UNIT2 - LS PART 2

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UNIT 2

LISTENING 2

PREPARING TO LISTEN UNDERSTANDING
KEY VOCABULARY
1 Look at the words in bold and match the sentence halves.
USING YOUR
1 Social-networking sites, like Facebook and Twitter, KNOWLEDGE
2 There are lots of rules in my office –
3 You can upload
4 The biggest event this year
5 My behaviour when I was a child
6 I like to share my photos and news
7 He’s always showing off his new car –
8 When I was young, I never had any privacy

a photos to the website.
b was always bad – my parents were always angry with me.
c help us keep in touch with friends.
d with my family and friends.
e for example, you can’t use the internet, except for work emails.
f was my grandfather’s 90th birthday party.
g because I had to share a bedroom with my sister.
h he wants people to think he’s rich.

2 You are going to listen to three students discussing modern ways of
behaving. Before you listen, look at the pictures below. What do you
think will be discussed?

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David Pauline

Today

Have a happy birthday Pauline, I hope you get some nice gifts. Like

Like Comment

Elaine Pauline

Today

Have a great day, see you later.

Like Comment

Sue Pauline
Today

Happy birthday!

Like Comment

Roger Pauline
Today

3 2.6 Listen to the first part of the discussion. Check your ideas.

4 Work in small groups. What do you think about the social-networking
activities below? Which do you do?

1 chatting with friends
2 sending birthday messages to people you don’t know well
3 clicking on like
4 sharing videos or personal photos
5 commenting on other people’s photos
6 inviting friends to play online games

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LISTENING FOR WHILE LISTENING
MAIN IDEAS
5 2.7 Listen to the discussion. Which activities in Exercise 4 do the
ONLINE people mention?

42 LISTENING 2 6 Listen again. Why do the people say these things?

1 Dora: ‘Sorry, but that’s really lazy.’
2 Dora: ‘It’s really annoying.’
3 Yildiz: ‘I like to see what other people are doing.’
4 David: ‘Is it sharing or is it showing off?’
5 David: ‘I think that personal events should be for family or

close friends.’
6 Dora: ‘It’s an easy, cheap way to stay in touch with people.’

POST-LISTENING

7 2.8 Listen and complete the opinion phrases in bold.

1 I couldn’t agree more.

2 Most photos posted online are not that interesting anyway. It seems

to me.

3 I totally . I get tired of it.

4 No, I completely . I think that it’s nice that people post

news about exciting or interesting things that happen to them.

5 I’m not . Is it sharing or is it showing off?

6 OK, but what about when you get married or have a new baby?

Why not share it online with other people? ,

I don’t have a problem with it.

7 Sorry, I don’t . I think that personal events should be for

family and close friends.

8 Complete the table below with phrases from Exercise 7.

signposting an opinion agreeing disagreeing

It seems … to me.
What about …?
Why not …?
Personally, I ….
I think that …

DISCUSSION

9 Work in small groups. Discuss the statements below.
1 People share too much information about themselves online.
2 Young people don’t know how to interact in the real world.
3 ‘Friends’ on social-networking sites are not real friends.

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Unit 2
CRITICAL THINKING
UNDERSTAND
At the end of this unit you are going to do the speaking task below.

How has modern technology changed the way we interact with each
other? What are the positive and negative aspects of this influence?

1 Look at the ideas map. What is the main focus?

clicking on like sending greetings

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commenting on photos posting profile updates

2 Work with a partner. Add extra examples to the ideas map.

3 Work with another pair. Take turns to explain your extra examples.

4 Work with a partner. Prepare an ideas map on the topic of ‘new and APPLY
traditional ways of communicating’. ANALYZE

5 Work in small groups and take turns to explain your ideas maps. EVALUATE

6 Look at the opinions below. Are they talking about advantages (A) or
disadvantages (D)?

Traditions …
1 are not useful in a modern lifestyle.
2 remind us of our history and culture.
3 give us sense of belonging.
4 help us understand who we are.
5 can be expensive and time-consuming.
6 are old-fashioned.

7 Work in small groups and follow the instructions below.

1 Take turns to explain the advantages and disadvantages of modern and
traditional ways of communicating.

2 Give examples from your own experience.
3 Give your opinions on each other’s advantages and disadvantages. Say

if you agree or disagree.

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SPEAKING

PREPARATION FOR SPEAKING

Taking turns in a discussion

A discussion is an interactive task – speakers take turns when they speak. It is
important to stay on the topic and show when you agree and disagree with other
people’s opinions. Sometimes, you may want to interrupt someone. You should
do this in a polite way.

1 Look at this discussion. Circle the best answers.

A: Thanks to social-networking sites, you can keep in touch with hundreds
of people all around the world. What do you think?

B: (1) I’m sorry to interrupt / I see your point, but how well do you really
know these people? It’s not like seeing someone in real life.

A: (2) I agree / You may be right but in the modern world, people live far
apart and it’s often difficult to keep in touch. For example, I went to
school in another country and now all my school friends live hundreds
of kilometres away from me.

B: (3) Yes I understand but / You misunderstood my point are these
people really important in your life? Of course, you have friends
who you meet every day in real life. (4) But what about /
I completely disagree people who have 500 or 1,000 ‘friends’ on their
site? You can’t possibly know all of them. And …

A: OK yes, (5) I see your point / I’m sorry to interrupt, but I only have
about 200 friends. I can keep in touch with them. It doesn’t take a lot
of time because I can see their updates on my phone all the time.

B: (6) I disagree / I understand. I don’t think you can really do that. We
really only have about 20 or 30 friends, in real life.

2 Match phrases from Exercise 1 to the strategies (a–d) below. Sometimes
there is more than one possible answer.

a interrupting I’m sorry to interrupt.
b introducing a new point
c disagreeing
d showing you respect another opinion

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