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The document discusses two lifestyles shown in photographs 1 and 2. It prompts the reader to compare the photographs and say what each person might find difficult about their respective lifestyles. It then asks which lifestyle the reader would prefer to lead and why.

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UNIT 1

LIFESTYLES
Are you a bookworm?

(Llevar)
Compare photographs 1 and 2 and say what you think the people might
find difficult about their lifestyles

Which lifestyle would you prefer to lead?


Speaking part 1
• In Part 2 of the speaking exam you are not asked to describe the
photographs in detail, but to compare them.
• When doing this, comment on the similarities and differences:
• Similarities: Both pictures show …
• Differences: In the first picture … whereas in the second one …
• When talking about what the people might find difficult about their
lifestyles, give reasons for your opinions. You could comment on some of
the following:
• daily routine working hours leisure time type of home friends
• eating habits health travel family life
USEFUL LANGUAGE
• I get the impression it’s a stressful life.
• I expect/imagine she has to get up early.
• He probably spends a long time away from home.
• I doubt that she has much time for a social life.
• Perhaps he doesn’t see his family very often.
• She might/may get lonely during the day.
1. Describe without details
2. Compare (similarities and differences
3. Answer the question
• …for he, it’d be difficult for him…
• ….work many time work much time (only for neg and inter) work a lot of time/so
much time…
• She likes that she do she likes what (lo que) she does
• More calm much calmer
• Con respecto a…. regarding
• Puedes conocer genteyou can meet people
• Meet (for the first time)- get to know (the process of knowing a person)- know
(with time)
• Cows (p) /kaus/
• They are far to the familythey are far from….
• They must to be in the sea they must be….. (after modals+ bare inf)
• Ensayar (rehearse)
• Además (besides) inf
• Quedar con amigos: hang out with friends

• Capítulo: episode chapter is for a book


• Temporada: season

• During- for
• They met and decided to get married …DURING……….the 2 World
War.
• They went out ……FOR…………5 months

• On-in-at (time-place)
On- in –at (for time)
• On: days of the week- dates (July 1st/1st July)- holidays- weekend(s)
AE- weekdays- Christmas/Easter (holidays)

• In: parts of the day (the morning/afternoon/evening)- months of the


year- seasons- years and centuries

• At: rest of parts of the day (night/midnight/noon)- weekend(s) BE-


Christmas/Easter (the exact day)- the time
AS- HOW- LIKE
• ……AS…….your mother you must respect me!!
• This room is used ……AS……….a meeting room
• They bought a lot of souvenirs………LIKE……….sweets, etc
• She Works……LIKE………….a doctor, but she’s a nurse!!!!
• She Works……AS……..a doctor. She’s a pediatrician.
• …HOW…funny!!! She missed the train.
• Tell me …HOW……you feel.
• It is …AS…………easy …AS…………..last year’s job
• AS: describe roles/uses of something/professions
• LIKE: such as (giving example of)- similar to
• HOW: before adjectives to emphasize- for questions
How to say it….
• Creo que no I don’t think so
• Creo que sí I think so
• Supongo I suppose so
• Supongo que no I suppose not
• Eso espero I hope so
• Espero que no I hope not
• I’ve been to London
• Yo también me too so + auxiliary in aff + Subject
• So have I
• Yo no subject + auxiliary in negative
• I haven’t

• I don’t like chocolate neither + auxiliary in aff + Subject


• A mi tampoco
• Neither do I
• A mi sí subject + auxiliary in affirmative
• I do
• We Will go to the party

• I was angry with him

• They didn’t buy the book!

• We are going to get married!!


Settle down ( sentar cabeza)
Put off (desanimar)
• If you had to choose, which of the four people would you prefer to
change places with for a month? Why?
• I used to have a dog and we would go running together most
mornings, but I gave him to my mum in the end. (solía)

• Used to + state verb/action verb = would (solía)+ action verb

• Used to/would + infinitive

• Childhood
• When I was a child…….
• Write six sentences comparing your life now with your life five years
ago. Write about things which have changed.
• Example:
• I didn’t use to have a job, but now I work on Saturdays so I have more
money.
Get and different uses
• Get up
• Get out (leave)
• Get to the theatre (arrive)
• Get dressed (put your clothes on)
• Get the train (take a means of transport)
• Get to meet people/The boss gets us to clean (obligation)
• I get lots of requests (receive)
• Get to bed (go)
• Get exercise (do)
• Get lonely (feel)
Four uses of get (informal style)
• 1. as phrasal verbs (get up)
• 2. become: get + adjective get dark/get dirty (become)
• 3. arrive at/in get to - obtain (get good marks)- take
• 4. collocations get rid of something (quitarse algo de encima)
DIFFERENT USES OF GET
• a I get to meet lots of people.
• b Normally I get out of bed around midday.
• c I don’t get as much exercise as I’d like to.
• d I get lonely if I’m away from her for longer than a week or so.
• e I get the train and a bus.
• f I always get to the theatre at the last minute.
• g The first mate gets us to do cleaning and maintenance work …
• h I get lots of requests for personalized mugs.
• 0 That jumper looks so old and dirty. When are you going to get away/along/lost/rid of it? Get
away: get rid of something temporarily- Get along: llevarse bien con alguien- get lost: perderse
• 1 Here’s my telephone number. If you have any problems, just get in talk/speak/touch/
• tact with me.
• 2 I heard she was a lovely woman. Unfortunately I never got the occasion/event/
• ability/chance to meet her.
• 3 I asked him how much he got paid/earned/money/salary but he refused to tell me.
• 4 Come on, hurry up and get moved/ready/ordered/fit! Your bus leaves in five minutes.
• 5 His parents are concerned about his behaviour. He’s always getting into problem/
• trouble/punishment/damage at school.
• 6 His girlfriend left him in March and he still hasn’t got past/off/by/over it.
• 7 I can’t speak French very well, but I always manage to get across/through/by/over
• with a dictionary and a few gestures.
• 8 They wanted to get to the opera house but they got up/out of/on/off the wrong bus
• and ended up at the football stadium.
AT THE CRACK OF DAWN (VERY EARLY)
CHEAT: COPIAR EN UN EXAMEN
Yell at somebody (chillar)
How many of the items of clothing in the photographs can you name?
BE USED TO/GET USED TO/USED TO
• 1 Her unconventional, yet practical clothing shocked spectators, who
were used to seeing women play in the long, heavy dresses which
were typical of that period.
• 2 And he used to live in France, which means he probably wouldn’t
mind changing countries if we needed him to.
• 3 …he will have to get used to wearing something a little more formal.
If you went to live in Britain, what aspects of life there would you find it
difficult to get used to?
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. A

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