I May I introduce myself?

 

1 Fill in the gaps in the conversations.

Alice. 2. Venezuela. ALICE: How........1.......? 3. I'm an engineer. JAKE: How........4........? 4. 25.

TOM: Jake,......J.........like to.......2-.........my friend

3 Here are some answers. What are the questions?

1. Carlos Peiia.

 

 

ANN: Andy,........5......... is Louise.

ANDY: Hello, Louise. I'm.......6......... to........7......... you.

 

JOE: Hello, Phil. How........8.........?

PHIL: Fine,........9........., Joe.......10....... to see you again.

 

CATHY: Janet,.....J.L.... Susan?

JANET: No. How do you do? I've heard.......U.......

much.......U...... you.

JUDY:......14....... I introduce......1.5........? My......16.......

Judy Gower.

RUTH: Hello. I'm Ruth Collins. I'm sorry, I didn't

.......E...... your name.

 

KATE: Where are you from?

MARK: Canada.

KATE:......18....... in Canada?

MARK: Toronto.

STEVE:.....J.'L.... me......).0....... you Liz Bush?

LIZ: Yes, that's.......f.L.....

 

2 Match the questions and the answers.

1. What nationality are you?

2. What sports do you do?

3. What kind of music do you like?

4. What kind of books do you read?

5. Are you shy?

6. Can you play the piano?

7. What do you like doing in your spare time?

8. Why are you learning English?

9. Where do you live?

10. Do you like watching football matches?

11. What does your father look like?

12. What's your mother like?

13. Have you got any sisters or brothers?

14. How do you feel about snakes?

 

a. Knitting and reading.

b. Mostly novels; sometimes history books.

c. Austrian.

d. She's very calm and cheerful.

e. In a small town near Vienna.

f. No, I'm fairly self-confident. g. They don't interest me.

h. I prefer playing games to watching them.

1. Classical music.

J. He's tall and fair.

k. Long-distance running.

l. I'd like to travel more, and I think it's

a useful language. m. Yes, two sisters.

n. Yes, but not very well.

5. One metre seventy-eight.

6. Two brothers and a sister.

7. No, I'm not.

8. In a small flat in Caracas.

9. I need to read it for my work.

10. No, but I can speak a little French.

11. I watch TV or I go out with friends.

12. No, I don't, but I like dancing.

13. About twice a week.

 

 

4 Vocabulary revision. Complete the lists and answer the questions.

 

1. Monday, Tu.................., W..................,..................,

..................,..................,..................•

2. January, Feb.................., M..................,..................,

..................,..................,..................,..................,..................,

..................,..................,...................

3. What day(s) do you have English lessons?

4. What day(s) do you NOT go to any classes?

5. What day is/was your birthday this year?

6. What month is your birthday?

7. What month is your father's birthday?

8. What month is your mother's birthday?

9. What is the coldest month in your country?

10. What is the hottest month in your country?

 

5 If you have Student's Cassette A, find Lesson 1, Exercise 1. Listen and repeat. Try for good intonation.

 

6

6 Read this. The first time you read it, don't look up more than ten words in the dictionary.

 

A: People who are learning to be family therapists do this exercise very early in their course. They're put together in a room and asked to choose another person from the group who makes them think of someone in their family; or who they think could belong in their family. And-

here's the interesting bit - they're not allowed to talk at all

while they're choosing. They just stand up and walk around looking at all the others. When everybody has chosen somebody, they talk together for a time, to see if they can find out if their families are similar. Then each pair, without talking, chooses another pair, to make groups of four. Then they talk together about what it was

in their family backgrounds that led to their decisions. And

finally, they report to all the others what they've discovered. s: Which is?

A: That they've all, somehow, picked out three people whose families functioned in very similar ways to their own.

 

2 Who's who?

 

1 Put the right words with the different parts of

the body. Use your dictionary to find out more words

for parts of the body if you want to.

 

s: What do you mean, 'functioned in very similar ways'?

A: Well, all four come from families where there was difficulty in sharing affection; or perhaps in expressing anger; or where everyone was expected always to be optimistic and cheerful. Or they might find out that all four of them were from families where the father was away from home a lot

of the time; or that they all suffered some sort of important

loss or change at about the same age. And this tells us something about why people fall in love with one another!

 

(Adapted from Families and how to survive them

by Robin Skynner and John Cleese)

 

2 Read the advertisement with a dictionary, copy some of the questions and write true answers. Example:

 

Are you young and fit? Yes, I am.

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ear eye face

hand head knee nose shoulder

 

 

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swim? Have you go

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with children? A.re yon go ial,

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maths? Can you play a m::l" instrument? lf you cn a,,.,

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3 Make questions as in the examples. Those houses are expensive. (big)

.Ar:e......h.9.....big..?.......................................

All the family can speak French. (Spanish) Co... lk..th..:f.q..oo...p..eA.k..S..paY.!.t.s.k...?...... Alice has got a dog. (horse)

H....Al..i.c..e...got:... o.,...hPtS...?......................................

 

1. Her little girl can sing. (dance)

2. The room is comfortable. (expensive)

3. The police have got his description. (name)

4. The film is very interesting. (long)

5. His sister has got blue eyes. (fair hair)

6. Everybody has got something to drink. (eat)

7. Sally can play the piano. (guitar)

8. The lessons are useful. (interesting)

9. Jake can swim very fast. (run)

10. Her new boyfriend is very nice. (intelligent)

 

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January last year. At 43, she is the youngest Minister in the new government. Educated at Rumbold Comprehensive and Leeds Univer­ sity, she entered politics in her twenties and became a Member of Parliament at 28. She is married, an(\.has three children.Her husband is

6 a local govel:nrnent officer, and

 

6 If you have Stud '

to the recording and etnryt stoCwasns·teettedoAw'nfinedveLryetshsionng2PoEllxYesracyisse.1. Listen