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How are you today? I hope you're great!  MODERN MANNERS? is the title of this unit.But what are manners? MANNERS: A way of behaving that is considered acceptable in your country or culture. Let's begin this lesson by revising some phone language vocabulary.  1- Listen and match the phone sentences with the sounds: PHONE LANGUAGE  (audio) 2- Explain in your own words what these are: Skype- a screensaver - silent/ vibrate mode - quiet zones- instant messaging 3- We're going to read an extract from Debrett's guide to mobile phone etiquette. Then answer these questions: a- Do you agree with what Debrett's says?  b- Do you ever do any of these things? c- Are they a problem where you live? d- Are there any other things people do with their phones that annoy you? 4- Match the highlighted phrases in the text with their meaning. Two of the phrases match the same meaning: A- You don't need to do this. B- Don't do this. It isn't allowed/ permitted. C- It's nec

Welcome to our 17th lesson. Today we're going to begin unit number 4. Go to pages 34 and 35 in the Student's Book.  Think about this saying: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again" What does it mean? 1- Read the definition of BE ABLE TO. What other verb is it similar to? BE ABLE TO (DO SOMETHING) to have the ability, opportunity, time, etc, to do something : Will you be able to come to the meeting next week? YES... BE ABLE TO is similar to CAN! 2- Read about three people who have tried (but failed) to learn something, and complete the texts with A-G A- I was able to B- Not being able to C- I just wasn't able to D- I will never be able to  E- I would suddenly be able to F- I've always wanted to be able to G- we would never be able to 1- ____  2. ____  3. ____  4. ____  5. ____  6. ____  7 . ____ 3- Read the article again. Why did they have problems? Have they completely given up trying? Have you ever tried to learn something and given up? Why?

Welcome to our 16th lesson! Today we're finishing unit 3 with the Practical English section. 1- Watch Rob interviewing Kerry. What is she happy/ not happy to talk about? 2- Watch again. Mark the sentences T (TRUE) or F (FALSE). Correct the FALSE sentences: 1- Kerri's song is about love. 2- Kerri plays in a band. 3- She used to go out with a member of the band. 4- Only one of her parents was a musician. 5- Kerri started playing the guitar when she was six. 6- Her new album is very different from the previous ones. 7- She's been recording and touring recently. 8- She's going to give a big concert in New York. 3- Watch the conversation at lunch. What do they disagree about? 4- Watch again and answer the questions: 1-What does Kerri think about...? a- the waiters in New York compared to London? b- people in New York compared to London 2- Who agrees with Kerri? Who disagrees? What do they think? 3- Who phones Rob? What about? 5- Look at some extracts from the conversation. C

Welcome to our 15th lesson! Today we're going to continue talking about stereotypes.  Let's go to page 30 in the SB.  1-   Read the beginning of an article about a book. Why did Neil Sinclair write it? In what way is it different from other books about bringing up (educar) children? 2- Listen to two men talking in the park about the book and mark the sentences T (True) or F (False). Correct the wrong information.  DIALOGUE (audio) 3- Listen to someone talking about men and women and complete the gaps. MEN AND WOMEN (audio) 4- Now let's work with vocabulary. We're going to learn about dependent prepositions. What are they? They refer to prepositions which usually go right after certain verbs or adjectives to mean something in particular. If you use the same verb or adjective with a different preposition, the meaning is completely different. Watch this video to learn some dependent prepositions: Of course this video doesn't show all the dependent prepostions that exis

Welcome to our 14th lesson! Today we're going to work with STEREOTYPES. Do you know what they are? Let's go to page 28 SB to find out. As you can see, the word STEREOTYPE can be used as a noun (ESTEREOTIPO) or as a verb (ESTEREOTIPAR, GENERALIZAR). 1- Read the articles and answer these four questions for each one: 1- What was the stereotype that the researchers wanted to investigate? 2- Where was the research done? 3- How was the research done? 4- What did the research show? 1- What was the stereotype that the researchers wanted to investigate? 2- Where was the research done? 3- How was the research done? 4- What did the research show? 2- Read the articles again and match the highlighted phrases with the definitions below: 3- We're going to revise ARTICLES: A, AN, THE and NO ARTICLE. Read the theory: 4- Fill in the blank spaces with the correct articles (page 29 SB)