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ENGLISH IN DAILY LIFE

------by Zhang Dongmei

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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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