- •Unit I decisions, decisions grammar: Gerund or Infinitive?
- •I. Conversation practice
- •Spoken Etiquette
- •Inviting
- •Read and act out the dialogues. Make up dialogues of your own.
- •Complete the dialogues:
- •Questions for Conversation (work in pairs)
- •Role Plays.
- •6. Having read the text below, say what one should remember to become a decisive person.
- •II. Reading practice active vocabulary
- •Text decisions, decisions
- •5. • Do all the research you need
- •6. • Once you've made a decision, it can never be altered.
- •Fear of what may result
- •III. Grammar practice Gerund or Infinitive?
- •IV. Listening practice
- •V. Writing practice
- •VI. Revision test № 1
- •I. Choose the correct answer.
- •II. Match:
- •III. Fill in prepositions if necessary:
- •Keys to revision test n 1:
- •Transcript n 1 performance appraisal
- •Unit 2.
- •Grammar: Gerund or Participle?
- •II. Reading practice active vocabulary
- •Text rules of relationships
- •1 Relationships in general
- •2 Relationships in the workplace
- •3 Relationships with the working colleagues you don’t like very much
- •IV. Listening practice
- •A. Listen to the following text and mark with “t (true)”, “f (false)”, “ng (not given” the following statements:
- •V. Writing practice
- •VI. Revision test № 2
- •I. Find in the list of English words and word combinations equivalents to the following Russian words:
- •II. Give synonyms to the following words:
- •Choose the correct answer:
- •Fill in the blanks, using active words from the texts.
- •Keys to revision test n 2:
- •Transcript 2
- •Unit 3 fresh start grammar: How to express obligation?
- •1. Spoken Etiquette
- •2. Read and act out the dialogues. Make up dialogues of your own.
- •3. Complete the dialogues:
- •Give your opinions on the statements below:
- •6. Questions for Conversation (work in pairs; use etiquette formulas given above)
- •II. Reading practice active vocabulary
- •Text fresh start
- •Work out what you’re actually going to do
- •III.Grammar practice How to express obligation?
- •You must wear a helmet when you ride a motorbike.
- •Iy. Listening practice
- •1. Listen to the dialogue and make its translation into Russian (work in pairs)
- •2. Act the dialogue out.
- •Writing practice
- •VI. Revision test № 3
- •Keys Exercise 12
- •Keys to revision test № 3
- •When in england do as the english do
- •Unit 4 supermarkets grammar: How to express ability and possibility?
- •1. Spoken Etiquette
- •2. Read and act out the dialogues. Make up dialogues of your own.
- •3. Complete the dialogues:
- •4. Try to persuade your friend to do the following things:
- •5. Make up a dialogue and then act it out.
- •6. Discuss with your partner the secrets (hidden tricks) of your future profession.
- •II. Reading practice active vocabulary
- •Their secrets revealed
- •III.Grammar practice How to express ability and possibility?
- •Iy. Listening practice
- •2. Make up recommendations on how to give an effective presentation at a trade show
- •Writing practice
- •VI. Revision test № 4
- •4. Complete the sentences using can or (be) able to in the necessary tense form.
- •5. Choose the correct variant (variants)
- •Keys to revision test № 4
- •Transcript № 4
5. • Do all the research you need
If you want to move out of home, work out exactly how much it will cost before taking such a big step.
•What's your gut feeling?
Maybe you're desperate to study drama but your parents are keen on Business Studies. Remember, you know yourself best.
• Set yourself a time limit.
If you are choosing which film to see, give yourself five minutes; if you're deciding whether to go travelling, set a deadline and stick to it.
• Be firm
Once you've made your choice, tell people about it and stick to it. Decisive people command respect because they say they're going to do something and they do it.
• Don't look back
Put all your energy into planning your choice. That way you'll forget there was ever another option. Don't waste time picturing what might have been if you'd taken a different path.
6. • Once you've made a decision, it can never be altered.
Many of us live with the notion that any big decision we make is set in concrete -that we only get one opportunity and if we get it wrong, we'll be a failure. Of course, this isn't true. If you go in one direction and hate it, change.
• There's no hurry.
The sooner you make a decision, the better. Don't wait until three days before the holidays to choose a destination, then be panicked into going somewhere you don't want.
• This is the biggest decision of your life.'
If you believe this, you will be paralysed with indecision. Most choices seem crucial when you're making them, but remember - no one decision is going to affect you for ever.
Exercise 2. Find in the text synonyms to the following words:
1. decide
2. to tremble, be confused and indecisive
influence (a noun)
influence (a verb)
reasonable
grown-up
the result
financial trouble
to break to pieces
to get (have) respect
another choice
to change
to get a chance
Exercise 3. Explain the meaning:
a life’s ditherer; a long-term impact; backpacking; to take responsibility for the consequences; a list of pros and cons; a nightmare; gut feelings; a battered car; to move out of home; to set a deadline; to waste time; to be a failure; to be panicked into something; a destination
Exercise 4. Fill in prepositions:
to have something ___ lunch; to invite someone ___ lunch; to choose ___ the red or the black jacket; to make ___ one’s mind; the difference ___ a tuna or chicken sandwich; a long-term impact ___ your life; to turn ___ to be a nightmare; to congratulate someone ___ his/her birthday; trust ___ your friends; rely ___ your friends; to stick ___ something; to be keen ___ something
Exercise 5. Make a Russian translation of the article “Decisions, Decisions
Exercise 6. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A-H for each part (1-6) of the article. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Any decision is better than none
It’s not up to anyone else
Admit it when you’ve made the wrong choice