Topics from a to z steps to success in listening and speaking (book 1)

Expressing opinions about actors and actingTalking about book preferences; Comparing books and computersDiscussing chocolate eating habits Expressing attitudes toward diamonds; Talking a

Steps to Success in Listening and Speaking

Irene E Schoenberg

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tlHit 1 Actors 2

Expressing opinions about actors and acting

Talking about book preferences;

Comparing books and computersDiscussing chocolate eating habits

Expressing attitudes toward diamonds;

Talking about jewelry preferences

Telling about disasters and emergencies;Sharing opinions about disaster movies

Talking about favorite fairy tales;

Expressing opinions about scary stories

Guessing gestures; Comparing bodylanguage of men and women

Talking about haircuts; Describing different

types of hairstyles

Telling what winter sports you like;

Expressing opinions about weather and work

Talking about throwing things away;

Expressing opinions about flea markets

Talking about preferences in art;

Expressing opinions about art and beauty

Telling about things that make you laugh;Expressing opinions about laughter as medicine

Describing masks; Giving opinionsabout costume parties

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1 Trying Out for a Play

2 Facts about Antonio Banderas

J Where People Get Books

2 j.K Rowling and Harry Potter

I Chocolate and Health

2 Canache: A Type of Chocolate

1 How Experts Judge Diamonds

2 The Hope Diamond

J A Blackout

2 Forest Fires in Canada

1 Hans Christian Andersen's

-The Ugly DucklingM

2 Aesop's Fable- -Sour

Kandinsky and Klee

2 How to Understand Art

1 What Makes People Laugh

2 Why It's Good to Laugh

Sharing information andopinions about acting andactors; Buying movie tickets

Buying a book at a bookstore

Giving and accepting a gift

Information Gap: Stones andmetals

Discussing what to do in anemergency

Story: The Miser

Learning body parts andDescribing gestures

Talking about preferences inmen's hairstyles

Using ice breakers

Discussing ideas fromenvironmentalists

Discussing how much apainting is worth

Giving the end to a reading a story aloud

2 A Mask from Burkino Faso

Describing masks andcostumes

Yup'ik Masks

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Scope aHdSettUeHce.

~u#Otu, -

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Discussing names and nicknames;

Expressing opinions about remembering names

Asking and answering questions about usingmeasurements; Giving an opinion about a

Exchanging information and expressing

opinions about royalty

Talking about photos; Expressing opinionsabout photos at parties

Talking about the color red; Expressing opinions

about teens and the color red

Describing a strange event; Expressing opinionsabout unusual food

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Talking about vending machine purchases;

Expressing opinions about food from vending machines

Describing uncles; Expressing opinions aboutrelatives and friends

Discussing puzzle preferences;

Giving opinions about the value of puzzles

Describing a pet; Discussing sayings about animals

Describing wedding preferences, traditions, and gifts;

Expressing opinions about marriage and family

Describing coins; Expressing opinions about moneyand happiness

-1 Quiz Show; The Name Game

2 Naming Babies in Germany

1 Prefixes

2 Quiz Show: Ask Any Question

I The Life of Alfred Steiglitz

2 Conversation about a Photo

I Queen Liliuokalani

2 The Queen Mary 2

1 The origin of the idiom,

"cut through the red tape"

2 Psychology of the Colors

Redand Blue

1 Unusual Laws

2 Stories from the Guinness

Book of World Records

1 A Radio Ad for Tai Chi

2 Telephone Conversation

about Tai Chi Classes

1 A Description of Relatives

2 "I'll be a monkey's uncle."

1 Unusual Things from Vending

I. The History of Zoos

2 Facts about Zoos

Talking about medicalsurprises

Teaching classmates amartial arts or dance step

Telling about a specialrelative

Discussing the future ofvending machines

Describing a wedding

Information Gap: Riddles

Matching currencyand countries;

Describing a bill

CAMES: Animal Alphabet;

Guess the Animal

Puzzle: Find the Names

Common Measurements

Photograph by Brett Weston

Palaces around the World

Idioms and Colors

Life on other Planets: E.T

Yin and Yang

Cartoon: Large Families

Out of Order Vending Machine

Cartoon: Why People Marry

Topics/rom A·Z Book Iis the first of a conversationllistening series written for beginning tolow-intermedime level adult and young adult students Each text contains 26four-page units, onefor each letter of the alphabet Each unit in Book I consists of Facts, Talk about Your Experience.Give Your Opinion Listening Comprehension I and 2, Conversation Practice, and Check This Out.Authentic art and photographs help to maintain student interest throughout the texl.

OpeningArt

Each unit starts with an engaging piece of art and an accompanying question that get students

involved in the unit's content For example in Unit I."Actors:' students look at an illustration ofJenniferLOpelas a teenager and read clues to try to guess who she is In Unit8."Hairstyles:-

students see illustrations of '-before" and "after" hairstyles and give their preferences

Facts

In this section groups of students work together trying to answer five or six multiple choice or true!false questions 11Iustrations help students understand new words Some questions are language-based_aiming to increase students' knowledge of words and phrases Others are fun facts about the context.For example Unit I, -'Actors:' includes these questions:

Were you right?

I Comediesare _

a, funny b sad c serious

2 A makes movies

a direction b director c directory

3.The main actor is the _

a moon b sun C. star

ext students listen to the facts and compare them to their guesses Finally, students read the factsaloud and try to remember them Some will remember all the facts; others will remember only one

or two In time students discover their own learning style Some write the sentences or take notes.Others read them several times Some work alone Others prefer to work with a partner

Language experts generally agree that students learn best when they focus on repeat and try toremember an item Memory is thus a key to language improvement In this section students developtheir skills at memorizing interesting and helpful content

Talk about Your Experience

In this part, students work with a partner to give personal answers to a set of guidedquestJOIb.&eathe most reticent student can participate in this activity For example in Unit 6 '-Fables andFair)Tales," sludelllS ask each other {he following:

• What's your favorite fairy tale or fable?

What is itabout?

• Did a story ever scare you?What was itabout?

• Do you like to read to children? Why or why not?

• Do you like to write your own stories?

After students have spoken with a partner, a class discussion or a survey gets students to talk to alarger group The language is controlled, the topics are non-threatening, and the result is that thewhole class becomes involved For example, in Unit6, students find three classmates who know thesame fable, fairy tale, or children's story Then they write as much as they can about it Afterwardsstudents read their work to the class

Give Your Opinion

This section helps students learn how to politely agree or disagree with someone in English Studentshear opinions on tape A box to the side shows responses, such as: "(think so too:' or "I don', thinkso." For example, in Unit 6, students hear and respond to the following opinions:

Students are given an example and encouraged to add their own ideas

In supporting their opinions, students develop crilicallhinking skills

Most fairy tales

are too scary for

young children.

I think that's true

Iremember crying and worryingafterIheard the story of

Hansel and Cretel.

Idon't agree

Ithink children love fairytales with scaryparts

Listening Comprehension 1 and 2

These sections include a variety of listening activities In some, students supply missing words orphrases In some, they indicate comprehension, and in some, they do tasks based on the listening

The content is practical and interesting For example, students hear radio programs, telephoneconversations, and "fun facts" stories Again, the level of the language is controlled, though thecontent is geared to adults and young adults

Conversation Practice

In this part, a variety of activities help students improve their conversation skills For example, in theunit about Queens, students study several vocabulary words, then work with a partner to use the words

in a story In the unit on Martial Arts, students teach a group of classmates a martial arts or dance step,

or lead them in a type of exercise In the unit on Diamonds, students do an Information Gap in whichthey find out where various gems and metals are from Some units provide students with social language(functions) that they practice in conversations In other units, there is a focus on new vocabulary, whileothers get studcnts to discuss something they had previously heard or read

Check This Out

A final piece of art - a cartoon, an advertisement, a puzzle, a painting - in combination with ashort task, gets students motivated once again toconsider and tal k about another aspect of the topic

Students are the final arbiters of the value of a text I thank my students at the IntematicoaJ

English Language InstjlUte Hunter College, CUNY, both for their helpfulcomrrten13and

re.-their enthusiastic reaction 10 the materials inTopics/rom AtoZ

Publishers are the ones who decide whether or not to use their resources to develop and

produce abook My thanks to all the people at Pearson Education who supported the

concept of this series and helped bring itto fruition:

To Joanne Dresner, President of Pearson North America, who listened10my initial ideas

forTopicsjromA10Z,and encouraged me to develop them; Sherry Preiss and Laura Le

Drean who offered many specific and valuable ways to improve the book and who were so

supportive throughout: Roberl Ruvo who diligently guided the book through production;

Pamela Kahn for her outstanding photo research; John Barnes for his many helpful

suggestions; and to my editor Debbie Sistino for her suggestions, overseeing the art and

photo research, and helping 10 obtain many of the beautiful pieces of art that appear in the

book As always, my special thanks10my family-to Harris, Dan, and Dahlia for their

love, support, and interest in my work

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Look at the picture.

• Her family is from Puerto Rico.

Planner, and Maid in Manhattan.

• People call her J.Lo.

4 Many movies are made in

Hollywood b Dallas c Detroit

a a leg b an arm c a tooth

B GROUPS

• Take turns saying the facls Then close your books

• How many facls can you remember? Say all the facls you remember

Talk about Your Experience

A PAIRS Answer the questions Then ask your partner Add information

Example: A: Were yOIl everilla school play?

B: Yes I was ill mallY plays in high school Once I was the king illrhe playKing Lear_

WhaT about yOIl?

• Were you ever in a school play?

• Do you like to act? Did you ever want to be an actor?

·Do you have a favorite actor? Who?

·Do you prefer to watch movies at a theater or

at home?

Tell the class about your partner

Example: Pierre was a lion ill Cl.~choolplay He doeslI'tlike to act, but he loves to see movies alld

plays HisJavorite actor is Roberl DeNim He prefers to watch movies at home.

B WHOLE CLASS Survey four students

Ask: How many movies did you see last month?

Report the results to the class

Example: Juan saw tell movies Haruko saw five £va saw two Helella saw one.

Give Your Opinion

It's hard to be an actor.

Most actors are not rich or

famous.

B PAIRS Do you agree with the man or the woman? Add your opinion

Example: A: I agree with the wom01l Acting is very difficult work.

You need to be talellted alld Itlcky.

Listening Comprehension 1

listen and mark the statements true (T) or false (F) Change the false statements

to true ones

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1 The man and woman want to be in the play

2 The woman will take any part in the play

3. The man will take any part in the play

4 The woman read about the play in The Actor's Newspaper.

5 The woman heard about the play from her uncle

6 The woman's dad is an actor in the play

Conversation Practice

A PAIRS look at the picture.Completethe conversation Use the questions in the box

Can I have two tickets, please?

What time is the next show?

B:It's an action film

2 A "iot:&!/t is a /lid Jog;?

B: TheneXI show isaI 7:00 p.m

r I r

-Real Name

Number of Brothersand Sisters

listen to the questions and answers about the actorAntonio Banderas Then complete the chart

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Check This Out

GROUPS Do you know these actors? Read the lines to your group Pretend you are an actor

UTo beor not tobe That isthequestion."

Hamlet, Sir Laurence Olivier

Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart

"Show me the money."

Jerry Magllire, Cuba Gooding Jr.

How do you choose a book?

You buy books at a library

A "bestseller" is a book aboul selling

There arc paperbackand hardcovcr books

Agatha Chrislie's books sold over 2 billion copies

• Taketurns saying the facts Then close your books

• Howmany facts can you remember? Say all the facts you remcmber

Talk about Your Experience

A PAIRS Answertnequestions Then ask your partner Add information

Example: A: Did )'011 read a lot as a child?

B: Yes I loved to read My fm-orire book wasMomotaro

• Didyou read a lot as a child?

• What was your favorite book?

• What do you like to read now?

Tell the class about your partner

Example: My parlller did,,'t readCllot asClchild, bll1l1oW he does.

B WHOLE CLASS Survey four students

Ask:

Do you read for school for work, or for fun?

How many books did you read last month?

What kind of books did you read?

Report the results to the class

Example: Emiko reads for filII Last mOll'" she read six books They were all comic books.

Give Your Opinion

B PAIRS Do you agree with the man or the woman? Add your opinion

Example: A: /think the woman is right Computers are more/lln dum

books I play games, write e-mail messages write i"sf(lllt messages, alld read 0" my computer.

Listening Comprehension 1

Warm up: Where do you usually get books; at a library,al a bookstore or from friends?

o PAIRS Miki Rice is a student She is interviewing people about how they get books

listen to the interview Then complete the chart

Where they get their books

Second Woman FI'()A f,iR//t}j

Conversation Practice

A PAIRS Look at the picture Complete the conversation Use the sentences in the box

Who's the author?

It's called, Smart People Like Chocolate.

We have one copy It's on that shelf

Yes, thank you I'm looking for a book about chocolate

I Salesperson: May J help you?

CuslOmer: yes, tiuult/ra rPI h.,ld,z'1;irj.f.-!-'Pp'!::.r-,-,(J"-J;,_acL;;LJ<.d"2~"'I<<4,f -!eI;.M"",-,<?o",-,,Ia£:lc£,, ,-, _ _

Customer: ft~ CaP"J , 5mb! Mull t-& Jq(kl4/i.

Ustening Comprehension Z

Warm up: What do you know about Harry Potter?Whyare Hart) Poao-

o Listen to a talk about J.K Rowling's books about Harry Potter Then cOfT\PleUthesentences

1 You can buy Harry Potter books in j2/}c2 countries

2 Harry Porter books arc published in 56 languages

3. Barnes& Noble bookstores sold -=~!-_millioncopies of the fifth Harry Potterbook in forty-eight hours

4 One bookseller says, "Harry Potter books have something for everyone-a good

win:-V

Check This Out

GROUPS Is a book a good gift?

I

/'

Give a book It's a g 7 an open again and again

Some scientists say: Eating chocolate

produces the same feeling as falling in love.

What do you think?

Facts

A GROUPS Try to complete the sentences

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B GROUPS

• How many facls can you remember? Say all the racls you remember

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Were you right?

Talk about Your Experience

A PAIRS Answer the questions Then ask your partner Add information

Example: A: Do yOIl like chocolate?

B: Yes I do It's myjavorife candy What ahollt yOIl?

A: I do, too I eat chocolare every day.

YOU YOURPARTNEI.

• Do you like chocolate?

• How oflen do you eat chocolate?

• When was the last time you ate chocolate?

• Do you drink hot chocolate?

• Do you give chocolate as a gift? Who do you

give it to?

Tell the class one thing about yourself and one thing about your partner

Example: I drink hot chocolate, bllt Maria doesn't.

B WHOLE CLASS Survey four students

"Comfort foods" make you feel good For some people, chocolate is a comfort food

Ask: Do you have any comfort foods?Ifso, what are they?

Report the results to the class

Example: Soup is Sachiko's comfort food Marco's comfort food is ice cream.

Give Your Opinion

It's hard to eat

only onepiece

of chocolate

I think so, too.

Chocolate is delicious.

I never eat one piece.

I eat five or six.

I don't think so.

I buy a box of chocolate and

I eat one piece every day.

8, PAIRS Do you agree with the man or the woman? Add your opinion

Example: A: I agree with the man One piece is never enough for me.

B: I think so, roo

.

-\\ ~\O<>-\ think so.

\ \ don't"'ink

so-Ustening Comprehension 1

3 How many people were in the study? 13 ',*£'(;" •• J, Vz, "i ~

Conversation Practice

A PAIRS Look at the pictures Complete the conversation Use the sentences in the box

OK) eI's

I'm glad

Sure Go right ahead.

B Slid - &0 c£ft h-A,,,l

3 A: Thanks so much I love chocolate

B: _ ,I.c~, ,-,): <1-"JL- _

4 A: Let's try some

5 A: Mmm It's delicious

B bAt (j rf,,~d ",;"'t

8 0 PAIRS listen and check your work Then have a conversation with your partner Take

turns Pretend to give your partner a gift Thank your partner for his or her gift

listening Comprehension Z

Warm up: What kind of chocolate do you like best?

, ~ - -

chocolate with nuls milk chocolate chocolate with fruit dark chorolale

Then change these false statements to true ones

I Ganache is chocolate withJ1Urs."'~ fr4 AIIJ

2 The name "ganachco, comes from an ltalian,~~rl

3 T~e workerput.mHkin some chacala,!? Oteant

4 A~~~rwas angryand called hi~~id."

5 The name "ganache" means'~m<fftperson."

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Check This Out

A GROUPS list all the foods that you can make with chocolate

FOODS

choeolare motlsse cake

B GROUPS list all the words you can make with the

What is your birthstone?

pearl

DECEMBER

Facts

A GROUPS Guess which statements are true (T) and which statements are false (F)

I Until the mid-1700s, most diamonds came from Thai~d.

2 The biggest diamond in the world is the Star ofAI-aSka

3 We measure diamonds in carats

4 Most diamonds are about 3 miHiOi, years old

5 Emeralds are the hardest stones

6 Gold and silver are metals Diamonds and emeralds are stones

B GROUPS

• Take turns saying the facts Then close your books

• How many facts can you remember? Say all the facls you remember

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Talk about Your Experience

A PAIRS Answer the questions Then ask your partner Add information

Example: A: What kind oJ jel<,'elry do )'01/ wear?

B: I wear a watch alld a rillg That's all WhaT about )'Ol/?

A: I love fO wearjell'elry I wear earrings necklaces, rings, alld watches.

• What kind of jewelry do you wear?

• What's your favorite piece of jewelry?

• Where do you buy jewelry?

• Didyou evermake jewelry?

Tell the class one thing about your partner

Example: Jay doesn't wear jewelry.

B WHOLE CLASS Survey four students

Ask: What kind of jewelry looksgood on men?

What doesn't look good? a chain? a bracelet?

an carring? a nose ring? an eyebrow ring?

Report the results to the class

Example: £rika thinks chains al/d bracelets took

good Ollmel/ She doesl/'t like eyebrow rillgj.· or earrings.

Give Your Opinion

A 0 Listen to the opinion Then listen to the responses

A man wants to buy his

girlfriend a diamond ring

for their engagement, but

she doesn't want a ring

She wants a motorcycle

instead I say get her a

B PAIRS Do you agree with the man or the woman? Add your opinion C'- , nn'"

Example: A: I agree with the woman Ilhillk I'd prefer a motorcycle, 100 \ ~

~

Listening Comprehension 1

Warm up: How do people decide the value of a diamond?

to true ones

I The four Cs are caral, c1ariIY color, and class

2 Caral means size

3. The worst diamonds are the clearest

4 The mOSI expensive diamonds have the most color

5 Some diamond salespeople say, "Spend onc month's salary on an engagcmcnI ring."

PAIRS Student A, turn to page 106 Student B turn to page 108

Listening Comprehension 2

Warm up: What do you know about the Hope Diamond?

Weight: 45.52 caratsColor: dark blueClarity: perfectCut: oval Brilliant

I What are two reasons the Hope Diamond is famous?

2 What do people say aboul the Hope Diamond?

3 Where does it come from?

4 Where isittoday?

5 Can people see it?

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3 Bccfealers the Tower of London

2 People tried to steal the Crown Jewels _

A GROUPS What do you know about the Tower of London Try to complete the sentences.(Check your answers on page 107.)

Do you like disaster movies? Do you know these movies?

Facts

A GROUPS Try to complete the sentences Use the phrases in the box

Were you right?

I Something dangerous happens You need to aCI now

You say, "This is an "

2 You need to get to a hospital You call an '

3 People in an accident are taken to the~ in a hospital

4 The earth shakes during an _

5 Strong storms in the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea are called_~ _

6 Strong storms in the Pacific Ocean or Indian Ocean are called ,

B, GROUPS

• Take turns saying the facts Then closeyOUfbooks

• How many facts can you remember? Say all the facts you remember

Talk about Your Experience

A PAIRS Answer the questions Then ask your partner Add information

Example: A: How do you act after an emergency?

B: I talk a lot about it Then I feel better.

• Were you ever in an earthquake? a fire? a bad storm?

When? Where? What happened?

• After an emergency, people act in different ways

They cry, laugh, eat, exercise, sleep, talk a lot about

it, or don't talk about it. How do you act?

Tell the class one thing about your partner's experience

Example: There was a terrible storm.Atree Jell 011 Ranya's car She was OK, but the car

was badly damaged.

B WHOLE CLASS Survey the class

A blackout means there is no electricity and the lights go out Imagine a blackout in your class rightnow Find someone who has the following things Ask: Do you have ?

Give Your Opinion

B PAIRS Do you agree with the man or the woman? Add your opinion

Example: A: I think the man is right All disaster movies are alike.

I think they are boring.

B: Really? J think

Really? I think the storiesare different They're alike in onlytwo ways-there's a disaster andsome people live andsome die

Listening Comprehension 1

Warm up: Are there a lot of blackouts in your area? What things are good 10 have in a blackout?

Then listen again and answer the questions

I Where \, as the blackout?

2. Where was the woman?

3. What was she doing?

4 What did her husband say?

a "Karen what didyOlldoT' b "Karen are you OK?"

5. What did they eat?

6 How did they eat?

B PAIRS Now take turns telling the story in your own words

Begin like this: "There was a blackout in Karen was "

Conversation Practice

A PAIRS Look at the pictures What would you do? Circle the correct picture

Explain your answer (Check your answers on page 107.)

I There is a fire in a building You are on a high floor 3 There is an earthquake

2 There is a fire and a lot of smoke

3 In e or etdA'I"d1 VcII 'ltetU 10# MdiW sMl<lAv.! lA J:., StJ'e.

4k< fast '£ M,;{)J d Or~>t ItMd Aca~ 'a-"it4dPtJ

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Listening Comprehension Z

Warm up: What do you know about

forest fires?

"" Canadian Forest Fires ~

Month grass fires start flfHIl

People who fight fires '&aiA,) C'. ~.•J-1:: ", f'," d::At4fs

;~

.

Percent of fires that people cause %

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GROUPS Do you understand these signs? Match the signs with the meanings

b A dog may bite you

c This is a way to leave

d Do not enter

When you were a child, who read to you?

A GROUPS Guess which statements are true (T) and which statements are false (F)

Were you right?

There are many presidents queens princes and princesses in fairy tales

cv. {fJlti~

I Fables arc stories about machines that talk

2 Aesop's Fables are over 2.300 years old Aesop was from h:rly G~

3.

Your answer

4 Fairy tales often begin "Once upon a time " AAIJm w

6 Hans Christian Andersen wroteThe Liftle Mermaidand

The Ugly Duckling.

B GROUPS

• Take turns saying the facts Then close your books

• How many facts can you remember? Say alllhe facls you remember

'11I'6

Talk about Your Experience

A PAIRS Answer the questions Then ask your partner Add information

Example: A: What's YOl/r favoritefairy tale or fable?

B: I love Lilt[e Red Riding Hood 11 's abol/l

a hale girl who meeTS a wolf011 Ihe way

to her grandmorher's hOl/se.

• What's your favorite fairy tale or fable?

What is it about?

• Did a story ever scare you? What was it about?

• Do you liketo read to children? Why or why not?

• Do you liketo write your own stories?

Tell the class about your partner

Example: My parlna's Javorile fairy Tale is The Frog Princess Ir's a Russian slory abollf

a prince who marries a frog The frog Tllms illlo a beaurijlll princess.

B GROUPS Find three classmates who know the same fable fairy tale or children's story

Write as much as you can about it

Example: Heidiis a srory abollT a youJlg girl She fives ill Switzerland.

She fives illllle mounrains She lil-'es wilh her

Read your work to the class

Give Your Opinion

I don't agree

I think children love fairytales with scaryparts

I think that's true

I remember crying and worryingafter I heard the story of

Hansel and Cretel.

are too scary for

young children

Example: A: I agree wilh IIle woman As a child, some fairy rales gave me \ ~ntrUe.

\ 1ttll"'"

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Listening Comprehension 1

A 0 The Ugly Duckling is a story by Hans Christian Andersen Listen to the story Mark the

k

1 A mother,hen sat on her eggs

_ _ _ 2 One of her babies was big and ugly

_ _ _ 3 The other ducks said: "You're big and beautiful."

_~_ 4 He felt bad all winter long

_ _ _ 6 He became a beautiful sea gull r-wa;t

_ _ _ 7 Some say the slory is alot like Anderscn's life

_ _ _ 8 Anderscn was born poor but later became rich

B GROUPS Why do people like this story? What is the message? Do you likeit?Why or why not?

do ~«) td W/,'t Q)).

Listening Comprehension 2

A PAIRS This story is from Aesop's Fables look at the pictures What do you think the story15

about? Tell the story in your own words

B·O

I'm sure those

grapes are sour!

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-GROUPS Maurice Sendak draws monsters for children's

books Children love his drawings, but some/people say

they are too scary for children

What are they saying?

(Check your answers on page 107.)

J.lt;H'" do you shovv you don'tbQJj~v~someonQ'}

How do you show you are angry?

Facts

A GROUPS Try to complete the sentences

I Gestures are one kind of _ _~

if.secret message

Were.rOllrighl?

3. In most countries, moving your head up and down means "yes."

like something

5 Business people in the United States shake hands and look you in the eye

o Now listen and check your answers

B GROUPS

• Take turns saying the facts Then close your books

• How many facts can you remember? Say all the facts you remember

Talk about Your Experience

Example: A: What call yOIl "say" withollt words?

8: I'm happy, I'm hungry, alld 1'111 thirsty.

• Now"say~one of the above without words

• Can your partner understand your body language?

Make a gesture Your class gives the meaning in words

B WHOLE CLASS Make a list of gestures Decide who uses the gesture more often men or

women

Example: Women smile more often than men.

Give Your Opinion

I disagree Jthink menunderstand men's body language,and women understand women's

better than men

Example: A: I 'hillk the lIlan is right Womellll.Wlally pay more atremio/l to \ Iagree

~::: : -Ustening Comprehension 1

Warm up: Are there gC!lluresIh~1 everyone underslnnds?

"There is one gesture that people everywhere use." listen Then decide what gesturethe speaker is talking about

The gesture is SIll/it

(Check your answer on page 107)

Conversation Practice

A PAIRS Take turns Choose one of the statements below, and use gestures to express it Your

Example: A: What am I saying?

B: Isil "I dOIl't know?"

A: Yes, it is YOII're right.

B PAIRS Label these body parts Use the words in the box (Check your answers on page 107.)

What parts of the body did you use to make the gestures in Part A?

head

hand

8. sh (r.

10.

"

Comprehension 2

m up: When do you shake hands? Is your handshake strong? When do you touch ack? When is it OKto interrupt a person during a conversation?

-GROUPS listen to information about customs in Brazil Then listen again andcompletethe chart

Brazil People daAi A Md<.when It's OKto ~ ther

they meet.Itlasts a J~It~ time people's (JAn/$ ,if 41t. ~

The use g d ~contact conversation Itshows you are

~heyshake the ha dof WttfollJ ~d

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GROUPS Do you understand these American gestures? What dothey mean? Write the answer on the line (Check your answers on page 107.)

/~'

a Stop

b J can't hear you

c Be quiet (usually for children)

d I've had enough to eat

Do you use these gestures? Do your friends use them?

Which hairstyles do you prefer?

A GROUPS Guess which statements are true (T) and which statements are false (F)

l The average head has 100,000 hairs

2 The average person loses about 100 hairs a day

4 Hair grows faster in cold weather

5 British nurses wear wigs

B GROUPS

• Take turns saying the facts Then close your books

• HO\\ man) facts can you remember? Say all the facts you remember