Face2face (upper-intermediate). Unit 2-A, B

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Face2face (upper-intermediate)
Unit 2-A, B.
It’s bad for you
Life’s different here
1. Revision
2. Vocabulary:
3. Grammar: Present and past habits,
Repeated actions and states.
4. Listening: CD1-14.
5. Reading
6. Speaking: a) Should I eat or not?
b) Picture description

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Revision: Vocabulary
*Define the words and phrases below:
Encourage, force, persuade, resent, end up, regret, to alert, to
sympathize, to reimburse, municipality, transport hub,
takeover, renowned, booming, to pile on, squeeze

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Revision: Vocabulary: Verb patterns: Complete the sentences with the
infinitive, base form, past participle or -ing form of the verbs in
brackets.
1. We've decided _____ (redecorate) the children's bedrooms.
2. Mike and Janet had a big argument and stopped _____ (speak) to each other.
3. It costs €600 to have the car _____ (be repaired).
4. What sort of computer is James hoping _____(buy)?
5. They made everyone _____ (leave) the building when the fire alarm went off.
6. I don't really feel like _____ (go) shopping today.
7. Every morning I have to force my son _____ (get up) for school.
8. I’m starting (worry) about my health.

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Choose the correct option to complete the sentences below.
1. The supporters expect the manager _______ at least for one more season. (stay, to
stay, staying)
2. It took us ages _______ the hotel. (to find, find, finding)
3. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to keep you _______. (wait, waiting, to wait)
4. He made me _______ very bad about what I'd done. (feel, feeling, to feel)
5. He was forced _______ the documents at gunpoint. (sign, signing, to sign)
6. What kind of things do you hate people________ to you?(say, to say, saying)
7. I was waiting ________ sorry, but since he didn't, I just left.(him saying, him to say,
for him to say)
8. I would hate you ________ that I don't appreciate your help. (thinking, to think,
think)
9. I don't mind him ________ so much; he has other ways of expressing what he feels.
(not to talk, not talking, not talk)

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Revision: Speaking: Describe the picture below (45 sec)

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Revision: Choose a topic and decide what you want to say.
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2.
3.
4.
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something you are/aren’t looking forward to
your work or studies
a place you love going to
something interesting you’ve done lately
your plans for next weekend

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Vocabulary: Expressing frequency
Lower frequency
Seldom
Rarely
Once in a while
Every now and again
Every so often
Higher frequency
Most days
Most mornings/weekends
More often than not
Most of the time
• More often than not, most
• Every so often, once in a while,
weeks/days/weekends/
every now and again come at
mornings, most of the time
the beginning or the end of the
come at the beginning or the
sentence.
end of the sentence.

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Fill in the gaps with the following words:
more, once, again, every, most, seldom
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2.
3.
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Every now and ________ I have these terrible nightmares.
________ often than not I get the bus to work.
________ so often I get really bad earache.
________ in a while we go away for the weekend.
________ days we just have sandwiches for lunch.
My sister’s ________ on time. I always have to wait for her.

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Grammar: Present habits, repeated actions and states
1. Use the Present Simple for present habits, repeated actions and states:
I think I’m pretty healthy and I just eat what I like.
2. Use the Present Continuous + a word / phrase like always for present habits
and repeated actions we find annoying or that take place more than usual:
My mom’s always complaining about my diet.
3. Use will + infinitive for repeated and typical behaviour in the
present (no state verbs here):
The vast majority of Americans will have peanut butter at all times.
Compare these sentences:
Sometimes I’ll eat junk food. (repeated and typical behavior)
Tonight I’ll probably have a pizza. (a future action)

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Past habits, repeated actions and states
1. Use the Past Simple and used to + infinitive for past habits, repeated actions
and states:
There used to be a nice cinema down the road. I always went there to see the
great classics.
• REMEMBER: I didn’t use to eat peanut butter
What did you use to like as a kid?
I never used to listen to my parents’ advice
2. Use would + infinitive for past habits and repeated actions (not states, i.e.
state verbs are not possible with this structure):
I’d go to the Filmoteca whenever they showed a Fellini film.
3. Do not use used to + infinitive or would + infinitive for sth that only happened
once:
Last year I met up with one of Ingmar Bergman’s wives.

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* Look at these sentences. Are both verb forms possible? If not,
choose the correct one.
1. Last night I’d have/I had two burgers for dinner and I used to feel/I felt a
bit sick afterwards.
2. I hardly ever drink coffee now, but at one time it’d be/it used to be my
favourite drink.
3. I don’t usually pay attention to government reports about food because
they’d change/they’re always changing their advice.
4. I walk/I’ll walk to work just for the exercise and I frequently go/am going
to the gym.
5. I eat/I’ll eat vegetables occasionally, but only because I’ll know/I know
they’re good for me.
6. I always worry/I’m always worrying about my diet.
7. Once I used to try/I tried not adding salt to my food. It tasted awful!

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Listening: CD1-14. Listen to Guy and Jasmin, two people who
took part in a survey about eating habits.
Who says these sentences?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
I think I’m pretty healthy and I just eat what I like.
But I used to be so unfit and I used to eat burgers and fries all the
time.
Most mornings I’ll have toast with a lot of peanut butter and jam.
And I’d get an ice cream or something on the way home from
school every day.
My mom’s always complaining about my diet.
And then I read a lot of stuff about healthy eating and I knew my
diet had to change.

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Listening: Answer the questions below:
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2.
3.
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6.
What does Guy think of government advice on food?
Has Guy’s attitude to food ever changed?
Who is healthier, Guy or his mother?
Does Jasmin ever eat things that are unhealthy?
Why did she decide to get fit?
What does she say about Japanese and American eating
habits?
7. Whose attitude to food is most like yours, Guy’s or Jasmin’s?

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Reading: Matching headings.
You are going to read an article (1-5). Choose from the list (A-F) the
heading that best summarizes each paragraph in the article (1-5).
There is one extra heading you don’t need to use.
A. What is the Arctic Ocean?
B. The size of the area.
C. Climate and temperatures.
D. Nature creatures in the ocean
E. Access to the region
F. The Arctic and the environment

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1. The Arctic ocean is the ocean around the North Pole. During the winter it
is covered in ice and snow, and this remains during most of the summer.
2. The Ocean is about 14.056 million km2, which makes it the world’s
smallest ocean. The middle or central surface is covered by about 3 meters
of ice. It also has around 45,389 kilometres of coastline(the areas which
touch land). The average depth of the ocean is 1,038 feet, while the deepest
point is 5,450 m at the Eurasian Basin.
3. Due to the environment, the Arctic is very difficult to get to, so only
certain vehicles can enter and move across it. An icebreaker or a nuclearpowered submarine can use the Arctic Ocean to traverse the Pacific and
Atlantic oceans.

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4. The Arctic Ocean has a polar climate. This means that the nights are
cold, weather is stable and the skies are usually clear. The average
temperature is just above the freezing point of sea water at -1.8 C.
However recently, the temperature has risen causing the ice to melt.
5. There are many animals which live in this region. Endangered
animals include the walrus and whales. In contrast, there are very few
plant species including Phytoplankon, which is very important to ocean
life.

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Vocabulary: Feelings and opinions
• We often use prepositions with adjectives. The most common prepositions for these adjectives
are in red. Other prepositions that we can also use for these adjectives are in brackets.
1. Terrified of (by)- [ˈterəfaɪd]- very frightened.
2. Fascinated by (with)- [ˈfæsəneɪtɪd]- extremely interested.
3. Excited about (by, at)- [ɪkˈsaɪtɪd]- feeling very happy and enthusiastic.
4. Satisfied with (by)- pleased because you have got what you wanted.
5. Shocked by (at)- feel surprised and upset by something very unexpected or unpleasant.
6. Disappointed in (by, with)- unhappy because someone or something was not as good as you
hoped or expected.
7. Impressed by (with, at)- admire somebody or something because you notice how good,
successful, clever, etc. they are.
8. Aware of sth- know that something exists, or have knowledge or experience of a particular
thing.
9. Famous for- well-known, prominent.
10. Fond of- sb/sth- like somebody or something very much.
11. Sure about (of)- certain; without any doubt/to be very or too confident.
12. Sick of- very annoyed at or fed up with something.

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Speaking: Answer the questions below:
1. List types of food that are good for you and that aren’t.
2. Why do you think your items of food are good or bad for you?
3. In your opinion, is your national diet generally healthy? Give
reasons.
4. Do you think governments should give nutritional advice? Why?
Why not?
• Nutritionist- [njuːˈtrɪʃənɪst]- a person
who is an expert in nutrition
• Nutrition- is food or nourishment.

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Grammar: Be used to, get used to
• We use be used to to talk about things that are familiar and no longer strange
or difficult for us:
I’m used to staying in these wonderful tents now.
• We use get used to to talk about things that become familiar, less strange or
less difficult over a period of time:
It took me a while to get used to eating so much meat.
• After be used and get used to we use verb+ing:
I’ll never get used to being outside in those temperatures.
• After be used to and get used to we can use a noun or a pronoun:
I certainly wasn’t used to the lumps of fat. I’m slowly getting used to it.

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• We can use be used to and get used to in any verb form, for example:
Present Simple: I’m used to staying in these wonderful tents now.
Present Continuous: I’m slowly getting used to it.
Present Perfect Simple: I still haven’t got used to Airag.
Past Simple: I wasn’t used to the lumps of fat.
Will + infinitive: I’ll never get used to being outside in those temperatures.
Infinitive with to: It took me a while to get used to eating so much meat.
• The form of used to in be/get used to doesn’t change in questions and negatives:
She isn’t used to it. Not She isn’t use to it.
Compare these sentences:
I used to live in Mongolia.
The speaker lived in Mongolia in the past, but he/she doesn’t live there now.
I’m used to living in Mongolia.
The speaker lives in Mongolia now and has probably lived there for some time. When
he/she started living there, life was probably strange or difficult, but now it isn’t.

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Fill in the gaps with the correct form of be used to or get used
to and the verb in brackets.
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2.
3.
4.
Julia kept drinking lots of water. She isn’t _______ such spicy food. (eat)
I’m always losing my sunglasses. I haven’t _______ them yet. (wear)
I’m finding it more difficult than I thought to _______ on the right. (drive)
My children are _______ because we travelled abroad when they were
babies. (fly)
5. It’s taken me ages, but I’ve finally _______ tea with milk. (drink)
6. Are you _______ in a country without seasons yet? (live)
7. My grandmother is now _______ emails, but she still can’t use a mobile
phone. (answer)

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Vocabulary: Reading
1. Nomadic- [nəʊˈmædɪk]- moving from one place to another rather than living in
one place all of the time.
2. Ger- a tent in Mongolia.
3. Withstand- [wɪðˈstænd]- offer resistance to somebody or something.
4. Viciously- [ˈvɪʃəsli]- in a violent way that causes great pain.
5. Spectacular- [spekˈtækjələ]- very exciting to look at.
6. Wrestling archery – shooting with a bow and arrows.
7. Airag- Fermented mare's milk,/ the traditional
national beverage of Mongolia- kumiss.

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Reading: Read the article.
a)What does the writer think are the hardest things to deal with in Mongolia?
b) What does Lottie Clarkson say about the things below?
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b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
the way of life outside the cities
seasonal changes in the diet
why fat is important in the diet
the Naadam
horse race
Airag

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Letter from abroad
by Lottie Clarkson
I’ve always been fascinated by exotic countries, so imagine how excited I was
about having the opportunity to work as a volunteer nurse in Mongolia. Before I
came here, all I knew about
the country was that it was full of wide open
spaces and nomadic people moving from place
to place, tending their animals and living in
tents, known as gers. My work mainly takes
me to the rural parts of Mongolia and
although sleeping in a ger seemed very strange
to me at first. I’m used to staying in these wonderful tents now.

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The one thing I really wasn’t prepared for was how different Mongolian food is,
but I’m slowly getting used to it. The diet is mainly milk-based in summer
(yoghurt, cheese etc.) with a shift to meat in
winter. It took me a while to get used to eating
so much meat, especially as it’s usually served
without vegetables. And I certainly wasn’t used
to the lumps of fat my Mongolian friends ate
with such pleasure. But this amount of fat in the
diet is necessary because Mongolians have to withstand
viciously cold winters, it can go as low as
-40 C. I’ll never get used to being outside
in those temperatures!

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The highlight of my stay in Mongolia so far has been the Naadam festival, which
happens every year in July. All over the country you’ll see people in their
spectacular traditional dress, taking part in wrestling archery and horse racing.
It’s a fantastic event, particularly the horse
races which are 15 to 30 kilometres
long. The jockeys riding these horses are
fearless children- boys and girls, aged
between 5 and 13!
Oh, one more thing about Mongolia- I still
haven’t got used to Airag, which is made from fermented horse’s milk
It’s been the Mongolian traditional
alcoholic drink for 5000 years. I’m told it’s
an acquired taste!

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Useful structure (2 min.)

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1. Tell me about the time when you were alone.
2. How did you feel about being by yourself?
3. Why do you think some people like to spend time on their own?