Conversation Gambits Eric Keller and Sylvia T Warner Real English Conversation Practices CONVERSATION GAMBITS Real English Conversation Practice P'S b> ETE) Language Teaching PublicationsContents 1, Opening Gambits . 6 Asking for Information 7 2 Breaking In 8 3. interrupting Game. . 5 4 Getting Information on the Phone. 10 5. Aations In Order. as 6. Telling a Story om 7 sting Excuses. 8° The Main Thing. 9. The Main Problem. 10. & Surprising Fact aa 1. Surprising: News.cccccnn 13 12: An Unpleasant Thought 19 15. The Hidden Truth, mn 20 1. Changing the Subject 15: cure as. B 16; Guesing = a 19, & Connon is 16) Pessonat Opinion’: e 15, How something affects you 26 20. Sharing'3 Confidence. » Ti: How to get the None. 30 21, Oferng Suggestion FI 23. The Creat Escape 2 24: Plan and ‘counterpin EH 2. Linking Gami 35 35, Thinking about a Problem 36 36. Emphaang a Point : 3% 7. Adding Things. : 8 1E Che's easen > Pr Hine you gor 9 Good Reason? 0 36 Thinking Abad a 3. Conecthe Yoursel : a 532, Putting the Record Straight. a 33 34 35. 37, 38, 40. a a, 3 rn 43 46, a 3. 48, 49. 50, Sr 52 53, 54 55 56. 57 58 59 60. er 62. 3 Popular Misconceptions ‘We take it for Granted Saying ‘no’ Tactilly, 5. Door-to-door Salespeople Demanding Explanations... Expressing your Reservations. Taking things into Consideration Arguments and Counter-arguments, Seeing the Good Side. Generalising Exceptions. The Generalistion Game. ustrating your Point. What you really mean’ Finish your Story, Responding Gambits Right or wrong. Growd Reactors... Getting to Know Someone Gan I help you? “he Love Test Thaven't a Cie Iesenves you righ Analyse your Hendring Inkl Being. Sympathetic ‘he interview Showing. Interest ‘re you fllowing > Communication Problems Accepting a Compliment. Min-Converstons Subjects AnswersTo the Student How natural is your conversation in English? “The main way we make our conversation sound naturalisby using jgambnts, A gamit a word or phrase which helps ust express what we are tryingo say. For example, ve use gambis wo introduce ‘topic of conversation link what we have to say to what someone has us sald to agree or disagree: to respond to what we have heard, In one Sense. a gambit has very litle meaning — ke does not express an opinion may ony Iniroduce the opinion. On the ‘ther hand. if we never use gambis in our conversation. other people wil think we are very direc. abrupt. and even rude — they oil get a wrong picture of us as people So gambits are fll ‘of meaning. They show our attude to the person we are speaking, to and to what (she & saying. We could go into a shop and ask. How mah is is? Bu tis more natural and pleasant we ask Could yal ew much isis please? Ifyou have jst heard that your teacher i going to get married. you could walk ito the class and announce the fac, but you wil have more effect if you sar. Ave eu siting dow? You won elie (hs our ech satiny ard Ifyou want to express deepiy-held beet. people will understand you better if you star, | pesealy el tl. — and if you think our view s surprising. people wil react better if you introduce wth, Noto ia ime ik sol ry back ogi (Cambie will make your English sound more natural. ore confident Sand wil make you easier to talk to. Above all, you will not be ‘misunderstood ‘The activites In each of the activities you are asked t0 work in pals or small ‘roupsto have conversations. nach actty there isaistfgambls tthe side. Before you start your comersation, make sure you ‘an say them. Try t0 use them in your conversations. Ifyou find them diffcut have the conversation agan and try to use them, Iwi help you t after your conversation, you try to wrteit own ‘and include the gamble: Then read aloud what you have written Do not try to memorse the gambits. You will remember them better if you ty to invlve yourself inthe actives In an active sway. Ask your teacher if you sound natural when you wse them. ‘Above all. ty to use them whenever you have an English ‘omersation ouside the dlasstoom. Remember lor these activites the gambits are as important a the content of your conversation: ‘Thelast activity 63. Minkconversations includes alist of subjects forelscussion which you can use for ideas in many of the activities. 1. Opening Gambits We use opening gambits 10 help us introduce ideas into the omversation. The begining ofa conversation s usualy the most fiffcut part for most people we startin a natural and friendly ‘say we wl most likely have a poste meeting we Start on the wrong foot: we may be misundestood ‘We use opening gambitsnot only to start a conversation, but aso to introduce new ideas during 2 conversation. So, we may wish to get someones attention by saying. Exe me pla. oF We ay wshtoinroduce a supsing pice of vs with may ee this, bat (Or we may want to add a small piece of information with, By the in Something more sercus an beintroduced with, i my vow Ifyou try to use the gambit in this section in the actives 25 much as you can, you will remember them more eaily when you have real conversations outside the easeroom, (amend ‘You wantto buy the tings below: What would you say tothe shop asestan? Use suitable phrases from thelist May telp you? What can Ido for you? ve? ‘Would you tke some help? ‘What would you tke? ‘Can help you? ‘Ae you looking for comething? Do you need help? You look lost electric typewriter — price? (Esa: es, Fe brow fw much as perros) bicyle — how many gears? Could you find out . dep — what ind of bit ‘takes? Could! ask...?. Seime—atenso? | Doyen stereo recevers — which isthe bes? ‘ll — which the bes for my car? batteries — where in the supermarket? shampoo — for my hair? carrier bag— how much and ‘where? 1 Lae tye arrow eT"Brcuse me Sorry Excuse me for interrupting, but May interrupt fora moment? "please “Certainly 2. Breakit Citen we havetoapproachstrangerstoaskthemforsomeinformation| orhelp. [woo four students volunteer to be the questoners. They should {think up somethings to ask about ideas below ‘The resto the las stand up an form smal groups (34) and talk about anything you want thebby? fend? tomorow? holiday” ‘The voluntersthenapproach the groups and breakin toastheir questions. Try to use phrases from the Ist ‘When each of the volunteers has been to eadh of the groups, ‘everybody is down again. The volunteers then reportthe answers they got. Examples Excuse me, can you tell me how to get tothe cafeteria? “May interrupt fora moment? ke to know how to get tothe cafeteria, ‘Some things to ask about How to get tothe nearest supermarket/ous stoptelephone box. Where you can get changels harcusiamps, ‘Where you could finda good, but not to expersive restaurant Where to get advice on buying a computerinew cr. Pear a ee ‘The teacher lor a student volunteen chooses atopic and stats to talk about Anyone inthe class then testo interrupt. using one ofthe phrases the is, Thespeaker answers butatterthatbringsthedliscussion backtothe orginal top Try to interrupt as often as posible andin diferent ways Example = Last night t went toa football match = Excuse me for interrupting, but which one? = Arsenal against Liverpool. — Anyway, 20 went to the game, got my seat. = Sorry, but where exactly were you siting? Imthe main stand. AS was saying | Some possible topics 1. What you dla night 2. funny thing that happened at work 3. Ajoke you heard recently 4 Anargument you've had with someone 5. How you get to work or school 6. Aabuious meal you've enjoyed recently \'dllike to comment on. S that. Can add something? Canl say something here? {dike to say something, ittmay. (Can ask a question? “May | ask something? To etur to the topic Anyway, Inany case... To get back to what was saying, Where was? 2, gpa ssone nena ne poset ee,10 'm calling to find out... Valike to ask... Could youtell me... v calling about | was wondering if you ‘could tell me. | wonder if you could helpme... I a Seba 9 fst: dike to talk to somebody about Stone eed ‘Asking a complicated question sdificuk, Asking ton the phone is ‘even more cific ‘Workin pes. Section | gives you the infomation youneed to ask ‘your questions: Section? svestheanswers Match uptheinformation| ‘withthe correct answer. Then take turnstoaskthe quesuons. You ‘must tart your questions with one ofthe phrases from thelist Section! 1. Youae calling the “heatre to find out what time this evening’ perlormance stars 2 Youre caling the post ofice te ind out how to send a parcel to New Zealand so that arrives in time fr Christmas. 3. Youareringingtheainecofindoutthe earliest fightfroriTokyo to Hong Konga week tomorrow: 4. Youare inging yous doctor's surgery to make an appointment ‘With De Crawtore 5. You are ringing your local paper to find out how to place an advertisement you want to sella pai of sks 6. You are aging Snodgrass and White local rm of slitors, 16find out about thelr job advertisement in your local paper. 7. You ae ringing a language school 0 find aut how much their ‘evening courses cost, 48 Youare ringing the loca alvay station‘o find outiftrains are ‘nning normaly again after yesterday’sstorm, Section 2 _a, ParttimelS60 per weeklsecretarytelephonit b. By surface before Nov IsvBy ak before Dec 3d <6 Allrunningappror, 20 inutesiatcinabullet services availabe, 4. Ithas been cancelled, fe. Adsmustbeplaced by ¢ 30pmonday priortoday ofssuelpay ‘ach at the office or creit card by phone {, Two eveningsltnree hours per evening! £60 per term: four everingsthree hours per evening/£20 per term. { 630.am then 1030.15.30, 19.00 1h. He's on holiday fora months assistant is Dr Mis, Pe ors Activity 1 ere are someruls from an instruction manslon how to catch a shoplifter. The order ote instructions mised UP. Yu sre the manager traninga new store detective What woud yousay ote trainee. Use pases rom the lt. First reorder the metuctons © The detectiveaskstheshopliter'ocometothe manager’ © The detective acts as ihe were buying something © The detective waits until the shoplifer has gone out of the store before stepping him or her © When the detective sees a shopliir taking something (@hhe does not show that (he has noticed. (© The detective simply taps the shoplifter on the shoulder and says, 1 dunk you have something that isnt yours" (© The detective dresses.as (s)he normally would to go shopping. Activity 2 Thefollowingaresome bas ruestoelowifyour photocopier refises toyork Theorderinwhichtoappytheseresismixedup imagine youareshowinganew employee whattodowhenthe machine does fotwork Reever theres andinroduethem wihprasstom lst © Donot ty to repair the machine yourself, © Presse re-sart burton before closing the cabinet. (© Check that there is paper inthe paper feed tay. © Check the toner (black ink) level. Replace if empty. © Callthe engineer ifthe machine is sll not working. © Checkctat there is no paper jammed between the paper ar (© Donot use a screwdriver or any other metal tool. You could easly elecuocute yoursel Don't forget to...12 First, First of al, Tobegin with, Then, ‘After that, So, Sothen, Atthe end, Finally, ‘The sketches below show a bank robbery. ityouarein lass — -Makeupastory where each tudentinroducesonestepofthestory ‘sing a suitable phrase from the Bist. ifyouare working alone — write out the sory in sucha way that it could be read on the rain, ‘Someaddltionalvocabularyisgivenatthebortomofthe page you arcunsure ofthe meaning of 9 word, check ina dictionary. 13 Additional vocabulary NNouns:robbers hoods balaclavas van, bag gun. manager bank clerk, counter, bundles, notes alarm, closea-ircult television \erbs:park rush threaten hold il, count.teriy.le handover make a getaway. run, start the engine.|) Firstotall,... The main reasons... Secondly, with two: © Theother reason is... with several: ‘Another reason Besides that, ‘And ontop ofthat, ‘And finaly, Bz Ere HHezeisa telephone conversation explaining why youcan' go ona tweckendluipithfiondsas youhad planned Filintheparasestrom the is. You Your frend Hello? > iii this ie 800. How are you? Fine thanks. What'sthe problem? Frm afraid cant go with you ___ this weekend. (oh, that's a pity. What's the > ro things actually. _—____mybrother {gin towa forthe weekend. and Tm afraid Tma bitshort of money a the moment. Writing ‘Write down some more reasons why you cant go onthe tip, Stat tach ithaphraselrom helt Thenlisttheminorderofimporiance, Speaking 1. Make up some other reasons forrot gong Present them auch inorder olinporancetanothersudent 2. Workin pis taking urs to ite ondfind excuses for tring ‘own imitators 1 go out ta eally expensive restaurant tonight bb. spendalortaight-nataweok—cyehnginthecounty his «come round to ,0ur home t0Sce your huge collection of Sates {ou find ieaserfyourakeashor note yourexcses before youstar, Eure \Whatdoyouleoklorinajab — goodmoney.achallenge the reedom to be creative a chance to work with people? speaking Workin pairs. Writedown what youthink isthe mostimportant thing, it ad eters treste remnrracerocen ances {ry to use the phases inthe lst. Example “your pore othe cas: Tink the most important Marie thinks the most things alot of money. important thing is earning a lot of money. E Writing ‘iteyour answers What do youlookfor when youapplyforaiob? Discussion ‘ry to wse the phrases when you tlk about the following |, The most important thing to look for in a future boygliend! wifethusbond, 2. What s important when bringing up a chile? 3, Youareplanringawalkinghoiday inthe mountains How shoul you prepare? 4. Youare driving along an iy road when suddenly the car stars voskid 5. Youare going fora very importantinterview. Youre usually 50 nervous at interviews (hat you do badly. How should you prepare this time?| 16 The trouble is... |The problems . .. ‘The real problem is « The point is... ‘The ‘awl thing is. Don't forget that Divide into two teams. The students in one team pick one othe topes from Column A. ‘A member of the other team has to say a related sentence from Column starting with phrase from the ist ~ within 15 seconds. ‘Some of the sentences in column B ft more than one topic {oF none at al fin doubt. ask the payers to explain any choices you dont understand Example Highiackers ‘The trouble is, nobody knows how to handle them. Round 1 A 8 Paisng children Ie makes saving a was of time Nobody knows how to handle i. eS an uphil sul The rising cost of ving Learning a language on your own The further avay you are the Living together worse itis Round 2 a B Television Ik wears you out before the doy is (Motherimlaw for the Nobody knows how to handle it weekend Ie makes you feel so depressed eeeing I bores you to tars ‘Smoking Everybody gets on everybody's ‘ou need willpower to stop, Round 3 “Tey again, This time the topes are given. the other téam has to make up a suitable response using one of the phrases. ‘Toples. Drugs football hooligans, unemployment, famine forgetting to do your homework, flying. computers, politics, learning Enelish. Oras Speaking ‘Sometimesthe best way osuppertanareumentistocome up with an unexpected fat Thetotowingparagraphcontainssomesurprisingacsigveninia Readtheparagraphaloudandinwroduceeachol tesefactswithone olthepivesestromthetoplsandadda qualifier kemthebodtomist. Example TY plays a very large part in British Me (There were 23 TV's per hhousebld in Britain in 1987) = Do you realize that there were, on average. 23 TV's per household in Britain in 1987? Normally TV is animportant part of British ie ‘Thasa tremendous effecton children (Childs eretine ating TV tha doing ont nwa ous) Early in ie. ‘hirer learn from TV 20 influence their parents about what 1 ‘buy — not jst nthe area of toys, but ako atthe supermarket. (Nomen by moe tak bods wher apa yin AO. when parents don tit their childrens TV watching, they become ‘ependenton television for their entertainment that they begin telose thei potential for creativity (A sudy has shown Ut hi | ‘thou TV wha arelothemssdeelp oun rea pes) Many ‘peoplearealo worredaboutthehighpercentageatprogrammes| {hat highligh violence (Chiesa fen sown kar ween fo ‘TV linshort the negative elfetsof TV peabably outweigh sos sblepostiveinuencein presentingthe world tothe growingchid Writing Writeout the sentencesinitalies —eachwithitsopeningphraseand itsquaifer Discussion Do you agree with the text you ead? tho give your arguments andy t0 nla some suring facts whieh you kno ° ‘Start: o you realise that. Belov itor not, You may not believe it, may sound strange, but... a *Funnily enough, End with: Generally By and large Asanule Normally Usually On the whole, gag epecen no18 Guess what! Surprise! Ive got news for you! Do you know what! ‘Are you siting down? You'd better sit down! ‘You wor't believe this, but... writing ‘Wtebriefcalogues descrbingsome goodandbadthingsthathave happered fr sil apestt0 you. Use the pases inthe st, Example ‘Guesshat!foundthat fivepoundnoteyouthatlostlastmonth: = Did you! where wasit? ‘Surprise twas in the packet ofthe jeans you lent met We dont have any classes today! 1 avaw who's come first inthe ass 2 3, Have you heord ur teacher's getting married? 4. Now write dialogue with your own suprising news, ‘Speaking First each sucdentriestothinkofsome geod and bad news Make ali Each student then takes his turn presenting the news tothe cass Remember to use the phrases in the Bist. Good News Bad News 12. An Unpleasant Thought | esterday youwereinvitedtoscethenewhomeotalhiend. Youwere not very impressed by in fact. everything that she thought as ‘wonder you di tke, writing Rewrite theseideas ising the ph-oesin thelist oitrodue yourideas: 1. She thought it was very spacious but you et the clings were tolow 2. She had bought most of her furniture secondhand. and you ‘though i looked cheap and rather oldashioned 3. She was very proud other choice of wallpaper but you thought st made the whale place look dark. 4, She thought che view from the balcony was fantastic butallyou could se was the tops other houses 5. She wasespedaly pleased withthecoffeetablewhichher husband had made. You thought looked rough and not very well made. 6, Onthecotfeetabe there wasalamp hichshesaidshehad paid i0otor She saiditwaslsthcenturyand wortha ot more, YouseNe the same ones on sale for £25 na local store speaking ‘Wate downsome more possible ideas thenact them out rontof thecbss | The ony thing is. ;20 Frankly, doubt if... Let’ face it, The catchis... ‘The truth of the matter is ‘The real questionis... "Come on now! Let's be real 1 enon ‘studi this advertisement for French course that clams its beter than all other courses. 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Sodom waxeaothr dy Weeto me personal od and 2 PASSE Yous te demarsttion lesen ree xu * oe est * % Become ane * Inonte ser * * EAE 21 Speaking Insmal groups, pick out sections ofthe advertisement which you find questionable, Dicuss them using the phrases in the st. For example: “Hesayshereinjust IOlessons Thecatchis howlonglseachlesson?” Writing \Weite a complaint tothe newspaper about the advertisement. Use the phrases from the Ist. You may find phrases rom the following Tethelpiolas well sat oir tay is dcp Ws He aes wes promis ‘Riga sls tenigue Money-back guai 22 “Taking of That reminds me... “Bythe way, Oh, before forget, [PM ae ad Worknsmal groups — inimurn 4. maximum 10 Sitinacicle One person starts by saying the frst thing that comes tommind about ast weekend For example: I didat get much work done last weekend ‘The next person changes the subject using a phrase trom the Hist Talking of weekends we're thinking of having a party next weekend. ontinetilaltheidessarefinghed.thenstatagainwith your own ideas Itsomeone cannot ay something they drop outol the game. The \Minncr isthe person let when everyone else has dropped Ou —— | Siiewikarsew | > Uma a aApaty | \ | rootan come) eel Eee ee Preparation Listen to today's news or buy today’s newspaper Pick a news iter tshich you are interestedin— perhaps something you know aie bout White short notes giving your opinion ofthe news iter, tyoucannotkstentothenewsorbuyapaper.therelsalitof posible topics at the bottom ofthis pase) When everyone has prepared ther opinions workin groupsof3 oF { Eachstudentthenstateshisor her opinion usingthe phrases rom the fst. Writing ‘After making the short nates, students may then wte out thei ‘pinionsinflsentencesasifthey were vetinganaticeforastudents| magazine or Teader article foro newspapet Alternative news items 1. Arecentreportsuggests that workisplayingtooimportantarole in peoples lives 2. A survey has just boon published showing that only 2% ofthe population goto church regularly isreligonless meaningful today? 3. Attra seriesothorsiickilings the governmentistryingtoban | ‘guns completly fom private use Only the army and palice would Beallowed vo carry guns 4. TheEducationSecretaryannouncedlast week thatheisthinking ‘lloweringtheschoolleaviagagetrom l6to I3sothatyoungpeople ‘wha donet ike schoolcan eave for acouple of yeas. geta}ob then ‘come back later nile 5. TheCoveenmentofan Alricanepublichasansouncedthatitnow has nuclear weapons Tehas thousands of starving and homeless people in parts ofthe country vay from the capt ‘'m*pretty sue that ‘Ym fairly certain that... t's my opinion that... | Im-cominced that... | Aswonder it... 2. roma enn re 4 Aeneaeonin peers “es Spe24 Vdsay... “Work in groups of 3 or 4. Take it in turns to guess the answers tothe oral; metourtoncanenmenane sonait nad deo tendon think it’s... tlooks like. It’s difficult to say, but I'd = 2. How longi thisine? 3. How many dotsare therein this heap? 5, Which of these two cles larger? Vdsay. Coulditbe... C) Perhaps its... Ly ® Ithinkit’s 6. - looks like. ts difficult to say, but 'd 4. Which ofthese i the longer? pos. +4 <=> 6. Each ofthese lines says. "I speak English In which language? a. tkpraat engl © legialer engosk Bb Evralo ingles. © Bigors dekimasy © Beslek angola, 1 Ninasema kingareza, 4. Linguam anglcam loquor. Ana alam alinglve Possible choles Sudanese. Dutch. Japanese, Hungarian, Latin, Swahil. Danish, Poreuguese:26 {honestly fee that... 1 strongly believe that. Ym convinced that . ‘Without a doubt, Vm positive ‘'m*absolutely certain ead the folowing pont of view. Dece whether ouagree or nt rt thatewyonehasthestmechanceinie Were | goteren ‘usenet Se Sond and gon sr Se wegen Ones poet azo enue, Jos ste La or i the Srcolceandsnonghredgwyemeansome cy ger any money bok ra aise afadie voldhimtohie habit Tee ecco: Hep ge 2 Sea eh soy Hcgenorbernie with sett uth whe hard ike me be SShawe eveything Te Writing 1. fyouagree wrte 10 sentences saying wl, Use the ideas inthe xz andthe phrases inthe lst Sex ae ete lo sentencescxlining why. Yourmay Wank 25 mento te faowing ideas * ‘quality of schoo! ewido! Speaking 7 cvessivotorewhoapecandtosewho dee Danis ulead morons Eachgreupsvoascncse ae tccrontpreeteranarsimer Sere one soa ns ne ass “Topics for further discussion: Drinking and diving Apartheid in South Africa 8. Personal Tene ‘ouhavebeenstoppedinihestrctiyalady conductinganopinion poll You thinsne strying to sel you something but she Srationaleuspaper andisuyingiofindoutaboutmodern Work in pies — one person asks the questions When all the pais havefiished changepartners The people whoaskedthe questions must now answer Use the phrases inthe ist to introduce your opinions. 1, Who shoul be the boss in a family — the man or the 2. Who oughttadothecooking — themanorthe woman? 3, Who ought to do the dishes? 44. Who ought to fix things when they are broken? '5, Who ought to wash the clothes? 5: Who ought to be the one earning the most money? 7. Who oughttolcokafterthechidren whentheyareunder five years old? £8, Who oughttobuy theclothes forthe children whenthey are under 10 years old? ‘9. Who ought 10 discipline the children when they're naughty? }10, Who ought to pay the bills and organise the family’s finances? Discussion \What about your own upbringing. How eid your parents split the swork nthe home? Insomehomes the wife earns more than the husband. shouldthe husband give up work o lookater the children. andl the woman be the breadwinner? Remember to practise the phrases! | Tomy ming, ' Not everyone will agree withme bute 1 Semperyuassposoa28 Inmy opinion, From my point of view, Well, personally, lf had my way, What ''m more ‘concerned withis In‘ my case Pe eed “Think of athe changes you woud keto make in your dasstoom routine For example youray wishto changethetmesofyourdases, have longer holidays have smaller classes et ‘Speaking. Inpairs one student propose change. The secondstudent should explain how ths would attet him or her personaly Example ‘Student I: Why don't we come to schoo! inthe afternoonsand evenings I hate coming to school in the morning. ‘Student 2: Well, from my point of view that's impossible. The ‘only bus I can get sin the morning There are no buses around lunchtime. Writing Each student writes down a proposed change on apiece of paper. Students passtheirpapersto another student whovrtes down an objection. ideas for changes Why dont we spend more time talking? Te ike to have move breaks like to de some more grammar exercises. Can we read English newspapers for a change? ES ees Speaking ‘Start a rumour about somone you know by whispering ito your ‘neighbour Use one the phrases rom the lt The neighbour con Bosstherumour onoraddsomethingtoktomaleltmoreineresing one unt the rumours gone round the whole ass The cet person announces Rtothe who cass This activity wil only work the rumours are not true. anyone ties t0 be nasty to someone: the game must be stopped an Ses tb ‘Game must be stopped ara Writing Cireulate rumours on paper Everyone stars a rumour about Fis reighbourtotheleft Writeitatthetopotasheetolpaper, Everyone thenpasseshisplece of papertothe persononhisright Changethe ‘umoura ite and startitwith one of the phrases om the lst Fod over the frst rumour so thatthe extperson can see only the latest rumour Passthepaper on. each personchangingtherumour When ‘therumourshave goneroundtheclassandreachedthepersonthey are about that person reads the last rumour onthe sheet, Possible rumours has fallen in love with a farnous film star has won alo of money ina lottery thas just bought a VERY expensive car 'S going to emigrate to New Zealand right be promoted ‘heard on the grapevine This shouldn't be passed ‘around, but... Have you heard... Maybe | shouldn't hig bute30 Why not ‘Why don't you. ‘Yeu could always... ‘One way would be to. itive you'd... Whatabout . . .ing. Ty ... ing. ee = ernaps you could... Ena ‘White down 10 woysof gern money 6 — 2 2 5 ok 4 5 8 yo, Spe er coz, stn oorgatentenact ree ecemtcenortiter ora ia seine atm renin 2 ret re sah reas ion Rasta leo « retetegarapieah in saisesametarerat Writing ‘Write yourproblemonapieceotpaperandpsssttoyourneighbour tosuggesta solution. 22. Offering a Suggestion Speaking Tinkofhow youcoullsohetheproblensbelow Vekinpastating tums to suggest slutons Use the phrases nthe bt Problems |, Some friends have come for dinner. You have pushed the cork {ico the wine bore and people are waiting, 2, Youhavejestiocked your car doorand realsedthat youhaveleft the keys inside 3. Youandyourtiondshavejustbeen shoppingand youreretrning tothe muitlstorey carpark. But youhave forgotten where youl. 4. Every morning youturnotfthealam. gotosleepforanctherhour and then you ate for work, You might lose your job. 5. Youhave starved atthe aiportandrealse that youhaveleft your plane ticket at home. 6. Youimitedoneof yourbestfriendstora meal yesterday evening, butshe said she would be too busy at work So you decided 1 € utalone You saw her wth another friend going int the cinema, 7. Youhadatestthismorningin Enghsh Yousaw a frendcheoting Nou don'tknow whether to speak to him abou t 5. Think a problem you have or have had. Ask your partner to suggest a soliton, Writing rt suggestions to each ofthe problems above Why don't you Why not. Pet ide ps youcald = Have! ht ee Ihave an idea ‘Let's... i32 Eo Ourplanisto... ‘Youand three frends have been putin prisonina faraway country Tne es nena Scovel id ; Si aera Were thinking of Se eager , dhe cuiy oon netic Whatwehaveinmind ota gp tla sour escape i Beri sirsestombe bs Speaking ‘What we plan to dos... Make your plan in nove form and then presen itt the clas, ‘itll you what we'l do. What about thisforan Writing ies... \Wete your planinaletertoa end who can help youescape rom theoutade Prison timetable &.00am breakfast in the common dining-hall 9.00am clean-up of ces 10.00am — visiting hour: speaking is only 1.00am permitted through the iron bars of the small cell door windows 12.00am lunch in the cell 00pm change of guards 2.00pm — exercises for prisoners in the fencedin 2.30pm yard 6.00pm dinner in the common dining hall 10.00pm lights out LM...) are34 Why don't you . You could always... Wl were you, fd’... Why not... How about... Ty ing. Pre ker ed Its 5.30 pm. Mark is at Francines home where he's ust had a snack Hehasa otof luggage Hstrainleavesat 15 pm. Francine ‘offers to drive him tothe railway station because she has 10 40 ‘ut to the supermarket anyway, Francine and Mark go nto the car with 10 minutes 1 get vo the station. I's only a short way, but more complicated than you thik especially 3t that time of day. \, Work in nas asthe driver, Francine. and the helofl Mark. who has lots of ideas about the best possible route. Use the phrases from the list to make suggestions weit \When you have ished and have arsved at the station. write out lectins forthe quickest possible route al by car bl on foot. 2. Linking Gambits Conversations ikea game football Che playercan only run wth the ballin one direction for acerain time Sooner or late he must change direction or pass the ball to another player. In a typical omersstion wecanoniytakaboutthesame topicforasto: time. ‘Then we must move ina diferent recon, or give someone else chance, Forexample. we canlinkourownideatowhatsomeonehasjust said With, Ballpen ital. Noone delta Sometimes ‘canbeverydificitiosay whatyournean. Youuantancther chance inthe conversation, 50 you say Let mp acter way Or you may wantto disagree. butina way that wil nt offend with, Thats go ieatat ‘The main reason for using linking gambis that your steers will bbemorepreparedfor yourargumentsand views Theywillnow rom yourlinkswiether youaregaingtoagreecrdicagree you uselinks youl ind that you are more easy understood Remember thet, alotofthe misundersandingbetween peoplecomesfromhaythey Say something, not hal they 55) 35sr vppebracg es 36 Inacase lke this, Inasituation ike this, Inthis sort of situation, PR eer eee Here are wo case studles adapted trom real ie situations. Read through each one. hink upa solution and make anot@ona piece cof paper ‘Speaking \Workinsmall groups Onestudentshouldasklorcomments andthe ctheris offer a solution trying to use the phrases in thelist Writing From your fist notes. write a paragraph giving your solution case 1 Frank has. a good job in London working inthe Department ofthe Environment. He has been'n the same department since he left University and now hehasspeca responsi for stone Bulings lhe says there he expect to behead of his department within 10 years Cathy, his wile: has a very welkpaid job with an insurance ‘Companybasedinthecentreot London She hasbeen uitnthesame Frnfor 12 years The Governmenthassecedtodeceivase ranks R> eer your plan your reservation your countersrgument ppm | That's agood idea, y but. Even so, Even if that Is so, ‘That may be so, but... That's probably true, but, Possibly, buteee) ‘Are yuan opto ofa pestis? This an optimists game! ‘The ds dvds into two teams Take tro make complains, staring withthe deasbelow Theothersidemustvyosay something postive For example: “Team I: Everything's so expensive nowadays ft? “eam 2 Yes buton the other hand, wages are mach higher than they used 1 be Each team take it in turn to make statements and to answer, The answers must be introduced by one of the phrases from the list Eachteambas l0secondstoanswerPiay twoor vee round’ wih each round lasting 5 mites. 1. ts been raining now everyday this month, 2, This coffe really stone 3. English s vor alfficut 4 Grammars really boring. 5. Uhate learning te spel 6. Tve puton ios since Christmas 7. Volvos are very expensive 8. You cant park anywhere around here! 9. Itcan be very cold in Norway in winter. 10. lcartunderstand Prertes accent 1. Bilis very mean with money 12, Uzisalwayslate 13, Joan cant dance Shes awful. ist she! Children have too much money these days 15. Schools are far toa liberal 16, Teachers arent strict enough. hate staring schoo! atin the morning, 1. t's wrong that people get paid for gving their blood. ‘We all have iritating habits — at least inthe eyes of other people! Pickapartner—ifpossbleoftheopposttesex. Your partner hist suggested that you ought to get married. You dort think you are sulable Use one of the excuses Below ~ an iitating habit Usemoreand moreof hehabitstotry persuade yourpartnesthat marrage not for you, ‘When yout parner Is persuaded. change roles. You can us the followingidessor yourown.Usethewordsandphrasestromthelst Irritating habits sleep wth he window wide open eveninthe middeof winter. 2 Ising very loudly in the bath 5. tquite often dort goto bed tl 3 or 4 in the morning. 4 eantcookatllmhappy lthahamburerIdonthefoign 5. lam very mood, When I get up Lcan bein a great mood, but bylunchtime icantbeso depressedthat avetogotothedector. 6, Hove to listen to very loud rock muse —so love that can ec ‘the room shake. 7. Nalkinmy sleep. & I snore very loudly. 9. lke to ep my lat cool. My room is never more than 15% don't have a bath very often. I, Ismoke in bed 12, I seldom do the dishes. | us fet them ple up. Discussion |. Whatis the secret ofa good marriage? 2, Which habis would annoy YOU in someone else? 3: Which of YOUR habits would you try to stop you got maried?|54 Generalising Ingeneral, Generally speaking, Asarule, By and large, Inmy experience, Inmost cases, Exceptions ‘There are exceptions, of course, ‘One exceptions... But what about... Butdon't forget... Divide the class intotwo groups — the optimists andthe pessimiss Each group must make a typical statement using the ideas below. The other group mustmake a typical comment whan exception, ‘Thepessimisswll make pessimisiccommentssnd at pessimist ‘exceptions = the optimists vice vers, For example: Pessimist In general British winters are pretty cold and dismal Optimist: They certainly can be, but there are exceptions of ‘course: Winters in the south west can be very mild Ideas to talk about: Bish ars German cars Men Women Sommers winters Popsas Poltians Pessimistic comments: very depresing stupid tnelabie too expensive never workhard elles Cant be wasted Optimistic comments: 00d alue dependable excting warm ary ‘enaty hardworking Possible Exceptions mycar my sister my cousin Iascyear im teacher our Prime Minster *kinsmall groups 3 or 4. Below you wilfindistsof topics Your teacher wil el you which lists yours You must think of as men {generalisations withexceptionsaspossblelathetimeallowed One person in your group should write them down. Another personcan agree to read them out to the close The group with the most tgeneralsationss the winner, For example Ingeneralold peoplearevery conservative There are exceptions of course My own grandmother started jogging when she was 80, ‘Topic list 1 ‘Topic list 2 1. Grandparents Ie Women 2 Teenagers 2, Babies 3: Millionaires 5 Dogs 4 Teachers sas 5. studens 5. Policemen ©. men 6. Priests opie st 3 “opie st 4 ica Waris 2 Doctors 2. Schools 3 Amencans 5. Wild animals 4 Poperoune 4. TV News Readers 5. Adors 5. Hamburgers 6 Poltcions 6. Money Topic list 5 Third World countries 2. vegetarians 3. People who believe in capital punishment 4. People who liven Nats 5. Foreigners to my country 6, Friness fanatics Asanule, | Byand lage, | Inmy experience, | Exceptions ‘There ae exceptions of course, One exception is... But what about... But don't forget... Let's not forget56. For example, For instance, Take the way (he)... “Take for example... For one thing... To give you an idea . Look at the way ‘By way of on ‘Our teacher's a real showotf Look at the way he drives up in hls Rolls Royce! ‘The party was areal disaster: To give you an Idea of how bad was — everyone had left by 10 oclock! Inconversation we very often want to llustrate what we are saying with an example. I we tell a fend that our teacher isa Dore we cant leave it there. The ether person wants to know more, ‘The phuasesin thelist wlhelpyoutointroduce the wraistaraon. ‘onthe nex page there are sts of words used to describe people. Use your dictionary to look up words whichare new to you. Learn the oves you think wil be usefl to you Complete the folowing descriptions 1. ou wouldnt believe what peculiar people | used to work with, “Takemy dos Hewasa veal Forinstance, hewsed to 2, | suppose i takes 3 types in make a world, The other week we Were sting some of my father's fomiy, We havent seen them for about 10 years. The cldest son, fer example was a complete ——_ P aive you an idea, he = 3, You should have been at Peters party There Was a guy there who wasso. youlst couldnt believe He vas 3 real Take for example the way he He 4. Write 2 description of someone you know Describing people Knowledge intellectual genius whiz egghead 2 (computer) buff bookworm Politics activist chauvinist rationalist revolutionary eral Socialist Conservative democrat ‘conservative with ‘a small C Negative words gossip loudmouth windbag bore Indiscreet snob smart alec egotist primadonna creep drip Humour a laugh butfoon clown joker a eee Personality individualist worrler devious gracious polite Mice feminist boot a real gentlemany lady ritwit blockhead thick stupid hypocrite ccharlatan ‘quack liar do-gooder showoff 57 Experts artist ‘gourmet guru expert educated ‘Types fre tease wolf dlockewatcher tamp downand-out hippie bully slave driver coward chicken ‘wallflower si9y hypochondias drunkard ¢lutton lecher grumbler ‘complainer pain in the neckHesitation Phrases: Well, um Well, let's see, Mmm, II have to think about that. Restating So what you're saying ‘So what you're really saying is... Im other words, WL understand you corecty, So you mean that .. . CMe ed {nage youares journal ietenewinga poitanforonenspaper Journalist: What are you going to do about the slums? Politician: Well et me think... that sa very dificult question Journast: In other words, you don't have any plans When we are asked a question which we either do not know the answer (0 oF which we would preter to avoid. ne often use 9 hhestaton phase, 1 someone ins on fining out ou opinion. they can reste ‘what they think we believe, * Workin pai asiounast and pola withthe folninginteniew questions. Use the phrases Inthe lists and make Conversions like the example above. Issue 1 — The New Nuclear Power Station |. What is your opinion of nuclear power? 2. fre yu in foo ofthe new mcr pover salon be ‘built 10 miles away? * 3. Do you think I will cause health problems for the people in neighbouring villages? 4 What f happening to the people who have to leave their homes to make way for the power station? 5. Why have all the decisions been taken in secret? Issue 2 — Houses for the Homeless A large empty building inthe centre of town has been occupied by squats ~ people with nowhere to ve |. Do you have plans to bring inthe army to evict the squatters? 2. Ist tue that you have cut off the water to the building? 3. Do you know that there are women wth babies in the buicing? 4, Where are you going to put these people when they finally come out? TET Allgood stories haveto come toan end. The phrases inthelit ve ‘you ways of drawing your story to an end Herearerwostoresabouttwopeopleandthefstime theysmaked Finish each story Story 1 ‘Wememberthatmy grandlather usedtosmokehuge Havana Gears Healwaysboughteminbose whichhekeptnthelechen cupboard One day henhewasinthe garden withmy grandmother mybrther andicreptintotheklichen and opened tecigar cupboard. Wetook ‘ne ofthem and hidout inthe woods We took ages trying to ght it After few putfewe were both violently ck When we fourdthe ‘ouragetogoback our grandmother smelledthecigaronourbveath She was 2 wise woman and realised what we had been up ta She ‘made us eat some gar 0 that grandlather wouldnt ind cat” ‘Adda phrase and fish the story Story 2 ‘When lwasatschool some fthecther boys sald youcould smoke cinnamon sticks We were too young to buy ogaretes but anyone ‘could gointoa chemist sshopandbuy cinnamonstics Yousaidthat your mother needed them for cooking So I decided on my fst experiment with smoking In lwent and nervously paid for the ‘cinnamon sticks Iuaitedtlthere was noone elseathome one day before taking them out and trying to smoke. They tasted homble! extonmybedand tiedand ried Solthoughttomjeit"Thstent worth kunlessit makes melockolder $0 | went intothebathroom andlookedat mysellin themitror—brightred wth bloodshoteyes Thad to-admi that Hooked ike the sly ite boy that twas ‘Add a phrase and fish the story Story 3 [Now tel the dass about the fist time you youself did something forbidden Use one ofthe phrases from the Ist to fish the story Discussion ‘Do you feel guilty about the story you have tol? Children are always going to disobey rues. ‘hy do we bother to gve them rules? | Te put the whole thing ir [ease3. Responding Gambits If someone asks you a question. you answer i if you can, But conversations do not consist of questions and answers. We very rarely ask direct questions. We make observations and pass ‘comments, We expect other people to respond to us How they respond tels us how to develop what we say. This means that successfulconversations depend pay on ow we respond to what ‘ther people say. For example. you disagree very aongly with hat someone says you could say You mu! Bota and the other Person knows that you are surprise ~ this wl make the person think more carefully betore continuing. Te gambisin this section allow you to agree or disagree at diferent levels (0 show surprise. disbelet, or polite interest Among the ‘est useful gambis are Soy | dar fl you. ~t0 get peonle to repeat what they said, and Really? to get them to develop what they said. you learn the responses in ths section, other people wil find YOU much easier to ak to and you wil find yourself more relaned And fluent in conversation 6162 No, 'm afraid not. Not quite, You're close, I don't know. mnot sure, PPM ‘Therearemany waysofsayingthatapersonisrightor wrong about 4 plcce of factual information Workinpairsorsmal groupso! Jor 4sayingwhateachothefollowing ‘sgnsand abbreviations means Your partners wl tell whether youre right wrong by using one ofthe phrases rm the his ec 8 '® ‘© © ‘BS Mathematical Signs, ha ae a0 ov “> me Abbreviations 1B. cm la oc 15, ete 6. PS: 17, me. 18 Pw 19. ac 20, Pho 2h Tv 22, RSVP. 23. 10y 24, Pow 25. ETA 26. cop 21. oc 28 hp 29. mph 30. UN 31. WHO 32 one 38. mo, 34. UD 35. BEC 36. NATO 37. cD 38. Pla 3% 40. PLC Answers on page 95, Eres pe ‘Sometimes weagree or disagree wth someonesostronglythat we "Nant to 5850 ule he or she talking. ‘Asacass write down views which are controversal.Youcanse the ideas beiow When hese viewsare ready, anybody inthe ces who feels strongly about ary ane of them should stand up andstate t sironely and say why. The rest of the dass should use the phrases inthe Ist agree or disagree For example: | dont believe in examinations, —Come on! Don't be silly! ‘They're just a waste of time and they're no good for anybody, Hear hear agree with you Controversial topics. 1. School food. 2, Facies in the school 3. Testsand examinations 4 Adverson TV 5. Awoman’s place iin the home. 6. Murderers should be hanged 7. Football only creates violence Theta on cigarettes should be doubled, 9. People who attack children need tobe understood — not put into prison 10. You should be allowed to park wherever you want I, allvainsandbusesshouldbefreeto peopleovertheage of 65. 12. No planes should be allowed toy at night 1B, France's for the French: Germany itr the Germans Stop all Irsmigration. 14 Men should be paid more than women, They work harder 15, Passports should be abolished. Who needs them? | lereet *Sodoll “Neither can Disagreeing ‘That's just not true! = (Oh, come on! ubbisht | Don't give us that! 1 oma! cana vendear (One of the main ways we get to know someone better is when we find out what they believe especialy ithe person agrees with us. ‘Werkin pais. Ty tothinkup the advantages and disadvantages of ‘the folowing ideas. Otter your opinions to your aartner and se if you agree or dsagsee. ake tin urns Use the prasesin the it For example: ‘Themainadvantagetobeingpooristhat youden'thaveto worry about income tax. = That's very true But | wonder if i's 98 simple as that, Situations 1. Being singlmarried 2 Living 3. Uvingin the citycountry, 4 Growinga beard 5: Being poookich. 6. Having children 7, Uving near a pub, 8, Livingin the centre of big town, 9, Havinga car 10. Living in a capital cry “Tveling abread ait 12, Abortion. 1 Teaching children to drink alcohol 1. How to teach young people about AIDS. 15. Bubing insurance 51. Can | help you? Sometimes we walk intoa shop andknow exactly what we want. At ‘ther times, we cant makeup our minds Welodkat something we checkthe pie: weuyiton andstilwecan'tdecde Theletofphrases esl the language you need if you cant decide. ‘Work in pairs ~ one person i the shop assistant the other the customer Work ith thetolowinglstol purchases andthe Gulogue eleton bet: a wedding ring bottle of perfume stereo can you afford CO) hol \wallaper forthe living room (colour? pattern?) t 2 3 4 5 6. adiess 7 8 9 jay abroad a record for a tiena 10. a shit plsinstripedivhitectouredcortonpolyester) Assistant Customer Assistant Customer: Assistant Customer Excuse me. can help you? 7 Tra looking fora ‘Size? Colour Price? (Nou cant decider ‘Well what about 2 Noustilleant dedde) large or small. two or four doors‘Are youa hopeless romantie—witingto do anything or your love? (rareyounddowertorearthreakistwho acca lie wih wile? ‘Workin pairs and inerview eachother using the Love Test onthe pet page. “Ble tin turestointeriew eachother Onastudentasksthe the other chooses answers from the phrases in theists special scoring system Deion. ‘Scoring For questions. 4.6, 8.10, scores follows: ‘trong agreemem ‘Milé agreement Indecision Mid cisagreement Surong disagreement Sheree The Love Test 1. Youhaweasteadypartner Alongcomesareally tractive person, Couldyouralinlovewithsomeone ‘ese? Score 2, Would youconsidermarryingsomeone oma very diferent background to your own? Score 3. Would you consider writing off toa computer ting fn? Score 4, Do youbelieve that mariage Isfrlife? Save 5. Would you consider getting married and not having deen? Score 6, Would you say 20 to someone youre very ‘much because youthoughtsomeone beter might come along? Score 7. Ifthe person you tve died. would you stil consider lie worth veg? ‘score 8, Could you fain love with someone whom you {donot find physically attractive? score 9, Doyouagreethat"Menareineresedinuomen for one reason andl one reason only"? 10. Imagine thatyouhave vey ttle mones. Would souconsider martyingsomeone whoalsohadvery Title money? Tofindouthow romantic youare.turntopage95 for the vesls, Eg ae68 ('m afraid don't know, ''m sory don't know, Uhaven't a clue. ‘could tell you. Pm not sure, Oh, it'ssipped my mind. ve forgotten. It's no good, leant remer Pena ed Dhide the lass ino two teams. One student asks the questions nother keeps the score Each team scores | poineloracorrec onc Sneltwo pontsifa team nember uses one ofthe Bases from the ligt admiting that they dot know the ans Here are 20 questions The teams may also spend 15 minutes preparing questions te each ether Quiz |, What was the namé ofthe first man on the moon? 2. What exactly were his first words? 5. What year dl Mar land on the moon? 4 What’ the longest river in the world? 5. What country sit in? {6 What isthe capital cy of Switzerland? 7. Where were the 1980 sumer Olymple Games held? 8 How many are there ina doven? How many are there ina baker's dozen? 10, How many Beatles were there? IL. Where was Elvis Presley born? 12. Howmany volumes arethereinthe Encyclopedia Britannica? 1G. How far away isthe sun? |. At what speed does Concorde fy? 15, Who invented basketball» 16, What Is the welght of a golfball? 17, When did Queen Victoria dle? 18, How many bees are there ina normal beehive? 19. What do we calla large group of sheep? 20. What Is the population of France to the nearest Usually when we hear bad news weare sympathetic, Sometimes, however is clicult to be sympathetic if we fee thatthe person ‘deserved what happened ~ for example i they neve lock their car and it stolen Bample dialogue ve Just bad my car stolent =I serves you right. You should have locked it. ve just Been thrown out of my flat! — What did you expect? You shouldn't have had so many wild parties Workin pairs tkingtwrnstoresct. Use these ideas andthe phrases in the is. 1, ost your jab ate most days 2 lost your delving Hicence —alvays speeding 3 get an elect shock “dnt switch oft elect betore trying to mend the ight ‘4. went to sleep during the exam = went 0 2 party til In the morning 5. had a fight with Pete = rade t him 1, didnt get the £50 back fom Bil ~ warmed you 7. got lost in Paris told you to take a map Make up your own responses to the following 8. Fee jst gota parking teket 9.98 last ight 1. | as late for the tain 1H. Theres something wrong with my alaren clock 12, Ive just been ignored by Mary Discussion Can you mame a misfortune which you ‘deserved70 Agreeing ‘'mnot surprised. ‘That doesn't surprise me. Yes that sounds lke me, ine it | thoughtso. Just what ve aways, thought. Absolutely! Disagreeing ‘You're jokir You must be joking! dot belive it No, definitely not! come ont I don’t think so, | gor hk tat’ very Are you pulling my leg? ‘That's news to me! Ear ae er Many people believe thot you can lear alot about a person if you ‘naljsetheir handwriting. Whether you believe tor not ifcan be reat fun Work in pais One periom must agree to be the expert and work sith the information on page 73 The other |. Take piece of paper with NO LINES: 2, Whiten your ordinary handwriting the following wo sure tha hel go swimming today. ‘Tomorrow it be too cold for swimming. and then hetbhave (ogo fishing. Nowdo thefllowngtests Onlythe exper’ shoudlockattheanswers Test 1 Hold a ruler below the wekten ines, Areal he words on the ne Tae ti? or do they go upand down, ke this? b he wteids ge Ye thd. down, ‘Theexpendeckeswhetherthehandwting matches aor Ib, wries sdown reads the nterpretqonfrompage 745, andrecordst Each subjestacceptsor reject se anayss making use ofa gam Now, GOON Tek, 7 Test 2 Drawa line below afew woes inthe middle of the sample Doesit {20 up of down on the page? Estimate which cf the Us Below oxeesponds best o your partners sant of writing ‘Theespertinterpretsand recordsthe results. The subject responds with 3 gambic Continue in this way or each test Test 3 ‘Boss thehandwriingslopetotherigh.totheletorstinberween? WE asus ‘Which is the st of parallel nes that fs the small lees? a a tO a ae72 Agrocing rm not surprised. That doesnt surprise me, es, that sounds like me. knew ‘thought so. ‘Just what I've al hott Absolutely! Disagreeing You're joking! Youmust be {don't belive it No, definitely not! Come ont don't think s, {don't think that's very fair ‘Are you pulling my leg? ‘That's news to me! Test 5 Isthere litle some or much space between the ines? 2 Faxes b Tiare 's erg Ces have. © Thee & puch. gpoace, between the Cenes Kore. 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Sek hook d cicledot i dashdot fe thekaoe S bode Test 12 compare howe sat rosin most cases. a tartotieen ¢ | k txpeitar BR bartotneet 2 g_downaambar 2 € tarcenered he upstnttar Nah @ tarhgnte et hear fe starcross t bar missing 73 rising Lasse! final ‘dropping fal Aap 1 lasso —EE————————Agreeing ‘tm not surprised. That doesn't suprise me. Yes, that sounds like me, new it! “ I thougtt¢0. Just what I've always thought. Absolutely! Disagreeing ‘You're joking! ‘You must be joking! | don't believe it No, definitely nett Come on! Idon'tthinkso, ‘I don’tthink that's very | + fair j ‘Are you pulling my leg? That's news tome! 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Where? Show me, Icant se that. Goodness! Whar? ‘ i When you agree So'do |. Me too! That's what | the rat jought But that’s what | was, ‘going to say. \Whatdoyouseeintheseinkblets? Some peaplesee people animals faces or trees Some people cant see anything at. ‘Work in pairs and tell eachother what you can see you cant see anything tall try to relax andlet yourimagination work React o ‘each ther ideas using a phrase from the ist Final, share your ideas together wth the whole cles, For example: Mariasaidshesawtwohorseslaughingateachatherintheseventh Inkblot That's what | thought too! {see a cat looking through some bushes. Really! + = 71Ohno! What a pity! al ‘What a shame, What anuisance, Poor you. Very sad news How awful! How terrible! Mm real to hear ad ly sorry ‘That must've been awfull Exon eee How do we react whenwehave some bad news? tdependsonthe es. Some things are mcreimportantthanathers and we eactto Something serious ferent way from something less serious, however unfortunate Have youheardthat 300people were lled when aplanecrashed this morning? Oh how terrible! on 1 drt get the job afterall “oh what a pity! you reacted to the fist sation with Wha think tat you were a strange person indeed! Work in pais with these sentences, Cne person gve the news: the ther react in an appropriate way using 3 phrase fem the Bt 1. My pitliiend sprained... ankle... first day ...holiday 2, Someone knew. had. .allhigmoney stolen jacket pocket My uncle... passed away last wet ‘Someone know at work old. cancer [oo bike stolen. Someone... sole ...car radio . Severalhundied people kiled Someonepinched... passport ‘Acoleague....madevedundant Mysiser... hit... mouth ily. people would ance: sesterda7Searthquake ailmy cash... hotel room. 25year...sarvecompany. far door” breke atooth Beenevaw Discussion Talkabout what yousay AND what youdo when you hewrverybad rewsin your country 1. What would yousayin your language inthe following stations: 4 Aiendtelsyouthattherehasjustbeenaterrbleeanhquake = thousands of people are dead, 'b Atnondtelsyouthst shohashustheardthather ether hss dies A friend tls you that his house has been burgled, Atrendtelkyouthathehasto gotothe dentist thisaternoon A friend tells you that his wife’ car broke down inthe very entre of town 2. Inyour country do people DOsomethingliferentwhentheyhear apiece of bad news? Pan Ingroupsol 3or preparetoholdanintervew lorajob Decide who ‘willbe the applicant and who willbe the interviewing boar! “Theapplantyouhavebeenmanagerofamediumsized supermarket Inthe cenizeoftown for 10 years. Youthink youhave beensuccessul anda good boss When the interviewers ask a question use one of thephrasesfrom thelist. The phrases wil gve youlitle moretime to think of your answer Theineniovsyoucwn alarge deparumentstoreinthecenteaftown, Icemploys 200 people. The manager has just resigned. You are lmerviewingtheapplicator the postofmanager Usethe questions beloworthinkupyourownquestionsTaketurnstoaskthe questions. Questions 1. Why would you ike to leave your present ob? 2. Sayaitle bout the work you do. 53. How long have you been manager? What isthe worst problem you have had in your present job? 5. What makes you think you will enjoy ths re job? 6 Goyouthink youarepopula withthe people who work or you? 7. tyoucouldehoose your ownboss what kindof person would you choose? 8, Ifyoudid.agree with yourboss about somethingimportant what would you do? 9, Thinkofthe stuation where oneof your employees waslatefor wworkthreedayscutoffour Heisavery good worker Whatwould youder ‘What do you think you willbe doing in 10 years tie? What do you do in your spare ime? |Z, How much do you think we should pay you?80 Pa aes ‘nen we stent otner people we often want fo show them how Interested weareinthelr conversation Wedo thisin diferent ways ‘smiling with our eyes nodding ‘Saying something encouraging Workin pairs. One student describes an excing or anusing event from the lst ofkleas below — or something real. the ether student respondsinthethreeays Usephrasesfrom helt Usethephvases ‘hie the other person s speaking. Dont wat fr pauses o forthe ther person inh speaking Ideas 1. The day | won a milion 2. My favourite holday 3. My worst day ever 4 The best meal ve ever had 5. How we share the work in my home 6. My fst trp to BrtaimiAmerica, 7. My worst day 2t schoo), 8. Something really good that has happened to you 9. Something really embarrassing 10. Your stony eee ee . lfwehavetolstentosomethinglongandcomplicated. wemay vant to.ash the speaker to repeat what was sa, ‘Andifwearethe person givingtheinformation wemay wanttocheck that the other person has understood corrects ‘Work nsmall groupso3or 4. Takeitin turns for one personto ead the problemsbelou. That person shouldusethe checking gambit Thelisteners should use the repettion gambits Problems 1. Start with 5 multiplyby 4. vie thatby 2,subtract3. then ulticly by 10 then te halo that What do you get? i 2. Hyouwritewith yourlefthand, butdrawwiththeoppesitehand, | “andicka ball ith the fot onthe same side yet put the pone to your earon the other side. which isthe aide where you are shore Sighted. which eyes your good eye? t 3. Soyouwontgotothestadium. Wel i’squkealong way actus, Gostraightalongheretlyougetiothetraficlghts notthefisteet, | thesccondsct then torn right. then the secondonthelet then’: _asraghtroadior aboutamile il yougettothe Odeon Cinema, st pastthe Odeon. there's bigroundabout.eostraght across it and the stadium in the parka couple of hundred yardson the le. not eificult to ind 4, Assume youhavea tower made up ofour building blocks: atthe bortamthereieacube then there san octahedron eight faces), ontopofwhichtheres cylinder andattheverywothereisapyramid ‘Now Supposeyouputthecyinderunderneaththecctahedton. Then ouput the eude below the pyramid, Then you putthe ocahedion| atthe btomofthe wholeple What sthesequence ofbulcing blogs €UOLb 5. Make up your own problem and presentitto your group. Make ‘notes to help you Sorry, I don't follow you, What was that again? “Checking Gambits ‘Are you with me? ‘Are you stil with me? Is that lear? OK sofar? Have you got it? Doyeu understands