The first step to getting what you want out

of life is this: Decide what you want.

Ben Stein, American writer

V / I V
r Indecisive
1 GRAMMAR might (possibility) 2 V O C A B U L A R Y word building: noun
a M a x a n d S a m are t e l l i n g a c o l l e a g u e a b o u t t h e i r p l a n s formation
for n e x t w e e k e n d . C o m p l e t e t h e t e x t w i t h might a n d a a Complete the chart w i t h the correct n o u n or verb.
verb f r o m the b o x .
Verb Noun
be eat go have invite make rain take
1
choose choice

'We feel like doing something special next weekend, but confuse 2
confusion
we haven't decided w h a t t o do yet. I t 1
might be sunny. decide 3 decision
might go
so w e 2
for a walk in the died
might eat A
death
country on Saturday. W e 3

might have 5Education

lunch in a restaurant, or w e 4 educate
some sandwiches w i t h us. 6 elect election
might rain
On the other hand, i t 5
, imagine 7 imagination
so we won't be able to go out. In t h a t case, we inform
might invite 8 information
6
some friends f o r dinner
might make 9 invitation
on Saturday. W e 7
dinner invite
might take
ourselves, or w e 8
out, we're 10 live life
not sure.
opt i i option
Everything depends on the weather, really.'
12organize organization
13 success
succeede
b C o m p l e t e the sentences w i t h might o r might not a n d a
verb f r o m the box. b C o m p l e t e t h e sentences w i t h verbs o r n o u n s f r o m a .

1 A f t e r the death o f m y grandfather, m y

be come fail g e t go go-out have miss
g r a n d m o t h e r came t o live w i t h us.
1 I ' m really t i r e d so I might not go out tonight.
decision
might not 2 I made the r i g h t to c o n t i n u e
2 M i g u e l doesn't speak E n g l i s h , so he s t u d y i n g w h e n I l e f t school. I loved university.
the job w i t h the A m e r i c a n company. invite
3 They're g o i n g t o all t h e i r f r i e n d s
might have
3 I f y o u have a temperature, y o u flu. to t h e i r p a r t y .
might not come success
4 M y parents to o u r p a r t y - they're 4 at school depends o n h o w h a r d
t h i n k i n g o f going on holiday then. you work.
inform
5 I haven't seen Johnny w i t h Vanessa f o r a l o n g t i m e . 5 We're s o r r y t o . passengers t h a t the
might not be
They together any m o r e . 14.30 t r a i n t o B i r m i n g h a m is delayed.
might miss decide
6 I f the t a x i doesn't come soon, w e 6 He to study h i s t o r y instead
the t r a i n . o f geography at school.
might go imagine
7 We love s k i i n g , so we t o the A l p s 7 Can you. a world without
for o u r next holiday. electricity?
might fail Life
8 Sue hasn't practised m u c h so she T h e d o c u m e n t a r y was about the
her d r i v i n g test. o f the author, Charles D i c k e n s .
 3 PRONUNCIATION diphthongs Let me sleep on it
a T i c k ( / ) the p a i r s o f w o r d s w h i c h have
the same s o u n d a n d cross (X) the p a i r s For m a n y years, people have said that a good night's sleep often helps
w h e n y o u have to m a k e a n i m p o r t a n t decision. R e s e a r c h done
that don't.
recently b y a n A m e r i c a n U n i v e r s i t y has s h o w n that this idea is
1 might science actually true.
2 may fail — The researchers used a card game for their experiment and 54 students
3 know now between the ages of 18 and 23 took part. The scientists d i v i d e d the
4 where were participants i n t o t w o groups. Both groups were given a short lesson i n
h o w to play the card game, either i n the m o r n i n g or i n the evening. The
5 here there
lesson was very short, not long enough for either group to learn exactly
6 tourist Europe
h o w the card game worked. A l l of the students were asked to come back
7 show cow _ 12 hours later. The 28 students w h o had the class i n the afternoon went
8 noisy boy home to a n o r m a l evening and their usual n i g h t of sleep, w h i l e the 26
w h o received the class i n the m o r n i n g came back after a day of n o r m a l
b <WiTara!fl^ L i s t e n a n d check. T h e n l i s t e n
activities w i t h o u t h a v i n g a sleep.
a g a i n a n d repeat.
O n t h e i r second v i s i t , the students played the game for l o n g enough
to l e a r n that t a k i n g cards f r o m the four d i f f e r e n t packs gave d i f f e r e n t
4 READING results. T w o of the packs h a d cards w h i c h helped players w i n more
o f t e n w h i l e the other t w o packs had cards w h i c h made t h e m lose.
a R e a d t h e t e x t . W h a t was t h e a i m o f The object was to avoid losing the game.
the e x p e r i m e n t ? I n the e x p e r i m e n t , the students w h o had had a n o r m a l night's sleep
chose cards f r o m the w i n n i n g packs four times m o r e t h a n those w h o
b R e a d the t e x t a g a i n a n d (circle) t h e
h a d spent the 12-hour break awake. The students w h o h a d slept also
c o r r e c t answer. u n d e r s t o o d better h o w to play the game.
1 T h e p a r t i c i p a n t s i n the e x p e r i m e n t These results show that sleep helps a person make better decisions.
were allcSfunTversitJ)/ a t w o r k . The researchers t h i n k that this has something to do w i t h rapid-eye-
2 T h e t w o groups were s h o w n the movement or REM sleep, w h i c h is the creative period of our sleep cycle.
card game i n d i f f e r e n t p l a c e s / The experiment shows that there is a connection between REM sleep and
decision m a k i n g , b u t researchers do not yet k n o w w h a t the connection is.
at d i f f e r e n t t i m e s .
3 T h e p a r t i c i p a n t s had t o go back s o m e
t i m e l a t e r / the n e x t day. 5 LISTENING
4 S o m e / A l l o f the p a r t i c i p a n t s w e n t
a
ffi'^JTrt L i s t e n t o f i v e speakers t a l k i n g a b o u t d e c i s i o n s they have
t o bed between the t w o visits.
m a d e . H o w m a n y o f t h e m m a d e g o o d decisions?
5 There were t w o / f o u r packs o f cards
i n the card game. b L i s t e n a g a i n a n d m a t c h t h e speakers w i t h t h e sentences.
6 T h e cards i n the packs were the s a m e /
Speaker 1 C_ A H e / She thought time was m o r e i m p o r t a n t than money.
different.
Speaker 2 B H e / She d i d n ' t get a p r i z e .
7 T h e g r o u p w h o were taught i n the
Speaker 3 C I Ie /mendonca
Jhulhian She d i d n ' t arrive o n t i m e .
m o r n i n g w o n / lost more often than
Speaker 4 english
D H e / She 8d i d n ' t enjoy a special occasion.
the other g r o u p .
Speaker 5 ter-qui
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/ She d i d n ' t accept an i n v i t a t i o n .
8 T h e experiment helped researchers f i n d
a c o n n e c t i o n between b e i n g c r e a t i v e /
R E M s l e e p and m a k i n g decisions.
U S E F U L W O R D S AND P H R A S E S
c H i g h l i g h t five w o r d s you don't k n o w .
Use y o u r d i c t i o n a r y t o l o o k u p t h e i r L e a r n these words and phrases.
m e a n i n g and p r o n u n c i a t i o n .
p r o d u c t s /'prodAkts/ make a decision /'meik 3 di'si3n/
dissatisfied /dis'sastisfaid/ miss an o p p o r t u n i t y /'mis ten opa'tjumati/
indecisive /indi'saisiv/ pick somebody up (= i n a car) /'pik SAmbadi Ap/
electrical gadgets p i c k sth /'pik/
/ i l e k t n k l 'gsed3its/ take sth seriously /teik 'sisrissli/
be able t o /bi 'eibl ts/

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