Intermediate 2 Unit 7

Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3

Activity 4 Activity 5

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Activity 1

Someone is lost at ICANA and asks for directions.

Student Student
A B

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 Activity 1 Student A

It’s your first week at ICANA. You got lost inside the building.
Ask for directions.

Ask student B how to get :

From to
1. the library The lab
2. your classroom The restroom
3. the restroom Admissions office
4. Admissions office The Cashier’s office
5. The Cashier’s office The coffee machine

Activity 1 Student B

You’ve been a student at ICANA for over a year.

Another student is lost. Help him find the way.

Useful language:

At, next to, across from, on, up, down, through, in

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Activity 2 Fill in the blanks with the correct tense.

I=Interviewer T=Tony
I: Today I'm talking to Tony Crooks, the American movie director. Tell me, Tony,
how long (be)……………………………………. a movie director?
T: Well, I (study)…………………………….. movie-making in college in the 70s, and
I (work) ………………………………………….. as a director for over 20 years now.
I: What (be) ……………………………….. the first movie you ever made?
T: A Prisoner's Life in 1978, but I (lose) ……………………………………….. the only copy a
year later so nobody (see) ……………………………….. it since then! My first successful
movie (be) ……………………………… Always, which (come out) ……………………. while
I (divorce) …………………………….. my third wife. The critics didn't love it, but it
certainly helped pay for lawyers and alimony.
I: (make) ……………………………… any movies outside the US?
T: I usually (work) ……………………… in the US, but I (make already)
……………………………… two films in Australia.

Activity 2 Fill in the blanks with the correct tense.

T: Next month, I (fly) ………………………………….. to Montreal to shoot a commercial.

I (spend)…………………………………. a couple of weeks there if I like the city.
I: When (go) ……………………………………. to Australia for the first time?
T: In 1995. I (want) ………………………….. to make a TV documentary called The
Outback, about life in rural areas so I went to the Australian Outback: It was piles of
dust in the middle of nowhere followed by miles of absolutely nothing. I (drive)
……………………….. back to civilization when the idea of making Razorback (pop)
………………………………....... into my head: what (happen) ………………………………………. if
a giant mutant boar terrorized the few humans scattered around this desolate
wilderness?
I: What are the best things about your job?
T: The travel and the people. I (travel) ……………………………………………all over the
world, going to film festivals and so on. Actually, I (meet) …………………………. wife
number four in Cannes.
I: Well, thank you, Tony.

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Activity 3 Do or Make?

DO MAKE

Activity 4
After years trapped in a cubicle, you decide that your days of
wasting your life under fluorescent lights are over. You are
going to fulfill your childhood dream and become a cowboy.

Student Student
A B

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 Activity 4 Student A

Desperate Rancher
Because of the swine flu, half your cowboys are out of
commission. Being shorthanded at the moment, you are
considering giving a job to a pale faced city slicker who claims
to have some experience. You
Suggested language:
• How long have you worked in your current job?
• What do you dislike about it?
• What do you know about cattle?
• Why do you want to become a cowboy?
• (you really need to hire somebody so you are willing to forgive
inexperience)

Activity 4 Student B

City Slicker
Even tough you’ve spent half your life in front of a desk,
whenever you have free time you go to the countryside and ride
horses or do some hunting. Once you even milked a cow!

Suggested language:
• I have always dreamed about being a cowboy.
• I can ride horses.
• I have experience with cows.
• (go ahead and bend the truth as much as necessary)

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Activity 5 Let’s listen to a song!
U2 – I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Complete with
I have ………………….the highest mountains
these words:
I have ………………… through the fields
Only to be with you (x2) scaled
I have run, I have ………………….
I have …………………….. these city walls run
These city walls
climbed
Only to be with you.
But I still haven't ………………….. found
What I'm looking for.
crawled

Activity 5 Let’s listen to a song!

U2 – I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

…… I have spoken with the tongue of angels

…… It burned like fire
…… I have held the hand of a devil
…… A burning desire
…… It was warm in the night Put the lines in
…… I have kissed honey lips order
…… Felt the healing in her finger tips
…… I was cold as a stone.

But I still haven't found

What I'm looking for. (x2)

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Activity 5 Let’s listen to a song!
U2 – I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

I only believe in the Kingdom Come

Then all the colors will bleed into one
Just bleed into one.
But yes, I'm still running too.
You broke the strongest bonds Cross out the
And you loosed all the chains extra words
Carried the heavy cross of my shame
Oh my shame, you know I do believe it.

But I still haven't found

What I'm looking for. (x4)