Intermediate 1 Unit 2

Unit 2
Away From Home

How do you like it here?

a. Justin, from the video, introduces Yavor to Sara, a co-worker. Complete the conversation
with the words or phrases below.

opportunity • department • so far • transferred • finance • in training

transferred
Justin: Hi Sara, I want you to meet Yavor. Yavor is from Bulgaria. He just (1) _______________
from the European office.

Sara: Welcome, Yavor. How’s it going?

so far
Yavor: Really well (2) ________________. But as I told Justin, I haven’t had a regular work day
in training
yet. I’m still (3) ________________.

Sara: department
Which (4) ________________ will you be in?

finance
Yavor: I’ll be working in the (5) ________________ department.

Sara: That’s interesting. I’m also in the finance department. So if you’re working here, does
opportunity
that mean there’s an (6) ________________ for me in the European office?

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b. Match the responses to the questions and statements, based on the video conversation
between Justin and Yavor.

Question or Statement Response

a. What kind of work are you doing here? a 1. It’s great. Everyone is so friendly.

b. What brought you to the States? b 2. Bulgaria.

c. How do you like living here so far? a 3. For now I’m still in training.

d. So where are you from? c 4. Oh, thanks.

e. Let me help you with that. b 5. I asked for a transfer.

c. Yavor goes out to lunch with Sara. Complete the dialogue below.

Sara: So, what’s it like moving to a different country?

Yavor: ______________________________________________________________
because i want to explore other countries

Sara: thants interesting but why you choose this country

______________________________________________________________

Yarov: because i like the culture and the people

______________________________________________________________

Sara: thants nice to hear

______________________________________________________________

Yarov: tell me can you give me a tour for your city?

______________________________________________________________

Sara: going to be a pleasurre for me

______________________________________________________________

Yarov: thank you so much

______________________________________________________________

d. In class, practice your dialogue with a partner.

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Study Exchange
a. Pat Miller, the author of “Study Exchange,” interviewed the exchange student, Kim Bankes,
before she wrote her article. Match the questions she asked to Kim’s answers.

Questions

e 1. “Has your French improved?”

b 2. “How often do you speak to your parents?”
f 3. “Do you miss your family?”
c 4. “Have you made any friends?”
a 5. “What is your roommate’s name?”
d 6. “How long do you think you will stay in Paris?”

Kim’s Answers

a. “I don’t even feel like going home.”

b. “I haven’t been homesick even once.”
c. “I’ve made several new friends.”
d. “Her name’s Chantal.”
e. “I hardly have an accent.”
f. “My mother phones me once a week.”

b. Write three more questions to ask Kim.

do ou like it?
1. _____________________________________________________________________

2. do you like your work

_____________________________________________________________________

3. can we go out to take a coffee

_____________________________________________________________________

c. With a partner, practice the interview between Pat and Kim. Use the questions and
answers from activities a. and b. to help you.

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d. Read the postcard that Kim’s mother sent her. Imagine you are Kim and write a reply. Use
the words and phrases from activity a. to help you.

Dear Kim,

I hope you are having a good time in Paris and aren’t

feeling homesick. I expect your French is really
improving. Have you made any nice friends? How is
your roommate? Do you feel like coming home yet?
Kim Bankes
____________________________
We all miss you here.
International School
I’ll phone you next week. ____________________________
Paris, France
____________________________
Lots of love,
Mum

Dear Mum,
its a pleasure for me to write you now i m
______________________________________
happy for what im going in this country
______________________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________ Mrs. Bankes

6 South Road
Love, Glasgow
Kim Scotland

e. Exchange postcards with your partner.

f. Design a poster advertising Craighouse School’s exchange program. Include the following
information.
• How long the program has been running
• How long the program lasts
• Where the students stay during the program
• How old the students have to be
• The effects of the program on the students’ French

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Enjoying Your Stay

a. Do you remember the dialogue, “Enjoying Your Stay”? Here are two alternative dialogues.
Separate the jumbled sentences to make two alternative dialogues.

Yes, I am. I love it here.

No, I’m not. Everything is so strange.
Why do things seem strange?
Where have you been?
People aren’t very friendly to me.
Do you have any more family in the United States?
I’m being friendly to you, aren’t I?
No. Only my cousins. But they’ve been very nice to me.
Yes, you are. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be rude.
I have cousins in Florida. I went to visit them.

Dialogue 1

Woman: Well, Akiko, are you enjoying your stay in the U.S.?

Akiko: _______________________________________________________________
yes
Woman: why
_______________________________________________________________

Akiko: because I like the enviroment for the work

_______________________________________________________________

Woman: really
_______________________________________________________________

Akiko: yes
_______________________________________________________________

Dialogue 2

Woman: Well Akiko, are you enjoying your stay in the U.S.?

Akiko: _______________________________________________________________
No
Woman: why
_______________________________________________________________

Akiko: because I donts like the culture

_______________________________________________________________

Woman: really
_______________________________________________________________

Akiko: yes
_______________________________________________________________

b. Choose one of the dialogues and practice it with a partner. Take turns reading the different
parts.

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Present Perfect: Progressive

a. Kim returns home from France at the end of the school year. She misses France a lot and
especially her roommate, Chantal. Complete Kim’s letter to Chantal with the correct form
present perfect of the verb in brackets.

Dear Chantal,
working hardest
Well, here I am at home again in Scotland. I (1) _______________________ (work hard
at school. My French has improved a lot but I’ve missed a lot of material in subjects
such as mathematics and science.
arguest
My mum and I (2) ________________ (argue) a lot - she really missed me when I was
in Paris but now that I’m home she wants me to study harder and go out less. She’s also
making
not very happy about all th long-distance phone calls I (3) _______________________
(make) to you in Paris!
do you
What about you? What (4) _______________________ (you/do)? Do you miss me?
practice
I hope you (5) _____________________ (practice) your English so you’ll be able to
speak to my friends when you come to visit this summer!

Your true friend,

Kim

b. Imagine you are Chantal. Answer Kim’s letter, using the Present Perfect Progressive to write
about what you have been doing at home and at school.

c. Exchange letters with a partner. Has your partner used the Present Perfect Progressive
correctly?

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