English Unlimited HAK/HUM 3, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM (mit Handelskorrespondenz)

48 Sorting things out 04 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS Look at the two extracts from the conversation. In which sentence does the speaker feel a situation: 1 is realistic and possible? 2 is unrealistic or impossible? a Simon: If we have an additional room, we ’ll be able to tutor a lot more students. b Lydia: But it’s too expensive. And if we did that, we would need additional tutors. Complete the patterns for real and unreal conditionals. a GRAMMAR 10 Real and unreal conditionals b Discuss the suggestions in class. Do you agree about the consequences? b Work alone. Add a suggestion for your life and for Austria, then complete the notes. Think about which conditionals to use. Which ideas are realistic and possible for you? Which are unrealistic or impossible? SPEAKING 11 a Have you ever had a problem with something you’ve bought? What did you do? Read the email Mariah wrote to Anybooks.com. What complaints did she make? LISTENING 12 13 To: help@anybooks.com Subject: Damaged book – Ref: 18635PK Dear Sir /Madam, I am writing to complain about the poor service I’ve received from Anybooks.com. I ordered a book from your website recently. When it arrived, several pages were missing and one page was torn. I wrote to you on 12th June asking for a replacement but have received no reply. Could you please confirm that you received my earlier email, and that you will send me a new copy of the book? My account number is 18635PK. Yours faithfully, Mariah Dewey Making a complaint Suggestions Positive consequences Negative consequences Your life: take a summer job travel in the summer holidays have more money Austria: reduce the driving age to 16 host the Olympic Games 1 Real conditional 2 Unreal conditional if + , + infinitive if + , + infinitive You can replace will and would with other modal verbs e.g. can , could , may , might , should . For examples of conditional sentences with modal verbs, go to Grammar reference . Grammar reference and practice, p. 186. Nur zu Prüfzweck n – Eige ntum des Verlags öbv