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    VOCABULARY Describing character 1 Complete the sentences below with the words in the boxes, loyal sensitive bright calm 1 He's a great fiend to have. He's very - there for you when you need him: She's ve mean, she draws, she paints, she play He's one of the smartest guys I know — just very the guitar. She's always very __ end relaxed, even when everyone else is stressing about thin easily and he mean, ne gets upset very kes things very personaly 6 Some people find her quite he Decause she's so rocuses, so r-to get on wh ambitious charming competitive rect. with the ladie rman. I mean, he's very popular 8 She's always very She never upsets anyone or makes anyone angry. Sire avays says wht sie 10 He's highly He really pushes himset. bly thing. 12 She's very soorty and very She ahways wants to win and she really hates losing! 11 He's very successful, but he’s also He never shows off or 106 PRONUNCIATION Work in pairs. Say the adjectives in the boxes in Exercise 1 and decide where the main stress is. ERE Listen and check your answers. Then practise saying the adjectives with the correct stress Work in pairs, Discuss the questions 1 Can you think of three other things creative people do? kind of things might a very charming person Say of do? 3 In whet mays is Leiny ainbiious o what ways could 4 In what ways's being sensitive a bad thing? And in viel ways Could be Good? 5 Do you like people to be moi achievements? Why? / Why n 6 Doyou prefer people to be direc diplomatic? Why? bit more you thine of times competitive’ 8 Can you think of times when 5 Workin groups. Tell each other which adjectives you think best describe the people below and ‘explain why. + other people in your family + friends of yours + yourself + other students in the class LISTENING 6 EEA Listen to a man called Lewis talking to his friend, Jessica, about her family. Answer the questions. 1 Why doos Lewis start asking about Jessica's brother, Nosi? 2 In what way Is Lewis's mum similar to Now? 3 What's Noe! like? 4 What does Jessica think of her younger brother? 5 Why is she e bit annoyed at the end ofthe conversation? 7 EME Listen again and complete the sentences with three words in each space. Contractions count as one word. 1 Yosh, sorry. Ihad te ____ my brother Aloo Lenow. Iwas only five minutes ‘Ok, _, but she is very takative No, he to study Physics. I don't think. before I don't know. He's just so sensitive. I seem alot anyway 7 You nees to be ambitious, make eny money, 8 Wel. quess you get Inthe art world 8 Workin pairs, Discuss the questions. + Asa child, which is worst being the oldest, the ‘youngest or in the micidle? + Do you know any brothers or sisters who are very different to each other? In what way? ‘or you'll never + Do you know anyone who hes won @ scholarship? Where to? + Which of these sentences best describes what you Uvink about Jessica? 2. She's too hard on her brother She should support him more, bits'ine to telther brother what she thinks, but ‘maybe she should be more diplomatic. ‘© She's right to be hard on him. He sounds lke he needs a push! She actually sounds quite sensitive herself! DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS EES Re That's like ... When peoples about te characte ont someone, we offen compare the person to someone ‘Smart we know. To inreguce our comments we often ‘se Thatsike.. Once ne sits teeny, re west stopr OA, that’s fke my mum. She can tek for hours. 9 Match the sentences (1-6) with the comments en. 1 He never does anything around the house. 2 He's only three and whenever he sees me, he runs Lp end gives me a big hug I's so sweet 3. He's so serious. All ne ever talks sboutis politics. You can never just have a laugh with him. 44 She just lets her son do whatever he wants, She really spas him. 5 She's very shy She's not very good with people, 6 She works ceally hard and she's very focused and ambitious. That's like my cousln. He finds it quite hard to make few fends bb That's like my brother-in-law, He's very intense. © That's like my brother. He's only 23, but he's already running his own company. 4 That's abit tke @ friend of mine, He never says ‘no’ sither - and his kie’s realy naushty That's just ke my sister She's reall azy too. 1 An! Thats tke my niece. They're so Cute at that age. ‘Work in pairs, Student A: read out sentences I~ Student B: say the matching comment, but change the people so the sentences are true for ‘you, Then change roles and repeat, '&: He never does anything oround the house. 8: Thot’s just ike my brother Don, He's really lazy. CONVERSATION PRACTICE 11 Think of three family members you want to talk about. If you have photos of them on your Phono, find thom. Decide how to answer the ‘questions below for each person, + How old she /she? + What's he /she like? Do you get on well? + Are you close? Do you see him / her a lot? + What does he / she do? + Where does he /she lve? Ist near here? 12 Work in groupe. Talle about your family and show photos if you have any. Ask each other the questions above and any others you can think of. Add comparisons with your own friends and family when you can. Use That's like Unit 12 People Iknow 107 THE OLDER GENERATION READING 1 Work in groups. Discuss the questions. + Atwhat age would you describe someone as old? + Do you think i's better to be an ald person or 3 ‘young person in your country? Why? + How often do you spend time with peoole of a different generation? + Have your grandparents played an important ole in your fe? Why? / Why nat?” 2 Check you understand these words, which are from an article you are going to read. Then work in groups and discuss which words you associate with grandparents. Explain your ideas. inauigent discipine STRUGGLING TO FIT INTO THE ROLE OF GRANNY Jean Winship is finding it hard to adapt to life as a grandparent — and claims she’s not alone. Jam a grandma. Tve been trying hard to get used to the idea ever singe my daughter gave birth last year, but fourteen ‘months on. Im stil not quite sure how 1 fel. It doesnt help that my daughter has stared referring to me as Granny Jean. (Obviously, Tm happy for my daughter and think her son, Olle. is gorgeous. but Granny? !_L only recently twmed 30. still have a carer, big nights out and holidays in ‘unusual countries, T auspect that one of the reasons Tim not yet comfortable ‘with my mew status is that very litle about my'life matches the vague memories Ihave of my own grandparents. My’ dads patents both died before laa born andthe only thing ‘can really remember about my other grandfather was that he olien smoked a pipe. Lused to love the smell of the fresh tobacco. ‘After he died, Gran moved to a town by the seaside and weld go and vist for a week each summer. have fond memories of her because she'd completely spoil us, like we imagine grandmas are supposed to do, __ She also Jooked like my idea ofa typical granny: she was old, white-haired and wrinkly + CContraty 1 the common stereotype, the average age for becoming a grandparent is stil only 51 in the UK and 448 in the States, However, compared with our grandparents, ‘we're iter and will live longer, which means we can potentially play a more active ole in helping with childcare. ‘With more women working and with the costs of childcare rising, i’ estimated that almost 20% of grandparents now look after grandchildren for more than ten hours a week. All of this poses a problem for women like me 108 Soren who fought forthe freedom to get out of the home and have 2 career: we want our daughters to have the same freedom to work, bur are reluctant to give up our own jobs in onder 10 help them. We might provide financial suppor instead, but again chat might mean making sacrifices, such as spending Jess on the leisure and travel we enjoy so much (On top of this, my notion thatthe roe of grandparents is to be indulgent also seems to be problematic. 1c true that many granclparents today are often reluctant to discipline their grandchildren because it breaks the unspoken rate that, grandparents should never interfere with their childrens parenting. Yet a the same time, its fairy obwious that a lack of discipline can produce spilt children who rule the house ‘ull, while there ate complications, research also suggests there be benefits for me in the longer relationship Ill have with my grandson. A study in Contemporary Grandparenting found that such relationships are stronger and more wo. vay than we perhaps realise.“ However, research suggests that grandchildren increasingly contribute 1o the relationship by helping their grandparents stay up-to-date with changes in the world and ‘keeping them young’. Now thar something Pd certainly fel good about. 3 Read the article. Find out: 1 what reasons the writer givesto explain why she's eugaling with hor now rela. 2 how she feels about being referred to as Granny — and winy 3. which of her grendparents she knew best 4 two stereotypes of ofandoarents that are mentioned 55 how the writer might benefit from her relationship, with her grandson, 6 why the writer mentions each ofthe words in Cactise 2, 4 Workin pairs. Put the missing sentences below in the correct place (1-7) in the article. There is ‘one sentence you do not need. 2 Perhaps unsurprisingly, though, many say they'd prefer to do less. In China, they even have a name fr this, phenomenon - Litie Emperors, She'd take us to the cicus, buy us sweets and cook Us our favourite meals. 4. The name just doesn't seem right. We typically think it’s grandparents that give most, whether that be money, love or wisdom. FI can't be alone in heving these mixed! and complex feelings. 9 Grandparents like traveling too. h I'd sometimes even open the tin when he wasn't thereto smell it 5 Each group of phrases (1-0) has the same word missing. Find the mising words in the article. 1 have vague ~ of / have some wonderful ~ of ane of iy eariest ~' of 2 ~ to what most people believe /~ to the stereotype / ~ to what you may nave heard 3 ~tohhim, 'm doing well /~ to our grandparents, we'te fitter ~ to other countries 4 play on active ~ in thee lives play @ minor ~ /the traditional ~ ofthe husband 5 it's ~ that 30% of grandparents work / its ~ that fewer than one in sic men help in the house 6 they gave me the ~ to choose /they'e restricting ‘our~ /fight forthe ~ to have a career 7 they're ~ to helo he wes ~ to leave / we're ~ to ‘give up our freedom 8 ~to the relationship / all our kids ~ tothe housework /he didnt ~ much tothe discussion 6 Write four true sentences using phrases from Exercise 5. Then work in groups and share your ideas. ‘One of my earliest memories is of sitting on my {grandmother's knee. it was a sunny day and we were outside under a tee somewhere, SPEAKING 7 The article is mainly about the UK. Work in ‘groups. Discuss how similar or different things are in your country. Talk about the following: + the-nge af arancinarante + the rol of grancparents + childcare the cost and wh does i GRAMMAR a Used to, would and past simple Winen we tel aout our memories, ve can use Used 19 ‘and Would as wall asthe past simple, 8 Look at these sentences from the article. Answer the questions below. He often smoked « pipe Iused to love tne smell of the fresh tobacco. rd ‘sometimes even open the tin when he wasn’t there toemoll it. € Afier he died. Gran moved to a town by the seaside ‘and we'd go and visit her each summer. {She was old, white-hoired and wrinkly. 11 Which forms in bold show # habit or regular event in the past? 2 Do you know haw to form the negative of used to? 3 Which forms are used to talk about a past state, such fs having, liking and being? 4 Which form da we use to talk about single events in the past? 9 Complete the texts with ana-ward Contractions count as one word. 1 My brother used to really naughty when he? younger He write on the walls and he * never do what my parents told him, He often ® fights at schoo! too. 2 We used __gu caugaiy.@ ut wire 3a kid. We usually bythe tbeach, We'd £ swimming evey day and do lots of eunbathing, One year. we * Slovakia end ® ‘3 week ther pach space 10 Work in pairs. Tell your partner about two of the things below. Try to give an example of one particular incident you remember. + your memories of a arandoarent + someone you know whose character has changed + your memories of summer holidays with family + a freectime activity you no longer do + the lunch break when you were at primary schoo! Unit 12 PeopleTknow 109 HOW DO YO SPEAKING 1 Work in groups. Talk about how you got to know two of your closest friends and. if you have one, your gitlfriend / boyfriend or partner, Use some of the language below. + We grew up together + We met at primary / secondary school sly ft + We met through a fland + We met ata ar. + ls along ston! LISTENING 2 10 ERE Listen to five people talking about how they know a Belgian man called Nicolas, Match each speaker (1-5) to one of the sentences below. There is one sentence you do not need. 2 They met while traveling round a county He/She shared a had experience with Nicolas © they sir ke each other to begin with 4: He / She fell outwith fiend of Nicolas’, nex giriend of Nicolas's joing out with Nicolas KNOW EACH OTHER? ERED Listen again. Are the sentences true (T) ot false (F)? 1 a Nicolas once spent a summer working as a walter b He compiained to his boss in the cate about the way he was being treated, 2 a Sandra remembers him as a very outgoing person . Sandra is glad they spit up. 3 i Nicolas and Shane, the tend he met while traveling, are very different to each other, bb Two years ago, Shane visited Nicolas from Austra 4 a Brioitta. his olifriena. thinks Nienlag has very different character to het. b She made the frst move in thelr relationship, 5 a Franck, Jef and Nicolas used to live together. bb Franck regrets he's no longer friends with Jet Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. + Why do you think Sandra (his ex-gitiend) and Brigita (his current giririend) have such different views of Nicolas? + Do you think you show different sides of your Personality in different situations? Give examples, Bo you th last ve years? The last + Have you ever fallen out with anyone? When? Why? ‘Are you fiends again now? GRAMMAR Expressing regret using wish 5 Look at these sentences from the listening. ‘Complete the rules in the Grammar box below. 2 [sometimes wish we'd stayed together. 1b Ilo we hadn't apie up, To express regiet about things inthe wre use wish +*____tense. To express regret about things that didnt happen, but that we wanted to happen, we use wish +2 + past nariciple. To exrress regret about things that old happen, but that we can't want to happen, we use wish +# + past participle, Land do Exercise § Work in pairs. Think of possible things that were said before / after these sentences. For number 1, maybe it was something Ike this: ‘asked her out on a dote, but then she fold me she wos married. | wish cd known before | asked her! | felt so stupie: 4 | wish Fe known. 2 Lwish fo met him, 3 Iwish they'd told me eartir. wisn Fartnes naraer at senoot | really wish we hadn't moved house. Honestly, wish | hadi said anything, I wish | hadn't gone to the meeting I sometimes wish they'd given mea aifferent name. PRONUNCIATION 7 Listen to the sentences in Exercise 6. Notice that in natural speech, the ‘din I'd and the ‘f in hadn't are hardly heard at all. Practise saying the sentences as quickly as you can, 8 Write three sentences about things you wish you had / hadn't done in the past. Then work in ‘groups and talk about your regrets. Qaim VOCABULARY Relationships 9 Check you understand dhe plirases in bold. Then put the lines into the correct order to make two stories. Story 1 8 We were very close at secondary school, 0 | made new friends and we slowly drifted apart ¢ Then he started dating this girl and he spent more time with her but! can't remember the last time we met up. © We stll keep in touch via Facebook from time to time, 1 We used to hang out ail the time together. Story 2 1g A few years later | bumped Into her through work. fh and | ended up removing her from all my social media, ‘We wore friends for @ while before | wont io university J. and we've remained friends ever since. k buttnen we fell out over something stu | At first it was awkward but then we actually got on really well 10 Work in groups. Discuss the questions, + Who did you hang out with when yau started ‘secondary senooi¢ wnat tia you Gof Have you ‘remained friends? Why? / Why nat? + Have you ever been close to someone but then

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