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Warm-up

This is a lead-m to the unit. Write on the board:

1    om o humon being becouse...

Humans are wonderful because .

Humatn are dreadful because...

Ask students to complete the sencences. writing on separate shcets. Circulatc, monitor and help. Ask for a few responses to be read aloud. If there are several interescing or funny responses, you can display them all on a nocice board in your room.

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Most of the vocabulary section can be ser as homework except Exercise 4, which involves listening. and 7 and 9, which are speakingexercises. Exerci$e 10 can be done at home, but students should later practicc the phrases by asking and answering the questions.

(ixercise 3, if done incfass, can be done in pairs as a race; How many body parts can you label in 60 secondiT

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2    1 iocki 2 sandali 3 underpants 4 shorts 5 jumpers 6 hat 7 scarf 8 gk>ves 9 trunki

3    1 head 2 cheek 3 nose 4 chin 5 mouth / lips 6 eye 7 ear Sneck 9shoulder lOhand 11 ńngers I2chesr 13 stornach Harm 15knee lóhlp 17thighyieg I8ankle 19wrist 20foot

4    The cnminals are no. 1 and 4.

5    1 sensible 2 bossy 3 rdaxed 4 sensitive 5 ambttious 6 friendly

7    rełiabte 8 rcbellious 9 cheerful 10 selńsh

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In rhe orał Matura exam, many students do less well than they could bccause they do not know what to say about the photo. This section incroduces an effective strategy to prewent chat from happening; the candidate should ask herself/himself a series of set quescions about the photo.

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The student docs not know what to say about the picture.

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Sample answer to question 1: Perhaps one of them is going to leave. Or they niigbr start arguing and sbpi/lmg, On the other hond, they migfrt sfart talking and make up.

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Sample answer to question 1; TTrepfiotos may show the couple wfien they were young, perhaps with their friends; or they might be pictures of tbeir (Maren andgrandchildren They could aho be holiday photos from holidays they've been or. together

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Tlie light-hearted listening materiał can lead to a serious discussion on the equality of che sexes.

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The aim of this section is to demonstrate the process of seleccing the right answer in a multiple-choice exercise, by first eliminaring the obviousły wrong onc(s) and then analysing che remaimng ones and idencifying the eleinents chat make all but one of them not quite correct.

Adoitional activity

After Exercise 3. ask students to read paragraph 3 of the text again and underline words and phrases referring to appearance and personalicy (for example, a My personality). While they are working on it. write rwo headings on the board; "Important^{1 2} and "Not vcry important". Ask students to write the phrases they have underlined in che correct column. depending on whether the author ot the article considers them important. The result should look morę or less like this;

NOT VFRY IMPORTANT

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2    behavmg in this irresponsibie way

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Use your judgment and your knowledge of your students to make surę the discussion of 'classroom types' docs not Icad to any nastiness IOwards particular individuals.

The short writing task (exercise S) is meant to be done in class, but can be set as homework if you are short of time.

Adoitional activity

After Exerci$e 2 or 4, put thesc ąuestions on che board and ask students to discuss them in pairs or smali groups:

•    Do you think you belong to one of the types described in the artide?

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   Would you like to make friends with one of chose types? (Why / Why not?)

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ID 2A 3C 4B SA 68

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l lazy 2calkat>ve 3polite 4irresponsible Simmature ćstupid 7ieserved 8attractive

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