Download - life in USA
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It’s part of Help Yourself to Advanced English.It’s your first course in your first
year study.
What’s this book?
What’s it about?
It aims to introduce you to the basic language skills necessary for daily life contexts.The focus is predominantly on the listening and speaking skills required in informal situations,like chatting with friends,family members and neighbors.There are also short reading and listening activities.They are designed to reinforce your listening and speaking skills.
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How long does it take to finish the course?
If I have to work so hard, do I
earn anycredits?
Eight weeks.You must work very hard
though.
Yes, your hard work will be
richly rewarded.You will
earn 4.5 credits.
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CONTENTSUNIT 1
THE FAMILY
UNIT 2
THE HOME
UNIT 3
DAILY ROUTINE
UNIT 4
GETTING AROUND
UNIT 5
LOCAL COMMUNIY
UNIT 6
LIFE AND RELATIONS
HIPS
UNIT 7
HEALTH
UNIT 8
PEOPLE
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ACTIINVITY 1FORMAL INTRODUCTION
Task 1 Identify people by name and relation
Task 2 Complete greeting formulas Task 3 Extract more information
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ACTIVITY 2MORE INTRODUCTIONS-FROM
INFORMAL TO FORMAL
TASK 1 Identify the contexts
TASK 2 Make notes while listening
TASK 3 Greet appropriately
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ACTIVITY 3GARMENTS IN AMERICAN AND
BRITISH ENGLISH
Task 1 Review clothing vocabulary Task2 Tell “trousers”from “pants” Task 3 Compare American and British
English
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ACTIVITY 4PATTERNS,DESIGNS AND
STYLESTask 1 Recognize patterns and designs
Task 2 Recognize hair styles
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ACTIVITY 5PEOPLE IN A PHOTO
Task 1 Describe people’s clothes Task 2 Describe position and appearance Task 3 Identify people Task 4 Read information from a sketch Task 5 Complete summaries Task 6 write simple descriptions Task 7 Use the simple continuous tense Task 8 Supply missing words
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ACTIVITY 6RELATIONSHIPS
Task 1 Warm up Task 2 Catch morning activities Task 3 Work out relationship terms Task 4 Cope with more relationship terms Task 5 Get more from your Tape Task 6 Describe personality and attitudes Task 7 Keep conversation going by inviting an
answer Task 8 Use “tags” to invite an answer
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ACTIVITY 7GOOD OLD DAYS
Task 1 Describe your own personality Task 2 Take a quick look Task 3 Check your own reading
comprehension Task 4 Analyze opinion statements Task 5 Tell “positive” from “negative” Task 6 Find opposite words Task 7 Use “still”in your experience
descriptions
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ACTIVITY 8REVIEW AND REINFORCEMENT
Now we have almost reached the end of this unit.How have you got on? I hope you haven’t found too many problems.Remember ,you should always make s note of any problems you have so that you can raise them with your tutor.Before you finish the unit,look back at the beginning,at all the things you are told you should be able to do by the end of the unit.Do you think you can do them? I hope so.
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