Best days of your life

5 Best days of your life What subject? Present Perfect Simple & Continuous make, let, be allowed to, be made to anyway Education words Collocations: Education words CV writing Strong & weak forms & Vocabulary School subjects 1 Look at these school subjects and answer the questions below. Give reasons. English Physical Education (P.E.) Geography History Biology Music Chemistry Information Technology (I.T.) Physics Maths Religion your language Which of the subjects is / was 1 the most interesting / boring? 2 the most difficult / the easiest? 3 the most / least useful? 2 In small groups, conduct a survey to find the most common answers. Report back to the class. Our group thought that the most boring subject was Maths because... 3 Can you remember a particular teacher that you liked / hated? Why? I used to hate my Physics teacher, Mr Brooke. He made us study really hard and the subject was so boring... Listening 1 Look at the photos of four teachers (1 4) below. What subjects do you think they teach? Why? 2 5.1 Listen to three people Ulrike, Paul and Sylvia talking about a particular teacher they liked or disliked. Match the students (a c) to their teachers (1 4). One does not apply. 3 Listen again and complete the sentences with Ulrike, Paul or Sylvia. 1 Ulrike disliked the subject at school but now likes it. 2 liked the subject so much that he / she chose it as a career. 3 complains that his / her teacher couldn t control the class. 4 only liked part of the subject. 5 said his / her teacher behaved in an inappropriate way. 6 always got good marks in that subject. 7 said his / her teacher encouraged him / her to practise the subject. 8 was very well behaved. 1 2 4 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about your most / least favourite teacher. Report your partner s answers to the class. Chiara s favourite teacher was Mr Pietro, who taught Geography, because... 42 Try the internet activities for this unit at www.webframework.net

Best days of your life 5 The Real Thing: anyway 1 5.2 Listen to these extracts (1 3) from Transcript 5.1. Match them to the uses (a c). 1 Anyway, the funny thing is that now I m really interested in Chemistry. 2 He certainly deserved it, anyway! 3 Anyway, he got thrown out in the end. Anyway is used to a) say something that contrasts with something previously said. b) tell what happened next in a story. c) end a conversation. 2 5.3 Insert anyway in the correct place in these spoken fragments. Listen and check your answers. 1 Although it was difficult, she tried anyway. 2 I didn t know what to do... So I decided to phone the police. 3 That s about the whole story. What do you think? 4...so be careful next time. As I was saying, there are two important things to consider a b c Ulrike Paul Sylvia 3 4 Vocabulary Education words (1) 1 Complete the sentences with the words below. degree marks exams distance grant state course attention arts 1 It s easy to get a grant to study abroad in my subject. 2 Most courses are three years long in my country. 3 I went to a school, not a private one. 4 I was very bad at subjects at school. I ve always preferred Science. 5 I never paid in class; I was a terrible student! 6 I don t want to go to university; I d like to do a in something more practical. 7 I got excellent in my. 8 I haven't got time to study at college, so I'm going to do a learning course. 2 Which of the above sentences are true for you? If they are not true, say why. It s not easy to get a grant. There is always a lot of demand and very few places... 1 Work in pairs. Look at the courses below and answer the questions. 1 What do you think you will learn on each course? 2 What information would you want to know before enrolling on one of these courses? I d like to know if you have to buy your own equipment. 3 Which course would you prefer to do? Why? Summer Circus Skills French Cooking A Taste of Creative Writing Discover Ancient Egypt Advance your Technology Learn to Love Latin Unit 5: Best days of your life 43

Where are they now? WHAT? WHY? HOW? HOW MANY? HOW MUCH? WHAT S NEXT? Facebook is a social site, founded in 2004 by Mark Zukerman, who was a student at Harvard University at the time. Membership was originally limited to Harvard students. It was eventually expanded to include any university student, then high school students, until anyone over the age of 13 could join. You ve lost touch with old childhood, school or workmates and are dying to know what s happened to them what can you do? Users join networks, organised by city, workplace, school and region. These networks help users connect with other members. When you find someone you know you can send them a friend request and then access their profile to find out what they ve been up to. With approximately 250,000 new members online daily, Facebook is growing rapidly! It can be used in over 15 languages, including Catalan and Korean. There s no fee at all! Connecting to Facebook is free! Find your old neighbours, members of your old football team and anyone else you ve lost touch with! Facebook is now the world s largest social site. I couldn t believe it! Within 15 minutes of registering I d received a message from my childhood best friend, who I hadn t seen for nearly 40 years! Reading 1 Have you heard of the Facebook website? Have you used it? What can you do on it? How does it work? 2 Read the website and check your answers. 3 Answer the following questions. 1 What is Facebook? 2 When and where was it founded? 3 How can you find old friends on Facebook? 4 How many new members register every day? 5 How many languages is it available in? 6 How much does it cost to join Facebook? Work in pairs. Discuss the questions below. 1 Why do you think Facebook has been so successful? 2 Do you think it s a good way to keep in touch? 3 Is there a particular friend you have lost touch with and are curious about? I lost touch with years ago and I d love to know 4 Think about your current classmates. What do you think they will be doing in 10 years time? I reckon will probably be 4 Find synonyms in the text for the following words. 1 colleagues 4 charge 2 lose contact 5 to really want 3 with access to the internet 44

Best days of your life 5 Listening & Language focus Present Perfect Simple & Present Perfect Continuous 1 5.4 Listen to Jonathan and Erika talking about their experiences on Facebook. Complete the table about the people they met. person age they school character present present met activity home Carrie lab technician Barry 16 2 Listen again and answer these questions for a) Jonathan and b) Erika. 1 What is their opinion of Facebook? a) Jonathan is a big fan... 2 How many friends have they met? 3 What relationship did they have with their two friends at school? 4 Do they think that their friends have changed? 5 What is their attitude to Carrie and Barry now? 3 Work in pairs. Follow the instructions. Student A: Read Carrie s version of her meeting with Jonathan on page 119. Student B: Read Barry s version of his meeting with Erika on page 124. Answer the questions in Exercise 2 with reference to Carrie and Barry. Tell your partner the answers. 4 5.5 Listen to these sentences from Transcript 5.4 and complete the gaps. Jonathan: 1 Anyway, after I for a few hours and I m really tired, I log on 2 Although 30 years, there are some things about her that haven t changed Erika: 3 To be honest, I only a few times 4 and it turns out he s round the world for years To make the Present Perfect Simple, we use have / has + past participle. To make the Present Perfect Continuous, we use have / has + been + -ing. Match the sentences (1 4) in Exercise 4, Listening &, to these uses. a) completed actions, activities or processes with relevence to the present b) unfinished or developing activities (with emphasis on length of time) Look at Transcript 5.4 in the Reference Guide. Can you find two more examples of the Present Perfect Simple and Continuous? Which use (a or b) do they relate to? Sometimes, we can use either tense. I ve lived in Cape Town for five years. I ve been living in Cape Town for five years. However, the Present Perfect Simple can be used to emphasise very long, permanent situations, while the Present Perfect Continuous suggests temporary actions. or activities. I ve lived in Hong Kong since I was born. I ve been living in Hong Kong for a couple of months. We don t use the Continuous with be, have (meaning possess ), know and other stative verbs. I ve been a big fan of the website since the start. See Reference Guide, pp. 13 14. See Workbook, p. 30, ex. 1. Practice 1 Choose the correct form (PPS or PPC). In some cases, both tenses are correct. 1 How long have you lived / have you been living in this town? 2 How many English teachers have you had / have you been having? 3 How many schools have you studied / have you been studying at? 4 How long have you gone / have you been going to your favourite bar or café? 5 How long have you known / have you been knowing your best friend? 2 Work in pairs. Take turns asking and answering the questions. Pronunciation Strong & weak forms Do Pronunciation Worksheet 5. Present Perfect Continuous + for : Try the interactive activity on your CD-ROM. Unit 5: Best days of your life 45

World class Reading & Vocabulary 1 Look at the two photos above? What sort of place do they both show? What differences do you think there are between these two places? 2 Student A: Look at the words in box A. Student B: Look at the words in box B. Explain the meanings of the words to each other. Use a dictionary. Text A Text B state degrees lecture fees graduate faculty drop out undergraduates tutorials higher education qualifications school leavers income campuses 3 Student A: Read the text on page 119. Student B: Read the text on page 124. Use the vocabulary in the corresponding word box to complete your text. Which of the above photos does your text relate to? 4 Work with your partner. Take turns summarising the text you have read. 1 Were your ideas about the two places in Exercise 1 correct? 2 What country do you think your partner s text is about? Vocabulary Education words (2) What are the differences between the words in these sets? Use a dictionary if necessary. 1 graduate / undergraduate / post-graduate 2 school leaver / drop-out 3 secondary education / higher education 4 fees / income 5 lecture / seminar / tutorial 6 faculty / department / campus 7 marks / qualifications 1 Look at the texts again. What is the difference between these university systems? 2 Work in small groups. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? 3 Which model do you prefer? Why? Does your country follow one of these models? Reading 1 What s the difference between these centres of further / higher education? university technical college vocational college art / drama school 2 What different kinds of further / higher educational establishments are there in your country? 3 Look at the photos (1 3) on page 47. What types of colleges do you think they show? 4 Read the article and match the texts (a c) to the photos. 5 Read the article again and answer the questions. Some of the questions have more than one correct answer. Which college 1 is free? 2 is attended mostly by males? 3 is attended mostly by females? 4 has very strict rules? 5 does not have a uniform? 6 has well-known former students? 7 is the most / least academic? 6 Discuss with a partner. Would you like to attend any of these colleges? Why? / Why not? 46

Best days of your life 5 1 2 3 A The most talented high school students of New York City prepare for careers in dance, music or drama at LaGuardia High School of Music and Art. LaGuardia was the first non-fee-paying school of its kind in the country. Students have to go through a three-hour audition process to get a place at the school. Parents can accompany their children to the audition but they are not allowed to watch. As well as excellence in artistic areas, LaGuardia also demands high standards in academic areas and students are made to study at least one foreign language. Famous graduates of the school include Robert de Niro and Jennifer Aniston. B Norland nannies certainly stand out in a crowd! Students at Norland College are made to wear a traditional uniform, including a brown hat, shoes, dress and white gloves. There are even checks to make sure that hair is suitably tied back. Since the childcare college was founded in 1892, there have only been two male students, who had to have specially-made uniforms. Being a Norland nanny brings with it respect and honour so the college makes its trainees follow strict rules. They must always be seen in full uniform and are not allowed to eat in the street. The college doesn t even let its students go to nightclubs. C The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst was formed in 1947, after the Second World War, to train officers for the army. Nearly 10 per cent of cadets are female and almost 10 per cent come from overseas. Unlike military academies in other countries, the RMAS is not a university. The course lasts for 44 weeks and must be completed by all British army officers. Cadets have lectures in subjects such as communication, management, defence, international affairs and war studies. Famous cadets include Ian Fleming (James Bond author) who hated the strict rules he was made to obey there and so dropped out before completing his course. Language focus make, let, be allowed to, be made to Look at the following sentences from the article. students are made to study at least one foreign language. they are not allowed to watch. Find sentences in the article with be made to, be allowed to, make and let. Match the expressions to their definitions. 1 they (don t) let you 2 they are (not) allowed to 3 they (don t) make them 4 they are made to Complete the rules with the four structures. and take an object + infinitive without to. and take to + infinitive. See Reference Guide, p.15. See Workbook, p. 30, ex. 2. Practice a) they force / don t force them b) they can / can t c) they are obliged to d) they give / don t give permission 1 Transform the following sentences using the word(s) in brackets. 1 She isn t allowed to watch TV. (let) Her parents don t let her watch TV. 2 We had to clean the classrooms. (made) 3 They couldn t bring mobile phones to class. (be allowed to) 4 My mum says I have to do my homework before dinner. (make) 5 I can have friends round during the week. (be allowed to) 6 We can use our dictionaries in class. (let) 2 Work in small groups. Ask and answer questions about when you were at school. Were you allowed to smoke? Did your teachers make you do sport? Obligation, permission, no obligation: Try the interactive activity on your CD-ROM. Unit 5: Best days of your life 47

Exam fever Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. 1 What was the last exam you took? Did you pass or fail it? 2 Why do exams exist? What are the alternatives? 3 Are exams the most effective way to test a student s knowledge? 4 Do you think you perform better or worse under exam conditions? 5 What was your worst / best exam experience? 6 What advice would you give someone who had trouble taking exams? Listening 5.6 Listen to Phil (a student) talking about how he prepares for exams. Which of the techniques in the chart does he mention? Mark the techniques he uses with a tick and the ones he doesn t with a cross. at home Phil Me Tidy desk before revising Make an exam timetable Set goals and deadlines Study with a friend to aid motivation study strategies Take regular breaks and some free time Make sure not to study too much at the last minute (cram) Keep the last day free before the exam to relax Eat well while revising Give up on social life exams are more important the exam Avoid stress arrive early for the exam Calculate how much time there is for each question Read all the questions before starting to write afterwards Worry about the results for ages Talk about the exam with friends Keep things in proportion it s only an exam! 1 Complete the chart for yourself. If you re not currently taking exams, talk about your past experience. 2 Compare your answers with a partner. How similar or different are you? Report back to the class. Patricia never worries about exams, but I always do 3 Are there any other suggestions that you would add to the chart? 48

Collocations: Education Best days of your life 5 1 Which of these verbs in column A collocate with the nouns in column B? A B 1 revise for a) an exam 2 take b) a question 3 pass c) a test 4 fail d) a lesson 5 answer 6 retake 7 have 8 cheat in 9 tackle 2 Complete the sentences with the correct collocation. Remember to use the correct verb form. 1 I hate exams. I can never concentrate at home and I never know how much to study. 2 I think it s a good idea to the easy questions first and give yourself more time for the difficult ones. 3 Last week, I my driving test at the eighth attempt. I was so relieved. 4 We a really boring lesson yesterday about statistics. 5 I my exams in June, so I had to them in September. Writing CVs 1 When do you need to write a CV? What should it (not) include? 2 Look at the following headings for sections of a CV. Put them in an appropriate order. Compare and discuss your ideas in small groups. a) Work experience e) Personal profile b) Personal details f) Education c) Interests g) Key skills d) References 3 Look at the CV opposite. Match the above headings to the corresponding sections. 4 What is wrong with the CV? Make a list of mistakes. 5 Match sentences (a e) from the CV to the more formal versions (1 5). a) Familiar with some computer programs b) I can drive a car c) I can speak German d) Worked in my father s shop e) Volunteer on summer camp, Colorado CURRICULUM VITAE Personal Details Danny Norris Flat 2, 59 Hope Street ManchesteR unnecessary / too colloquial M29 9LK Tel: 01229 980303 Mobile (it s the new Nokia!): 07692 210485 email: dannyboy@imthebest.com Nationality: British Date of Birth: 6.4.83 Marital Status: Single (unfortunately!) I am reliable, hardworking and good at working to deadlines. I am also a really nice, friendly guy and get on with everybody, but I don t have much experience in this particular field. Familiar with some computer programs I can drive a car I can speak OK German A good knowledge of business administration 2002 2003: Worked in my father s shop on the cash till and cleaned the floors during the summer. June 2001 January 2002: Marketing assistant, McVities. Duties included planning promotion and advertising of bread and cakes products. Summer 1999: Volunteer on summer camp, Colorado 1997 2000: Leeds University. BA Economics (Pass) 1990 1997: Camden Secondary School, London 8 GCSEs, 2 A levels: Economics (C), Maths (A), French (fail) Football (I go to see Man Utd every week) Listening to music Mr David Norris, Norris Supermarket, 78 Merton Ave, Manchester M8 pkl 6 Write a new version of the CV. Check the model on page 120 and compare your version. 7 Write your own CV using the model on page 120 as a guide. 1 Clean driving licence 2 Fully computer literate 3 Voluntary work on children s summer camp, USA 4 Retail experience 5 Intermediate spoken / written German Now do Unit Test 5 on your CD-ROM. Unit 5: Best days of your life 49