WILL UNIT 7
WILL UNIT 7
o r a pessimist?
pho ne wo n't I won't pass.
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4 READING 5 LISTENING & SPEAKING
a Read an article about the actor Hugh Laurie. What a 3 8 >)) Lis ten to the introduction to a radio progra mme.
two things do Hugh Laurie and Dr House have in Why is positive thinking good fo r you?
common?
b Try to g uess the missing w o rds in t hese callers' t ips.
Caller 1 L ive in t he ____, not in t he _ _ __
Caller 2 Think th o ughts, not negative o nes.
Caller 3 D on't s pend a lo t of time readi ng the _ _ __
o r watchi ng the o n T V.
Calle r 4 Every week make a list of a ll the _ _ __
_ _ that happened to you.
r"\R GREGORY HOUSE, the main character in the hit e A sk and answer with a pa rtner. Use a phrase from the
LITv series House M.D., is famous for being a box and say why. Which of yo u is mo re o ptimi sti c?
pessimist. But it is not only Dr House who is a pessimist.
Hugh laurie, the actor who plays him, is a pessimist too.
laurie never thought that House M.D. was going to be a
ARE YOU A POSITIVE THINKER?
success. Even after seven series he still feels pessimistic Do you think ...
about it. He said in a recent interview, "If we do a bad + you'll have a nice weekend?
show next week, they' ll soy, 'That's it. No more.' It'll just
stop. I am of course someone who is constantly expecting + you'll pass your next
a plane to drop on my head, if not today then tomorrow." English exam?
1 GRAMMAR
will I won't (decisions, offers, promises)
a Look at the ca rtoons. What do you thin k the m issing
phra ses are?
d > p.136 Grammar Bank 68. Learn more about makin g B Yes, _ _ _ _ _ _ , please.
offers , promises, and decisions and practise t hem.
2 PRONUNCIATION
word stress: t wo-syllable verbs
p Stress in two-syllable verbs
Remember that most two-syllable verbs are stressed
on the second syllable.
2 W hat do you t hink t hey a ll have in commo n? I'll do it later. J I'm going to work. I'm goi ng back to work.
S Spain 17 years ago when they were both in their 20s. Carmen was
studying English at a language school in Steve's tow n, Torbay.
They fell in love and got engaged. But a yea r later Carmen moved to
d
t he d ia logues.
As k a nd answer in g ro ups. A k fo r mo re
in fo r m a tio n.
France to work, and the long-distance relationship fi rst cooled a nd
Q; When so meone leaves yo u a message o n
then ended. Q.
yo u r p ho ne d o yo u usua lly call t hem back
A few yea rs later Steve tried to get in touch with Carmen again, ~~ im med iately?
but she had cha nged her address in Paris. So he sent her a letter to i 2 If yo u buy so meth ing o nli ne that is nor
her mother's address in Spain. In t he letter he asked her if she was -~
exactly w hat yo u wa nted, do you always
married and if she ever thought of him . He gave her his telepho ne ~
send it b ack?
number and asked her to get in touch. But Ca rmen's mother didn't ~
send the letter to her daughter a nd it fell down behind the fireplace, l 3 Have yo u ever lent somebody mo ney and
where it stayed for ten years... ~ t hey d idn 't pay you b ack?
4 When you come back after a ho liday do you
usually feel better o r wo rse than befo re?
c Read the article a nd a nswe r the qu es tio ns. 5 When yo u bo rrow a book o r a DV 0 fro m a
I W hat were Car men a nd S teve do ing in To rbay? fr iend do yo u usually remember to g ive it
2 W hy didn't they get m arried ? back ? W hat about if you lend so methi ng to
3 Why did n't S teve' lerrer get to Carm en? your frie nd ?
6 If yo u b uy som cth i ng to wea r fro m a sho p
d 3 13 >)) ow listen to part o f a news progra mme a nd a nswe r t he and th en decide yo u do n't like it, do you
que t io ns. usually t ake it b ack ?
W hat happen ed ... ?
I when the bui lders fo u nd t he letter 4 when t hey met in Paris
5 SONG
3 1s >))
2 when Carmen got the letter 5 last week
Reach Out I'll Be There ~
3 when Carm en called Steve