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43 EESEEELY what are your goals? ~~ In this section you will learn to: O share opinions about inspirational sayings. talk about the past and the future. © STARTER: It is new year's day! Do you have any goals for this year? Write a sentence saying if these are your personal resolutions. 1. Lose some weight. 2.Gotothe gym. 3. Finish my English course, 4. Other. © © © © 1 observe, tisten, complete and repeat. BASE FORM | EXPLANATION] SIMPLE Ses La PRESENT Cg PARTICIPLE BAILOUT CAUGHT RED HANDED. KEEP YOUR NOSE CLEAN ROAM 40 4°5- G40 4S E=SROnss OT” Scanned with CamScanner 1.Goon ____ organized 2.Stop a diet/eat healthier 3.60 time with family/friends 4, Be in touch new people 5.D0 certification /an exam 6.Be more with nature 7.Leama more 8. Passa exercise 9. Overcome a dance or sing 10. Learn to new language T.Go out green 12. meet. fear 15. Spend more smoking Match the vocabulary about challenges and goals 40 Listen to Thomas talking with his grandfather George about his fears. Then, repeat. GEORGE: Good evening, Tom. It's late, why don't you go to sleep? THOMAS: Well, granddad. | really would like to, but | have a lot of homework. | sometimes feel like giving up on school, ‘GEORGE: Well, you know what they say: “If it wasn't hard, everybody would do it” ‘THOMAS: | see you have been a successful man and | think it was easy for you to get where you are now. ‘GEORGE: It wasn't. have learned a lot of things during my life. have had ups and dewns, but you need to Keep going.“A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement” When you accomplish your goals, you see everything was worth it. It wasn’t easy to study or to get into university, as itis nowadays. | worked several years with my father, besides washing cars and selling things during some time before | could get into college. THOMAS: | have also worked washing cars and I sold cookies, to. When | was a boy scouthad to walk for miles knocking on doors to sell them and get my badge. GEORGE: It wasn't easy, but you knew you would get your prize. Now that: ‘you are not a kid anymore, you know you need to keep going to get where you want to be. care, He gave me a low grade. ‘GEORGE: Really? And what did you do? ‘THOMAS: Well I went to the IT lab and the technician there recovered my work, so! gave it to the teacher the following day. He didn't give me a10, but, at least,| passed the subject ‘GEORGE: The good thing is that you didn't stop trying, You didn't resi a ene gee P trying, in't resign yourself to getting a bad grade, or THOMAS: | suppose Discipline is the fuel of achievements; "so I need to. ing. to ‘me. I needed to hear some wise words from a fee ee wise man like you. Scanned with CamScanner @ IV. Answer the questions in complete form. — 1. What do you think “discipline Is the fuel of achievements” means? ean ee 2. What is your opinion about the saying “if it wasn't hard, everybody Midi petits a 3. Do you agree with the phrase: “the starting point of all achievment is desire’ at a ee 4, What has been your situation in reaching your goals? ‘What obstacles have you overcome? ‘When talking about the past, we can use: 'e THE SIMPLE PAST when the action was completed in the past ‘© PRESENT PERFECT to talk about past actions connected to the present, or to talk about experiences EX. | worked several years with my father. (when i was young) I HAVE SOLD COOKIES. (EXPERIENCE) (Write an example from the reading) (PAST ACTION CONNECTED TO ‘THE PRESENT) Ne @® V.Fillin the blanks with the correct form of the verb. LL (meet) a lot of wonderful people in my life. (get) new opportuniti 2.The man (quit) his job because he. 3.Peter. (lose) his school bag and he___ (not find) it, yet. 4,The students. (give) me their homework yesterday. 5. The boss (hire) 20 new employees so far. @® Vi Correct the mistakes in the following sentences making the ideas true for you. have go ona diet several times. 2. My mom hast lee to dance when she was suyteine nes eng len Yea 4, lovercome my biggest fear. 5. My bother hitr have rata peop ts YO — 4) Scanned with CamScanner © VII. Answer the question in complete form. 1.Did you pass the last exam you had? 2. Have you gone green yet? 3.Are you an organized student? 4. Have you been ona diet? 5. Did you spend time with your family last weekend? ® © © _ Viltisten and repeat the following vocabulary. Then, match each word to its corresponding image. |1.Be healthy/in good shape 6. Be successful 2 Geta degree/ceriiication 7. Speaka language fluently Travel abroad 8. Buy ahouse/ear ‘4. Finish school 9. Become a millionaire '5 Have your own business/company 10. Win a competition ®©@© @ IX. Listen and repeat the following quotes. Then, underline the future perfect. © Sue When | tur 25, will have finished school and | will have gotten married. | think families are really important for society, so | will have had two kids by that time. © Emily:| will have finished a course in Spanish and | will have traveled to Europe. will have gotten @ degree in Lawn Spain, ‘© ‘Steve: I will have finished high school and I will have started my own business. "Il have gotten a certification in personal training and nutrition, bbe in good shape because 42 Scanned with CamScanner @ © _ X.Listen and read the following chart. Then, repeat. The future perfect is used when we talk about an action that will be completed by a certain time in the ture. EX. By the end of the week, I will have completed my lesson. will + have + past participle In one year, | will have become bilingual. @ _XI. Write sentences with the following ideas using the future perfect. 1. Katy /course /20 years old 2. Frank /house /retire 3. Paul millionaire /40 years old 4, Diana / business /50 years old. 5. Martin and Lily / abroad / 40th anniversary @ Xil. What do you think you and your family will have done in 5 years? Write a paragraph using the future perfect. © XII. Katy was given information about several degrees for her to start choosing what she would like to study. This reading is about law. ‘Many people want to enroll in Law studies because there are alot of benefits. The most important ones are high wages, stability, and the respectable status associated with law jobs, Law affects all aspects of society. From the protection of life, the use of the internet; to international relations, that is the reason why law graduates are capable of doing many important roles in different professions. However, itis important 5 — toremember that law is to respect justice, a noble call that is most laudable. Ifyou are willing to begin a career in law, you are required to demonstrate fortitude, commitment, a desire touphold laws and a willingness to become an expert in the legal system. Besides all the features mentioned above, some of the best reasons to study Law are as follows: 10 — One of the main reasons you should study law is because it is such a fascinating and broad discipline. We mentioned before, almost everything we do is governed by law, whether we buy something online, drive on the highway, post something on the internet. As a lawyer, you will constantly be confronted with 43 Scanned with CamScanner ich pose all kinds of problems. Your work wil rarely be repetitive becouse industries and horizons. inderstand behavior and our s Jaw ale allows us to better understa Te aw aso af ser to empathize with them andunderstan by alitferont issues ening various : ee ciety By listening to peoples id their reasons and struggles, "es 5— ing difficult puzzles and Impossible chaj vy se who enjoy solvit a, a epi path for tho : Pads Lapebprties on esues. For some, the answer is straightforwarg aretha sere yunnconsanng te eget he ose consequences. ally when considerin d protect fundamental human rights : ok no further. Law comes with a great Hassett jab that wil do more than just invoices, look no further. Law comes Wi © area sang meaningful aceomplishment that comes from helping others, fighting and standing up oy 25 — Innocend vou can avoid terrible mistakes like the cases of people spending years in Prison for crimes ty) id not commit. and you will not be able to get all the lawsuits, even if you are right. But you ip Itis a huge responsibility, everit a mm ‘and that’s all we can ask for. do whatever it takes to improve our society, 1. On line 2, the word WAGES is closest in meaning to.. A.quality Bsalary expectations D.benefits 2.1n paragraph 1, this feature is NOT mentioned as a requirement to begin law stu ‘A. position B gesture pass D.consider 3.In paragraph 5 they mention all these accomplishments EXCEPT: ‘A Paying your bills 8. Becoming popular €. Defending the guilt-free D. Assisting people 4. The word THEM on line 16 refers to. A people B stories behavior and society reasons 44 Scanned with CamScanner Nears In this section you will learn to: (1 find out what personality traits you have in common with other people. Ci compare personal profiles. Di talk about changes in life. Ci compare families. © © _ Starter: Listen and repeat the following vocabulary. Then, write complete sentence to describe these members of the Taylor family. Outgoing Grumpy Selfish Hardworking (ir)Responsible (im)Patient Ete. Naughty © © © © . Observe, listen, complete and repeat. SIMPLE Saks Zou EYG=iesM) [ong MANMON) eer NS? Pata (HE, SHE, IT) lTo BE HANGING IBY A THREAD [To BE OFF THE HOOK lTo PIN SOMEONE | Down 45 ee ee A OR Scanned with CamScanner sf_I +L Aperson who has achieved his goals and more is h_ghly s_¢c_ssf_! 2.A person who objects forcefully is str_naly _pp_s_d 3.|1can see you have no doubts about the topic. You look s_If 4, My team at work is Tr__st-w__rthy.'m sure they will never cheat on me. 5, He doesn't want his children to believe in Santa Claus. He is sot__ghm_nd_d -e_nf_d_nt 6. These h__ppy-g_-__cky guys never care about the future. 7. We have the idea that fathers are b__d-t_mp__r_d. They get angry easier than mothers. 8.Aperson whois arrogantisb_g-h__d_d, 9. Don't worry, He won't be offended for what you said, Heis br_d-m_nd_d. 10. Mexicans are known to be q___ck-w_tt_d, We can react at anything fast. T.3udges need to be f__r-m_nd__dso they make just decisions, ® © Mitisten to Katy and Mia comparing personality traits in boys. Then, repeat. @ MIA: Hey, are you going to the party? @ KATY: I don't have anybody to go with. @ MIA: You need to consider looking for a partner at Finding your Soulmate. Com @ KATY: don't believe it is worth spending time looking for someone that way. @ MIA: You are so tough minded. It will be good if you risk going further. ve heard this app is really good for Eing friends with similar personality tralts Let's see...mmm., Luca: it says here that he ort confident and trustworthy. @ KATY: Sounds good! Let me see his photo... h no! He looks so bad tempered. I'd dislike ‘meeting boys like him, @ MA 0k You're right. There's another one. Andrew: broad minded and quick witted, @ {ATY:Do you think he is the right person for me? @ MIA Well you are not the kind of person who likes to be tolerant. You are more traditional and sometimes kind of slow when it comes to getting quick answers. Let's keepon looking, & re Scanned with CamScanner @ KATY: Oh! You're so meant | wouldn't mind meeting a highly successful man, you know. Not a happy-go-lucky ‘uy who is just spending time and money asif there were no future. @ MIA You're right. Finding the perfect man for you is a really serious thing. Here! youare looking for He looks so handsome and well-dressed. @ KATY: Mmm, he does, but I can see he is kind of big-headed too, @ Miz Then. | think he is the perfect man for you! @ KATY: don't understand what you're talking about. De you mean that I'm also big- headed? @ MA Helping you with thisis just too difficult! You need to be more fair minded. © © Mtisten and read the followi g chart. Then, repeat. There are some verbs in English which are followed by another verb. In some cases, the second verb has to be it Jgerund (the ING form). This is generally because we express an activity. EX. You need to consider looking for a partner. {twill be good if you risk going further. |Some verbs followed by gerund are: beworth celebrate consider confess detest dislike enjoy miss postpone resist risk @ V.Order the sentences. 1Lare/to/ We / celebrate / going / the promotion. / getting /we're 2.him. / considering / Sam / dating / older than /a girl /is 3. avoid / You / should /on /someone. /cheating 4, my friends /1/talking to /from school. / miss 5. have /the list. /finished / They / checking @® Vi.Complete the sentences using gerunds. 1LAt school, itis worth 2.My father detests “Because ofthe HibITn, WS TRIOM POStPONG cattiearacis Sunihs caconle ee nc se ailllned eerie Ls ‘4. The man finally confessed a + 5.Children enjoy 47 Scanned with CamScanner to get some information about some i gent to the personnel office . D) Vil Diana was sor al profiles and how she compares How people have changwothen re the profiles they wrote when they were hire Some coworkers have changed. These a them have been working here for 7,10 or 15 years and they have changed alot. ined to improve and helpoth siastie man, ing to help others, Cheerful and determin i ae erent ofa tour Well tis was written 7 Years age. Now he as become litle sesh. He doesnt. May his knowledge with the new employees. And only afew stil enjoy working : rl |am an experienced joiner with well-developed skills and experience in conerete fit ‘aarke arbre capparted many diferent tedes ovrthe ears” His skls have changed over the year he is much older now. He has become a good administrator in the storage area. He is capable of id, good material and contacting the best suppliers. Rita:"1am a punctual and motivated individual who is able to work in a busy environment and produce high Standards of work. am an excllent tear worker and am able to take instructions from all levels and bu, 00d working relationships wth al colleagues. am flexible, reliable and possess excellent time Keeping vi ted working more Independently. She tries to keep good working Felationsis, little quiet and shy. ING, 12 aso a skieg ate ‘Since her car accident she but stil | think she becam © VII. Write your personal profile. @ 1% How would you like t i different? Why? = > “h3nge? Are there any traits that you would like to be Scanned with CamScanner ® © © Klistenai 7 Hsien ind match each word to its corresponding image. Then, 1. Troubled childhood 2.Get divorced 3. Single mother /father 7. Dysfunctional farnily 5 Raise child 6. Divorce settlement 7.Adopta child 8. Get pregnant 9. Custody of the cl 10. Loving family sage PAAAAA © Martin: tt's good to finally see you again. It was so difficult to find a date forall of us to get together © 3ason: Yes, it really was! © Edward: How have you been, Jason? | heard you married Alison, the popular girl whom ‘everybody liked. © Soson: Well yes, butt didn't ast. She couldn't stand the ifestylo| was giving her She thought was 3 rich ee ut that we were lacking things or even some luxuries, ut she wanted to have more and ran aoranted to get divorced as soon as possible, but we couldn't get to an agreement |wanted re he children's custody, and she wanted to have more than a half of our belongings $0. ee ie arto get to a divorce settlement. Finally, we could spit up as cvllzed people. didn't too oe ep on fighting and having our children being part of a dysfunctional family © Martin: Oh, that's a pity! At least you get to see. your children and spend time with them. And what about et age you stilinte mechanics? | knew you were working with your deat his autoshop. Cee EE! ao Scanned with CamScanner dad for some years, then I decideg vith cars. worked with me Gine. The ood thing about f° e way that is more convenient for yi" it workshop which modifies cars, ip.) reat lly Yes stil love working bie ‘something different and | took a car’ ‘designin: classes online is that you can organize your te th finished my course and now | work for an impor ‘what | love doing. Jason: And what about the family issue. Are you married? © Edward: Well Sue and | got married when we were 25. always dreamt of having lena fa rian both wanted a child so we decided o adopt. We submitted papers ond were 1 walting jt two years until we were chosen to adopt a two year old. Our ves have changed entirely ig then. Sue and I grew closer and are giving our gil allthe love she deserves @ Martin: The advantage of getting a child this age is that you don't have ry: "5 to feog him @ 3ason: And that you don't have to waste money in diapers! @ Edward: Those are just extras. We love our kid. There's nothing we wouldn't do for her. @ Martin: What happened to his mother? © Edward: Not sure. It was a closed adoption, so there was no contact with the mother and the agency was unay ‘to release any information, © 3ason: | understand. Sometimes people are just not ready for the responsibilty, and it isa valid decision, Tm glad you and Sue were able to give that little girl a home. @ Edward: Yes. We love her so much and do our best every day for her happiness © XI Read the following chart, joun clauses can be used after be. hrase + preposition + gerund- verb BE + that + noun clause. ‘a. The problem with adopting him was that he missed his mother. 'b. The advantage of getting a child this age is that you don’t have wake up every 3 hours to feed him. ‘Some phrases and prepositions you can are: purases PREPOSITIONS [he trouble /problem with |The advantage / disadvantage / benefit / down: of FP lacjective) thing /part about 50 Scanned with CamScanner © XiIL Write correct or incorrect, circle the mistake, and rewrite the sentences correctly. 1. The bad part to get pregnant is that you have morning sickness. 2.The trouble with being a single mother that you don't have anybody to help you. ‘3. The benefit of getting a di FCe Settlement being that you can be your ex-spouse’s friend. 4. The problem with not getting a divorce is that you usually live in a dysfunctional family 5. The advantage with living in a loving family is that you don't have a troubled childhood. @ Xil. Write sentences using the prompts and your own opinion. ‘Ladvantage/ married ee eh 2.thing (not) having children, 3.problem, ‘4. downside S.benefit @ XV. Read Phoebe’s story about her last Christmas. My name is Phoebe and I'm from Mexico. In my country, We like to get together with the family very often, every Sunday, or for birthday parties, But let me talk about the last Christmas reunion we had with my mom's family. My mother's family is really united, even though we are morethan 200 people. Well, they were 12 siblings and each of them had between 4 and 8 children! Last Christmas the gathering was about 130 people. | was happy to see my old uncles and aunts again. My cousins and thelr families came to the party and we had a delicious dinner. had a great time talking to my cousin ier. t had been a long time since I didn’t know anything about in Sonora, north of the country. We talked fora long time. ‘The oldest cousin Hector, told us some stories about how our grandparents, sed to live in the last century. All the teenagers and children broke some pifiatas, t was fun watching them get the candy from it We played some ‘games and also we danced a lot. Finally, Santa Claus showed up bringing, presents to everybody. | got a wonderful purple scarf and gloves. At the end, we took a picture of the family. | hope to get the chance to see ‘and hug more of them next year. C2 [EEE SI Scanned with CamScanner @ XVI. Write true or false. 1. Phoebe talks about a Sunday family gathering. 2. She saw 12.uneles and aunts. '3.200 hundred people got together. 4.Javieris the oldest cousin. |} 5, Everybody received a gift. 6. The youngest relatives got candy. needs to go to court, so he looked for i's fri ible. He XVII. Jason, Martin's friend, got into trout Ee oe ihe queatior. some information about what a trial is. Reat 1is a coming together of parties to settle a dispute, to present information in a tribunal, a 7 form of tribunal is a court. The Frelinghuysen toast for disputes. Snot Types by findar offact son ‘Where the trial is held before a group of members of the community, is called a jury trial. Where the is held before a judge, its called a bench trial. Hearings before administrative bodies may have many of the features ofa trial before a court, but are typically not referred to as trials. An appellate proceeding is also ‘generally not deemed a trial, because such proceedings are usually restricted to review of the evidence 10 — presented before the trial court, and do not permit the introduction of new evidence, ite ‘Trials can also be divided by the type of dispute at issue. Some of them are: Criminal ‘criminal trial is designed to resolve accusations brought against a person accused of a crime. In common 15 —lIawsystems, most criminal defendants are entitled to a trial held before a jury. Because the state is attempting to use its power to deprive the accused of life, liberty, or property; the rights of the accused afforded to criminal defendants are typically broad. The rules of criminal procedure provide rules for criminal trials. civil 20 —A civil trial is generally held to settle lawsuits or civil claims (non-criminal disputes). in some countries, the government can both sue and be sued in a civil capacity. The rules of civil procedure provide rules for civil tials, Labor Labor law is the body of laws, administrative ruling, and precedents which address the legal rights of, and 25 —restrictions on, working people and their organizations. As such, it mediates many aspects of the relationship between trade unions, employers and employees. Mistrial A judge may cancel atrial prior to the return of verdict; legal parlance designates this a mistrial. ‘Some other kinds of processes for solving conflicts are also expressed as trials. Foexampple, the United States Constitution requires that a judge, or another federal officer by the House of Representatives (the subject 30—of the impeachment) may only be removed from office by a trial in the Senate, : Scanned with CamScanner 1. According to the text, a trial A.isa place to present your cl B.is the same in all the countries. C needs ajudge and ajury all the time. D. may be canceled by the jury. 2. Online 9, what does deemed mean? A. presented to. B.considered. C.demanded. D. required. 3. Which of the following statements is true? ‘AcIn criminal cases the government accuses the individual B.A civil case is related to criminal cases. C. Labor cases are restricted t D.Acriminal case is usually hi 4. On line 24, the word address is closes! Adirect B.deal with C. move to D.assign fo employers and employees situations. eld in the presence of a jury: meaning to: ——— Scanned with CamScanner

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