3B. Appearances

- Reading: "Judging by appearances. Who is who?" (p. 42)
Who is... the millionaire's daughter? / the managing director? / the policewoman?

- Grammar: Modal verbs of deduction (p. 134)
Must: you're sure something is true
May / Might: you think something is possibly true
Can't: you are sure something is not true

Check the following examples. Can you see the difference?
. They must be out. There aren't any lights on.
. He hasn't written. He may not have my address.
. He can't be ill. I saw him at the gym.

- Listening: know about a British/Spanish flamenco guitarist (p.43)

3B. Judging by appearances

- Reading: "Do I really look like this?" (p.40)
Useful vocabulary: photo booth, photo studio, research, embarrassed, celebrity, proud, hideous, wig, false hair.

- How words work...
look + adjective: He looks intelligent.
look like + noun: He looks like an intelligent man.

- Vocabulary: Describing people (p. 149)

- Listening & Pronunciation (p. 41)
/ai/ in words such as bright, hight, height
/ei/ in words such as straight, weigh, neighbour

- Oral activity in pairs: describe a classmate and guess who is him/her!!

3A. Culture Shock

- Consider the following sentences. Are they manners (should/shouldn’t) or a rule (have to/mustn’t)? (p. 37)
1. Play noisy games on a mobile phone in public.
2. Send text messages when your car is stopped at traffic lights.
3. Switch off your mobile on a plane.
4. Switch off your phone in class.

- Reading and speaking: "Culture Shock" (p.38)
Useful expressions: step on someone’s foot, pour some wine into a glass, make a noise, swallow food, translate a word.

- Class discussion: Good manners? Bad manners? Does it matter? (p.39)
Greeting people (kiss people on both cheeks when you meet them for the first time)
In a restaurant (let your children run around and be noisy)
A man’s role (pay for a woman on the first date)
Driving (always stop at a pedestrian crossing)
Visiting people (take a present if you’re invited to dinner at someone’s home)

- Oral activity in pairs and class discussion: "Are they true?" - how much do you know about other countries' laws and customs:

1. In China, when you use chopsticks you shouldn't leave them upright in the bowl. It brings bad luck.

2. In Sweden, if you drink and drive, you have to go to prison for six months.

3. In Argentina, when you get on a train you should shake hands with all the other people in the carriage.

Unit 3. Modern Manners

- Mobiles (p. 36; ex. a & b)
Useful vocabulary: dial, text, hung up, call back, ring tone, voice mail.

- Pair and class discussion: "The mobile phone questionnaire"
Have you ever lost your mobile?
Have you ever sent a text to the wrong person?
Have you ever forgotten to turn your phone off causing embarrasing situation?

- Listening & Speaking (p. 37)
"Manners or the law?" - Rewrite the sentences using one of the modal verbs below!!

- Grammar: Modal verbs (p. 134)
. to express obligation: have to & must + infinitive
. to express lack of obligation: don't have to + infinitive
. to express prohibition: mustn't + infinitive
. to express advice: should/shouldn't + infinitive / ought to + infinitive

Extra points - Unit 2

- Revising vocabulary with a crossword (it was fun!)

- For & During:
for = how long: He was in London for two years.
during = when: He was in Lodon during the Civil War.

- so / such:
so + adjective: He is so attractive!
such (adjective) (a/an) + noun: He is such an attractive boy!

(Remember! you can revise these grammar points in The Good Grammar Book or in Intermediate Grammar Practice)

Practical English - "In the Office"

- Discussion with group class (p.31)
What do you think about the following sentences?
. Drivers should not use any kind of phone when they are driving.
. People who drink and drive should lose their licence for life.
. Speed cameras do not stop accidents.

- Video watching: "Taxi!" (about cabs and cabbies - not in coursebook)

- Requests and Permission (p. 32)
Are the following phrases formal or informal?
. Would you mind helping me?
. Could you help me?
. Can you help me?
. Do you think you could help me?

Homework - 2C

- Composition: Write about a nightmare journey you've had (p. 33). The following planning may help you:
Paragraph 1 - When was the journey? Where did you go? Who with?
Paragraph 2 - What went wrong? What happened?
Paragraph 3 - What happenen in the end?

Remember to use the connectors we've checked! (although, so, however, because, but, when and while, in the end)

Deadline: 2 - 3 December

2C. Race to the sun

- Talking about transport and travel (p. 28, 29) - reading, listening, speaking

"Three British young people decided to travel from London to Avignon with different means of transport. Charles went by train, Rosemary by plane and Martin by car."
Which journey was the quicker, cheaper, more comfortable and more convenient? (guess & find out!!)

Remember... the bus took 45 minutes / It took me 20 minutes to get to the city centre / How long does it take you to get to eoi?

- Grammar: comparatives and superlatives (p. 132)

Remember: comparing adverbs
. Adverbs usually do their comparative with more + adverb + than, but early, late, fast, hard, near and soon have comparatives with -er: earlier, later, faster, harder, nearer, sooner.

- Vocabulary: transport and travel (p. 148)

- Listening & Speaking (p. 31):
"Which of these things is the most dangerous when you're driving a car?"
. making a call on your mobile
. listening to your favourite music
. listening to music you don't know
. opening a packet of crisps or a can of drink
. picking up a specific CD from the passenger seat
. talking to other passengers

2B. Changing your life (2)

- Oral practice: revising present perfect continuous in pairs and groups.
How long have you been driving?
How long have you been attending this school?
How long have you been going to the same hairdresser?

- Reading (p. 26): "It was just a holiday, but it changed my life"
Useful vocabulary: apes, trivial, mad, keeper, ill-treated, tube, blazing, tiny, apply for.

- Vocabulary (p. 27): Strong adjectives
Consider synonyms for the following strong adjectives: tiny, delicious, furious, terrified, exhausted, boiling, starving, enormous, freezing, filthy, great, awful.

- Listening (p. 27): What have they been doing?

2B. Changing your life

- Speaking & Listening (p.24) : "Where would you go if you could choose to spend a year abroad?"

- Grammar: Present perfect continuous (p. 132) - Homework!
How long have you been learning English?
How long have you been going out with your best friend?
How long have you been driving your car?

- Speaking and writing: present perfect continuous practice (p. 24)

- Video watching (not in New English File) : three news items from Sky news.

2A. Ka-ching!

- Listening: Shania Twain's "Ka-ching" (p. 20) - What's the meaning of the song?
Useful vocabulary: broke, mortgage, loan, mall, greedy, blow.

- Grammar: present perfect and past simple (p. 132)
Time adverbs usually found with - present perfect: yet, alreay, for, since, just
- past simple: last..., ago

- Speaking "the money questionnaire": consider these questions
. have you ever wasted money on something you've never used?
. have you ever been robbed?
. have you ever lent money to someone who didn't pay you back?
. have you recently taken money out of a cash machine?

- Reading: "My life without money" (p. 22)
Interesting phrasal verbs to learn: throw away, give up, give away, look after, take up, turn up

- Vocabulary & Pronunciations: numbers and figures... (p. 23)

Homework: worksheet on past simple and present continuous!

Unit 2. Introduction

- Speaking: "Money, money, money!"

.What is your relationship with money? Do you usually save or waste money?

. Have you ever borrowed or lent a good quantity of money to a friend?

. Do you usually collaborate with a charity?

Useful vocabulary: beg, save money, a charity, pocket money, pools and lottery, can't afford.

1. Practical English and Writing

Social English (p. 16) - Watch the story about Mark and Allie. What do you think about it?
Useful expressions: Let me introduce you to... / You've met... / How do you do? / Great to meet you.

Writing (p.17) - Describing a person in an email.
Homework: Write an email describing a friend of yours. (to be handed in no later than 11th November)
Paragraph 1 - age, family, work/study
Paragraph 2 - personality
Paragraph 3 - hobbies and interests
Paragraph 4 - any negative things?
Remember to check for mistakes: grammar, punctuation and spelling!

1C. Family

- Vocabulary: Personality adjectives (p. 146)

• Watch the first 15 minutes of the film Four Weddings and a Funeral with Hugh Grant and define the main characters’ personality (Charles, Carrie, Fiona, Scarlett, the Scottish, the bearded man)
• Pair crossword

- Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns (p.15)

• They're looking at themselves. (Mary is looking at herself in the mirror; John is looking at himself in the mirror)
• They are looking at each other. (one another)

- Listening & Speaking (p. 15): What’s your personality according to your position in the family?

- Listening (language laboratory): Agatha Christie and her mystery work.
Useful vocabulary: gloves, furniture, stormy night, flamboyant, absent-minded, well-manered.

- Extra point: Both ... and / Either... or / Neither... nor
Both of us / Both of them

Both Mary and Ann are nice. (or Both girls are nice)
Either Mary or Ann will get the prize.
Neither of us agreed with the President.

1C. Family

- Reading, vocabulary & speaking: "Families have a great-great future" (p.12)
Useful vocabulary: an only child, stepmother, in-laws, single-parent families.

- Grammar: the Future!! (p.130) What future tense (present continuous, going to + infinitive, will + infinitive) do we use to express...
a plan or intention ______
an arrangement ______
a prediction ________
a promise or offer _____

Remember: we use "shall + infinitive" for offers and suggestions in questions with 'I' and 'we' (Not will!): Shall we go to the cinema this evening?

- Reading: "Two sisters tell the truth about themselves - and each other..." (p.14)
Useful vocabulary: cook, bright red spiky hair, age gap, make it up, pinch, blame.

- Speaking: "My ideal partner...": what's important for you in a relationship? (photocopy)

1B. Sports

- Listening: Juan Antonio Marín talks about his experience as a referee. (p.9)

- Vocabulary (p.145) and Sports Quiz (p.19). Do you know...

How long does a football match last?

How many referees are there in a basketball match?

How long is a marathon?

How many holes are there on a golf course?

How long is one lap of an athletics track?

- Pronunciation: what's the difference between 'horse' and 'serve'? Find out in p. 10!!

- Reading: "When you hear the final whistle" (p.11)

1B. Sports

Activity 1 # Introduction: Rafa Nadal in Wimbledon, day 9. Go ahead and watch it again at www.wimbledon.org.

Activity 2 # Reading: "Famous (cheating) moments in sport" (p. 8). Useful vocabulary: score a goal, crowd, referee, gold medal.

Activity 3 # Past simple, Past continuous, Past perfect (p.130) - remember the story and elicit when each of the verbal tenses above is used:
"Once upon a time, a girl had a horse. While the girl was washing the dishes, the horse escaped. When the girl got to the farm, the horse had already escaped."

Activity 4 # Speaking: think and tell an anecdote about ... a time you cheated in an exam / a really exciting sports event you saw / a time you had an accident or sports injury / a time you saw a celebrity.

Classroom Language

Asking for help:
- Excuse me
- Can / could you say that again, please?
- Can you help me, please?
- Could I have a copy, please?
- How do you say ... in English?
- How do you spell it?
- Where's the stress?

Apologizing/Making Excuses:
- Sorry I'm late
- I couldn't come to class on Monday. I was ill.
- I won't be able to come next week because...
- I have to leave early today because...

Working in pairs:
- What do we have to do?
- What did he/she say?
- Whose turn is it?
- Do you agree? I don't agree / I agree (with you)

Homework - 1A

- Workbook: pp. 4-6
- The Good Grammar Book: present tenses pp. 13-30 / frequency adverbs pp. 204-205

1A. Food and Restaurants

Activity 1 # Vocabulary (p.144)

Activity 2 # Pronunciation: what's the difference between 'bull' and 'boot'? (p.6)
Activity 3 # Listening: Kevin Poulter, an English chef, opened a restaurant in Santiago. Find out about him (p.7)
Useful vocabulary: unsocial hours, trifle, Stilton, sweet tooth.

1A. Food: fuel or pleasure?

Activity 1 # Reading & Speaking (pp.4- 5)
- Is food a pleasure for you?
- What do you normally eat in a typical day?
- Are you trying to cut down on anything at the moment?
- Are people's diet getting better or worse?
Check on the useful vocabulary: eat out, heat up, takeaway, wholemeal, portion, dish.

Activity 2 # Listening about Rumiko Yasuda and her eating habits (p.5)

Activity 3 # Present Simple, Present Continuous / Action and Non-action verbs (p.130)

Introduction

Activity 1 # Letter to the class / Letter to your classmate
Activity 2 # Grammar revision
Activity 3 # Listening and Speaking: "The Seven Wonders of Britain"

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