Dealing with someone’s influence
Made a huge impression on me, got me interested, helped me to be, made me more much more confident, encouraged me to, had faith in me, inspired me to
Questions
1. What are your good and bad qualities?
2. What are you generally good/bad at?
3. What is your lifestyle? What is an ideal night out for you?
4. What is the most surprising thing ever happened to you?
5. What is the best age to be and why?
6. What do you do in weak moments?
7. What is important when you fail at something?
8. What would you have been in another life?
9. What is your philosophy?
10. What qualities do you need for your future profession?
11. Do you agree that parents should push their children to be successful?
12. What are the key things for success?
13. Choose a friend or a family member. In what ways are you similar and different? How have you both changed over the years?
14. Talk about a person/people who have influenced your life. Think about their personality and how they have changed you.
Unit 8
Things around you
Vocabulary
clutter, rubbish, stuff, possessions
drown in, clear out, tidy up, put things away, clean up, throw away, give away,
get rid of, take over, gradually, a huge source of stress
they may have a point, the idea of… is ridiculous
a sort of, a kind of, looks like, sort of like, smallish, brownish, reddish
Questions:
1. Do you find it easy to throw things away?
2. Do you always tidy up before visitors come round?
3. How often do you get rid of old stuff and replace it? Do you usually sell it, give it away or throw it away?
4. Do you think ‘Freecycle’ is a good idea? Is there anything like this where you live?
5. Are there any things/offers you’d be interested in?
- What are the most important things around you? Why can’t you do without them?
- How do modern machines influence your life?
- What things do you usually take with you when you go travelling? Why?
- What is the most precious thing of yours? What or who does it remind you of?
- Why is it so important for you? How long have you had it? How did you get it? Is it valuable? How does it work? Why is it good for you personally?
Unit 9
Problems and how to solve them
Vocabulary
The tap’s leaking, the pipe’s burst, the handle’s come off, the window’s stuck, the batteries are flat, the washing machine’s not working, the bathroom’s flooded, there’s a power cut
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To make decisions, to develop, to represent, to believe, to solve problems, to come up with an idea, to trust your intuition, to listen to your heart, to explain views, to justify views, to recognise, to affect, to be optimistic, benefits, gloomy, to brainstorm ideas, solutions to the problems, to hold a meeting, to evaluate
To resolve the conflict, to show respect, to have an argument/disagreement, to argue one’s case, to cause tension, to have rows, to reach a compromise
Questions:
1. How often do you have to deal with problems?
2. How do you usually solve household (domestic) problems?
3. In which situations would you call for professional or any help (e.g. a plumber, an electrician, an engineer, someone else)?
4. Is it easy for you to make decisions about your studies?
5. Is it easy for you to deal with money?
- Do you ask anyone for advice in tough situations? Why? Do you trust only yourself?
7. What biggest (major) decision in your life do you remember?
8. If you hadn’t made it, what would have happened? How would your life have changed?
9. What do you think of the Six Thinking Hats strategy? Is it good in dealing with problems?
10. What do you do when you’re angry with a friend or a relative? A colleague?
11. How do you think conflicts should be resolved at work or at home? Give an example of your experience.
12. Is it acceptable to get angry in public in your country?
13. What issues do you usually argue about? Do you respect other people’s opinions?
- What problems need to be solved globally? What are they caused by?
- What environmental problems are most urgent? What can be done to solve them?
Units 10-11
Entertainment
Vocabulary
To fancy, to be keen on, to lead an active way of life, to be a cinema/theatre goer, to have a good night out, to be a club goer, to have people come round at your place, to visit friends, that sounds like my kind of thing; what’s on your mind; to take long walks, to have a special hobby,
Words of description: great, excellent, important, nice, tricky, understandable, unfortunate, typical, a shame
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Questions:
- How do people usually entertain themselves?
- Do you spend a lot of time on your social life?
- How often do you go out?
- Do you ever have friends come round your place? What do you do?
- Do you like to take photos to keep good memories? How else do you keep memories about good moments?
- Where do you prefer to eat out? What is the place like? What can you recommend there?
- What does an active way of life mean? Are you a club goer? Why do you (dis)like it?
- What are the best ways to have a good time for people who prefer to stay in rather than go out?
- Do you have a special hobby?
- When you meet up with friends, what topics do you usually talk about?
- Do you ever discuss politics?
- How much do you gossip? Who with?
- Do you think gossiping is a good or bad thing?
- What way of relaxing do you prefer?
- When was the last time you had a long weekend? What did you do?
Units 11 + 1, 3, 7
Visiting different cultures
Vocabulary:
It’s absolutely normal/ acceptable/ not acceptable/ quite common/ polite/ impolite
in public places, a sign, a symbol, a stereotype, a myth, gestures, language, behavior, etiquette,
to break the ice, to meet, to introduce, to shake hands, to apologize, to have a small talk / chat
to have a strong opinion about, to frown upon, to be against, to respect, to violate rules
to have no difficulty in adapting, to tend to, another way is..
generally, usually, apparently, almost always/never, as a rule,…
Questions:
(Unit 1)
1. Think about these aspects of culture where you come from:
Eating habits, greetings, personal space, showing emotions, sense of humour
2. What are generally the relationships between:
Older and younger people
Men and women
Employers and employees
3. Which aspects of culture do you think visitors can begin to understand quite quickly?
4. Which aspects will take longer to get used to?
5. What are the common stereotypes about Russia? What popular myths do you know about other nations?
(Unit 3)
6. What is the attitude to success in your culture?
7. Do you think people in different countries have the same or different attitudes to success?
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(Unit 7)
8. What is the attitude to work and having a career in your country and abroad?
9. At what age do most people retire? Do people generally see retirement as positive or negative thing? Why?
10. Do people usually give priority to their family or work?
11. How are these people seen where you live (working mothers, househusbands, unemployed people)?
(Unit 11)
12. As a child what were you brought up to believe in?
13. What were you forced to do/ encouraged to do?
14. Are children encouraged to be independent? In what ways?
15. Do teenagers spend more time with their family or friends?
16. When do most people leave home?
17. What is the attitude to family in Asia and in the West?
18. On the whole, what is that makes your culture so special?
Unit 12
Jobs and careers
Vocabulary
to do smth for a living, to work long hours/part-time/full time/shifts, to have flexible hours,
long vacation, benefits/perks, the money is pretty good, a well paid job, salary, wages
Work: tiring, boring, satisfying, challenging, routine, interesting, feel anxious/ pleased
deal with people, work independently
work from home, start a career, training, to get into job/occupation, to talk smb out of it, apply for a job, special qualifications, skills, computer literacy, fluent English
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