- •Character
- •I. Match the words with the descriptions given. Use each word only once.
- •II. Fill in the blanks with the corresponding synonym.
- •III. Underline the correct word, then try to explain the idioms.
- •IV. Read the following dialogue and say what kind of guys Kim likes.
- •V. Get ready with the class presentation about your friend or a person you really like.
- •VI. Translate the sentences into English.
- •I. A) Listen and fill in the average ages for people in the usa, then make up sentences, as in the example.
- •II. A) Look at the chart and see what American adults consider to be the top ten stressful life events. Then make up sentences, as in the example.
- •IV. A) You will hear five people talking about their jobs. Choose which of the statements a-f refers to each speaker 1-5. There is one extra letter you do not need to use.
- •V. Listen to the dialogues, act them out, and render them in indirect speech. Looking at Photos
- •The Family Album (continued)
- •VI. Translate the dialogues into English. На свадьбе
- •В гостях у подруги
- •I. A) Write the adjectives on the correct line.
- •II. Listen and write how each speaker felt. Why did each speaker feel that way?
- •III. A) Listen and match the people to the events. How does each person feel?
- •IV. Listen to the dialogue, act it out, and render it in indirect speech.
- •V. Translate the dialogue into English.
- •Part I: Why get married?
- •I. Discuss these questions with a partner. Share your opinions with the rest of the group.
- •II. Read this newspaper article and answer the questions below in pairs or small groups: last to marry wins!
- •III. Divide the following expressions into two groups:
- •V. Intercultural problems. With a partner, discuss the following:
- •Part II: Children and discipline
- •I. Work in pairs. Make a list of ways in which parents and teachers discipline children. For each punishment on the list discuss the following questions:
- •II. Read these two letters. Which one do you agree most with? Why?
- •III. Make four true sentences:
- •IV. Work in small groups. Discuss these statements:
- •VI. Match the phrasal verbs underlined in the sentences 1-8 with the definitions a-h below:
- •VII. Work in pairs. Look at the sentences again. Are any of them true for you? Do any of them remind you of people you know or knew?
VI. Match the phrasal verbs underlined in the sentences 1-8 with the definitions a-h below:
1. My brother was always in trouble but he was too honest. If I was in trouble I always denied doing anything wrong and I usually got away with it!
2.When I look back on my childhood, I realise my parents treated me really very fairly.
3.If I ran out of money, I would sometimes 'borrow' some from my mother's purse.
4.Sometimes I wished ray dad would just give me a smack. It would have been better than listening to him going on about 'responsibility'.
5. I can remember the first time I stood up to my dad. He wanted to punish me for coming back after midnight when I was 15 but I just told him I wasn't a child any longer and he couldn't tell me what to do.
6.I don't exactly look down on parents who smack their children, but I do think that they could find other ways of disciplining their children if they really thought about it.
7.I was really badly behaved when I was a teenager but I seemed to grow out of it when I reached my early twenties.
8. I didn't get into much trouble at school -except for once when I was caught fooling around with some chemicals in a science laboratory.
a. to not run away from, to resist
b. to escape without punishment
c. to consider inferior
d. to think about something in the past
e. to become too old to do something
f. to not have any left
g. to behave irresponsibly
h. to talk about something for a long time and in a boring way
VII. Work in pairs. Look at the sentences again. Are any of them true for you? Do any of them remind you of people you know or knew?
VIII. Work in pairs or small groups. Discuss these questions:
1. Which, if any, of the punishments below do you think are unsuitable for children above the age of three?
a. a quick smack on the hand
b. a quick smack on the back of the head
c. a smack on the bottom
d. a smack on the bare bottom
e. a blow from a slipper on the bare bottom
f. a blow from a belt on the hand
g. a blow from a cane on the bottom
Would it make any difference if the child was a boy or a girl?
What other factors might determine whether a particular punishment was reasonable or not?
2. Which, if any, of these punishments do you think is acceptable?
a. sending a child to their bedroom for an hour
b. not allowing the child to play with their friends for a week.
c. stopping the child's pocket money
d. not allowing the child to watch TV for a week
e. making the child stay behind at school to do extra work
f. giving the child extra jobs around the house
3. At what age do you think it is no longer necessary or appropriate to discipline children?