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Advanced Unit 10, p97, pp156157 script 3.8: Belonging to a group

Review
1 Read part of a speech to new employees by a corporate trainer. Complete it with the correct
prepositions.
Its no easy matter to live or 1 work
others day in and day out. You can sometimes feel irritated or
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bored, but if you 2 bond
each other strongly enough, you can rise above those petty feelings. One
useful tip is not to 3 get territorialC2
things, spaces or roles not to see them as mine and yours.
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When you truly 4 feel part
a larger group, when you truly 5 belong
an organisation, youll
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regard everything as ours. Youll have developed a sense of loyalty
that group, which will support
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you in your careers. One last thing, dont feel shy about 7 displaying pride
your organisation. Your
obvious enthusiasm will inspire confidence in your clients.
2 Cover exercise 1. Complete the sentences with one or more words where you see | marks.
1 Developing | sense | loyalty | considered crucial | your success.
2 I find | quite easy | bond | other people, as | love teamwork.
3 People who | territorial | not able | truly bond | others.
4 It | important | develop | sense | loyalty | whatever group you belong to.
5 Working | others day in | day out can | tiring but it | just part | life!
6 If you belong | group, | should feel confident | displaying pride | it.
7 It | comforting | feel part | larger group, like | sports team, | company | so on.

Extension
Belonging / Not Belonging
3 Read two peoples comments on their lives. Complete the highlighted expressions with the
correct words.
alienated

found

drove

bigger

associate

fend

left

ease

drifted

fit

When I joined my company, it didnt take me long to 1

inC1. I think thats important because
basically we 2
withC2 our colleagues for more hours of the day than we do with our family or
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friends. Luckily, I feel at
withB2 all my colleagues except one but thats another story!
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Anyway, I enjoy being part of something
than myself. Each of us contributes, each of us
is appreciated, none of us 5 feels
out of things B2. What more could you want?
I guess I had a rather difficult upbringing. My parents didnt get along and their quarrelling eventually
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me awayC2 from my family, so at 19, I had to learn how to 7
for myselfC2.
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Youd think, with a background like mine, that Id feel
from people but I dont. Its true I 9
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apart from my family for a few years but eventually I started visiting them again and weve
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enough common groundC2 to be comfortable.

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4 Complete the comments with expressions from exercise 3. Use the correct form.

Sorry, this sounds pathetic, but most of my life I had

to 1
. That made me quite independent,
even though I sometimes 2
of things. But
once I got married and had my rst child, I realised
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: a family. Its a great feeling belonging
to something.

When I was 18, I got a job caring for the

elderly. Id never 7
elderly people
before so it was a new experience for me.
Despite our age difference, we managed to
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and chat and laugh about lots of
things together.

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Of all people, I guess Im most

comfortable with my sisters. I really
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them. Unfortunately my
brother has 5
from the family,
though I hasten to add that no one
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him
. It was his own
choice. I do have hopes, though, that
well all be reunited in the near future.

When I first moved here, I 9

everyone around me. It was awful! But
once Id settled in and made some
friends, I 10
nicely.

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