LISTENING & SPEAKING 1

Men and Women

In this chapter:
- Making Small Talk
- Listening to Invitations &
Responses
- Talking about Invitations &
Celebrations
Vocabulary
- matchmaker (n)
- permission (n)
- ask s.o out (v)
- date/ make a date (with s.o) (v)
- go out (with s.o) (v)
- on a date
 Listen
Main Ideas
1. Why did Michel call Beth?
A.He asked Beth to meet him after their
computer class.
B. He’s Beth’s boyfriend.
C. He wanted to ask Beth out.
2. What does Alicia think?
D.She’s a little surprised that Beth has a
date.
E. She thinks it’s nice that Beth has a date.
F. both a and b
3. What does Lee say about his friend
Varun?
A.He’s from India.
B. He needs his parent’s permission to go
out on date.
C. He’s friend in his math class.
4. Who is Parveena?
D.Varun’s girlfriend
E. one of Lee’s friends at college
F. a girlfriend of Alicia’s
5. What is Lee going to do?
A.ask Alicia to call Parveena
B. ask Parveena if she would like to meet
Varun
C. ask Varun if he would like to meet
Parveena
 Listen
Specific Information
1. What does Beth say about Michel?
A. He’s a really nice guy, and he asked her out.
B. He’s in her classes, and he’s her boyfriend.
C. He’s a friend, but he will probably never be her boyfriend.
2. Why is Alicia surprised about Beth’s phone call?
A. She’s sure Beth has a boyfriend now.
B. Beth doesn’t need her parents’ permission to go out.
C. Beth and Michel are strangers (never met before)
3. Why does Beth say, “That’s a great idea!”
D. because she wants Parveena to meet Lee.
E. because she wants Parveena to meet Varun.
F. because she wants Alicia to call Varun.
 After Listen
Voc Review
go out with make a date matchmaker on a date permission
1. Alicia can’t go out with a boy unless she has her parents’
permission
_____________________
matchmaker because she is trying to find a girlfriend
2. Alicia is like a _______________
for Varun.
go out with Michel tomorrow night.
3. Beth is going to _______________
make a date for Friday night.
4. Jim called Yolanda to _______________
on a date
5. Jim and Yolanda are planning to go _______________ this Friday night.
 Stress
Listening & Practising for Stress
accepted boyfriend one seven o’clock boy parents’ tomorrow
asked date out special Michel that yet

tomorrow at (2) _______________.

Beth: OK, great! I’ll see you (1) _____________ seven o’clock Right. Bye!
that
Alicia: Hmm. Who was (3) ________?
special
Lee: Yeah! Someone (4) ________?
Michel a really nice guy in my computer science class. He (6)
Beth: That was (5) ________,
asked me (7) ________.
________ out I (8) accepted
________, so …
one
Alicia: So, (9) ________ boyfriend
phone call, and now you have a (10) _____________!
Beth: Oh, c’mon, Alicia. He’s not my (11)boyfriend
________ - (12) ________!
yet
Alicia: Well, it sounds nice. I need my (13) parents’
________ permission to go out on a (14)
boy
date with a (15) ________
________
 Reduction
Reductions with DID YOU
DID YOU => /JA/ after WHAT , WHERE, WHEN, WHO, WHY AND HOW

Who did you see? => Who ja* see?

 Reduction
Comparing Long and Reduce Forms

1. Where did you go last night? Where ja* go last night?

2. Who did you go with? Who ja* go with?
3. What did you see at the movies? What ja* see at the movies?
4. How did you get there? How ja* get there?
5. When did you get home? When ja* get home?
6. Why did you pick that movie? Why ja* pick that movie?
 Reduction
Practice
1. a. What did you do last weekend? 4. a. How did you get to school?
b. What ja* do last weekend?
2. a. Where did you go on Sunday?
b. Where ja* go on Sunday?
3. a. When did you get up this
morning?
b. When ja* get up this morning?
b. How ja* get to school?
5. a. Who did you come to
school with?
b. Who ja* come to school
with?
6. a. Why did you take the bus?
b. Why ja* take the bus?
 Talk It Over
Discussing
1. Is it OK for someone to ask for a date?
2. Is it OK to ask s.om for a date if you haven’t been formally introduced to that
person?
3. Should you ask someone for a date at least three days before you want to go
out?
4. Is it OK for a woman to ask a man out for a date?
5. Is it OK for the woman to pay for the date?
6. If you go to a restaurant on date and the other person is paying, should you
order something cheap from the menu?
7. After a first date, is it OK to tell the person that you’d like to see him or her
again even if it’s not the truth?
 Making Small Talk
Topic and Strategy for small talk
- Good topics: the weather, sports, movies, TV, books, and music, hobbies,
food & restaurants
- Some popular places for small talk: waiting in line, waiting for a bus,
between classes, on breaks, in school or company cafeterias.
- Pattern for small talk:
• Greeting
• Making small talk
• Making more small talk
• Leave-taking
 Listen
Main Ideas
1. Do the speakers know each other well?
2. What two small-talk topics do the speakers talk about? Circle the two topics in the
box below.
- food and restaurants
- hobbies and interests
- movies, TV, books, music sport
- the weather
 Listen
Context clues
1. What did Beth do on her date?
A. She had dinner first and then saw a
movie
B. She went to the movies
C. She saw a movie and then went to a
restaurant
2. Why is Jennifer upset?
D. The traffic was terrible
B. Rob was late for their date
C. Rob forgot their date
3. What is Dina probably going to do?
E. Go out with Peter on Friday night.
F. Go out with Peter some other night.
G. Not go out with Peter
4. What is Pat probably going to do?
H. Go out with Peter on Friday night.
I. Go out with Peter some other night.
J. Not go out with Peter.
5. Why can’t Anu go to the concert?
K. He doesn’t have enough money
L. He’s doing something else on Saturday
M. The concert is too late
 Listen
Discussing dating
1. What is a typical date for you?
2. What is your idea of a fun date?
 Listen to Invitations
Questions
1. Do you ever invite friends to your house dinner or watch a movie?
2. Do you like indoor, sit-down dinner parties or outdoor food parties like BBQ /
picnics? Why or why not?

have someone (over) for dinner

invite someone (over)
formal party vs informal party
 Listen
Main Ideas
1. What time is Beth’s dinner?
2. Is the dinner formal or informal?
3. Is Michel going to come?
4. Does Beth want Michel to bring something

1. 7 pm
2. informal
3. Yes
4. No
 Listen
Specific information
 Listen
Discussing parties
1. In your community, do guest offer to bring food or drinks to a dinner party?
2. When you go to a dinner at someone’s house, do you bring a gift? If yes, what do
you bring?
 Speaking
Invitations and Celebrations
1. What kinds of parties are popular in your countries?
2. What celebrations/parties have you made so far?
3. Describe the last wedding that you attended. How did you receive an invitation?
What did it look like? groom/ bride