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Conversation 5

Class#7
Oral quiz 2
Look at these 2 quotes. Choose ONE only!
“ These are my first records of longing. An acute sense of displacement, of being
somewhere when somewhere else was where I wanted to be.”
or
“There is no greater sorrow, than to recall a happy time, when miserable.”

• Which quote do you agree with and why?

• How does this quote relate to you?
• In what ways is nostalgia an important feature in your life?
• Share a memory
Guessing the topic:
Watch the first 55 seconds of the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS3iB47nQ6E&t=91s

What would you do in this situation?

What might happen to the people who decide to take the two empty seats.
Guess the title of the unit:
Unit 4
Let’s Discuss

• Define risk from your point of view.

• Do you take lots of risk in your life or are you a risk averse?
• What is the biggest risk you’ve ever taken?
• Did you regret it afterwards or was it just right?
• What risks are you exposed to in your normal life?
• Do you think life is riskier today than it was 40 years ago?
• What are some of the risks of using the Internet?
Let’s Discuss

• How popular are extreme sports in your country?

• Why do you think are some people addicted to extreme sports? What are the
advantages and disadvantages of taking part in extreme sports?

• What is the most dangerous area of the place where you live?
What makes it dangerous?
Risk Questionnaire

• Would you buy a car or motorcycle on the internet?

• Would you do a parachute jump if someone paid you to do it?
• Would you go to work in a foreign country on your own?
• Would you invest a large sum of money in a new business?
• Would you leave your bike unlocked in a public parking lot if you were going to be
away for a short period of time?

• Would you download and open a file from the internet without checking it for viruses
first?
Are you a risk taker?
Bull running
Are you a risk taker?
Do a wheelie
Are you a risk taker?

Do something illegal for a bet

Are you a risk taker?

Parkour
Are you a risk taker?

Mountain climbing
Are you a risk taker?

Rafting
Are you a risk taker?

Bungee jumping
Are you a risk taker?

Hand gliding
Are you a risk taker?

Use Ouija boards

 Vocabulary preview:
Match the words with their definition:
Word
1. Don't you know that smoking poses a health risk?
2. It takes nerves of steel to work in such a high-pressure
job.
3. I think it's safe to say that the crisis is now over.
Meaning
a. the chances or likelihood of something happening or being
the case.
b. a death in an accident or a violent attack
c. not controlled or supervised by regulations or laws.

4. The Internet is a powerful tool but it must not be an d. to create or cause risk of danger or harm
unregulated area.
5. Most clerical training is done on the job. e. the chances or likelihood of something happening or being
the case.

6. The odds of us achieving our sales targets are very poor. f. an impressive ability to remain calm in dangerous or
difficult situations
7. Anyone travelling without a passport runs the risk of g. to say that you are confident about what you are going to
being arrested. say.

8. There’s a 50% increase in the number of traffic fatalities h. done or happening where someone works and while they
do their job.
Vocabulary words & phrases
• Fatalities : an occurrence of death by accident
• Run the risk: expose oneself to the possibility of something unpleasant occurring.
• Take the risk: do something despite possibility of bad result.
• Poses a real risk: to create or cause risk of danger or harm
• Nerves of steel : an impressive ability to remain calm in dangerous or difficult situations
• Unregulated: not controlled or supervised by regulations or laws.
• Faced danger: To do or perform an activity which is very risky, or dangerous.
• Safe to say : to say that you are confident about what you are going to say.
• Odds: the chances or likelihood of something happening or being the case.
• On – the – job : done or happening where someone works and while they do their job.
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence

• The number of fatals / fatalities makes rock climbing a dangerous pursuit.

• If you get held up, you have/ run the risk of missing your flight.
• If you take/ get the risk of investing your money, you could make a lot more.
• The scaffolding poses/ establishes a real risk to passersby.
• To work at such heights, you need nerves of iron/ steel.
• In some parts of the world, construction industry is an unregulated/ unruled sector.
• This man fronted/faced danger without fear.
• I think it’s safe to state/ say you’ve passed the course.
• The odds/ evens of a lightning strike are about one in a million.
• Being bitten is an in-/on- the-job danger for any veterinarian.
Before we listen
5 minute activity:
Take a look at these jobs and rank them. 1= most dangerous 10 – not dangerous
at all. Can you add your own jobs to the list?

- Body guard
- Circus acrobat
- Construction worker
- Fisherman
- Logger
- Pilot
- Prison warden
- Stunt person
- Window cleaner
- Truck drivers
Listen to CD 1.16
Read the examples that support the assertion that certain jobs are dangerous and write the job(s) in the space.

1- window cleaner
2-fisherman
3- logger
4- logger
5- fisherman
6-logger
7- fisherman/ window cleaner
8- logger