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LESSON

03 DAILY LIFE

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LESSON 3: DAILY LIFE

A. PRONUNCIATION

1. Watch the video about /e/ and /æ/ and practice. Record yourself speaking all the
words in the videos.
2. Listen to the first two minimal pair sentences again and look at the circles on the
left. The big circles are the strongly stressed syllables, and the small circles are the
weakly stressed syllables. (Track 1)
OoOO Put the 'x' here. / Put the axe here.
ooOooO Can I borrow a pen?
Listen to the rest of the sentences and underline the sentence stress (the strongly
stressed syllables in the most important words in the sentence).
OooO Look at the men. / Look at the man.
oOooOo I'm sending the table. / I'm sanding the table.
ooOoO It's a lovely gem. / It's a lovely jam.
ooOoO We had bread for lunch. / We had Brad for lunch.
3. Tick the words a) or b) that you hear in the sentences. (Track 2)
1. a) pen □ b) pan □
2. a) men □ b) man □
3. a) end □ b) and □
4. a) feta □ b) fatter □
5. a) pet □ b) pat □
6. a) bed □ b) bad □

4. Watch the video about long /ɜː/ and short /ə/ and practice. Record yourself
speaking all the words in the videos.

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5. Listen. Write 1 for /ɜː/ (sound 1) or 2 for /ə/ (sound 2) (Track 3)

1. World ….. 8. Birthday …..

2. Church ….. 9. Museum …..

3. Woman ….. 10. Thursday …..

4. Brother ….. 11. Picture …..

5. Accident ….. 12. Different …..

6. Curtain ….. 13. Future …..

7. Nurse …..

B. LISTENING
1. Listen to “A day in the life of a tour guide” and fill in the gaps.
Hi. I’m Nuisa. I’m in New York. I’m from England, but I’m here to learn about the life of a tour
guide. Peter Greenwald is a New York (1) __________. He lives in a small (2) ___________
in Brooklyn. He usually gets up at 8 o’clock. Peter has a big breakfast. He usually has fruit and
cereal, and sometimes he has an omelette. He leaves the house at 9 o’clock. Peter works
for a company called Real New York Tours. His tours always begin in Times Square. Every
morning he goes there by (3) _________. Peter usually arrives at about 9.45. He meets his
group and tells them about the tour. At 10 o’clock, the tour begins. Peter takes them to places
of (4) _________ all around Manhattan. They have lunch in Greenwich Village. Peter usually
has a real New York pizza. The tour ends in Wall Street. After work, Peter takes the subway
back to Brooklyn. Then he (5) ________. He usually reads a book. Sometimes he watches
TV. He goes to bed at about 11 o’clock. He needs to sleep. Every day he walks about 6 miles.
Peter is an excellent tour guide. He loves his job and he loves New York.
2. Listen again and write down the words with the /e/, /æ/, /ɜː/ and /ə/ sound.
/e/ /æ/ /ɜː/ /ə/

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3. Listen to “A British policeman” and fill in the gaps.

There are nearly 170,000 police officers in the United Kingdom. They work for 52
(1) __________ police forces. These forces can be very big, like the Metropolitan Police
force in London. There are over 41,000 police officers in London. Most British police forces
are more than 150 years old. People sometimes call British policemen Bobbies, after Sir
Robert Peel, the man who started the Metropolitan Police. Bobby is short for Robert.
Marcus Gerber is a police officer at Saint Aldates police station in Oxford. He works for
Thames Valley Police. It is a small police force. It only has seven and a half thousand
police officers. Marcus usually works (2) _________ the day, but sometimes he works at
night. He often works at the (3) _________ too. On a day shift, He starts work at 8 o’clock
in the morning. He works until 6 o’clock in the evening. On a night (4) _______, he starts
at 8 o’clock in the evening and works until 4 o’clock in the morning. He usually works 40
hours a week. Like all British police officers, Marcus wears a special (5) __________.
In the summer, he wears black boots, black trousers, a black T-shirt, a safety vest and
a yellow jacket. In the winter, he wears the same clothes, but he has a warmer jacket.
Marcus doesn’t have a gun .Police officers in Britain don’t carry guns. But Marcus has a
lot of other (6) __________. He wears a radio, so he can always be in (7) __________
with his command center. He also carries a baton, a gas spray, and a pair of handcuffs.
Every day Marcus leaves the police station and goes on patrol. He usually patrols on
foot, but sometimes he needs a car. Being a police officer is difficult, but there’s a lot of
(8) __________. Marcus talks to lots of different people every day. And he (9) __________
to many different (10) ______________. He keeps Oxford safe.
4. Listen again and write down the words with the /e/, /æ/, /ɜː/ and /ə/ sound.
/e/ /æ/ /ɜː/ /ə/

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5. Listen and answer the following questions.

1. What does Peter do?
_________________________________________________
2. What does he have for breakfast?
_________________________________________________
3. What is his tour schedule?
_________________________________________________
4. How many police officers are there in the United Kingdom?
_________________________________________________
5. When does Marcus work?
_________________________________________________
6. Why does he have to wear a radio?
_________________________________________________

C. VOCABULARY
1. Match the words with their correct definitions.

1. the first meal of the day a. get up

2. a sudden serious and dangerous event or situation which needs b. breakfast

immediate action to deal with it

3. the things that are needed for a particular purpose or activity c. subway

4. extremely good d. relax

5. to get out of bed e. excellent

6. to rest while you are doing something enjoyable, especially after f. separate
work or effort

7. to give a spoken or written answer to somebody or something g. uniform

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8. different, not connected h. equipment

9. an underground railway/railroad system in a city i. respond

10. the special set of clothes worn by all members of an organisation j. emergency
or a group at work, or by children at school

D. GRAMMAR
1. Choose the correct answer.
1. I intended to reach the destination ____________ my motorbike but it broke down.
A. with B. by C. in D. from
2. His son was named _________ the brightest constellation in the sky, Orion.
A. after B. to C. with D. for
3. It was only _________ he submitted the report, did he realise he had made a major
mistake.
A. which B. where C. when D. whom
4. The topic is rather sophisticated, yet still _________ than my previous one.
A. more easy B. more easier C. the easiest D. easier
5. The corruption was kept _________ and not revealed until after the Finance Minister’s
retirement.
A. secret B. secrecy C. sacred D. secretary
6. The cases usually ___________ logical thinking and profound understanding of
enterprise law.
A. required B. requires C. requiring D. have required

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E. HOT SEAT
Prepare the following ideas for HOT SEAT activity in class.
How is your studying life / working life?
● Studying life
► Free? Are there tuition fees?
► First year? Second year? High school student?
► Which subject is the hardest for you?
► Dependent? You or your parents pay?
► Which subject do you find easy?
► Do you have a favorite teacher? Who is it?
● Working life
► Stressful? Do you feel stressed, or depressed?
► Are you a part-time or a full-time worker?
► Do it for money or get experience?
► What do you do?
► Independent? Do you work on your own?
► Where do you work?
► Do you have to work with customers a lot?
► Do you think your job is stressful?
► What is your dream job?

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