V ssimitarities P. vowel and consonant sounds, sentence stress 1 LISTENING © 29 Cover the dialogue, Listen once. Try to | a Look at'the photos and describe the two’ men. remember three things they have in common. j b Read about the two men and answer the questions. Uncover the dialogue. Listen again and fill the gap: Who are Jim Springer and Jim Lewist A HilT'm Jim, 2. Why didn’t they know each other? B So___1. Great to meet you. Are you married, 3 When did they meet? Jim A Yes...well,P've been married twice, | B Yeah? So __ 1. Do you have any children? t A Ihave one son, B So. What his name? A James } B Thats amazing! My son's name is James too. ‘A. Did you go to university, Jim? B No,I didn’t A Neither I. Las a terrible student B So ___ 1, What do you like doing in your free time, jim ‘A like making things, especially with wood. Some years ago, two identical twins were B That acdsee Beet ealinianesous usa, they ware edeneel A Rut dont doany exert stall Lok a me . yAivo ilecent families. The two nee B Don’t worry, Neither I ; families both called their babies Jim. Jim Soe ee ; Springer never knew that Jim Lewis existed. DS ae But when they were 40 years old they met ee : Te aSpemaairhnvet A Chevrolet in for the first time and they had a convers. something like this. ‘Me too! Let's go and have a drink. What beer do you drink? B Miller Lite A So__1! 2 GRAMMAR 60, neither + auxiliaries a Lookat the di the twins use. logue again. Write one phrase that when they have something [#] in common. when they have something =) in common, b © p.i40 Grammar Bank 8D. Read the rules and d the exercisesEADING & VOCABULARY id the text and answer the questions. 1 Who reunited the two Jimst What did Dr Bouchard want to find out? 3 What was he very surprised by? 4 What are their sons and their dogs called? ‘What do they both do for their wives? 6 What does Dr Bouchard believe, as a result of the case of the two Jims? ‘Complete the phrases with these words, 1 Jim Springer looks exactly __Jim Lewis. 2 Jim Springer’s son has the same name 3 The two Jims __ have dogs. +4 Jim Springer likes baseball and —_ 5 Jim Lewis doesr’t like basketball and 6 Dr Bouchard didn’t expect them to be so Jim Lewis's son. does jim Lewis does Jim Springer. toeach other. Complete the sentences about you and your family. Tél your partner. have the same colour eyes as my 100k like my 3 My personality is quite similar to my — My and I both like Hike and so does my Idontt like and neither does my 4 PRONUNCIATION sounds, sentence stress 5 SPEAKING IM SPRINGER AND JIM LEWIS Were reunited after forty years by Dr Thomas Bouchard, Professor of psychology atthe Univers of Minnesota. He was investigating how much of our personality depends ‘on genes. Dr Bouchard was amazed by how many things the twins had in common. He had expected them to look identical and to have similar medical fistories. But he and his team were very surprised to find the enormous similarities in the two Jims! personalities, their lifestyle, their hobbies, ther religion, even their potical beliefs. ‘Some of the similarities are incredible: sim Springer’s son is called James Allen, and Jim Lewis's is called James ‘lan. They both have dogs named Toy. They lke and hate the seme sports end they voted for the same President. ‘And both lims have the same romantic habit of leaving Title love letters for thelr wives around the house. Dr Bouchard is convinced that genes are probably much ‘more important in determining our personality and preferences than people used to think. a Complete the sentences so they are true for you. @ The same or different? Circle the word ME WHO ELSE? with a different sound in each group. a a a seas Hove __. (a kind of music) 2 aS mien I don’t like — (@TV programine) Lae 3 two rice twins Pm (tar sign) 4 identical incredible immediately iiaserr pea ew tt) Law 2 eee ed I'm going to this weekend. (an activity) 6 iow know bow 5s : | - rae eee ao Thareto every day, (an obligation) 8 beer tree weekend I donteat (a kind of food) P'm not very (adjective of personality) | ——___— b B10 Listen and check. Practise saying the words. b Move around the class saying your sentences, For each sentence € “Gi Listen and repeat the dialogues. Underline the stressed words, 1 A Like tea B Sodol. 2. Al'm tired, B Soam| 3A ldon’tsmoke, _B Neither dol. 4A lmnot hungry. B Neitheram |. dB Listen and respond. Say you're the same. Use So T/ Neither — L {ove elassieal mus try to find someone like you, and write down their name. Respond to other people’s sentences. Say So do/ am Tor Neither do / am Tif you are like them. S $0401 a