Ingls

B2

B2.2 Unit 3

Warm up video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dWMIuipn_c#t=157

Transcripcin:
- You know I really enjoy interviewing applicants for this management training course. Come
in. Ah. Come and sit down.
- Thank you.
- Would you mind just standing up again one moment? Take a seat.
- I'm sorry?
- Take a seat. Ah! Good morning.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
- 'morning.
- Tell me, why did you say 'good morning' when you know perfectly well that it's afternoon?
- Well, well, you said 'good morning'. Ha, ha.
- Good afternoon.
- Ah, good afternoon.
- Oh dear. Good evening.
- ... Goodbye?
- Ha, ha. No. ... Aren't you going to ask me why I rang the bell?
- Err... why did you ring the bell?
- Why do you think I rang the bell? Five, four, three, two, one, zero!
- Well, I, I...
- Too late! Goodnight, ding-ding-ding-ding-ding. Goodnight. Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-dingding.
- Uhm. Oh this is, is the interview for the management training course is it?

- Yes. Yes it is. Goodnight. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
- Oh. Oh dear, I don't think I'm doing very well.
- Why do you say that?
- Well I don't know.
- Do you say it because you didn't know?
- Well. I, I, I, I...
- Five, four, three, two, one, zero! Right!
- I'm sorry, I'm confused.
- Well, why do you think I did that then?
- Well, I don't know.
- Aren't you curious?
- Well, yes.
- Well, why didn't you ask me?
- Well...I...err...
- Name?
- What?
- Your name please, your name!
- Um, err David.
- David. Sure?
- Oh yes.
- David Sure.
- No, no Thomas.
- Thomas Sure?
- No, no, David Thomas.
- Goodnight. Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding- ding-ding-ding.
- Oh dear we're back to that again.

- Goodnight. Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding.
- I don't know what to do when you do that.
- Well do something. Goodnight. Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding, five, four, three, two, one . . . Good!
- Good?
- Very good - do it again. Very good' indeed, quite outstanding. Ah right. Ready now. Right,
once more. Goodnight, ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding.
- What's going on? What's going on?
- You've got very good marks.
- Well I don't care; I want to know what's going on! I think you're deliberately trying to
humiliate people, and I'm going straight out of here and I'm going to tell the police exactly
what you do to people and I'm gonna make bloody sure that you never do it again. There,
what do you think of that? What do you think of that?
- Very good marks.
- Oh, oh well, do I get the job?
- Err, well, I'm afraid not. I'm afraid all the vacancies were filled several weeks ago.

GRAMMAR
HARDLY / SCARCELY AND NO SOONER

These three expressions can be used (often with a past perfect tense) to suggest that
one thing happened very soon after another. Note the sentence structure:

..hardlywhen/before..
..scarcely. when/before..
no sooner..than

Examples:

I had hardly/scarcely closed my eyes when the phone rang.

She was hardly/scarcely inside the house after the kids started screaming.

I had no sooner closed the door than somebody knocked.

We no sooner sat down in the train than I felt sick.

In a formal or literary style, inverted word order is possible.

Hardly had I closed my eyes when I began to imagine fantastic shapes.

No sooner had she agreed to marry him than she started to have doubts.

EXCLAMATIONS: STRUCTURES

Exclamations are often constructed with how and what or with so and such;
negative questions forms are also common.
1.Exclamations with how
These are often felt to be a little formal or old-fashioned
How + adjective
Strawberries! How nice!

How + adjective/adverb + subject + verb

How cold! (NOT: How it is cold!)
How beautifully you sing! (NOT: How you sing beautifully!)

How + subject + verb

How youve grown!

2.Exclamations with what

What a/an (+adjective) + singular countable noun

What a rude man! (NOT: What rude man!)

What a nice dress! (NOT: What nice dress)

What a surprise!

What (+ adjective) + uncountable / plural noun

What beautiful weather! (NOT: What a beautiful weather!)

What lovely flowers!

What fools!

What + object + subject + verb (note word order)

What a beautiful smile your sister has! (NOT: has your sister!)

3.Exclamations with so and such

So + adjective

Youre so kind!

Such a/an (+adjective) + singular countable noun

Hes such a nice boy! (NOT: a such nice boy)

Such (+adjective) + uncountable / plural noun

They talk such rubbish! (NOT: ..such a rubbish)

Theyre such kind people (NOT: .so kind people)

4.Negative question forms

Isnt the weather nice!

Hasnt she grown!

Americans and some British speakers may use ordinary (non-negative) question forms
in exclamations.

Boy, am I hungry!

Wow, did she make a mistake!

Was I furious!

THE 3r CONDITIONAL

Utilizamos el tercer condicional para hablar de situaciones que podran haber tenido
lugar en el pasado pero finalmente no lo hicieron.

Estructura: [If + past perfect clause] + [ Subject + would + present perfect]

If it had rained in Granada, I wouldnt have gone skiing last December.

(Si hubiera llovido en Granada, no habra ido a esquiar el pasado diciembre).

Las dos construcciones que forman el tercer condicional ([a] ,[b]) pueden aparecer
en el orden inverso ([b] [a]) sin que esto suponga ningn cambio en el significado.
Sin embargo, a la hora de escribir la oracin slo es necesaria la coma cuando la frase
con If aparece en primer lugar.

If we had played a little better , we would have won the game.

(Si hubiramos jugado un poco mejor, habramos ganado el partido).

We would have won the game if we had played a little better.

(Habramos ganado el partido si hubiramos jugado un poco mejor).

Existen otras conjunciones condicionales que pueden utilizarse como alternativa a

If:

Unless = a menos que, a no ser que.

I never listen to the radio, unless there is something interesting.

(Nunca escucho la radio, a no ser que haya algo interesante).
[I only listen to the radio if theres something interesting].

As long as = siempre que, mientras que.

I dont care what you did, as long as you love me.

(No me importa lo que hiciste, mientras que me quieras).
[If you love me, I dont care what you did].

Providing that , provided that = siempre que, slo en el caso de que.

Providing that she works harder, shell have a rise.

(En el caso de que trabaje ms, tendr un aumento de sueldo).
[If she works harder, shell get arise].

In case = por si, en el caso de que.

Ill knock on the door again, in case he hasnt heard it before.

(Llamar de nuevo a la puerta, por si no me ha odo antes).
[If he hasnt heard it before, Ill knock again on the door].
Exercise6. Rewrite the sentences using the third conditional structure:

a. He crashed his car, because he fell asleep while driving.

a.

b. We couldnt go to the concert, because we didnt have enough money.

b.

c. I lost my job because I was late in several occasions.

c.

d. The wind was so strong that the bridge collapsed.

d.

e. I couldnt call Mats, because I lost her number.

e.

Exercise7. Match the sentences on the left (1-5) with the ones on the right (a-e):

1. If the cook hadnt ran out of flour,

a. we would have seen the match.

2. If I had won the lottery,

b. you wouldnt have got stomachache.

3. If you hadnt eaten so much,

c. she would have baked a cake.

4. If you hadnt had a coffee,

d. you wouldnt have been so nervous!

5. If we had stayed at home,

e. I would have sent you a present.

Exercise8. Complete each sentence with as long as, unless, in case or provided that:

1. They dont go abroad __________ the language of the country is the same as theirs.
2. __________ you do it in the smoking area, you are allowed to have a cigarette.
3. I offered some snacks and refreshments __________ they were hungry and thirsty.
4. Shes arriving this evening __________ there arent any delays.
5. __________ anything unexpected happens, I do the same thing every day.

VOCABULARY
ADJECTIVES FOR AN INTERVIEW
Trabajador
Puntual
Diligente
Tenaz
Motivado
Extrovertido
Determinado
Fiable
Paciente
Organizado
De confianza

Hard-working
Punctual
Diligent
Tenacious
Motivated
Outgoing
Driven
Reliable
Patient
Organized
Trustworthy

USEFUL VERB: TO PROVE (DEMONSTRAR)

EXERCISE 1:
The HR responsible is on a medical leave and asked you to be in charge of a job
interview. Its up to you to decide whether or not you want to hire a candidate. As you
want to make the right decision, we want to confirm it with your team mates. Continue
as shown in the example:

E.g. Mark carta de presentacin Before we decide whether were going to hire / to
employ this candidate, lets have another look at his cover letter

1.Julie preferencias laborales

2.Sam experiencia
3.John curriculum vitae
4.Jorge permiso de trabajo

5.Ana formacin
6.Helen antecedentes
7.Mike solicitud de empleo
8.Sue - referencias

EXERCISE 2:
Remember the useful verb weve seen before? If not, let us remind you that it was to
prove (demonstrar) .

Continue as shown in the example below:

-TRABAJADOR SACAR LAS NOTAS MS ALTAS EN LA UNIVERSIDAD
-I proved Im hard-working by getting the highest grades at university.

Puntual - llegar siempre temprano a todas las reuniones

Diligente nunca cometer errores con los informes

Tenaz triplicar los beneficios anuales de la empresa como director de ventas

Motivado ascender cuatro veces en un ao

Extrovertida aumentar el inters en productos y ferias de trabajo

Determinado trabajar hasta tarde por la noche hasta terminar los proyectos

Fiable terminar con xito cada tarea asignada por mi jefa

Paciente aumentar el nivel de ingls de mis alumnos en el colegio

Organizada coordinar a cien empleados en mi ltimo puesto de trabajo