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 "stupidly" (Para. 3), "embarrassed" (Para. 3) and "defeated" {Para. 4).

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 "But I'm not so sure that's always true", I sort of knew what the 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