) 7.2 Embarrassment ea k a Grammar & Listening [mcettiag ee oo 2a 20 68) of these situations would be the m ‘embarrassing? Compare your answers with a partner. ‘You have to ay the bllin ¢ restaurant but you realize you haven't got enough cash to pay the bill and they com’ take creat cards, You tela le to your boss and he fines out (on Facebook, a friend posts a proto of you at a festa ‘when yousshould have been at work You are goingto listen ro the introduction roa radio programme where a psychologist t embarrassment. Can you think of any situat embarrassment might be useful? Discuss your ideas with « partner 73 Listen and checkyour predictions sin and answer th zai List 1 What momentscan weall recall? 2 Wh 5. How mightembarrassment eet ourhealth negatively? 4 What's the good news about how athers se us? function does embarrassment have? 74) The psychologist talks o two language learners about ‘embarrassing moments in their learning. What were the problems? Canyou think of similar examples from your own language learning? Tell your partner, (On oxford 30007 Read the Grammar facus box and complete theres with the words in the box. hypothetical near future past prefer regrets ureal Wie often use past tenses to tak about * ‘tuations: past simple forthe presen or future, and past perfectforthe?@ “would rathe/sconer + past simple to say that one person or unreal would? ‘someone to dont do something ‘A can te her about i? 1B Fd ratherisooner you didn't 1d rather peoote cin’ know about “= I's mign‘about) ume + past simple to tak sbout something ‘that has to be done now or inthe ‘t's about time you eart to take care of oursel “ actsoemoo, etc. +35 as though + pest sme or past perfect to show that something sor was 5 He acts as though he was the manager. aut he Ist) ‘She looked as fshe had seen a ghost. ut she did) * wish only + past simple or past perfecto tlk about wishes and ¢_—_ ‘only felt more confident. {wish 1 could speak in pubic without feeling so selfconscious. {wish sedi’ sent thot ema. ‘only i though bofore sont shat emai. “Fish ony + would t tak about what you want someone ‘alse to do ‘wish people would listen to what have to say. Grammar Reference page 155Write what you would say in these situations, using the words in the brackets in the appropriate form, 1 You turn up at party: Everyone is dressed in formal clothes, and you're in jeans and a T-shirt, What do you say to yourhost? fonly then I'd have worn son twas a formal occasion, ething appropriate! (realize) 2 Your colleague seems confident in everything he does. You're rather under-confident, What do you say to your friend? 1 more self-confident. Then Vd make a better impression on my colleagues: (cel) 3. Your flatmate is always borrowing your things. You're really not happy about it, What do you say to him/her? “Td rather sy things! (use) 4 It's 1.00 a.m. Your neighbours are very noisy. You have to getup early for work. What do youssay to your wife/ husband? x s0 much noise, Ihave to get up 16.00 a.m. I'll be really tired tomorrow. (stop/make) Your colleague was flying toa very important meeting but she arrived atthe airport late and missed the plane. ‘What do you say to her/him? ‘Lwish. the plane, Then we ‘wouldn't have last the contract! (catch) 6 Asmall company started selling a new product, For along time, no one was interested, then a famous footballer bought the product and it became really popular. What does the manager say to his employees? For quite long time, it seemed asif no chance of success. (have) 7 Theroadsin the rown youliveinare terrible and you want the council odo something about them. What do yousay to your neighbour? “The state of these roads isa disgrace I's - (epait) COE reacting to events 6a Workwith a partner. Look at the situations, which might be embarrassing. Decide what you would do if: 1 your boss criticized you in front of your team, 2 your neighbours often held loud partes until ate at nigh. 3 youwere told at check-in that your flight was overbooked and you could not board. log that barked all the ime. mood and shouted at you. 6 your manager praised you in front ofall your colleagues. b z5()Listen-o sixpeople takingabout the situations in exercise 6a How do they say they would react? © Match answers a-fto situations 1-6 in exercise 6a, a We'd endup havinga heated argument. b_T'dbe so mortified I wouldn't know what to say. (a tryo keep my temper. Itnever helps to shout at people 4 Htwould really get on my nerves. €. Itwould take me by surprise. £ Lwouldn't take it personally. 4d. Which reaction was closest to yours for each situation in exercise 6a? Can you think of other situations which would provoke similar reactions? 7a Read the extract from a blog. How would you have reacted? People say you should think twice before making life-changing choices. And while I con't ike to rush into decisions, especialy important ones, sometimes You have to grab an opportunity when it presents telt Last year, my company opened an office in Japan ‘and asked me to be the manager. |was speachiess when they offered to promote me so quickiy. Fd only ‘been with the company for six months. Fora minute, | ‘couldn't think straight. | made a point of saying | would work very hard and make a success oft b_ Match the words in blue in the text the definitions. 1 beabletothinkclearly 2 takea chance with enthusiasm 3. think carefully before deciding to do something 4 do something without thinking abaut ic earefully 5 make sure you do something because itis important or necessary 8a EASY Work witha partner Student A, turn to page 128. Student B, carn to page 135. ‘Tell your most unusual or surprising answers to another pair. © vox PoPs wne0 77.2. past tenses and would for unreal situations |We often use past tenses to tak about improbable o un R729 1 Tobe honest. rather you hadn't sad anythin to he. 2. Ws time we had achat ebout things. 3 He's acting as thoush he was in charge 2 wish it wasnt ining situations and often when we are expressing something we desire, We use the pastsimple/continuous to express such situations in ‘the present future and wo use the past perfect for situations in the past ‘We use would ratherSooner + subject + past tense to tlk about ‘what we prefer someone to do or what we want to happen Would sooner is perhaps more informal than would rather anc more used in speaking. ‘fd rather you didn’t smoke in the epartment if you don't mind. ‘We'd sooner they spoke tous directy Note that when would ratherSooner i not folowed by 2 subject, ‘we use an infinitive (ithout zo) rather than a past tense. {fd rathertsooner commute than actualy move ard vein london. Would you rather go or stay alte longer? We can also sometimes use. present tense after would rathor’ sooner. Tis can make what we are saying seem more direc. "ed rether you don’t smoke nthe apartment you don’t mina. ‘We use i's time + pastsimple/continaous to talk about ‘something that has to be done now or inthe very near future, "We can also use it's high time and it's about time. t's about time we were going. ‘We can use actsbohave, etc. +25 7 though + past tense to ‘how that a present situation is untrue. ‘She's behaving as if se owned the piace ‘We use wistvf only + past tense to talk about wishes and regrets, ‘ish | could speak bettr French. fonly had mare money. {only you'd told me eartior ‘She wishes she'd said something a the tine. ‘We use wish + would to talk about what we want to change in ‘he future. | wish Sara would stop teling everyone what haopened. Complete the conversations with the correet form of the verbs in the box. be do get go not/post notisey play remember stay stop 1A Come on. l'stime we. miss the start of the gig. B OK, justa minute, 2. A Can tell Samira about your newjob? B Tad ratheryou anything to her Just yet, Maybe in afew days when T've made. final decision. 3A How's the new job? B I'sgoing fine. But I wish my boss would ‘my name. He keeps calling ‘me Alexor Alice. 4A Busortaxi? B ldratherwe (OK. It'll be much quicker. 5 A Arsenal will have either Milan or Barcelona in the next round. B Ithinkthey'd sooner Don't you? 6 A Treally wish those photos on Facebook. 'm so embarrassed. only someone me before I did it, B Well, did try totell you you'd regret it. 7 A I’shigh time the government something about the unfair voting system. B Lagree. But I suspect they'd rather it the same. Changing it would probably be an advantage to the opposition parties. 8 A Monica isa bi {ull ofhersel these days. B Yes, she's acting asifshe the only important person around. avast ifthar’s Milan, Rewrite the sentences so the meaning is similar using the word initalies, 1 Treally regret leaving my last ob. wish 2 We need to start thinking about our holiday plans. time 3 Itwould be better for me if we met on Monday. rather 4. Hewantsusto believe he’s made of money. acting 5. Why on earth did I say ll those things! only 6 Tdprefer younot to do anything just yet. rather 155