UNIT 8
Sharing
Task 1
(1) reading
(2) whether they read much or not, the last books they read, their favorite books, and the fictional characters they most like to be or meet
Task2
(1) She likes to read non-fiction books about history and politics, and she also likes to read some poetry.
(2) Do you read much?
(3)The interviewees all say that they read a lot.
Task3
a-e-d-c-b
Task4
36. 2 3
Task5
37.
(1)funniest novel (2)completely normal (3)easy (4)complex
(5)dark and monstrous (6)by default
Listening
Task 2 Activity 1
1 The website believes that story-telling should be egalitarian or democratic, that is, everyone has a story.
2 He was surprised at the number o contributions (i.e. 15,000 in a couple o months), and he didn't expect that so many of the stories were sad he had thought that a lot of them would be funny or playful.
3 Lots of those stories convey a sense of regret or disappointment. 4 Reference: Examples are: a) Not quite what I was planning. b) Wasn't born a redhead. Fixed that.
c) Found true love. Married someone else. d) Never should have bought that ring.
Task 2 Activity 2
(l)took up the challenge (2)tag line (3)playing off (4)blown away
(5)took life under control (6)make a switch (7)come back with
Viewing
Task 2 Activity 1
BDCAB
Task 2 Activity 2
357
Role-playing Task 1 Activity 2
(1) I'm a big fan of detective novels
(2) What I really liked about it was the main character 39. (3) I'm not that keen on detective novels 40. ( 4) I just couldn't get into it 41. ( 5) I couldn't stand it
42. (6)I'm not really into fantasy
43. (7)the thing I love about it is the writing
Presenting
Get ideas 1
t)The saying the story disproves is ''If at first you don't succeed ... try, try again. 11
(2)Paragraph 2: The writer gives the time, location, and background of the story.
44. (3) Paragraphs 3 and 4: The writer describes in detail what happened to him, i.e. his failure to learn how to windsurf although he tried it many times.
45. (4) Paragraphs 3 and 4: The writer tells us how he felt by using words such as \(Para. 3), \
46. (S)He learned that if he couldn't succeed in doing something at first, he should gi\\(e it up rather than try it again and again in vain. This is stated in Paragraph 5.
47. (6)Partly. When I read the title, I felt the author is going to tell a story that proves the saying. But when I came to the sentence \ending looks like it disproves the saying.
48. (7) In the last paragraph, he rewrites the saying mentioned in the first paragraph to give a logical ending to his story.
Get ideas 2
d-c-e-f-a-b
More practice in listening
Short conversation DCBAC
Long conversation BCAD
Passages: Passage 1 ACBD
Passages: Passage 2 78. refugee 79. desperate 80. entitled
81. became informed of 82. are confronted with 83. spokesperson 84. seek out 85. profiles
86. stayed loyal to 87. virtually
UNIT test
PART I CDDBB Part II AAADC Part III BAA CD Part IV 73. hunting
7 4. baseball 75. published 7 6. Childhood 77. novels 78. hopeless 79. ambulance 80. against nature 81. Nobel Prize
82. the greatest influences