Se) ay aaa) a eee Nelo N TE RELATIONSHIPS LISTENING 3A Read the text, Discuss. Do you think male and female brains are diferent? How? What are the stereotypes of men and tramen in your county? 1A Work in pairs. Think of all the people Yyou have talked to in the last za hours. ‘What relationship do they have to you? 2-28 B Look at the words in the box and | answer the questions, bossandemployee classmates partner teammates member godfather and godmother mentor and pupil fiancée and fiancé 1 Which pairworks together? b 2. Which pir promises to help guide 2 chils through Ife? 3 Which pair is going to get married? ¢ 4 Which pairinvolves one person learning from the other? 5 Which word describes people who play in the same sports team? 6 Which word describes people who go tothe same class? ‘ 7 Which word describes a person who is ree ‘ Are men’s and women’s brains See erionow errten wired differently? C (EMA! Listen to six sentences. Tick the words in the box in Exercise 1 Which you hear. D oro STRESS Six of the words have two syllables. Find the words and underline the stressed syllable, Say the words aloud, putting the stress on the correct syllable. fe that men are from Venus and women are from b -agearrhers think that male and female heains are vited differently, with male brains wired from back to front, and female brains wired from side to sie, This might explain ny men are Rood at performing a sinele task. tke cycling or igating. whereas women might be better at mult-taskne, Other researchers disagree, however. What do YOU think? Try the bike test to find out if your brain s male or feral. page 148 VOCABULARYBANK =—+— a speakout TIP 1 DINE Take a piece of paper. Listen to Part 1 and 2 and Remember: most two-syllable words in follow is HFS esr sree English have the stess onthe fret slahle. DBE Liston tothe explanation in Part 3. Tum ta page Hold a hand under your chi. Sa the word 158 and check your picture. How many parts dd you bike slowly The jaw (the bottom part of your have? Cou it work? Does it have a person on it? Compare your chin) drops more onthe stressed sable. Dicture with other students. Discuss the questions 2 Workin groups, Discuss the questions. 1 Was the explanation correct for you? 1 Can you think about one man and one 2: ooyou agree win te presenters views about men and women? woman who have played important roles in your life? Who were they? Why was the relationship important? 2 Doyyou think men and women are different in these roles? How? people are important. Men, on the other hand, n getting the machine right. 935‘4 A Read the information. Which comments do you agree/disagree with? Can you think of any opinions toadd? Are men & women really different? We asked for comments 2 and this is what you said. e es “Absolutely! Men can’t watch ‘sport on TV mCi talk to their I girlfriend at the same time.” “WOMEN DON'T KNOW, z : READ MAPS.” “Women remember every outfit they've worn for the past wenty years. Men can’t remember what they were wearing yesterday ‘without lookng on the loon” “view want Duy 4 pair of shoes on the internet in 90 seconds. ‘Women like to take three weeks.” “A baby is crying, a dog is barking, a doorbell is ringing, but the man of the house is sleeping. Men can sleep through anything. Women cant.” “Men speak in sentences. ‘Women speak in paragraphs.” B Do the men and women in your life conform to the normal stereotypes? Why2/Why not? eV REVIEW OF VERB TENSES ‘5 A Match the underlined verbs below with the tenses a)-d). 1 We asked for comments and this is what you said, 2 Men can't remember what they were wearing yesterday. 3. Women remember every outfit they've worn for the past twenty years. 4 Abby is uyiny, a) present simple +) present continuous ©) past simple 4) past continuous B Complete the rules with the correct tenses a)-d). 1Weuse ___ for actions, events or “ituatinns that are finished, 2Weuse___for things that are going on at a particular moment in the present. We ixe__ for habits, routines and things that are always true. anu | 4We use ‘when someone was in the middle ofan action ata particular moment in the past Read about state verbs. Underline three ‘examples in the text above, | Some verbs are not usually used in the | continuous, eg, want, like, remember, |B understand, know. These are called ‘state verbs: page 128 LANGUAGEBANK 6 A Read the text below and put the words in brackets into the correct vse, My name is Matsuko Tamazuri|am twenty-three and (be) a student. study French and Spanish at university in Osaka, where PR (grow up), butat the moment ___(learn) English in New York When | first ~ (get) here, evenything* — Geen) diferent: the food, the clathes and the weather Now! (enjoy) itand it feels ike home! have a boyfriend called Josh. a (ree) him three weeks ago wen (ook) for an internet cafél My hobbies? (be) surfing the net and singing. — (sing) evety Uy, usually in the Bathroom B Work in pairs. Ask questions and write your partner's personal profile, Use the profile above tohelp.