Unit 8, exercise 30b If you’re in an English-speaking country: Everyday situations 1 Restaurants, airports, stations, post offices, ticket offices, etc. ■■ Plan what to say ahead of time. Look up useful words or expressions. Imagine what the other person might say and prepare answers. 2 Phone calls: making appointments, buying tickets, ordering food, etc. ■■ Do the same as 1. Think of useful telephone expressions, then think of other useful language to use. 3 Announcements: airports, stations, etc. ■■ Practise listening to announcements. Try to pick out key information: times, numbers, names, places. The media News on the television, radio or internet: the weather, sports, etc. ■■ Think about or look up words or expressions for topics that are in the news Then watch or listen to the news. Other people ■■ Ask people to explain the meanings of interesting new words or expressions they use. Try to use them as soon as possible. If you’re in your own country: The media 1 News on the internet or radio: the weather, sports, etc. ■■ Listen to or read the news in your own language first. ■■ Then listen to the news in English. It will be easier to understand. Listen to the news on the internet. Write down new words for one news item. Look them up, then listen to the news item again. 2 Films, TV shows ■■ Watch English-speaking films or TV shows with subtitles or dubbed into your language. ■■ Then watch them in English. Repeat. Each time the film or TV show will be easier to understand. Copy the English subtitles for a short scene from the screen. Translate them into your own language. Then listen to check. 3 Songs Listen to songs to understand the main topic (love, etc.). Listen again and write down as many words as possible. Try to guess the story or the singer’s ideas. Then read the lyrics to check. Unit 9, exercise 9a Saint Kitts and Nevis Geography: Two islands in the Caribbean Sea: St Kitts (bigger) and Nevis (smaller, 3 km to the south-east of St Kitts). Smallest country in the Americas. Population: Nearly 55,000. High emigration: population is 25% less than in 1960. Language(s): English (official); Saint Kitts Creole Capital: Basseterre Government: Member of the Commonwealth; British Monarch is head of state; Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy; elections every five years. National assembly of 14 members. Economy: Tourism (almost 600,000 tourists a year), agriculture, sugar; currency: East Caribbean Dollar History: First islands in the Caribbean to have been settled by Europeans: governed by Britain/France from 17th century. Independence in 1983. Newest independent country in the Americas. Student C 146 A Activities Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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