Talking about relationships Read about these people in Mario's life. Then match each of Mario's statements (1-6) below with a person. Use each statement only once. Perry is Mario's best friend. rhs ie Mario as Jain and ‘Mario are) dating. 1. “He is the boss in my office.” 4. “She's my cousin.” 2. “He's a great guy. We like doing things together. 5, “We met once—at a party. 3. “She's my girlfriend.” 6. “We work in the same office every day Who would you talk to in the situations below? Choose from the words in the box or use your own ideas. Explain your answers to a partner. acquaintance colleague parent —_—best friend _gilfriend/boyfriend supervisor 1. You break up with your boytriend/girlftiend 3. You have some exciting news. 2. You have problems with a colleague. 4. You have a secret to tell Make a list of people you know. Then exchange lists with a partner. Interview each other about the people on the list. Tell your partner two facts about each person. ite la ER « = Sa ¥ et ten eas ag0T >) Unit 1 + All About Meye Pe BES Tal lile) r¢) Katherine is moving into an apartment. She is meeting Nora for the first time. Listen to the conversation. What do you think nosy means? (CD 1, Track 1) Listen again. What do you know about the people in each apartment? Check (/) all the answers that apply. (CD 1, Track 2) 2. Wes and Lydia 4. Mrs. Hanson [ey They're quiet. O She's related to Nora. They live in 3B. T n 2B. [_] ste tives in 3¢. AISWER What are some people nosy about? Bo you know any nosy people? World Link The average US. citizen moves thirteen times in his or her lifetime. Reduction of present continuous ~ing ending Pair work. Listen to the conversations. Notice how the underlined verbs are pronounced. Then practice with a partner. (C0 1, Track 3) [Conversation 1 | Conversation 2 j Sandy: Hello? Josh: Hello? | Joe: Hi, Sandy. It’s Joe. Lisa: Hi, Josh, how are you? Sandy: Oh hi, Joe. Josh: T'm really busy. Joe: What are you doing? Lisa: Why? What are you doing? Sandy: I'm sleeping. Josh: I'm painting my bedroom. Joe: Oh, sony. | Lisa: 0.K. Talk to you later! rB) Pair work. Practice reading the sentences below with { a partner, Use the reduced pronunciation of ~ing. : Ss 1, He's dating a really nice girl 3. She's working in her garden. 2. V'm fixing my car. 4, We're going to the movies. @ vow listen and cheek your pronunciation. (CO 1, Track 4) Lesson A+ The people inmylife 3OO @) 4 I'd like you to meet i) @ Listen to the conversations. Who is meeting for the first time? (CD 1, Track 5) Conversation 1 Conversation 2 “Yong Il: Hi, Let me introduce myself. I'm Yong Nice to meet you. My name is Ileana, Hi, Junko. Hi, Maria. It's good to see you again! Meana: oe ‘Yong Il: It’s nice to meet you, (00, Ileana, I'm fine, thanks. How about you? A I'd like you to meet Tammy. I'm fine, Nice to meet you, Tammy. Janko, this is Ricardo. + Nice to meet you, too, leana. ‘We're classmates. We're both taking accounting this semester. Hi, Ricardo, |: We're colleagues. We work in the same department. i, Junko. ask& ANSWER What does Maria say to introduce Ricardo? What does Yong Il say to introduce Tammy? Group work. Practice Conversation 1 with a partner. Then practice Conversation 2 with two partners. es Speaking Strategy | 4 Introducing someone to someone else ® Group work. Role play. Work in groups of three: Student A, Student B, and Student C. 1, Student A: Choose a famous person to be. Write down your identity on a piece of paper and give it to Student B. [Formal i Junko, this is Ricardo. Junko, meet Ricardo. Td like you to meet Tammy. 2. Student B: Read the identity of Student A. Then introduce Let me introduce Tammy Student A to Student C. 3. Change roles and follow steps 1 and 2 again. ® Class activity. Role play. Now introduce the “famous friends” you met in A to your other classmates. Use formal or informal style. (Ana, ike you to meet | Enviguelgesios Unit 1 + All Asout Meanguage Link present vs, the present continuous ‘Look at the pictures and read about Diane. "Teen use the words in the box to complete the sentences, department. Diane is working in that department this week only. © This is a habit or 2. These events are happening 3. This is a situation, Use the simple present. Use the present continuous Use the present continuous. ‘Complete these sentences to make questions in the simple present ‘or the present continuous. Use the verbs in the box. tates ee do cat have read sleep -work MY family lives in age | SSS | eS | '& You're not in the office. Where are you working? 4. A: How many brothers and sisters _______? & At home, It's only for one week. B: Four brothers and one sister. A: What 5. A: What onthe weekends? A book. It’s really good. B: Play golf. And relax. When 6. A: Who___in the bedroom? About 7:00, usually. B: It’s Joe. Please be very quiet The vet bei ‘Véronique Lesarg is a doctor. Use the simple present used Te Bnet usualh or present continuous to complete her profile. contig, sent —_Sontinuous, My name is __ (be) Véronique Lesarg. 1 (live) in Montreal. 1 (be) a pediatrician, a doctor for children. I usually (work) in a hospital, but at the moment, 1 (volunteer) for an organization called Doctors Without Borders, They (send) staff to other countries. Right now, I (work) in Africa, We __ (build) a new clinic. Lesson A + The people inmylife 56 Is it you? @ @ Unit7 + All About Me (On a sheet of paper, start a list using the simple present. Write down the following: 1, a routine you never change 2, an unusual habit 3. a general fact about yourself cue 9 oy ere Write down the following: i SE 4, an activity you are doing right now < ELa lig on art clase thi cone 5, a temporary activity you are doing An malig a photo allen, 6. a project you are doing outside of class Fold your paper and give it to your teacher. Your teacher will mix up the papers and give you a classmate's paper. ‘Ask questions to find out who wrote the list. ty. Talk to your classmates. Doyouaiwaysget yo} ‘at 5:00 in the morning?kc. Are these objects related to school, work, or the government? Match each object to a place. Explain your answers to a partner. (For some objects, more than one answer is possible.) 2 diploma | a.driver'slicense | 4 clectronie onganizer passport & report card 7. resume 8. birth certificate yearbook © 3 Do you have any of the objects in A at home? What memories do they hold for you? Tell your partner. have a passport. Last year, Jused itwhen f went to Vancouver. LessonB*My memories 78 2 istening .¢) Just a few old keepsakes ) Listen to a grandmother and her grandson talking. Then number the objects from 1 to 3 in the order they are mentioned. (CD 1, Track 6) [Jpasspon patary 5] yearbook > @®) ® Listen again. Complete the sentences. (CD 1, Track 7) 1. The grandmother wrote about her first keepsake / boyfriend / trip in her diary. 2, She traveled to school | America | Europe by ship J car / plane. 3. She graduated in the fifties / sixties / seventies. @) @ Listen again and check your answers. (C0 1, Track 8) ask& ANSWER Are you nostalgic (sentimental about the past)? What keepsakes do you have? How are they spe TTeTelia Te] A book of memories Making memories: ‘Americans take 17 billion photos per year. F : ee Source: Photo Tehniques @] Proir work. Diseuss these questions with a partner. : eee 1, What memories of high school do you have? 2. What clubs or activities did you join? 3. What was your favorite subject? Unit 1» All About MeSead the article. Most high schools in the United States publish yearbook. The yearbook comes out once year, usually in the spring. It isa record of the school year—a “book. ‘of memories” for the students Tnside a yearbook is exch student's photo. The seniors are graduating soon, and their photos appear first Next are the juniors. They are one year behind the seniors. Next come the sophomores, or second-year seudents. The last photos are the first-year students, the freshmen. The yearbook is not only about students, The teachers have photos, roo. The yearbook also has photos and descriptions of sports feams, academic subjects, and extracurricular activities. These are activities students do afterschool, such as the chess cub and Spanish club. There is Geen a yearbook club, Students inthis elub write, design, and take photos all year for the yearbook. Ae the end of the year, the book is printed In the yearbook, some students feceive special titles. The seniors vote and choose the “clas clown” (a fanny student), the “most likely o succeed" la seudent reryone thinks will be succesful), and the “best dressed” (a student with a good fash- Jon sense). There are also other awards and categories Ssadents typically sign each other's yearbooks. This i especially important for the seniors, because they are graduating, Students write notes to each other such ae fi feed slot Phan” 6 Vil never free ou? They ales wee abou’ all he fan and Funny experiences they shared in school together, Complete the following summary using words from the article in B. A yearbook is a (1) record __ of the school year. You will find each student’ oe ; 4 Fthe (3 he yearbook features in a yearbook. Photos of the (3) come first. The yea a sams, academic subjects, and extracurricular activities. There are many clubs: : teams, academic subjects, Eee club makes the yearbook. Seniors vote and give some students (6) — sue ie | own.” Students (7) their classmates’ yearbooks. The yearbook is truly a bool dow (8) _ —s | | SSWER arbook? If so, what is it like? jour high school have a yearbook? Iso, wl | Brot Beet ett are/were in your high school? Lesson B+ Mymemories 9a Language Link Review of the simple past ee Ee Edwin and Patty are looking at pictures from their high school yearbook. Read their comments. My freshman year was hard, | was an outsider. I didn’t have a lot of friends. I often ate lunch alone. As a senior, my school life changed. I worked as the yearbook editor. I met many people and made a lot of friends. L was a cheerleader. We had practice every day after school. It was a lot of fun. I was also on the soccer team. We played ten games and won eight. We finished the season in first place. changed, was, @ Look at these yearbook photos of three famous people. Read about them and use the simple past of the verbs to complete their histories. Then fill in their names. die give go ssing—study Her mother _died _ when she was six years old. In high school, she drama and dance, She __ to New York in 1977. She ___a song called “Vogue.” Sh concerts around the world, Her name i Louise Ciccone. be move get. play Star | He and his family often _ to different places when he was young. He sports in high school. He _bad grades. His first | big movie in 1983: Risky Business. He in The Last | | His name die marry meet. = run—sstudy win When he was three months old, his father _ He hardin | high school. He John F. Kennedy when he was 16. He a his law school classmate, Hillary. He for president of the United States. He - His name is: 10 Unit 1 + Al About Meti Eizo. Well we wre graduating 800K, We hada bot of fan over the gears, didat ae? | have many, good meow aries. you are a senior in high school. cach ‘= separate piece of paper, write Pemenber when we & at newt ssrbook message to a friend. on Ast, ae? ‘your memories from school. other ath olase last ye nal, 0 boring!» soo Exchange papers with a (ewne # - Tell the class about one of your ers high school memories. Sea lex tel ) es BEST VOICE mane 5, Name: =a 6. Name: Group work. Talk with your group about who would be the best person in your class to receive each award. Write the names under the awards. e We chose Carlos es the “friendliest.” Group work. One person from your group tells the class your On the first day of closs, he said choices and the reasons. f a ‘Cheek out the World Link video. Gs Practice your English online al hiip://ell.thomson.com/worlalink