customer care / area / particularly / me. fis that / interests / an / 4 be/to/ my/ of... /1/ hope / able / understanding develop / to 3 have /expe fe / sone / waitress, | working OF) a 1/ 4 Youhave found a summer Job ata hotel. Write to the hotel, introducing yourself. Write 220-260 words. + refer to your studies and experience + explain what you hope to learn from the job + ask questions about the hotel or your work Dependent prepositions 1. Lookat these extracts. Then, underline more ‘examples of dependent prepositions in ‘Amanda's email. Thank you for your email in which got. 1 apologise for the delay in replying . 2. Complete the sentences with the missing prepositions. 1 Drawing... personal experience, I think it’s much better to do a range of different sports instead of trying to perfect just one. 2 Are the classes included the cost ‘of gym membership? 3 Many people opt... adventure holidays these days because they want to get the most out of their free time, 4 Tm looking forward......eating at the Mongolian restaurant because I've never eaten Mongolian food before 5 Max has completed the upper intermediate Russian course and has been assigned ...... the advanced class. 6 I definitely believe... living life to the full 7 Inher spare time, Jessica engages... volunteer work. 8 We were provided all the ‘materials we needed on the painting course, ‘When T've completed my business degree. Pm going to specialise marketing, 10 I wont be able to take part... the play because I'm going to be on holiday for most of August LIVING LIFE TO THE FULL