Men w a n t to be a woman's fir s t love. Women like to be a man's la s t romance.

Oscar Wilde, Irish writer

3B Stereotypes - or are they?

1 G R A M M A R articles: a /an, the, no article

a ( ^ T rd e )th e c o r r e c t a n s w e r s .
1 I t h in k (girts)/ the girls a re b e tt e r at le a r n in g languages / the languages th a n boys / the boys.
2 D id y o u lo c k door / the door w h e n y o u le ft house / the house t h is m o r n in g ?
3 M y s is te r w o r k s f o r Japanese ja Japanese c o m p a n y . S h e ’s engineer / an engineer.
4 I d o n ’t u s u a lly like fis h / thefish , b u t salmon / the salmon w e h a d la s t n ig h t w a s d e lic io u s .
5 W e g o to movies / the movies o n c e a week / the week.
6 D o n ’t w o r r y ! I t’s n o t the end / end o f the world / world.
7 D o y o u t h in k women / the women a re m o r e s e n s itiv e t h a n men / the men?
8 W hat beautiful / a beautiful day! L e t ’s h a v e lunch / a lunch o n th e p a tio .
b A r e th e h ig h lig h t e d p h r a s e s r ig h t ( / ) o r w r o n g ( / ) ? C o r r e c t th e w r o n g p h r a s e s .

2 P R O N U N C IA T IO N /ə/, sentence stress,

/ðə/ or /ð!/?
a L is t e n a n d c o m p le t e th e s e n te n c e s .

1 I’d l ik e to speak to th e manager .

2 I p u t t h e ___________________ o n the

3 ___________________ a re w e g o in g t o ___________________
1 T h a t ’s p r e tt y d r e s s - t h e c o lo r s u its you .
to n ig h t?
a pretty dress________________________________
4 C o u ld y o u ___________________ t h e ____________________
2 H e ’s h o p in g to v is it h is p a re n ts th e n e x t w e e k e n d .
fo r a m in u te ?
He's hoping visit his parents nex weekend.
5 S h e n e e d s to see a ___________________ a b o u t
3 T h e m o n e y d o e s n ’t m a k e p e o p le happy.
h e r ___________________ .
Money doen't make people happy.
6 W e w a n t t o ___________________ f o r a __________________
4 M y g ra n d fa th e r le ft s c h o o l w h e n he w a s 14. to m o r r o w .

5 T h e y go to th e d e n tis t a b o u t t w ic e th e y e a r .
They go to the dentist about twice a year
6 H a v e y o u w a tc h e d D V D th a t I le n t y o u ?
7 T h a t w a s o n e o f th e b e s t m e a ls I’ve ever had.
8 W h a t n o is y c h i ld ! W h e r e a re h is p a re n ts?
What a noisy child! Where are his parents?
9 A le x is s t u d y in g to b e c o m e d o c to r .
Alex is sdudying to become a doctor
b L is t e n a g a in a n d re p e a t. C o p y th e r h y t h m .
c L is t e n a n d re p e a t th e p h ra s e s . P a y
a t t e n t io n t o th e p r o n u n c ia t io n o f the.
1 T h e c o n v e r s a tio n w a s a b o u t th e w o m a n n e x t d o o r.
2 T h e u n iv e r s it y in v it e d a g u e s t to s p e a k a t th e m e e tin g .
3 1 s o m e tim e s g o t o the th e a te r in th e e v e n in g .
4 W e t o o k th e e le v a to r in s te a d o f w a lk in g u p th e s ta irs .
5 T h e o f f ic e g a ve m e a ll th e in f o r m a t io n I n e e d e d .
6 T h e g ra y s k ir t is n ic e , b u t I p r e fe r th e b la c k o n e .

10 I lo v e th e ca ts, b u t m y b o y fr ie n d d o e sn ’t lik e th em .
I love cats, but my boyfriend doesn't like them.

11 H e r h u s b a n d s its in f r o n t o f th e T V a ll day.

12 S h e a lw a y s gets to th e w o r k a t f iv e - t h ir t y .
She always gets on to work at five-thirty
3 R E A D IN G b R e a d th e a r t ic le a g a in . C h o o s e th e r ig h t a n sw e rs .

1 M e n c a n f in d it d i f f ic u lt to p e r c e iv e ...
a R e a d th e a r t ic le o n c e a n d p u t th e h e a d in g s in th e c o r r e c t p la ce .
a th re e c o lo rs .
A M e n a re b e tte r n a v ig a to rs t h a n w o m e n (b ) o n e c o lo r,
B W o m e n t a lk m o re t h a n m e n
c a n y c o lo rs .
C M e n d o n 't see c o lo r s a s w e ll a s w o m e n 2 S e e in g c o lo rs w e ll help ed p re h is to ric w o m e n ...
a f in d in te r e s t in g t h in g s to eat.
b c o o k fo o d c o r r e c tly ,

Stereotypes c c h o o s e th e r ig h t f r u it .
3 T h e r e s u lt s o f th e s tu d y s h o w e d t h a t . ..

supported by science a fo u r-y e a r-o ld s d o n ’t have s p a tia l aw aren ess,

b b o y s le a r n s p a t ia l a w a re n e s s b e fo re g irls ,
ı _______________
C
c g ir ls d o n ’t h a ve s p a tia l a w a re n e s s.
Men have a reputation for wearing clothes that don’t look 4 W o m e n d id n ’t n e e d s p a t ia l a w a re n e s s in
good together - if men do look good, it’s because their p r e h is t o r ic t im e s b e c a u s e ...
girlfriends or wives have helped them get dressed. Why’s that? a th e m e n w e re a lw a y s w it h th e m ,
Science says: Let’s take a look at chromosomes - the parts of o u r DNA b th e y n e v e r le ft h o m e ,
tha t control many things about us. The color red is carried only by the c th e y d id n 't tra v e l f a r f r o m h o m e .
X chromosome. Women have tw o X chromosomes, and so they are
5 M e n a re w o r s e a t c o m m u n ic a t in g b e c a u s e ...
more likely to be able to see red. Men only have one X chromosome.
a p a r t o f t h e ir b r a in s is s m a lle r.
How we see color depends on the a bility to see red, blue, and green,
so women are m ore likely to see colors better. Being able to see colors b t h e ir b r a in s a re 17% s m a lle r,

well was im p o rta n t in prehistoric times when women looked for fru it for c t h e ir b r a in s a re la rg e r.
food. They had to be able to tell the difference between the types of 6 T h e f u n c t io n o f th e c o r p u s c a llo s u m in th e
fru it on the trees so tha t the y did n ’t choose a typ e th a t was p oisonous. b r a in is ...
For them, seeing different colors meant they could survive. a to c o m m u n ic a te b e tw e e n b o t h sid e s,
2 A
b to s to re d iffe r e n t la n g u a g e s,
M ost men have a natural ability to read maps while women c to c o n t r o l th e la n g u a g e p ro c e s s .

usually need to turn them around. How come? c L o o k a t th e h ig h lig h t e d w o r d s a n d p h r a s e s .

Science says: Men are able to see the size and position of things W h a t d o y o u t h in k t h e y m e a n ? U s e y o u r
much quicker than women. This a bility is called “spatial awareness”. d ic t io n a r y t o lo o k u p t h e ir m e a n in g a n d
Researchers discovered in a study o f four-year-old children th a t only p r o n u n c ia t io n .
one girl has this a bility for every four boys. Once again, the explanation
can be found in the past. Do you rem em ber those prehistoric women? d C o m p le t e th e s e n te n c e s w it h o n e o f th e
Well, while they were looking fo r fruit, the men traveled long distances h ig h lig h t e d w o r d s o r p h r a s e s .
to hunt animals. When they had caught enough, they had to find their
1 It’s a definite advantage to h a ve g o o d
way home again. And this is where the y learned “spatial awareness.”
te st s c o re s i f y o u w a n t to g o to c o lle g e .
The women d id n 't need it because they hardly ever went out o f sight of
2 D o n ’t e at th o s e m u s h r o o m s y o u fo u n d
th e ir homes, but for the men, it was vital.
poisonous
o u ts id e ! T h e y c o u ld b e ___________________ .
B
3 responsible
3 W h o 's _______________________________________
for
Humans are social animals, so why is it that men don’t like m a k in g t h is m e ss?
sharing their problems while women tell their best friends more
4 S h e 's _______________________________________
likely
everything? to a c c e p t i f y o u in v it e h e r h u s b a n d a s w e ll.
Science says: The answer is in the brain. The parts responsible for have
5 I t a lia n p e o p le ___________________
a reputation
language are 17% larger in a wom an’s brain than in a man’s brain. Also, _______________________________________ fo r
women use both the left and the right side o f the brain to use language, b e in g g re a t c o o k s .
while men use only one side - th e ir strongest side. And there’s more. vital
6 I t’s ___________________ th a t I f in is h th e r e p o r t
The p a rt o f the brain tha t connects the tw o parts together - the corpus b e fo re th e e n d o f th e day.
callosum - is larger in women too, which means th a t they can move
inform ation from one p a rt to the o th e r p a rt more quickly. N obody
is sure why these differences exist, but it's d e a r th a t women have a
definite advantage over men when it comes to com m unication.

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 4 V O C A B U L A R Y collocation: verbs / 6 L IS T E N IN G
adjectives + prepositions a L is t e n to a r a d io c a ll- in p r o g r a m . W h i c h

a (C iT c le ) th e c o r r e c t p r e p o s it io n s . s p e a k e r h a s th e m o s t t r a d it io n a l v ie w a b o u t m e n d o in g
th e c o o k in g ?
1 T h e y 'r e a r r iv in g at / on /(m) S e o u l o n F rid a y .
1 N ic k ŋ 2 Eve Q 3 F ra n k Q 4 M a r t in a [_
belongs f o r / f r o m / to m e.
2 T h a t s u itc a s e
3 W e s h o u ld a s k s o m e o n e at If o r / o f d ir e c tio n s .
4 W e m ig h t g o c a m p in g , b u t it d e p e n d s
in I o f I on th e w e a th e r.
5 E v e r y b o d y la u g h e d about I at I to m e w h e n
I f e ll o f f th e c h a ir.
6 W h o ’s g o in g to p a y f o r
j o j j with th e m e a l?
7 I d re a m e d about Ifrom / with m y o ld s c h o o l
fr ie n d s la s t n ig h t.
8 T h a t g ir l r e m in d s m e about I o f I to m y c o u s in .
b C o m p le t e th e s e n t e n c e s w it h th e c o r r e c t
b L is t e n a g a in a n d m a r k th e s e n t e n c e s T ( tru e ) o r F (fa lse ).
p r e p o s it io n s .
1 N ic k is u n e m p lo y e d . X
1 T o n y u s e d to b e m a r r ie d to T e re sa .
on 2 H e w o u ld n ’t lik e to b e a ch e f. __
2 Y o u c a n r e ly ______________ m e to h e lp y o u w it h
3 E v e c o o k s a ll th e m e a ls a t h e r h o u s e . __
th e p a r ty to m o r r o w .
about 4 S h e s p e n d s a lo t o f t im e c le a n in g th e k itc h e n .
3 T h e y ’ re w o r r ie d ______________ t h e ir
te e n a g e so n. 5 F r a n k t h in k s th a t g ir ls w o r k h a rd e r t h a n th e y u s e d to. __

in
4 W e 're n o t v e ry in te r e s t e d ______________ 6 F r a n k t h in k s th a t g ir ls n o w a d a y s c a n c o o k .

a b s tra c t a rt. 7 M a r t in a 's p a r t n e r d o e s a ll th e c o o k in g . __

from
5 I ’m v e r y d if f e r e n t ______________ m y siste r. 8 M a r t in a r e s p e c ts m e n w h o c a n c o o k .
at
6 A d a m 's v e r y g o o d ______________m a th . c L is t e n a g a in w it h th e a u d io s c r ip t o n p . 71.
to
7 I 'm fed u p ______________ t h is w e a th e r.
for
8 H e 's f a m o u s ______________ h is r o le in
Sherlock Holmes. USEFUL W O RDS A N D PHRASES
L e a r n th e se w ord s and p h ra se s.
5 W H E N A R E P R E P O S IT IO N S
c la im (vb) / k le ir n /
STRESSED?
r e d u c e /n 'd u s/
L is t e n a n d c o m p le t e th e d ia lo g u e s . a lm o s t /'o lm o o s t/
s lig h t ly / 's la itli/
1 A Who did you argue with ? w h e re a s /w sr'rez/
B I ___________w ith m y ___________ .
a c c o r d in g to /a 'k o rd n j tu /
2 A Who are y o u _______________________ ? in fa c t A n 'ftekt/
B I’m ___________ a t ___________ ! ra n g e f r o m / 'r e in d 3 fro m /

3 A What are you s o _______________________ ? te n d to /T e n d ta/

B I’m ___________ about m y ___________ . be s k e p tic a l o f / b i 's k s p t ik l av/

4 A What are yo u _______________________ ?

B I’m ___________ to t h e ___________ .
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b L is t e n a g a in a n d re p e a t. C o p y th e r h y t h m .

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