8

CEFR
A2
People and
GRAMMAR:Can / can't; be good in; want to /would
nterested

NVOCABULARY: languages:personality adjectives;physical descripuo

FOCUS FUNCTIONS: refusing
rt of the
abilities

permission; talking
talking about abilities; asking for, giving, and
like to / need to;
arts
adverbs
face
of m a n n e r

about possibility

Lesson 1 Languages and more languages

You first! What 6
can you speak
languages

On dil konu_abilirim.

Yo hablo diez idiomas.

So parlare dieci lingue.

Eu falo dez idiomas.

Puc parlar deu llengües! 10

Mnopo va uiAo õEKa EevEç YAwooeç

A 3Haro 10 A3bIKO0B.

VOCABULARY Languages
1. SMatch the languages with the sentences above.What do the sentences say?

6Arabic HCatalan 1Greek3 talian 2Japanese sRussian 7Mandarin Chinese 9 Portuguese & Spanish Turkish

2. Ask and answer the questions.

1. How many languages do you speak! 2. Which language is your favorite?
Why
3. 6d 2.41 Read the article below and guess the answers to the questions. Then Iisten and check.
1. How many languages can Ray speak? 3 How many can he have a conversation in?
2. How many can he speak fluently! 4. How many languages can
a"hyperpolyglot" speak
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"What's a Hyperpolyglot?"
Englishman Ray Gillon is an unusual man. He's very good at learning languages. He
learns them for fun and can speak 'Cigijicolanguages. Well, thats not quite true.
He can speak e i s h l languages fluently. But he can have a conversation in the
otherl e r languages. They include Turkish, Russian, Mandarin, and Thai.
Language experts describe Gillon as a "hyperpolyglot. Hyperpalyglots speak a lot
of languages-4 Cleeo or more, Some people can speak SX_languages,
but there aren't many hyperpolyglots. For a lot of us, learning a language isn't easy.
And some people just can't learn another language-but then maybe they're very
good at math or sciencel

70 Unit 8
GRAMMAR 1

CAN/CAN'T 4. Circle the correct word for each

Affirmative rule. Then complete the table.
/You/He/ She/
lt / we/ They ConSpeak ten languages. We usecan can't when we know how
Negative to do something
Some people say they Con t learn another
language. We use can /(cantwhen we don't knowV
Questions and short answers how to do something
o you speak English? 5. Find and underline examples of can
Yes,I Cax /No,Ia a t and can't in the article on page 70.
o PAGE 139

LISTENING

6. P68 2.42 How do we say can and can't in these sentences? Listen and underline the schwa /la/ sound.

Can they dance? But they can't sing.

Yes, they can. They're very good.

7. Now ask and answer questions about the pictures.

8. THINK Which statements about hyperpolyglots and languages are true?

can remember words and sounds T4. When you know the grammar of one language, it's
1 . Hyperpolyglots
easier to learn another one.
easily. 5 . Al hyperpolyglots are interested in meeting people
2. They are always interested in languages when they
from difterent cultures.
are young
learn
3. WVhen you are good at one language,you can

other languages quickly

to Exercise 8. Correct the

false statements.
answers
9. 60 2.43 Listen and check your

again and look GRAMMAR 2

10. Read the sentences in Exercise 8
that are
at the table. Then write four
sentences

true for you. BE GOOD AT

can + noun: She's good at tennis.
1.Work in small groups. Talk about what you
do and what you're good at.
-ing form: I'm good at playing the guitar.
BE INTERESTED IN
+ noun: They're interested in art.
-ing torm: VWe aren 't interested in cooking.
Find out which
EXPI.ORE ONLINE have the
ones
are difficult to learn, and which OPAGE 139
ldnguages to you:
seems interesting
most words. Which one

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