UNIT 1 Parents

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UNIT 1 Parents

• Part A Pre-listening Task
• Part B ? Listening Tasks
• Dating with My Mother
• ? Speaking Tasks

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Part A Pre-listening Task

• Language Focus
• There is no love like a mothers love for the
  child.
• I miss my parents when Im short of money
  /when Ive got problems/when I dont get on
  with/when Im sick.
• My parents sometimes dont see eye to eye with
  me.
• No bond is stronger than that between parent
  and child.
• My mother is thrifty and industrious/ generous
  and compassionate/ a career woman.

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Question for discussion

• Do you celebrate Mothers day? How?
• What is your father/mother like?
• Do you always remember your parents birthdays?
• What is your opinion of generation gap?
• Do you and your parents believe in different
  values?

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Part B ? Listening Tasks Dating with My Mother

• ????

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? Speaking Tasks Debat

• Card A
• Topic Arguments for or against for asking for
  pocket money from our parents
• Perspectives
• 1.From the perspective of a student (positive)
• 2.From the perspective of a
• parent (negative)

• Card B
• Topic Arguments for or against sending aged
  parents to nursing homes
• Perspectives
• From the perspective of a student (positive)
• From the perspective of society (negative)

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Unit 2 Coincidence

• Part A Pre-listening Task
• Part B ? Listening Tasks
• What a Coincidence
• ? Speaking Tasks

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Part A Pre-listening Task

• Language Focus
• Everything under the sun is possible
• Speak of the devil and he will appear
• Coincidence is the result of pure chance/of our
  memories
• Good fortune never repeats itself but troubles
  never come singly
• Some people believe coincidences are the work of
  mysterious forces/supernatural powers

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Question for discussion

• 1. What is coincidence?
• Give an example to illustrate it.
• 2. How do people react to coincidences?
• How important are they in human life?
• 3. Can coincidences be explained? Why?
• 4.What can coincidences do? Are they
  mostly beneficial or harmful?

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Part B ? Listening Tasks

• Listening to the tape

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Part ? Speaking Tasks Debat

• Card A
• Topic the view that ones fate is a decisive
  factor in ones life
• Perspective
• 1.From the perspective of a person who believes
  that success depends on human effort
• 2. From the perspective of a person who believes
  in
• fate

• Card B
• Topic Arguments for or against fortune telling
• Perspective
• 1. From the perspective of someone who believes
  in fortune telling
• 2.From the perspective of someone who doesnt
  believe in fortune telling

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Unit 3. Marriage

• Part A Pre-listening Task
• Part B ? Listening Tasks
• A Marriage Agreement
• ? Speaking Tasks

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Part A Pre-listening Task

• Language Focus
• Both men and women consider marriage a very
  important part of their lives.
• Happiness in marriage does not depend on material
  wealth.
• The rising divorce rate is often caused by hasty
  marriage. As the saying goes, Marry in haste,
  repent in leisure.
• Mutual respect and understanding between husband
  and wife contribute much to a happy marriage
• A marriage based on romantic love alone will not
  necessarily last long, for a sense of
  responsibility is also essential to a successful
  marriage.

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Question for discussion

• .What do you think of marriage? Do you think a
  happy marriage is the most important thing in
  your life?
• What kind of person do you want to marry? What
  are your standards in choosing a life companion?
• What do you think is crucial for a happy
  marriage?
• What usually causes troubles in a marriage?
• Do you think differences between husband and wife
  are unavoidable?

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Part B ? Listening Tasks

• Listening to the tape
• A Marriage Agreement (1,2)

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Part ? Speaking Tasks Debat

• Card A
• Topic Giving first priority to education in
  choosing a spouse
• Perspectives
• 1.From the perspective of negative
• 2.From the perspective of positive

• Card B
• Topic Giving first priority to economic status
  in choosing a spouse
• Perspective
• 1.From the perspective of negative
• 2.From the perspective of positive

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Unit 4 Stress

• Part A Pre-listening Task
• Part B ? Listening Tasks
• Being a Police Officer is a
  Stressful Job
• ? Speaking Tasks

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Part A Pre-listening Task

• Language Focus
• My parents and relatives lay greater expectation
  on me than I can reach
• My teachers expect me to do more than I can
  handle
• The pressure of having to work against a deadline
  is too much for me.
• A major change in life , such as losing a job or
  a death in the family causes stress.
• Sometimes a certain amount of stress is good. It
  can stimulate us and increase our level of
  alertness

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Question for discussion

• What does stress mean?
• What causes stress to people?
• When are you under stress?
• What should we do to deal with stress?
• Do you know anything about the life of a police
  officer? How stressful can it be ?
• What are stress-related diseases?

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Part B ? Listening Tasks

• Listen to tape
• Text 1
• Being a Police Officer Is a Stressful Job
• Text 2
• Stress Reducers

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Part ? Speaking Tasks Debat

• Card A
• The view that feeling stressed during the final
  exam week is bad
• 1.Perspective of negative
• 2.Perspective of positive

• Card B
• The view that feeling stressed before a speaking
  contest is bad
• 1.Perspective of negative
• 2. Perspective of positive

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Unit 5 Youth

• Part A Pre-listening Task
• Part B ? Listening Tasks
• Ashley
• Young people say no to smoking
• ? Speaking Tasks

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Part B ? Listening Tasks

• Text 1
• Ashley
• Text 2
• Young people say no to smoking

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Part ? Speaking Tasks Debat

• Card A
• Volunteering to plant trees
• 1.From the perspective of some negative student
• 2.From the perspective of some positive local
  resident

• Card B
• Volunteering to clean up the school river
• 1.From the perspective of the positive school
  authorities
• 2.From the perspective of some negative students

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Unit 6 The Natural World

• Part A Pre-listening Task
• Part B ? Listening Tasks
• Why Do Leaves Change Color?
• Timing of Color Change in Trees
• ? Speaking Tasks

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Part A Pre-listening Task

• Language Focus
• In late fall, most leaves turn yellow and begin
  to fall off the trees.
• The Fragrance Hill of Beijing and the yellow
  Mountains are famous sites for viewing a display
  of fall colors.
• Spring is so colorful, full of blooming flowers.
• Summer is so green, You can see a whole green sea
  of grass and leaves.
• Nature is neither kind nor unkind, it is
  indifferent
• The world of nature is full of delightful sounds
  and colors.

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Question for Discussion

• Are you a lover of nature? Why or why not?
• Which season do you like best? Why?
• What is the typical colors of each season?Are
  there different kinds of trees on your campus?
  Describe them in simple English.
• What happens to the leaves of some trees and
  shrubs from September to November? Can you
  explain why?

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Part B ? Listening Tasks

• Text 1 Why Do leaves Changes Color?
• Text 2 Timing of Color Change in Trees

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Part B ? Speaking Tasks
Debats

• Card A
• Decorating streets with big flower beds
• Perspectives
• 1.From the perspective of some negative residents
• 2.From the perspective of positive society

• Card B
• Decorating the lobby of a hotel with real plants
  and flowers
• Perspective
• 1.From the perspective of a positive customer
• 2.From the perspective of the negative general
  manager

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Unit 7 Courage

• Part A Pre-listening Task
• Part B ? Listening Tasks
• Krimali ? ?
• ? Speaking Tasks

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Part A Pre-listening Task

• Language Focus
• One man with courage makes a majority
• Courage is the first of human virtues, because it
  makes the other virtues possible
• History has recorded the heroic deeds of many
  people of great courage, among whom are
• I dont think courage can be taught. Heroes are
  born , not made.
• Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
• Fortune sides with him who dares.
• Courage always involves taking risks.

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Question for Discussion

• What is courage? Can you give an example of an
  act of courage?
• Does courage always involve risk-taking?
• How is courage different from rashness?
• Do you see yourself as a courage person?
• Are you willing to take risks for the welfare of
  others?
• It is said that the virtue of courage is in short
  supply in todays world. Do you agree?

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Part B ? Listening Tasks

• Text 1 Krimali (Part One)
• Text 2 Krimali (Part Two)

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Part B ? Speaking Tasks
Debats

• Card A
• Choosing a risky profession
• Perspective
• 1.From the perspective of a negative parent
• 2.From the perspective of a positive policeman

• Card B
• Customers directly confronting shoplifters
• Perspective
• 1.From the perspective of a positive shop
  assistant
• 2.From the perspective of a negative customer

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Unit 8 Left-handedness

• Part A Pre-listening Task
• Part B ? Listening Tasks
• Text 1 Why Are Some People
  left-handed?
• Text 2 Does Being Left-handed Affect
  Ones Life?
• ? Speaking Tasks

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Part A Pre-listening Task

• Language Focus
• Being left-handed means using the left hand more
  readily than the right
• The majority of people in the world are
  right-handed.
• In the past society was not sympathetic to
  left-handed people/considered left-handedness
  abnormal.
• Strongly left-handed children would try their
  best not to make any change at all

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Question for Discussion

• What does being left-handed mean?
• Do you have any friends who are left-handed?
• Do you know any famous people who are
  left-handed? Name some of them
• What might happen if a left-handed child is
  forced to become right-handed?
• Do you think left-handed people are more
  intelligent than right-handed people? Why or why
  not?

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Part B ? Listening Tasks

• Text 1 Why are some people left- handed?
• Text 2 Does being left-handed affect ones life?

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Part B ? Speaking Tasks
Debats

• Card A
• Asking a left-handed child to change to
  right-handedness
• 1.positive parents
• 2.negative left-hander

• Card B
• Installing escalators in every public building
• 1.positive disabled person
• 2.negative local government

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Unit 9 The Business World

• Part A Pre-listening Task
• Part B ? Listening Tasks
• Text 1 Welcoming Visitors
• Text 2 At a Business Meeting
• ? Speaking Tasks

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Part A Pre-listening Task

• Language Focus
• Meetings are held for the purpose of
  problem-solving and decision-making.
• A good chairman knows how to keep a meeting
  running on time and to the point.
• Ethical business practice means a business should
  seek to make a profit, but not at the expense of
  customers or the environment
• Company should do what is right, not just what is
  profitable.

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Question for Discussion

• What should be the major concerns of a business
  company?
• What makes a good employer? And what makes a geed
  employee?
• How important are customers/clients to a
  business?
• Suppose your job is to welcome visitors to your
  company. What will you do to make them feel
  comfortable and give them a good impression?
• Meeting at management level are held regularly in
  a company. What may be discussed at such a
  meeting?

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Part B ? Listening Tasks

• Text 1 Welcoming Visitors
• Text 2 At a Business Meeting

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Part B ? Speaking Tasks
Debats

• Card A
• The view that globalization is an effective way
  to drive off poverty
• Perspective
• 1.a positive government official
• 2. some negative citizens

• Card B
• The view that globalization helps solve
  environmental problems
• Perspective
• 1. positive the CEO of a multinational
  corporation
• 2. some negative students

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Unit 10 Humor

• Part A Pre-listening Task
• Part B ? Listening Tasks
• Text 1 How to Get a Laugh
• Text 2 Youre Under Arrest
• ? Speaking Tasks

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Part A Pre-listening Task

• Language Focus
• Humor is easy to recognize, but difficult to
  define.
• Some people are gifted with a high sense of
  humor but some have no sense of humor at all.
• A sense of humor reduces stress and makes the
  body function better.
• Humor is a gift that one is born with/a skill
  that anyone can develop.
• Humor is the shortest distance between two people
  .
• Laughter is the best medicine.
• What makes a joke work is that so much can go
  unsaid because the audience already knows it.

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Question for Discussion

• 1.How do you define humor?
• 2.What does having a sense of humor mean?
• 3.What kind of person would you describe as
  having no sense of humor?
• 4.What is the value of humor in interpersonal
  relationships?
• 5.Does humor mean lack of seriousness?
• 6.How can a person acquire a sense of humor?

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Part B ? Listening Tasks

• Text 1 How to Get a Laugh
• Text 2 Youre Under Arrest!

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Part B ? Speaking Tasks
Debats

• Card A
• The view that a sense of humor can not be
  cultivated
• Perspectives
• 1.a positive student
• 2.a negative student

• Card B
• The view that a high sense of humor is the result
  of a good education
• Perspectives
• 1.a positive student
• 2.a negative student

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Unit 11 The Cinema

• Part A Pre-listening Task
• Part B ? Listening Tasks
• Text 1 Popcorn and the British Cinema
  Industry
• Text 2 Death of the stunt people
• ? Speaking Tasks

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Part A Pre-listening Task

• Language Focus
• Nowadays you can buy chocolates, cookies,
  beverages, ice cream, and popcorn at a big
  cinema.
• I like both domestic and foreign films as long as
  they are good. Some of my favorite films are
• How often I go to the cinema depends on what film
  is showing.
• Sometimes I go to the movies, not so much for
  their stories, but for their fine scenery and
  music.
• I have no patience to sit through a film with a
  very slow development of the plot/ in which
  nothing much happens.

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Question for Discussion

• 1.Are you a movie fan? How often do you go to the
  movies?
• 2.Do you like to watch films at the school cinema
  or downtown?
• 3.Can you get drinks in a cinema? What else is
  sold there?
• 4.Do you admire actors that seem to perform very
  dangerous acts in films?
• Who are the real heroes of such acts?
• 5.Do you sometimes watch films in English?
• Are they very difficult for you ?

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Part B ? Listening Tasks

• Text 1 Popcorn and the British cinema industry
• Text 2 Death of the stunt people

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Part B ? Speaking Tasks
Debats

• Card A
• Topic enjoying a concert on TV instead of at a
  music hall
• Perspective
• 1.From a positive student
• 2.From a negative student

• Card B
• Topic watching a football game on TV instead of
  at a stadium
• Perspective
• 1.From a positive parents
• 2.From a negative son of their

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Unit 12 TheSingleCurrency

• Part A Pre-listening Task
• Part B ? Listening Tasks
• Text 1 The Launching of the Euro
• Text 2 Britains Reaction to the Single
  Currency
• ? Speaking Tasks

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Part A Pre-listening Task

• Language Focus
• A national currency is a symbol of a country / an
  essential part of a countrys economy.
• The stability of a national currency guarantees
  the stability of the country.
• Most EU countries said goodbye to their old
  national currencies at midnight, Dec.31,2001.
• Others are afraid that adopting the single
  currency will cause their countries to lose their
  national sovereignty.
• Some European leaders think the euro will boost
  economy.
• The euro has become a major international trading
  unit that rivals the U.S. dollar.

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Part B ? Listening Tasks

• Text 1 The launching of the Euro
• Text 2 Britains Reaction to the Single
  Currency

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Part B ? Speaking Tasks
Debat

• Card A
• Topic teaching English as the only foreign
  language at school .
• Perspective
• 1.From a positive student
• 2.From negative society.

• Card B
• Topic promoting the use of Esperanto as the
  worlds single language.
• Perspective1.From the perspective of a language
  teacher. (positive)
• 2. From the perspective of society (negative).

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Unit 13 The Universe

• Part A Pre-listening Task
• Part B ? Listening Tasks
• Text 1 The Big Bang
• Text 2 The End of Time
• ? Speaking Tasks

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Part A Pre-listening Task

• Language Focus
• On clear nights I love to look at the moon and
  the stars.
• The more we find out about the universe, the more
  confused we seem to become.
• Space tourism has aroused great interest and
  discussion.
• The launching of spacecraft into outer space
  opened up the space age/ paved the way for space
  exploration.

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Question for Discussion

• 1.Are you interested in astronomy? Why and why
  not?
• 2.How big is the universe? What is its color?
• 3. When was the first astronaut to enter space?
  What do you know about the event ?
• 4. What do you think of space travel for
  non-astronauts? Would you like to be a space
  traveler?

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Part B ? Listening Tasks

• Text 1. The Big Bang
• Text 2. The End of Time

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Part B ? Speaking Tasks
Debat

• Card A
• Topic exploring for life on Mars
• Perspectives
• 1.From the perspective of some citizens
  (negative)
• 2.From the perspective of an astronaut (positive)

• Card B
• Topic the view that aliens exist in outer space
• Perspective
• 1.From the perspective of a student (positive)
• 2.From the perspective of another student
  (negative)

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Unit14 Genetic Engineering

• Part A Pre-listening Task
• Part B ? Listening Tasks
• Text 1. Genetic engineering for better or
  worse?
• Text 2. Bioethics
• ? Speaking Tasks

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Part A Pre-listening Task

• Language Focus
• A gene is a part of a cell in a living thing
  which controls its physical characteristics,
  growth and development.
• Genetically engineering plants or animals can
  grow bigger or faster.
• Vaccine could be made through genetic engineering
  to protect kids against nasty illnesses like
  polio or measles.
• Genetic engineering is still a relatively young
  science. Given time, it will perfect itself.

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Question for Discussion

• What are genes?
• What is genetic engineering? What are some of its
  uses?
• Is it harmful for people to eat them?
• Are you for or against genetically engineered
  foods?
• Do you think it necessary to label the
  genetically engineered foods sold in
  supermarkets?
• Will people choose not to buy them if they are
  labeled?
• Why or why not?

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Part B ? Listening Tasks

• Text 1. Genetic engineering for better or
  worse?
• Text 2. Bioethics

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Part B ? Speaking Tasks
Debat

• Card A
• Topic a ban on nuclear tests
• Perspectives
• 1. From the perspective of environmentalists (p)
• 2. From the perspective of people in the military
  (n)

• Card B
• Topic a ban on cloning humans beings
• Perspectives
• 1. From the perspective of the general public (p)
• 2. From the perspective of some researchers (n)

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Unit 15 Women

• Part A Pre-listening Task
• Part B ? Listening Tasks
• Text 1 Women in Business
• Text 2 Are Women the Weaker
  Sex ?
• ? Speaking Tasks

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Part A Pre-listening Task

• Language Focus
• Women tend to live longer than men do as rule.
• Male babies tend to outnumber female ones because
  more parents seem to want to have sons.
• Its very difficult to be wife, mother and
  successful career woman at the same time.
• Women were discouraged from developing
  rationality and reasoning.

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Question for Discussion

• Which sex tends to live a longer life, male or
  female?
• What were the traditional roles of women? Do you
  think they were unfair to women?
• Do women in the world receive equal treatment at
  present? What about women in China?
• Do male and female graduates from your college
  have the same job opportunities? If not, why not
  ?

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Part B ? Listening Tasks

• Text 1 Women in Business
• Text 2 Are Women the Weaker Sex ?

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Part B ? Speaking Tasks
Debat

• Card A
• Topic the view that girls face unequal treatment
  in college enrollment
• Perspectives
• 1.From the perspective of a positive student
• 2.From the perspective of a negative
  administrator.

• Card B
• Topic the view that women should stay at home
  assisting their husbands and looking after
  children.
• Perspective
• 1.positive
• 2. negative

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Unit 16 Dealing with a crisis

• Part A Pre-listening Task
• Part B ? Listening Tasks
• Take your fancy clothes and go !

? Speaking tasks
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Part A Pre-listening Task

• Language Focus
• A crisis is an upsetting and shocking event in a
  persons life.
• Crises can occur to /strike/hit almost anyone at
  any time.
• Some people may feel compelled to talk about the
  event / may shut themselves up in self pity.
• People often feel wronged/ betrayed when a
  relationship ends.
• Few people come out of a divorce without scars.
• Occasionally a crisis turns out to be a blessing
  in disguise.

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Question for Discussion

• What is a crisis? Can you give some examples of a
  crisis?
• When faced with a crisis, what should one do?
• What are peoples common reactions to a crisis?
• What are the usual causes of a breakup in a
  relationship?
• How will a divorce change ones life?
• How will a divorce affect children?

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Part B ? Listening Tasks

• Take your fancy clothes and go !

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Part B ? Speaking Tasks
Debat

• Card A
• Topic the view that divorce brings disgrace to a
  family
• Perspective
• 1. From the perspective of some negative student.
• 2.From the perspective of some positive student.

• Card B
• Topic government making laws to make divorce
  harder
• Perspective
• 1.From the perspective of a positive government
  official.
• 2.From the perspective of negative citizens.