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UNITS AND LESSONS
(UNIDADES Y LECCIONES) PAGE
Suggested English interactive software and websites for further practice. Software y sitios web 55
interactivos en inglés sugeridos para practicar más.
This booklet material was selected, adapted and designed for instructional purposes
and to be used in the classroom and as a study guide for students.
UNIT 1: MEETING PEOPLE
(UNIDAD 1: REUNIÓN DE PERSONAS)
A. Listen. Are Matt and Sarah friends? How about Rob and Sandra?
Practice the conversations.
B. Can you complete these conversations? Then practice with a partner. Use your own names.
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C. Listen. Are these people saying hello or good-bye?
D. Match expression 1-6 to responses a-f. Check with your teacher. Which of these expressions are
used to say hello to someone you know? Which are used to introduce someone?
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LESSON 2: SAYING AND SPELLING NAMES
Hi, I’m Liz Kim. Hi, my name is Don. Hello, I’m Ana Sanchez.
My first name is Elizabeth, My full name is Don Allen Ray Turner. My first name is Maria.
But everyone calls me Liz My nickname is Dart. Ana is my middle name.
Liz We use a first name or nickname without a title to address someone Hi, Elizabeth/Hi Liz.
informally.
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Remember
C. Listen and say the alphabet. Circle the letters in your first name. to practice
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LESSON THREE: PROVIDING PERSONAL INFORMATION
DANIEL SMITH
Phone:
E-mail:
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GRAMMAR TIP
What’s…? It’s…
What’s your name? My name’s Victor López.
What’s your email address? It’s vlopez@mail.cl
[at] [dot]
What’s your phone number? It’s 646-555-3048
D. Make a list of the names, ages, phone numbers and addresses of three classmates.
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E. Give information about:
Your country Your nationality
Your language The countries near Chile
Listen to your teacher and underline the stress in these countries, nationalities, and languages:
I’m
Brazil The USA The UK Poland China Mexico
from…
I’m… Brazilian American British Polish Chinese Mexican
I speak Portuguese English English Polish Chinese Spanish
D. Where are you from? Work in pairs and complete these sentences.
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GRAMMAR REFERENCE 1
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EXERCISES
A) Change the sentences from affirmative to negative and vice versa as in the example.
2. We aren’t architects.
4. It isn’t Taiwanese.
7. I’m Pedro.
2. / we / in room 101 ? ( -)
3. / Chris / 21 ? (+)
6. / Jenny / Spanish ? ( -)
8. / the PC / French ? ( -)
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Practice
A) Robert is in a car hire office. Read the conversation and write his personal details in the form.
CLERK: Good afternoon. Welcome to Happy Car Hire Office. How can I help you?
ROBERT: Good afternoon. I need to rent a car for three days.
C: Right. I need some personal details.
R: OK.
C: What’s your surname, please?
R: It’s Matthews.
C: And how do you spell that?
R: M-A- double T-H-E-W-S.
C: OK. What’s your first name?
R: It’s Robert.
C: And what’s your nationality?
R: I’m from the UK. I’m British.
C: OK. What’s your address?
R: It’s 46 Green Road, Manchester.
C: And what’s your postcode?
R: It’s M46 7TY
C: OK. What’s your phone number?
R: It’s 61056 46 3445
C: And what’s your mobile number?
R: It’s 0896 637009
C: Right. Finally, what’s your email address?
R: it’s r-matthews@mailme.com
(at) (dot)
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GRAMMAR REFERENCE 2
A. Complete the dialogs with the right subject pronoun, possessive adjective. Add a/an/the
when necessary.
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B. Look at these sentences from a letter. Make changes, using he, she, it or they.
It it
a. I like Rio. Rio de Janeiro is a big city, but Rio is very beautiful. Hi. My name’s Carlos. I’m
25 years old, and I’m from
b. My parents are teachers. My parents teach at the university.
Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil…
C. Imagine you are in a business conference. How do you introduce yourself to other people in
the conference? Practice in pairs.
D. Three people talk about their jobs. Listen and complete the chart.
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E. 1-Listen to three conversations. Mark each statement TRUE or FALSE.
Conversation three:
1. Jimmy is pleased to meet Dave
2.Business is good
A: Good morning. My (4)……………… Hiroshi Ito (5) ........................... is Mayumi Nitta, my assistant.
B: Nice to (6) ..................... you both. I’m Dan Marshall from Marketing.
A: Hello, Jimmy.
B: Hi, Dave
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Practice:
Possessive adjectives
Pam is watching TV with George. Is the show interesting for him?
Celebrities
A. Can you complete the sentences? Use the information above to help you.
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B. LET’S TALK! My favorite celebrities.
Write the names of your favourite celebrities. Then talk about them with a partner. How many
things can you say? Tell the class.
Actor: Band:
Singer: Team:
Writer: Artist:
“My favourite actor is Chris Evans. He´s so good-looking. His movies are great.
His nationality is American.His most famous character is Captain America.”
C) Can you complete this conversation? Complete the conversation with the words in the box.
Use capital letters when necessary. Then practice with a partner.
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READING IN MIND
PARTS OF SPEECH
The parts of speech are classified according to the work they do or their function (s) in a
sentence:
1. NOUNS
2. PRONOUNS
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or group of words acting as a noun.
They can be subject pronouns (used before verbs) or object pronouns (used after verbs)
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3. ADJECTIVES
An adjective is used to describe a noun. It modifies the meaning slightly, it qualifies a noun making
its meaning clearer, fuller, or more exact. They are always used BEFORE nouns.
If you want to use more than one adjective in a sentence, you have to organize them as follows:
1. First, use those adjectives that express personal opinion (beautiful, ugly, nice, etc.)
2. Second, size or number (small, big, enormous, twenty, great, etc.)
3. Third, age (new, old, young, little, antique, etc.)
4. Fourth, shape (square, round, rectangular, wide, etc.)
5. Fifth, colour (red, white, black, greenish, etc.)
6. Sixth, origin (Japanese, Chilean, Asian, etc.)
7. Then, material (paper, glass, plastic, etc.)
8. Finally, purpose (industrial [company], washing [machine], etc.)
EXAMPLE:
She´s got beautiful long curly black hair.
4. VERBS
Verbs express the idea of action or being and support that a person or thing is, does or suffers
something.
EXAMPLE:
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5. ADVERBS
EXAMPLE:
Where? When?
6. DETERMINERS
They make clear which noun is referred to or give information about quantity.
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES my/ your / his / her / our / their Example: His job is dangerous.
ARTICLES a / an / the Example: a machine – an angle – the car
QUANTIFIERS a lot of / a few / many / a little Example: There are a lot of materials.
DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES this / that / these / those In singular, we use this or that.
In plural, we use these or those.
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7. PREPOSITIONS
Prepositions show the relationship between the noun or a pronoun and another word in the
sentence. There are different kinds of prepositions, for example:
Prepositions of place or location: in, under, in front of, across, next to, etc.
Prepositions of time: at, on, in, etc.
8. CONJUNCTIONS
Conjunctions are used to join words, phrases or clauses.
Some common conjunctions are and, but, or, because, however, and so.
EXAMPLE:
He works hard because he wants to succeed.
There are several cars and trucks in the street.
Karate is tiring but fun.
Do we turn right or left?
Let’s write down the address so we don’t forget it.
The computer is old. However, it is very reliable.
9. INTERJECTIONS
They express a sudden feeling or emotion. (No syntactical construction of a sentence).
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Practice
I. Identify the PARTS OF SPEECH. Choose words from the box to label the underlined words in each
sentence.
NOUN ADJECTIVE PREPOSITION CONJUNCTION
PRONOUN ADVERB VERB DETERMINER
a) Amazon sells1 books and2 hundreds of3 other products4. You pay by credit card and Amazon5
sends your6 products by mail7. It’s an excellent8 website.
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
b) Oh no! 1 It’s too late2, the movie3 is starting right now4. I need5 to buy two6 tickets please.
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6.
c) My1 boss usually is in2 his office at3 8.30 on Mondays4. He works very hard5 .
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
II. Read the following invitation. Complete the table using words from the text.
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UNIT 2: WORK AND LEISURE
A. Write the words from the box under the correct heading.
Job Department
Accountant Finance
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B. Write sentences as the example
1.
2.
3.
4.
VOCABULARY: JOBS
Garbage colllector
Construction worker
Mail carrier
Dairy farmer
A. LET’S TALK! Discuss these questions with the class.
a) Which job do you think is the worst?
b) Which jobs are dangerous?
Best Not very good
c) Name three difficult jobs in Chile.
Wonderful Very bad
d) What´s your favorite job? Great Really bad
Excellent Boring
Very good Stressful
Really good Awful
Interesting Terrible
Quite good Worst
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B. WORK IN PAIRS. Write each of these words in the corresponding box below.
JOBS
Travel industry Entertainment business
Pilot Actress
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2. What does Jason do exactly? Listen to the rest of the conversation. Does he like his job?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Liam Stern
“Well, I’m pretty busy. I get up early. I check “Well, my wife and I read the newspaper. I
my email, and I listen to the radio. I don’t have breakfast and my wife has coffee.
watch TV on weekdays. Then, I study.” We’re pretty quiet. We don’t talk a lot.”
Mary O’ Neal
Jackie Lane
E. ABOUT YOU. What do you do in the morning? Check the boxes and tell the class.
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GRAMMAR REFERENCE 1
+ -
I eat lunch. I don’t eat breakfast.
You have juice. You don’t have soda.
We get up early. We don’t get up late.
They read magazines. They don’t read the newspaper.
He listens to pop music. He doesn’t listen to rock.
She watches cable TV. She doesn’t watch satellite TV.
Remember: We add ‘S’ to all verbs when the sentence is affirmative and the subject are he, she,
it, for example: David plays the piano, because he likes music.
Verbs ending in s, z, o, ch, sh, x add ‘es’: My sister goes home at 6 o’clock.
‘Y’ becomes ‘ies’ when the verb ends in consonant + y: The actress cries everyday.
Have becomes has: Robert usually has breakfast at 7.
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A. Complete these sentences.
1. I don’t like (not / like) horror movies.
2. In my family, we (have) lunch together on Sundays
3. My father (not / go) to work on weekends.
4. My mom (not /drink) wine.
5. My parents (enjoy) going to the cinema.
6. You (not / study) English once a week.
7. My boss (check) her e-mail in the mornings.
-S ENDING OF VERBS
B. Listen and repeat the words in the bubble. Notice the verb endings. /s/ likes
/z/ listens
C. Listen to these sentences. Do the verbs end in /s/, /z/ or /iz/? /iz/ relaxes
Check the correct column. Listen and repeat.
/s/ /z/ / iz /
1. My mom sings in the shower.
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Simple Present: interrogative forms
Yes / No questions
Yes, I do. I study About
one hour A DAY.
Do you study
English every DAY?
Do you go to classes in the evening? Do you and your friends play football after class?
Yes, I do. / No, I don´t. Yes, we do. / No, we don’t.
Does your friend work in an office? Do your colleagues work overtime on weekends?
Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t. Yes, they do. / No, they don’t.
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WhAt do you do in
your free time?
Information questions
Wh-QUESTIONS
Who (person)
Well, I go to the movies
WHAT (thing)
with my friends.
When (time)
Where (PLACe)
Why (reASon)
How (MANner)
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D. Listen to the conversations. Write the questions you hear. Then, check your answers and
repeat them.
1. A Do you relAx in your free time? 2. A
B Well, yes, on the weekends. B Yes, I do. I like movies a lot.
A A
B I sleep late, read, watch TV… B Two or three times a week.
A. Write the name of the leisure activity below the corresponding picture.
1. Running
2. Watching TV
3. Eat out
4. Go out
5. swimming
6. Biking
7. Go for a drink
8. Trekking
9. Go shopping
10. Stay in
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B. Complete the leisure activities below. Use words from the box. You can use each word
more than once.
1. golf
2. magazines
3. TV
4. the cinema
5. pubs or clubs
6. restaurants
7. football
8. movies
9. CDs
10. the gym
11. rock music
12. parties
13. tennis
14. a book
C. Now write the sentences according to your routine. Tell the class. LIKE
= I love….
Example: I like going to the cinema but I don’t like reading. = I really like….
= I like….
DISLIKE
= I hate ……
= I can’t stand…..
= I don’t like….
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GRAMMAR REFERENCE 2
We often use adverbs of frequency and expressions of frequency with the present simple to
say how often we do things.
Example:
He often spends time in the evening writing e-mails.
He always makes two trips to Asia.
How often does he get up at 5:30 a.m.? Expressions of frequency
They usually go at the end of a sentence.
He works late at the office two nights a
Always often hardly ever
Usually sometimes never week.
He works from home once a month.
Once day
100% 0% Twice a week
Three times month
Four times year
A. Listen to the conversation. Fill the gaps with the missing frequency adverbs. Practice the
conversation.
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C. Let’s read. How often do you connect to the Internet?
I. Read this short article and answer the questions.
So, what do you do if you think you are an addict? Go to a counseling service.
Where are they? On the Internet! of course!
II. Answer the questions about the article. Compare your answers with a partner.
1. What problems do Smartphone addicts have?
2. Where do Smartphone addicts go for help?
3. What are some things Smartphone addicts do?
4. Do you know any Smartphone addict? Who?
III. IN GROUPS. Discuss these questions. Do you use smart phones for the same things?
*How often do you use a smart phone? *Do you have e-mail?
What do you use it for? How often do you send e-mails?
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D. Read the pairs of sentences. Circle the correct adverbs to have the same meaning.
1. a) He reads the papers every day.
He always / sometimes reads the newspapers.
2. a) We eat in the company cafeteria four times a week.
We usually / sometimes eat in the company cafeteria.
3. a) I work late once a week.
I usually / sometimes work late.
4. a) The managers don’t go to business dinners on the weekend.
The managers never / sometimes go to business dinners on the weekend.
5. a) The company director travels on business twice a week.
The company director always / often travels on business.
*How many TVs do you have at home? *How often do you watch TV?
*Do you watch the commercials on TV? *Do you watch the news on TV?
*Do you have breakfast in front of the TV? *Do you ever watch TV in bed? In restaurants?
II. Listen again. Check (√) the correct activities for each person.
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Let’s write! How often do you do these activities on vacations?
Write sentences about what you do in your holidays. Use the verbs from the box. Tell the class.
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LESSON 3: DESCRIPTIONS
Read the following description. Underline the singular nouns and circle the plural nouns.
On Penguin IslAnd….
When using the plural form of nouns, pay attention to the following spelling rules.
Some nouns are always plural. For example: glasses, jeans, shorts, scissors.
Some nouns do not follow any rule: man- men; woman –women; mouse- mice;
child-children; fish- fish; person-people; foot- feet.
Nouns ending in: s / x / o/ z / ch/ sh add es. For example: bus- buses; box- boxes;
tomato-tomatoes; buzz- buzzes; church- churches; dish- dishes.
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Articles: a - an - some
- A computer
- An answering machine
- One briefcase
- Some pens
- Six folders
- A lot of papers on the desk
When we name things we use “a/an/one” when you talk about one object and “six/some/a lot
of” when you talk about two or more objects.
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THERE IS / THERE ARE
When we mention one thing or a singular object, we use there is; when we refer to many things
or plural objects we use there are. For example:
In conVERSATION...
It’s more common
to use there’s.
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Prepositions of location
The boy is behind the man The chair is opposite the computer
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A. Look at the picture below. Write questions and answers to describe the drawing. Follow the
example.
1. Where’s the umbrella?
wallet
It’s behind the couch.
2. _
_
desk
briefcase 3.
4.
Eye glasses
Waste basket
5.
keys
purse umbrella
B. LET’S TALK. Think about the neighborhood around the university. Say what´s in this
neighborhood and its location. Ask and answer questions with your partner. (You can use words
from the box to help you).
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C. Listen. Where are Kate’s things?
Match the things with their locations.
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UNIT 3 STARTING TO READ
GETTING STARTED
What is Reading?
Reading is one of the four language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. It is a
receptive skill. This means that reading involves responding to text, rather than producing it.
We can also say that reading involves making sense of the text. To do this, we need to
understand the language of the text at word level, sentence level and the whole-text level. We
also need to connect the message of the text to our knowledge of the world.
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LESSON 1: LEARNING ABOUT DICTIONARIES
A) Using a dictionary
You should use two dictionaries: a good bilingual dictionary (= English and Spanish) and a good
English-English dictionary.
The bilingual dictionary is easier to understand, but the English-English dictionary can give you
more information about a word or phrase. It’s good to work in English as much as possible.
A dictionary Entry
market/ˈmɑːkɪt/
▶noun
1 a regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of
provisions, livestock, and other commodities.
■ an open space or covered building where vendors convene to sell
their goods.
2 a demand for a particular commodity or service.
■ [often as modifier] the free market; the operation of supply and
demand: market forces.
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C) How should I use my dictionary? Here are some ideas to help you.
Many words have more than one meaning. The first meaning is not always the one that you want.
Look at all the different meanings.
When you look up a word, put a √ next to it. When you go back to the page later and see the √,
check that and you’ll remember the word without looking at the meaning.
If you see an English word in a text, try to guess the meaning and continue to read.
Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.
If you look up an English word in a bilingual dictionary and find several different words in your own
language, look up the English word in an English-English dictionary to find the right meaning.
Let’s practice. Take a look at these dictionary entries. They were taken from WordReference
English Thesaurus © 2012 (www.wordreference.com) As you can see, it’s an English-English
online dictionary.
1. Look at this entry for ‘heavy’, and answer the questions below.
heavy/ˈhevi/
▶ adjective (heavier, heaviest)
1 of great weight; difficult to lift or move.
2 of great density; thick or substantial.
■ (of food) hard to digest; too filling.
■ (of ground) muddy or full of clay.
3 of more than the usual size, amount, or force: a heavy cold.
■ (of a smell) overpowering.
■ (heavy on) using a lot of.
■ doing something to excess: a heavy smoker.
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2. Look at this entry for ‘job’ and answer the questions below.
JOB1
▶noun
1 a paid position of regular employment.
2 a task or piece of work.
■ a responsibility or duty.
■ computing an operation or group of operations treated as a distinct unit.
3 informal a procedure to improve the appearance of something: a nose job.
▶verb (jobs, jobbing, jobbed)
1 (usu. as adj. jobbing) do casual or occasional work.
2 buy and sell (stocks) as a broker-dealer, especially on a small scale.
– PHRASES
be (or have) a job be or have a difficult task.
a good job informal, chiefly Brit. a fortunate fact or circumstance.
engineer/enʤɪˈnɪə(r)/
▶noun
1 a person qualified in engineering.
2 a person who maintains or controls an engine or machine.
▶verb
1 design and build.
2 skilfully arrange for (something) to happen.
– ORIGIN : from OFr. engigneor, from med. L. ingeniator, from ingeniare ‘contrive’, from L.
ingenium (see engine).
RELATED WORDS: builder, maker, producer; director, handler, leader,
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4. Read the entry for ‘build’.
build/bɪld/
▶verb (past and past part. built)
1 construct by putting parts or materials together.
■ (build something in/into) incorporate something
as a permanent part of.
i.e They’re building over the old market.
2 increase in size or intensity over time.
■ (build on) use as a basis for further development.
i.e. The new wing was built on the hospital last year.
▶noun
1 the proportions of a person's or animal's body.
2 the style or form of construction of something.
– DERIVATIVES
builder noun.
– ORIGIN OE byldan, from bold, botl ‘dwelling’, of Gmc origin; rel. to bower.
- SYNONYMS: construct, frame, raise, make, manufacture, put together, fit together, fabricate.
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HOMEWORK
Match the words with the vowel sounds. Check in your dictionary.
1. /ei/
2. /i:/
3. /e/
4. /ai/ www.wordreference.com
www.dictionary.cambridge.org/
5. /u:i/ www.ldoceonline.comdictionary
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary
6. /ou/
7. /a:/ aren’t
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LESSON 2: LET’S READ!
READING 1
1 Facebook and MySpace are *popular social networking sites in the Internet.
Millions of people visit these websites and they make millions of dollars from
advertisements. People use social networking sites to make friends and now
some businesses are asking employees to use them for work. For example, the
company SERENA SOFTWARE employs nearly 1000 people. Everyone reads the
company news on Facebook and the site also helps internal communication because SERENA
SOFTWARE employees work in different parts of the world. So one employee in California can
quickly contact another in the Sidney office and build a closer working relationship. The company
also believes they can *create better teams between the twenty nine offices in fourteen different
countries by using social networking sites.
2 Social networking sites are good for your profits because you can *network with clients and tell
them about new products. Human Resources *Departments also use the sites to help them find
out about new employees and recruit them. The sites can also allow more employees to work
from home or from any location. Some companies also have lower travel costs because they use
the sites for international meetings.
3 Not all companies want employees to visit these sites for two reasons. Firstly, employees might
contact friends and plan their social lives during working hours. Secondly, ,many companies
believe there are security problems –you can get computer viruses from the sites and you might
not want all your company information available for everyone to read online. But
many businesses now believe there are more advantages than disadvantages. As one
business owner said “If you don’t understand the importance of social networking in the
business world today, you won’t have a business in the future”.
GLOSSARY
*Create : Make something new
*Departments: Parts of a company
*Network : Meet and talk with other business people
*Popular ; Liked by many people
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EXERCISES
II. - Read the text quickly. Which paragraph of the text (1 – 3) describes:
a) Two disadvantages?
b) How a company uses a social networking site?
c) More advantages?
IV. - Paragraph 2 describes the advantages of social networking sites. Number the
advantages a – e in the order you read about them.
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V. - Work with a partner and decide what the underlined words in the text refer to?
Circle a or b.
VI. - Complete sentences 1 – 7 with the verbs in the list. Look back at the text to help you if
necessary.
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WORDLISTS
UNIT I
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NOTES:
UNIT II
JOBS DAILY ROUTINES FREE TIME ACTIVITIES
Accountant Wake up Go out
Anesthetist Brush the teeth Phone family / friends
Agronomist Comb / brush the hair Visit family / friends
Actor – actress Leave home / work Have a coffee / a drink
Attorney Start work / classes Do sports
Builder Study / work Watch TV /movies/videos
Butcher Finish work / classes Eat out
Chef Take the bus/subway/tube Stay in
CEO Drive Chat with family / friends
Cleaner Ride a bike/horse Meet friends
Dentist Board the train/plane
Doctor Walk
Driver Get home / work
Engineer Sleep / take a nap
Factory worker
Housewife
Journalist
Lawyer
Manager
Musician
Magician
Pilot
Police officer PREPOSITIONS
Reporter
Retired
Scientist
Secretary
Teacher
Waiter – waitress
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NOTES:
UNIT III
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Suggested English interactive software and Websites for further practice
1. Recursos virtuales National Geographic – Cengage Learning disponibles mediante clave institucional.
http://www.ucentral.cl/prontusucentral2012/site/edic/base/port/english_program.html
2. Webgrafía:
- Práctica de vocabulario y gramática de la unidad: www.agendaweb.org
- Práctica de pronunciación y comprensión auditiva:
www.esl-lab.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/
- Videos gramaticales http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos
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and to be used in the classroom and as a study guide for students.
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