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have: auxiliary or main verb? V personality P using a dictionary Self-portrait LISTENING Look ata painting by Frida Kahlo and answer the questions with a partner, giving your reasons. 1 Do you know anything about Frida Kahlo? Which person do you think is her inthe painting? 2 Do you think the painting is finished? Why (non)? 3. Who doyouthink the people inthe ‘cloud! are, and why do you think they are arranged in that way? 4 What do you think the unborn child inthe middle represents? Who do you think the three people with blank faces in the bottom right-hand corner might be? b (2) Listen co an audio guide abour the painting and check your answers to a. Then match the people below to numbers 1-9 in the diagram, Frida her maternal grandparents, her niece Isolda Antonio and Isabel her nephew Antonio her sister Matilde her sister Adriana her parents Matilde and Guillermo T) her paternal grandparents her sister Cristina People are pretty forgiving when it comes ‘to other people's families. The only farily that ever horifies yous your own. © @3}) Listen to Part 1 again, about Frida. Complete Frida’s biography. Frida Kahlo She was born in in? She was the 3 oft daughters. She caught = as a child, and when she was ® years old, she was in a terrible accident when a7 rashed into a® She had previously wanted to study 2 butafter the accident she decided to Instead. Frida started work on this painting in but never #2 it ied in at he age of # @4)) Listen to Pare 2 again, about the painting Answer the questions. 1 What is the signiti of the unborn child nice of the position 2 Where were her father’s family from? 3 Where were her mother’s family from? 4 Whar do we learn from the painting about her parents! marriage? 5 What was Frida’s relationship like with hee sister Cristina? © Talktoa partner, © @5)) Listen to the expres 1 What do you think of the painting? extra stress for emphasis? Listen again and repeat the phrases, 2. Do youhave any photos of your family that copying the rhythm and intonation, you particularly lke or dsike? Why? 3 Imagine that your family hasbeen painted | {O Expressions or agreeing and disagreeing Inthe name way. raw aquicktetch and gracing fiesta vel your parser about tke people, ee ea 7 Tn pot es fags sth You 2 Thatsit hot think too. 8 lata dor realy agree 3 Absolutely 8 drt realy think youre rit 2 SPEAKING half-agreeing: British people tend not to use strong. a Workin small groups. Choose one of the 4-1 see your point, but.. ‘expressions of disagreement, sets of questions below and answer them. S iseewfatyourean,but.. 8g, [completely disagree, but try to 6 Jagree up toa point, but... softenthe fact that they disagree by {Bo you have any ancestors from aaferent halkagroaing by ug expressions ‘country? Who were they? Where did they ‘come from? When did they come to tive in your country? 4. Havea short discussion about the topics in b. Use language from cto agree, half-agree, or disagree with the other people in + Who are you closest ton your family? Why your group, and say why. do you get on well? s there anyone you don't ‘get on with? 3 GRAMMAR have: auxiliary or main verb? “+ Who are you most tke in your family? Are ‘there any family traits appearance or a With a partner, look atthe groups of sentences 1-4. Answer the ‘personality that members of your family three questions for each group. hae? + Areall the options possible? b_ Youare going to discuss the statements, «+ Is there any difference in meaning or re below. First decide individually ifyou + Ishavea main verb or anauxiliary verb? agree (A), hal-agree (HA), or disagree (D) 1 Thaven'egottime with the statements. Think of reasons and Tdon'therevime | roseemy fumily often examples to support your opinion. Thaven’t time : ve been making loads offood. | We're having a family Pye made loads of food dinner tonight. ‘You tiave to love your family, but you don't ‘have tolike them. Your family’ are the people who care about ‘you, not necessarily your blood relatives. It's better to be an only child than to have 3 Havewegotto Harewe gt | rap rthe pry ork iy? 4 V'vehad a portrait painted apnea of our children brothers and sisters. b> p.140 Grammar Bank 1A. Learn moreabout have, and practise it: Your parents brought you up, soit's your © With a partner, for each of the sentences below say ifit’s true for responsibilty to take care of them when arvenNG and why. they're old + Ican’t stand having my phoro taken, and I'd hace to have my portrait painted, ‘ther chines oresyoung Fes better for une + T'vegorlorsof friends online, but only have afew close friends parent not to work and to look after them. thael see regularly face-to-face ‘The only person who should be ellowed to + ve never wanted to leave home. I really like living with my family criticize your family fs you. + Tinthemost compete person ny fay: Whenever ya You should aways defend members four. tye gantry voget ot more think spend. mach neat home family against the police, even if they have «+ havea few possessions that are really important to me and thi done something wrong, I would hater ose. + T've been arguinga lot with my family recently. AnD EI 4 VOCABULARY personality Look at the adjectives that describe personality below. With a partner, say if you consider them to be positive or negative qualities, and why. Would you use any of them to describe yourself? affectionate assertive bossy curious easy-going loyal_moody outgoing rebellious reliable sensible sensitive stubborn b> p.160 Vocabulary Bank Personality 5 PRONUNCIATION using a dictionary Underline the stressed syllable in the words below. 1 con|scilen|tious 4 ealsy|-goling 5 stealdy 6 spon|ta|nelous 2 de|ter|mined 3 tholrough b_ Lookat the pink letters in each word. Match them to the sound pictures below. 2 wo £ G5 MS OR € @s9)) Listen and check your answers to aand b, £ Checking pronunciation ina dictionary All good dictionaries, whether paper or online, give the pronunciation of a word in phonetics, with a stress mark (to show the stressed syllable. Online dictionaries also have an icon you can click on to hear the words, many ‘giving both British and American pronunciation. needy asecie CD oe {ot people not confident, and needing 2 otf ave and emotional support tam ether people Shes shy ane nae. _ Look ar the phonetics for some more adjectives of personality. With a partner, work out how they are pronounced and spelt, and say what they mean if you know. Check with a dietionary. Lhenkjos! 2vlarvid 3?maveil 4 isoujabl) 8 stands € Doyou normally use a paper dictionary or an online cone? What do you think are its main advantages? 6 READING a Towharextent do you think che following are good ways of predicting personality types? + your handwriting + your star sign + online quizzes «+ personality tests 1b Youare going to doa well-known personality test. Before you stat, look atthe following painting for 30 seconds. Write down what you see. You will need this when you do the tes. LEXIS IN CONTEXT 2 Looking up phrasal verbs and idioms in aditionary Phrasal verbs EXIT Phrasal verbs are stedin alphabetical order aftr the entry forthe verbs ifthe objec cb or sti is shown between the two parts, eg put sth off this means the phrasal verb is Separable, andthe object can go uetween the verb and the particle or after the pat. the objects shown after the particle, look for sth, tmeans the vero and the particle cannot be separated Idioms ‘You can usualy fin the definition ofanitiom under one ofits main words nouns, verbs, adverbs, or adjectives, butNOT prepositions and aril), eg. the defnton of Catch your eye willbe ven under catchor eye “After some very common verbs, e.g. be, get, and adjectives, e.g. good, bad, the idioms aré usually under ‘the entries for the next ‘main’ word, e.g. be a good sport ‘comes under sport. € With a partner, look a the test What's your personality? Read the questions and possible answers. Try to work ‘out the meaning of the highlighted phrasal verbs and idioms, bur don’t look them up yer. _ Usea dictionary to check the meaning of the ‘nigtightedpinrase. € Now do the test. For each question, decide which answer best describes you and GirelDit.

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