In This Chapter
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Listening:
• Responding to expressions for persuading, encouraging and hoping
• Responding to expressions for criticising and deterring
• Responding to monologues of narrative texts
Speaking:
• Persuading, encouraging and hoping
• Using expressions for criticising and deterring
• Performing monologues of narrative texts
Reading:
• Reading a narrative text
• Reading a short functional text: an announcement
Writing:
• Writing a narrative text
• Writing a short functional text: an announcement
Listening
In this section, you will learn how to:
• respond to persuasion, encouragement and hope;
• respond to criticism and deterrence;
• respond to monologues of narrative text.
Answer these questions.
If you are in the following situations, what will you say?
1. Your sister tells you to enter a short story contest. You are unenthusiastic about it. Your sister persuaded you to join the contest. What do you say to respond to her?
2. Your sister encourages you not to give up. What do you say to respond to her encouragement?
3. You sister criticised you for being pessimistic. What do you say to respond to her?
4. You say you intend to stop writing short stories. Your sister advised you not to do that. What do you say to respond to her?
5. Your sister hopes you will win the contest. What do you say to respond to her?
Listen and repeat the expressions. Try to give a response to each expression.
1. "Come on you can do it. Just this once."
2. "How can I persuade you to participate in the story writing contest?"
3. "Just believe in yourself. I know you can do your best."
4. "You're not going to let me down, are you?"
5. "Don't worry, I'm sure you'll do better this time."
6. "I don't think its was a good idea."
7. "I don't (particularly) like your story."
8. "I hope you will do it better next time."
9. "I don't think you should do that."
10. "I wish all the best for you."
Activity 1
Activity 2
Doni : Hi, Andra. How are you?
Andra : Doni! What a surprise! I'm À ne, thanks. How about you?
Doni : I'm OK and you know...? I won the short story contest.
Andra : 1 . Congratulations.
Doni : Thank you.
Andra : Actually I also sent my short story for the contest. But 2 .
Doni : 3 . But don't worry about
it. All you need is a little more practise.
4 send your short stories to a newspaper or magazine?
Andra : Yeah, 5 . But, as a matter of fact, I'm pessimistic that my story will be accepted by the newspaper or magazine.
Doni : Come on. 6 .
Andra : OK. 7 to send my short stories to the newspaper. Anyway, I'm thinking of maybe stopping writing short stories.
Doni : 8 do it.
Andra : Thank you for telling me.
Doni : 9 that your story will be published in a newspaper or magazine.
Andra : 10 that so.
Listen and complete the dialogue while you are listening.
Compare your answers with your friendˈs.
Work in pairs. Find the following responses in the dialogue you have just listened to.
1. A response to expressions for persuading 2. A response to expressions for encouraging 3. A response to expressions for criticising
4. A response to expressions for advising someone not to do something
5. A response to someone saying what they hope will happen
Activity 3
Activity 4
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You are going to listen to some short dialogues. Choose the most appropriate responses to the expressions in the dialogue.
Listen to the story and À ll in the missing words.
Answer the following questions.
1. Ryan :
a. I'll consider that.
b. If I were you, I wouldn't do that.
2. Sandy : a. Well, I'll try.
b. Come on.
3. Cindy :
a. Come on ... Don't give up.
b. Sure!
4. Desi :
a. Thanks for your support.
b. Certainly. I hope so.
5. Ferdy :
a. OK. I won't give up.
b. All right then. I won't do that.
1. Do your parents teach you to work hard?
2. How do they teach you to work hard?
3. Do you think hard work brings its own rewards?
There was once an old, 1
farmer who had worked hard
2 all his life. Before he died, he wanted to teach his 3 sons how to be good farmers. So he called them to him and said, "My boys, before I die I want you to know that there is a great treasure 4 in the
vineyard. Promise me that you will
5 for it when I am dead."
The sons promised and as soon as their father died, they began looking for the 6 . They worked very hard in the hot sun and all the time as they were working they 7
what their father had left for them.
The Farmer and His Sons
Activity 5
Activity 6
Activity 7
Listen to your teacher reading the following radio ad and answer the questions from the tape.
Listen to the story again. Then À ll in the table based on the story. Discuss the answers with a friend.
In their minds they pictured boxes of gold coins, 8 necklaces and other such things. Soon they had 9 up every inch of the vineyard. But they found not a single 10 . They were very upset. They felt that their hard work had been for 11 . But then
the grapes started to appear on the
12 and their grapes were the biggest and best in the 13 , and they sold them for a lot of money.
Now they 14 what their father had meant by the great treasure, and they lived happily and 15
ever after.
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