Entertainment

Vocabulary

To fancy, to be keen on, to lead an active way of life, to be a cinema / theatre goer, to have a good night out, to be a club goer, to have people come round at your place, to visit friends, that sounds like my kind of thing; what’s on your mind; to take long walks, to have a special hobby,

Words of description: great, excellent, important, nice, tricky, typical, understandable, unfortunate, a shame

Questions

1. How do people usually entertain themselves?
2. Do you spend a lot of time on your social life?
3. How often do you go out?
4. Do you ever have friends come round your place? What do you do?
5. Do you like to take photos to keep good memories? How else do you keep memories about good moments?
6. Where do you prefer to eat out? What is the place like? What can you recommend there?
7. What does an active way of life mean? Are you a club goer? Why do you (dis)like it?
8. What are the best ways to have a good time for people who prefer to stay in rather than go out?
9. Do you have a special hobby?
10. When you meet up with friends, what topics do you usually talk about?
11. Do you ever discuss politics?
12. How much do you gossip? Who with?
13. Do you think gossiping is a good or bad thing?
14. What way of relaxing do you prefer?
15. When was the last time you had a long weekend? What did you do?

Units 11 + 1, 3, 7

Visiting different cultures

Vocabulary:

It’s absolutely normal / acceptable / not acceptable / quite common / polite / impolite

in public places, a sign, a symbol, a stereotype, a myth, gestures, language, behaviour, etiquette,

to break the ice, to meet, to introduce, to shake hands, to apologize, to have a small talk / chat

to have a strong opinion about, to frown upon, to be against, to respect, to violate rules

to have no difficulty in adapting, to tend to, another way is..

generally, usually, apparently, almost always / never, as a rule,…

Questions

(Unit 1)

1. Think about these aspects of culture where you come from:

Eating habits, greetings, personal space, showing emotions, sense of humour

2. What are generally the relationships between:

Older and younger people

Men and women

Employers and employees

3. Which aspects of culture do you think visitors can begin to understand quite quickly?

4. Which aspects will take longer to get used to?

5. What are the common stereotypes about Russia? What popular myths do you know about other nations?

(Unit 3)

6. What is the attitude to success in your culture?

7. Do you think people in different countries have the same or different attitudes to success?

(Unit 7)

8. What is the attitude to work and having a career in your country and abroad?

9. At what age do most people retire? Do people generally see retirement as a positive or negative thing? Why?

10. Do people usually give priority to their family or work?

11. How are these people seen where you live (working mothers, househusbands, unemployed people)?

(Unit 11)

12. As a child what were you brought up to believe in?

13. What were you forced to do / encouraged to do?

14. Are children encouraged to be independent? In what ways?

15. Do teenagers spend more time with their family or friends?

16. When do most people leave home?

17. What is the attitude to family in Asia and in the West?

18. On the whole, what makes your culture so special?

Unit 12

Jobs and careers

Vocabulary

to do smth. for a living, to work long hours / part-time / full time / shifts, to have flexible hours,

long vacation, benefits / perks, the money is pretty good, a well-paid job, salary, wages

Work: tiring, boring, satisfying, challenging, routine, interesting, to feel anxious / pleased

to deal with people, to work independently

to work from home, to start a career, training, to get into job / occupation, to talk smb. out of it,

to apply for a job, special qualifications, skills, computer literacy, fluent English

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