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Lifestyle Elementary WB
companys
also a designer and all IFG’s products are of
‘exCellent quality. IFG is now a multinational
company but itis sti in the same factory — there
are too many products for the warehouse, and
there area lot of machines, but IFG needs more.
Finally, the design team is getting bigger and
there are too many people in the design office.
And this is the problem — IFG is too successful.10) ast simple be
1D too mal/not big enough
G Communication strategies Telephoning
D interaction Customers! expecttions
Finding solutions
Past simple be
BB Read the news stories and answer the questions
40
Holiday horrors!
Newly built :
\When the Holl Guzel advert sald it was a comfortable, newly butt hot,
‘twas tue. $3 new that whien hotel guests artived they found that halt
of te hotel wasn't built and the builders were on site doing work on it
‘Thay couldn't complain because the reception waso't rea,
Nowhere near the beach
Fran ley and her 65-year-old husband were very happy to read that
‘their hotel was near the beach because they couldn't walk very far.
When they rived they were disappointed hey found the hoe was
haifa klomete from te beac and here were tan buses fo take
them there.
Dry:rooms
ier the temperatures were 98° Cir Tunis tst sume, Carlos
(Chaves felt like a shower-But when he went fo his room there wasn't any
“water —nat to wash, not to drink. The golf course near the hotel used all
the water the day before tree wast any forthe hotel quasts.
11 Was the Hotel Guzel new?
2 What was the problem with the hotel?
3 Why were Fran Riley and her husband happy to get a hotel
near the beach?
4 How far from the beach was the hotel?
5 How hot was itn Tunisia?
6 What was the problem with Carlos room?
EB Find the words nthe stories in exercise fr these
deheions
1 a flow of water that you stand under to wash your whole
body
2 how you feel if you lke being somewhere.
3 tosay that you are not satisfied with something or nat
happy about something
4 unhappy because something good thet you expected did
not happen
EB complete the stories with wasin't) or were(n't.
That’s entertainment
When the Royal Hotel said there !
things to do in the evening, it alic. There
3 ‘2 200-person restaurant just under the guest.
rooms, so the guests 4 able to sleep.
lots of
Expensive phone call
‘When Mr Yu found his mobile phone 5 out of
power; he decided to use the phone in his hotel room,
He didn’t know that the price & three times
more than normal and that international calls,
five times more, When he got the phone bill
at the end of his stay, he § very happy.
GB Read the sentences and correct the mistakes.
1. A Were you in Wales yesterday?
B Yes, | wore
2. The receptionists at the Victoria hotel was vary rude,
3. Sony, could you say that again? | were in the other room.
4 | werent late for the meeting again, was I?[= MalceToilel Maro] offeR zelelse)e)
BD Match the words with the definitions. GB Wisite sentences for the pictures using too... or
1 shipping 18 amachine which makes the airmove ‘M0 enough.
0 that you feel ess hot
2 instructions b. something you use to conta apiece @
of equioment from a distance
3 remote control ¢ information that tls you how to do
something
4 fan sending goods a long distance, or the
cost of doing this
BD Read the review and choose the product the reviewer
on
bought.
photocopier television intemet connection air conditioning
a
TG Moda
Rating ®aery
Reviewer Johnny Toobad
0 use it every 3)
se he ot 3
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ee
was very excited about this ocx
dlay and we needed another cuickty bec
one wes broken, |crceed ifr the next
shioping was vey s
hip but this was net fast
Ro werk
‘and we cant contlit property
EB Read the review again and complete the sentences. 1
Use too .../ not ... enough and these words. 2
quiet complicated late big cool weak 3
4
1 The item came
2 The fan was ‘mistakes in question 3.
3 twas with the window open
4 The instructions for the product were
5 Itwas for the office space. 2 I'msony I'm late —the tani diver wasn't enough fast.
6 Itwas too noisy to work because it was 3 want to make a complain about the service in this,
restaurant, I's nat enough fast ~ my food was cold,
BB conc the mistakesin the sentences There are two
1 This teais too sweet for me ~ there's much too sugar initmmunication strategies | Telephoning,
GB choose the correct definition for the words.
1 reduction
a money that is given back to you in a shop because you
are not satisfied with what you bought
bb when the amount or size of something becomes less
than it was before
2 delivery
‘a. something that is made and sold by a company
when someone brings something to your house or
office, for example letters or things you have asked for
3 result
‘2 something that happens because of something else
the answer to a difcult question or problem
4 mistake
something that isnot correct
ba piece of information that you send or give to another
person
BB Now match the words below with the definitions you
didn't use from exercise 1
1 solution
2 message
3 refund
4 product
GD Read the text and choose the correct answer according
to the artide.
1 Unhappy customers send a complaint to their boss / tell
other people.
2 Ifa customer is unhappy you should give them something
free / tell them to speak to your manager.
3. The best way to deal with an unhappy customer's to liston
but don't admit you made a mistake /Tisten and say you're
sony.
When a customer isn't happy with your company’s service
how many people do they tell? Atleast three other people,
Customers like companies to treat them as individuals. When
‘you talk to customers, ask them their names, talk about the
weather, let them feel they know you as a person. Ty to give
‘them more than they ask for ~a price reduction or free delivery
on a product. And apologize when you make mistake. Listen,
to the problem and ask for information about it, finda solution
and thank the customer for phoning ~ ty to find a successful
result and always remember the other three people your
customer will talk to after the call
BB 9) 17 Listen to the conversation and choose the correct
1 Wher Staley fom?
4 ations
b Canbena
« Sydoey
2. What doeshe havea problem wih?
a bstaphove
pasa
gs
3: What does th customer sre att ak Stang foi?
1 i telephone rurber
¢: ha cedar number
Jado scan serves en ten poonvoore df
a rplent
b pai
6 iin a
G9 tston agin and ek) the thingsinoxeree 3 that
fn ay
1 ge aera io te bet
re them someting
soci
thank the customer
say goodbyePOLAT
BB Match the two parts of the quotations about customer service.
1 The customer a
2 Customer service isnot a department, ’
3 The quality of our work
4 Well done
7) Paw
ea
10 20
BD Read the letter and tick (V) the things above that Daniela is
complaining about.
SWIMMING POOL
CLOSED
3 I month pass
on 2oth epruary, 5 "Tp pourrenouth fer
on 206m Bporte club in Bournenaseh
to your *pertpaos included the SY
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very disappointed bec :
3 an very poe satisfactory. 19 You
service was a the club is open
every day. When
at
ym on Sunday
topped me and
hen he asked
that time of
cee ae
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£ Sei Sp Ine
130, PEs ee,
sid aie he
ks
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esmoy ge ei sae fo oe mam
syste ot eee” en tae,
Sacen ge toast
ny things in the oar
for repairs 5°
vubbish
strvetor in a Tubb
Wnat 2 rode sponte ny money back by the
sports club. I want m
end of the month.
yours,
Daniella Foxton
paniella Foxton
© itban attitude!
depends on the quality of our people.
is better than well said
EB Read the text again and answer the questions.
41. What isn't Daniela satisfied with?
the sports club
the sports club instructor
€ both
2 When did the gym close?
a lat
b cary
© ontime
3. How was the instructors behaviour?
a rude
b polite
© kind
Gl Read the advice and tick (V) the things Daniella does.
Complaining
‘You aro the qustomer and you have sahts ~# yous
19} saiisfed wih sontetrng, tal someane: Wheyals
wie your eter
1 keepitshort
2 be poite
8. say what you wert to happen
4: say when you wart hapten
omember~ the customers always fight:
GD Read the last paragraph of Daniella’ letter
‘again and rewrite itn more polite language.Past simple 1
GD Past simple 2
‘Communication strategies Asking questions
{Interaction Completing a CV
Turning points
A Past simple 1
BB match the stories with the questions,
1 Who was your favourite teacher?
2. Which subject did you enjoy most?
‘3. Which was your favourite school?
A
‘When | was young, 11 (stud) at two or three
different schools. The schoo! liked most was a Steiner
school - the teachers 2 (ty) to develop the whole
child ~ we learned languages from an eadly age, we 3__
(ister) to music and + (dance) during classes. it
was very interesting, we didn't have any schoo! uniform
and we didn’t have any tests
B
When 15. (want) to talk to someone at school, |
always § (sk) to talk to Ms Bingham. She often
7 help] me with my homework and when Ifelt
abit sad, she listened to me even though she was a very
‘busy person ~ she was the school head teacher. She was
interested in the education of all the students and
8 {call all of us by our fist name.
c
| wasn't very good at any class at school - my French was
poor, I couldn't do art and 1? (hate) spor. When
Thad homework | asked my sister to do it and did her
housework instead. Out ofall the subjects
10 (Gecide that I liked music and 177 (ike)
‘maths. found that the more 12 (practise) music,
the better I was st maths. Years later | discovered that some
people who are good at music are also good at maths.
BB Put the verbs in brackets in exercise 1 into the past
simple.
Read the text again agein and answer the questions.
1 What did the Steiner schoo! ty to develop?
2 Why was Ms Bingham busy?
‘3. What did the writer in C discover?
GB complete the sentences with words from the texts in exercise 1.
11 Mathematics, art, drama and geography are all schoo!
2 Not more essays! 've got so much today,
3 The schoo! is blue and yellow.
4 James studied at Oxford and Yale — he had a very good
5 The teacher who manages a schoo! isthe of the school
EB match the time expressions in the box with the dates.
yesterday moming last week the day before yesterday
the woek before last last month
1 Friday 17th March
2 Friday 3rd
3 Friday 10th
4 Wednesday
5 Thursday, amB Past simple 2
GB Look at the memory game and follow the instructions.
Memory gym
1 You are going to try three different ways of remembering
‘some letters. Read the letters below and try to remember
them. You have 10 seconds,
Cl AFBIUK CN NUS A
Now check the answer on page 46 and follow the instructions.
BB complete the text with the past tense of the verbs in the.
box,
do be
read meet say spend
Use it or lose it
‘Our memories get worse as we get older, this is clear
But does this have to happen? Can we do exercises for
‘our brains to stop them becoming so bad and to keep our
‘memory working?
Im 2002 doctors studied a group of older people forfour
years, They * active people who enjoyed Ife — they
2 ‘up with fends and 9 time in museums
and ar galleries. Thoy ¢ ‘books, played card games,
5 crossword and sudoku puzzles. They exercised
their minds in memory gyms by trying oiferent techniques
to remember tings like making ist of lettrs into stories to
remember them better. Doctors © that this group
hada reduced sk of developing Aldheimer’s disease a