Discussion Work in pairs. Make a list of ways in which parents and teachers discipline children. For each Punishment on the list discuss tho following questions: 1.15 this a reasonable punishment to give a ehild ina civilised society? 2. What age of child is it suitable for? 3. Who can give this punishment co a child? Parents? Teachers? Other relatives? Reading Read these two letters. Which one do you agree most with? Why? Dear Sir thin itis quite heen that re government should txeconsicering egistation toban smacking. Every parent needs te right tobe able to give a crit smack, not inorder to cause physical harm or ain, ext mote as a shook tactic to stop a cal from misbehaving or in some ciraurastaances to top them caushrg arncige to themselves or ether peogle Some people argue tat ins are nested fo stop excessive piysical punishment, kurt there are uit clear avs deaiiag with assault and bodily harm. Ifa parent cares physiced norm toa child, oxen tie police cov ase these tase ts Loving the parent to justice, Mu fatwer used to ghie me the slipper andl it never eid ee any harm, What is ol te fuss abn Jack Wanoce Make four true sentences: Dear Sir “Tron goodness the goverment has fis begun see sense regarding the punishment of dren! Cetus hope that te ove te courage to de auiay with the physical | sunichrnent of diléren We supposedly fein a civilised soaety, Can we at last realise that | phys puninnsentisunreosarabic, Aegradira, mental kennel ena cometeeiy smaccptabien te 2st century? Smactang, ‘indeed any form of pysical anshmont. Shou be mace legal mmmedtataly ard parents and teachers who practise tis tsgracefu tery showed e brought vefore ihe courts Lavra Huen | world like to see all physical punishment banned, Jack Wallace thinks the laws are acceptable as they are now. Laura Flynn thinks smacking has moze than a physical fect. vas smacked as a child, Discussion Work in small groups. Discuss these statements: "An adult hitting a child of any age is not right and there are much better ways to discipline children.” ‘Children should have the same rights as adults. Adults cannot hit other adults, so they should not be allowed to hit children either’ Do you agree or not? Why? Are there other, better ways of disciplining children? 19 Chien ana eiseotine Instant DiscussionsLanguage Study this sentence from the second letter. Notice tho phrasal verb with two particles ‘to do away with’ meaning to abolish. Let us hope that they have the courage to do away with the physical punishment of children Match the phrasal vorbs underlined in the sentences 1-8 with the definitions a-h below: 1. My brother was always in trouble but he was coo honest, If L was in trouble Talways denied doing anything wrong and I usually goraway weit itt 2. When I look back on my childhood, I realise my parents treated me really very fel 3.1fT tan out of money, Twould sometimes ‘borrow’ some from my mother's purse. A.Somerimes I wished my dad would just give me a smack, Tr would fave been better than listening vo him going on about ‘responsibility’, S.L.can remember the first time I stood up to my dad, He wanted to punish me for coming back after midnight when I was 15 bur I just told him T wasn’t a child any longer and he coulda’ tell me what to do. 6.1 don't exactly look down on parents who smack their children, but Ido think that they could find other ways of disciplining their children if they really thought about i. 7.1 was really bedly bebaved when I was a teenager but I seemed to gunw out of i when I seached my early twenties. 8.[ didn’t get into much trouble at schoo! ~ except for once when I was caught fooling. around with some chemicals in a science laboratory, 4. to not run away from, to resist 4b. to escape without punishment 10 consider inferior d.to think about something in the past €. to become t00 old to do something f- to not have any left &, t0 behave irresponsibly to talk abort somesbing for a long time and in @ boring way Work in pairs. Look at the any of them true for you? Do any of them remind you of people you know or knew? ntences again, Are “Frankly, 1 feet he over disciplines dis animals.” Discussion Work in pairs or small groups. Discuss these questions: 1, Which, if any, of the punishments below do you think are unsuitable for children above the age of three? a.a quick smack on the hand bs. quick smack on the back of the head a smack on the bottom La smack on the bare bottom ¢. a blow from a slipper on tke bare bottom f. a blow froma bele on the hand .2 blow from a cane on the horcom Would it make any difference ifthe child was a boy or a girl? ‘What other factors might determine whether a particular punishment was reasonable ot not? 2. Which, if any, of there punishments do you think is acceptable? a. sending a child to their bedroom for an hour b, not allowing the child to play with their friends for a week «. stopping the child's pocket money 4. not allowing the child to watch TV for a week: . making the child stay behind at school ro do extra work f. giving che child extra jobs around the house 3. At what age do you think itis no longer necessary or appropriate to discipline children?cus: Puta tick (7) by the things that you think are good for your health and a cross (x) by the {think are bad for your health. eating meat yoga crisps. smoking sugar watching TV living alone tea ~—alechol_— running cofee vitamin pills k salt sunbathing stress_——_ibeing vegetarian ‘eeping a pet ‘lying Compare your results in pairs or small groups. Reading Read the two letters and answer these questions: Which writcr a} follows the doctor’s advice? b) thinks the doctor could give better advice? I read your newspaper column every Week ‘ani, frankly, think you've got Ie wrong. IesAot Being healthy. that males us happy, ts the otter eay:rourte. I sbmeone is happy are eafoying ‘themselves and taking pleasure then they are going toiBe healthy. Recent research shows that becile who fee! ite ‘9F no gulit about ehelr lifestyle have lass heart trouble, go U6 the doctor less often, and get il les often in other words, t's ‘not so much whas we do as how we feel about it ‘As result 1 think youl should stop ling people what is bad for them, what they shoulda’ eat end where theyre going encouraging people to feel good about themselves, be posite, worry ess ahd do what they want | Andrew c, (ewoaste) True or false? Mark these sentences T (true) or F (false): Dear Doctor. | always find your column very intevesting. Over tne years you tiave given ime very useful advice about Row tolive a healthy life. However, sometimes | wonder how many people follow your advice. There must be a lot of peopie who smoke and drink too much, who #at too.much sugar and salt and fat, and who gerierally havea very. Unhealthy, lifestyle. Sufely the government can do.something abdul these people. They are:¢osting our health service huge amounts of money. tf they looked after themselves properly, they wouldn't heed medical tr8atment so often. ‘Angela M, (Brighton) 1, Andrew thinks health and happiness are not connected 2. He has done some research into the effect of happiness on health, 3. He thinks the doctor should try to make people happier cather than healthier. 4. Angela thinks a lot of people ignore the coctor’s advice. 5. She thinks the health service spends a lot of money on these people. 6. She thinks che government should let them look aiter themselves rather than provide a health service for them,Discussion Discuss these questions in pairs or small groups: 1. Who do you agree with most: Andrew or Angela? Both of them? Neither of chem? 2. What are the most important points that they make? 3.To what extent do you ‘look after yourself properly"? 4, Do you eat the right food? Smoke? Drink? ‘Take regular exercise? 5. Do you consider yourself to be healthy? 6. Do you consider yourself to be happy? 7..Do you agree with Andrew that there is a connection between health and happiness? Language In 4, 2, and 3 thore is one word which does not collocate well. Cross it out. Then use expressions from the box to fill the gaps in the sentences below: | 1. Fler health is peefec excellent | delicate. | major poor | 2.She is disgustingly partially reasonably healthy. extremely perfectly 3.Ti’s a healthy environment climate. bread die. 4.1m afraid my grandmother is in very... . She's almost 90. 5.'The dey climate of Switzerland makes ita very ceeeee : 6. What a great tant You're looking ...... = 1 Where’ve you been? 7.1 you don’t mind me saying, what you need is a things like brown bread, fresh fruit, muesli, that kind of ching. 8. My father’s 75. He's gor a few health problems, but nothing very serious, His health is... for a man of his age. Discussion With a partner, make up a questionnaire to find out how healthy people are. 1. First decide six questions. 2. Think of three different answers for each question, 3. Give marks for each answer 4. Decide what total of marks mean that people are healthy or unhealthy. 5. Write some praise and/or advice for people based on their marks total. 6.laterview one or two people and note their answers. 7."Tell them how healthy you think they are, When writing questions you might want to think about some of these areas: people's diet ~ the kind of thing they eat ther lifestyle — busy ot laid-back the amount of exercise they take their own health over the past few years the amount of siress in their lives their past family health history whether they consider they are happy whether they drink or smoke| Taboo conversation topics NX Discussion Work in pairs. Discuss these questions: When you fill ina form, are you happy to give this information: Your aget Your marital status? Your itcome? ‘Are there any other questions you don't like answering? Reading Read through the four conversations below. Who are the people and what is the situation? Conversation 1 Az Your blood pressure is absolutely fine, Have you been eating normally? B: Oh yes. The same as normal. Az And do you take any regular exercise? B: Yes, [play squash twice a week A: Mm. Tell me, how much do you w B: About 68 kilos. n2 Conversat A: Hello, I'm Jean Walker. We've just moved in next door B: Paul Burton, Pleased to meet you. Do you work locally? x I'm a solicitor with a firm on the High st Br A solicitor. That's a good job. How much de Conversation 3 A: Hello. I'm looking for a white tennis shirt, B: OK. Tennis shirts are over here. A: As you can see, I'll need a fairly large size. B: Ye do you weigh, if you don't mind me asking? Lean see thar. How mac Conversation 4 Az Gareth, you will be delighted to hear sha we would like to offer you the job. Bs Great! ‘Thank you very much Az We need to talk a bie about salaries Br Right, yes, of course, Az Remind me, how much do you earn at the B; About £35,000 a year, Az Yes, well, we won't be able co give you more than that initially, but we should be able to match it. Good morning. I'd like to talk to yon abour the Bible.” Discussion 41.1n each dialogue there is @ personal question. Decide if the question is appropriate to the situation and the speakers. If it is not appropriate, why isn't it? 2. The questions in conversations 2 and 3 do not have answers. How do you think the speaker should reply in those situations? 3.Have you ever been asked an inappropriate question? When and who by? How did you respond? Have you ever asked an inappropriate question by accident? What happened?Language Mark the expressions below in the following way: Q if they are polite ways of asking personal questions R__ if they are ways of responding to personal questions, 1. Chope you don’t mind me asking, but 2.'d rather not answer that (af you don’t mind) 3. know this isa bit nosey, but 4, Mind your own business! 5. Why do you ask? Can Task you a personal question? 7. That's rather a personal question. 8.T know this is a bie personal, but 9.1m afraid th ’ really none of your business. Discussion Look at the questions below. Decide who has the right to ask you these questions. It may be a particular person, for example, a doctor, a priest, a police officer, a partnerilover. It might be anybody or it might bbe nobody. Write anyone, a particular person or no one next to each question. How old are you? Have you ever taken drugs? How much do you weigh? Are you planning to start a family? How tall are you? Who did you vore for ar the last election? How much do you earn? Have you gor a criminal record? Have you gor a boy/girliriend? Are you gay? Are you a virgin? How much was your CD-playe Are you married? What eeligion are yor Were your parents married? How do you feel about abortio Work in pairs. Ask your partner the questions. Use the expressions in the Language work to help you ask and answer the questions. Your best friend Could you say these things to your best friend? Your breath is terrible I think you've had enough to drink. You smell nice. What is it? ‘You look silly in that shirt You need a haircut. I think you should ring and apologise. Your boy/gieliriend’s gor nice legs. If you want to smoke, do ic outside. T wish you'd learn how to make coffee Your fly is undone. (fly = trouser zip) Could you say the same things to your teacher or your boss? Do you have a friend you can say anything to? ‘Are you a tactful person or are you more blunt and direct? Do you think being direct is a good or a bad thing?5 How do they look? Listen to your teacher and write the numbers 1-16 next to the correct drawings.12 Noughts & crosses: Follow-up Things in the home Look at the drawings and write down what they are called. j ¢ Write your answers here: To help you, the first letter of each word is given. c 4h 18, 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 vo ro Oem tee enn ees a26 Bingo: British-American English Revision Look at the words in the table below. Fill in the American English words for them. Choose from the following: apartment drapes freeway purse cab elevator French fries sidewalk candy fall pants subway closet flashlight parking lot ‘truck British English American English 1 lift 2| taxi 3] motorway 4| curtains 5| handbag 6 pavement. 7| underground 8 chips 9| car park 10} lorry 11] autumn 12] cupboard 13) flat 14} — trousers 15 sweets 16 | torch47 Bre body and what it can do (IIA = Parts of the body forehead ena shoulder chest albow hand thumb hip” — fingers thigh toes > heel The outer part of the body is covered in skin, e.g. Too much sun is bad for your HB Physical actions People breathe through the nose or mouth, and breathe in and out 12-15 times a minute, People smile when they're happy, and sometimes smile at people to be polite. Funny things make people laugh ~ for example, when someone tells a joke. People sometimes cry if they're unhappy or receive bad news. ‘They yawn when they're tired or bored. People in some countries nod their head to mean “yes', and shake their head for ‘no’ HE) Common expressions shake hands with somebody bite your nails. fold your arms blow your nose comb your hairExercises 47,1 Find 13 more words describing cE LIB[O[WwlA parts of the body, either across or lH] Thi [alelNn[R, down, in this word square. illoteletvl ain ti Eic\K/E/I|H UH/AIN/ KI LIE K/C|H/E/S/TIE ciHelelK ale 47.2 How much of the picture can you label without looking at the opposite page? 47.3. Match the verbs on the left with 1 shake your arms a part of the body on the right to 2 bite your nose form common expressions. 3 comb your nails 4 fold your head 5 blow hands 6 nod your hair 47.4 What do these actions often mean? (There may be several possible answers.) 1 People often smile when .. ty. happy =e 2 They often breathe quickly after we ve vom 3: They laugh when... 4 They may bite their nails 5 They blow their nose 6 8 9 They shake their head .. And nod their head1 Which companies would be most able or likely to provide which perks? 1 good pension scheme 2 company car 3 flex-hours 4 child 5 goods at reduced prices 6 training ane education allowance 7 family travel pass 8 free meats working atome = 0 Tree holidays 11 sports and social lb 12 free accammodation 2) architectural design company bj bus or valn company college )Setergent manufacturer's sales division with nationwide sales network editing company working i ook publishing fastfood restaurant chal 8) nancial services advisors I large factory producing basic components for the tronics Industry 1 ld people's sheltered housing centre |] supermarket chan 6 travel company specialising in tourism mpary manufacturing cuddly toys 2. Which jobs would be most | suitable for which people? (Rito tues Office assistant | Looking fore alabie wirker for ‘general ofce alles: No ‘Seoreia'e| exporience neccesary | | stewie hours, 85 hors per woeke ‘found 40.50 em 3 pn bas sagad person setieme || Education College Receptionist Freely inl equied to och on reception deck dealing with wston, gous and general enquirer chit ae fciee ‘free mele rene of sors ais ced fee ial caer ancly erwvoationt mark Having young twins is realy demanding, out they're worth They're my whale life now really. When my wie died, | couldn't manage at frst. Ofcourse | had ta give up college, which mls my future, Thats worrying, Ger 1 My wife Marys 2 registered Disabled Person, but we | don’t get much help from the siate. She's fine dort leave her on her am toa much, a tong as | check she's OK now and then, The hospital appointments can be awkward ta it in | ‘Sheila | was divorced six years ago when our kids let hare, got the house, but he's got the pension! do feel Tonely, though 've got my ow ltl hairdressing ‘usiness, going to people's houses, but lke to mest [someone specia (Angela Seven children take alot of ooking after. Butnow they're all at school, | can go back to work. We nese! the maney! Living out inthe countryside gives us room io grow our own vegetables, but we're so isolated, Four ofthe kids travel nearly two hours te school1 Whatis work? 7 suppose havea relly lose interpretation of work because shonkeharper beng ales so muchwork a sometimngvou dont lave wanted. (andy Wath) 41 Apart fom school or your job, what else do you ‘consider to be work? 2 Ate hese rea job's: housewife, monarch, novels, op sar, priest? 2 Which job? 1 Which is the easiest job? baby-siter, dent, footballer, teacher 2 The most boring? or park attendant, assembly ine worker, shepherd, window cleaner 3 The mest tng? octr, farmer, miner, top model 4 The most usta? Jumalst, market researcher, nurse, postmaniwoman 5 The worst? ‘rove digger, prison warder, solder, toilet cleaner 3. Ifthe salary were the some, which job would you lke todo: actoriactress, archaeologist, astronomer, chef faslvon designe, fortune tler, musician, research Scien, tourist operator? 4 you had enough money never to have to work again, would you stop working? What would you do instead?3 Everyone has their price ‘wnat would you do fr the right price and assuming 4 Donate unnecessary parts of your body to an that you reaty needed he money? unknown patent 1 Disose confidential company secrets {5 Kil someone you'd never met and wto you were 2 Testy fey n court whe underoath convinced was dangerous, Ty outa aug being experimented by a pharmaceutical company. 4 Backhanders } notyinetncmnwmanme a seaman ete aaeceee wns pee ‘Yar teacher to Kt you see an examination paper in ‘3 Te tax nspector so matyou dont nave pay Ruge meant of taxes. 4A personne! manager toe you a joD. “Te police to ovoid a speecing fine ‘ 5 Your money ‘wnat propotion of your income do you allocate to the following? Ty ane give @ rough percentage, 2.90% 5%. 15%, 254% oaks rosie videos ‘eae /rovel expenses | Pheirdresers, beoticion, oe renv/merigege { core/wppot ior Friy neni] | Relays —y services of oter pple TT aor = (cleaners, gordeners, etc.) | node ‘por Fines 1 What tings would you ke spend moreless on? Ar you saving up to buy aryiing in parla? 2 what the mst expense Bing you've booght 5 now nove you spending abts change over ets recent? iem yeas? 2 what ing do you most eet having bought? 6 taking about money a taboo sided in your county?‘56. Talking about beliefs and Opinions ere TENA | Speaking about beliefs and opinions firmly believe I share your Contrary to ‘We have reason shat young people | | opinion on « popular belief’, it | | believe that you should have the issue of hunting. | | is not true thar witnessed the blondes are dumb. | | accident. ‘ma great believer in animals’ rights, Tight to vote at 16. We are poles Its a matter of Tve gor a aa apart in our ‘opinion whether suspicion* you attitudes to life. _} | men are better ry brother. nay be right. ay, 1 | drivers than = HEEB More formal ways of discussing beliefs Look at this extract from a studeat essay and notice the collocations referring to beliefs 0008 make assumptions! ted onan unshakeable bat nh spony af ha oan vate sae Ho seems tobe unar lhe which oun ant of elf coloured his gamer is ose eae La te conclude trary acion nas jie Hower his evidence Based on one hg oti os care [rch importance oth. | do ol tut hs dgoment Moreover cb dour cat doubt Om he contac Opinions on te issue are cvded" and my own considered opnion® is tha the wre sno io be usted, Ihave | seus miahings abut ha resear nave outs ea he cacy ons oes By , thinks o says things are true without enough evidence * people have different opinion | 2 affected his judgement $ opinion after much thought » suggest something may be wrong with Thave serious doubts about HEBIc Some error warnings The expressions in this table are collocations that learners often have difficulty with [cotecaton Lope you'll come tomy party Thay sven up hope of ay svi We ned © eNnk hard about hs prelen [sani pooper | Hany people nol the vewopinjon eat [He has strong opinions on ects. | NOT heey or BiExercises 56.1 Look at A. Complete the collocations in these letters to. a newspaper. 56.2 Correct the seven collocation errors in this text. wish we can solve a big problem we have regarding our student committee. Opinions are separated about how to approach the issue and, naturally, some members have very heavy opinions. Some of their views are based on their unstirred belief that they are always right and that no one can challenge their group of beliefs. My own thoughtful opinion is that we should have new elections, but | know that others have quite a different meaning. 56.3 Match each verb in the box with its noun collocation in the table below. Then write one sentence for each collocation. cast colour attach make have trust verb ‘noun ‘assumptions ‘somebody’s judgement Importance to doubt on serious misgivings doubts 56.4 Make seven collocations using the words in the box. Use each word once only. agart belief belleve cast think firmly hard opinions