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Unit Topic Language study Vocabulary

1 Behave! pages 2–5

• Eccentrics• Areyoua

nonconformist?

• Contrast(discoursemarkers)

• Reading:predictingandchecking;summarisinginformation

• Speaking:discussingtypesofbehaviour;discussingpressuretoconformindifferentcountries;takingturnsandinterrupting

• Listening:identifyingmaininformation• Pronunciation:stressandintonationin

discussions

• Behaviouraltraits(adjectivesandtheircollocations)

• Takingturnsinadiscussion

2 Form and function pages 6–9

• Modernwonders(buildingsanddesign)

• Yourworkspaceandyou

• Describingbuildings,placesandobjects(structuresusedtodescribenouns)

• Reading:understandinggist• Speaking:discussingarchitectureanddesign

preferences;sympathisingandexpressingannoyance;talkingaboutworkspaces

• Writing:adescriptionofyourfavouriteplace• Listening:understandinggistandidentifyingkey

topics;understandingvocabularyincontext

• Compoundadjectives

• Expressingsympathyandannoyance

5 Review unit pages 18–21• Extra practice pages 22–25   •  Grammar reference and wordlist pages 26–28   •  Listening scripts pages 30–31   •  Communication activities pages 29, 32

Main skills

3 It’s up to you! pages 10–13

• Momentsintime(thebestdayofmylife)

• Changingtheworld(supportingcausesbywearingwristbands)

• Addingemphasis • �Listening:understandinggistandkeyinformation;understandingvocabularyincontext

• �Speaking:describingoneofthebestdaysofyourlife;talkingaboutsocialissuesanddirectaction

• Reading:understandingmaininformation• Writing:amessageboardthreadandcomments

• Socialissuesanddirectaction

4 No pain no gain pages 14–17

• Gettingtothetop(lifeofasumowrestler)

• Whatmotivatesyou?

• Three-partphrasalverbs

• Reading:identifyingkeyinformation• �Speaking:talkingaboutsuccess,motivationand

overcomingproblems;explainingcausesandresults;discussingtwoautobiographies

• Listening:understandinggistandkeyinformation

• Writing:ablurbforabiography

• Proverbsandidioms:success

• Motivation

• Can use discourse markers to contrast information• Can discuss types of behaviour• Can take turns in a discussion

INDIVIDUALS

LEARNING AIMS

1 Behave!

Eccentrics  Lead-in  1   Workingroups.Whichofthepeopleintheboxareinthe

photos?Whatdoyouknowaboutthem?Whatis/wasstrangeordifferentaboutthem?

Björk SalvadorDalí AlbertEinstein FridaKahlo OzzyOsbourne VincentvanGogh

    2   Therearemanyfamousmaleeccentrics,butfewfemale.Whydoyouthinkthisisso?

    3   ReadthisquotebyAmericanauthorMichaelJ.Gelb.Doyouagree?

Crazy people who are productive are geniuses. Crazy people who are rich are eccentric. Crazy people who are neither productive nor rich are just plain crazy.

  Reading   1  Doyouthinkthesestatementsaretrueorfalse?Discussthemwithapartner.

1 Eccentricsaregenerallyoptimisticandinterestedinfindingoutaboutthings.� 2 Mosteccentricsdon’tmindbeingmadefunof.� 3 Eccentricityissomethingwhichpeoplehavenocontrolover.

2  � 01  Readthemagazineinterviewonpage3.FindtheanswerstoEx1.

3 IsDavidWeekspositiveornegativeabouteccentricity?Writeaparagraph(60–80words)andsummarisehismainresultsandopinions.

4 Compareyoursummarieswithapartner.Haveyouincludedsimilarinformation?

5 Imagineascalefromconformity(1)toindividuality(5).Whereareyouonthescale?Whataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofthisposition?Discussyourideaswithapartner.

  Vocabulary and  1  Lookatthesewordsfromthetext.Underlinethemainstressedsyllable.

speaking

conventionalcuriousgloomyintelligentmischievousopinionatedrebelliousunorthodox

2  � 02  Listenandcheckyouranswers.

3 Workwithapartner.AgreewhichwordsinEx1havepositivemeaningsandwhichhavenegativemeanings.Thinkofwordswithsimilarandoppositemeanings.

4 TellapartnerwhichoftheadjectivesinEx1–3applytoyou.Explainwhyorgiveexamplesofspecificsituations.

Example: I am quite opinionated. I have very strong opinions about things like religion and politics,

and I often get into arguments about them.

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Q: What prompted you to make a scientific study of eccentricity? A: Psychologists have undertaken exhaustive studies of every personality type under the sun, yet somehow we have completely overlooked eccentrics. And psychiatry, on the other hand, tends only to take an interest in those who seek treatment, and since eccentrics rarely do so, they have been overlooked. I thought it might contribute something important to our understanding of the mind if we had a better understanding of the thought processes of those who regard themselves and who are regarded by others as eccentric.

Q: Can you give us a description of the eccentric?A: The eccentric is very creative and curious and has vivid visual imagination in the daytime and vivid dreams at night. Eccentrics are intelligent, opinionated, and frequently have a mischievous sense of humour. Many of them are loners, and they often have unorthodox living arrangements.

Q: For example?A: We have several men who lived in caves. Women eccentrics tend to be obsessive collectors and renovators. One woman in our study has 7,500 garden gnomes on her lawn.

Q: You found in your study that eccentrics are happier and healthier than the rest of us.A: We did meet a few gloomy eccentrics, but most of the subjects in our study had a refreshingly sunny outlook on life. There is also pretty solid proof that eccentrics are healthier than the norm. In Great Britain the average person goes to the doctor twice a year, while eccentrics will typically go for eight or nine years without seeking medical help. It’s not that they’re avoiding doctors or don’t believe in conventional medicine. They just don’t need it much.

Q: How do you explain this?A: It’s a combination of an optimistic outlook and low stress, due to the fact that eccentrics don’t feel the need to conform. Eccentrics don’t give a damn what the rest of the world thinks of them; if someone makes fun of them, instead of getting angry or embarrassed, they regard the other person as the one with a problem.

Q: What makes a person an eccentric? After all, everyone has some unusual habits or traits.A: Eccentricity is a choice. It’s quite true that everyone has eccentric traits, but as we grow older, most of us learn to conform, to blend in – the process we call socialisation. But the eccentric says, ‘No, thank you,’ and chooses not to conform.

Q: Are men or women more likely to be eccentric?A: The incidence of eccentricity is about the same, but it manifests itself in different ways. Society has always been more tolerant of aberrant behaviour in men than in women. If a man gets into a fight with a colleague or goes off on a drinking spree, we might overlook it, but if a woman does the same thing it’s considered scandalous. A woman sometimes becomes eccentric later in life: she conforms in her youth, marries and has children, but once the kids have left home, she leaves her husband and lets her eccentric, creative side take over.

Q: Dr Weeks, are you eccentric?A: I would say that I may have always been slightly eccentric, perhaps a little rebellious. I do, however, admire the authentic, life-long eccentrics. I think we can all learn a lot from them about holding onto the dreams and curiosity we had as children.

BEHAVE!

5 Completethesesentenceswiththewordsintheboxtomakecollocations.Checkyouranswersinthetext.

collectorimaginationoutlooksidetraits

� 1 Annahasavivid_________. 4 Sara’sgotafeweccentric_________.

2 Tomisanobsessive_________. 5 Rickhasanoptimistic_________onlife.

3 Jack’sgotastrongcreative_________.

6 ReplacethenamesinEx5withthenamesofpeopleyouknow.Workwithapartnerandtellyourpartneraboutthesepeople.

7 WhichoftheseadjectivescanbeusedwithwhichnounsinEx4?Doyouknowanyothernounswhichcollocatewiththesewords?Example:avid collector

aviddarkfertilefemininegloomykeenoveractivepositiveserioussympatheticunconventional

Happy, healthy and odd!

An interview with David Weeks, author of Eccentrics, a study of sanity and strangeness

According to David Weeks, eccentrics like Mr Christmas ‘don’t give a damn what the rest of the world thinks of them’. Mr Christmas (real name Andy Park) has celebrated Christmas with Christmas dinner and presents every day for twelve years.

According to David Weeks, eccentrics like Mr Christmas ‘don’t give a damn what the rest of the world thinks of them’. Mr

Q: You found in your study that eccentrics are happier and healthier than the rest of us.A: We did meet a few gloomy eccentrics, but most of the subjects in our study had a refreshingly sunny outlook on life. There is also pretty solid proof that eccentrics are healthier than the norm. In Great Britain the average person goes to the doctor twice a year, while eccentrics will typically go for eight or nine years without seeking medical help. It’s not that they’re avoiding doctors or don’t believe in conventional medicine. They just don’t need it much.

has children, but once the kids have left home, she leaves her husband and lets her eccentric, creative side take over.

Q: Dr Weeks, are you eccentric?A: I would say that I may have always been slightly eccentric, perhaps a little rebellious. I do, however, admire the authentic, life-long eccentrics. I think we can all learn a lot from them about holding onto the dreams and curiosity we had as children.

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UNIT 1

Contrast

LANGUAGE STUDY

1 Underline the five contrastive discourse markers in these sentences.

a Psychologists have studied every personality type, yet somehow we have overlooked eccentrics. And psychiatry, on the other hand, tends only to take an interest in those who seek treatment.

b We did meet a few gloomy eccentrics, but most of the subjects had a refreshingly sunny outlook on life.

c In Great Britain the average person goes to the doctor twice a year, while eccentrics will typically go for eight or nine years without seeking medical help.

d I would say that I may have always been slightly eccentric, perhaps a little rebellious. I do, however, admire the authentic, life-long eccentrics.

2 Contrastive discourse markers most commonly go between the ideas they are contrasting, but there are other possible positions. Complete the table with the discourse markers from Ex 1.

Must always go between the ideas they are contrasting

Can also go before the first idea they are contrasting

Can also go in various positions in the second sentence

__________ __________ even though whereas __________

Nevertheless __________

__________

3 What is the function of the verb do in sentences ‘b’ and ‘d’?

Grammar reference page 26

4� Lookatthesebiographyextracts.Combineeachsentence1–5withoneofthesentencesa–gintwodifferentwaysusingappropriatediscoursemarkers.

Example: Van Gogh was a truly great artist, yet he sold only one painting in his lifetime.

Even though Van Gogh was a truly great artist, he sold only one painting in his lifetime.

1 DavidBowiehascreatedsomeofthemostcolourfulpersonasinpopularmusic. 2 TheyoungEinsteincouldn’treadorwriteuntilhewaseightyearsold. 3 Mostpeoplegetintothemusicbusinesstoactivelyseekfameandfortune. 4 AtschoolGaudídidratherbadlyinmostsubjects. 5 Dalibasedhisappearanceonthefashionstyleofacenturyearlier.

a NirvanafrontmanKurtCobainfoundtheinvasionofhisprivacyalltoomuch. b Hispaintingswereanythingbutretrospective. c Hehasbeenvirtuallycolourblindsinceachildhoodaccident. d Hewentontobecomeperhapsthegreatestscientistofthe20thcentury.� e Hedidexcelingeometry,whichinspiredhislifetime’swork.

5� Jointhetwosentencesusingbutandtheauxiliaryverbdotoemphasisecontrast.

Example:Ienjoyedthemeal.Theservicewasn’ttoogood.I did enjoy the meal, but the service wasn’t too good.

1 Iwantedtogo.Itwasjustimpossible. 2 Ilikethem.I’vejustlistenedtothemtoomuch. 3 Ienjoyedit.Iwasgladtogethome. 4 IagreeIshoulddoitmore.SometimesIjustcan’tbebothered. 5 Welikedeachother.Itjustwasn’ttobe. 6 Ifeltforthem.TherewasnothingIcoulddotohelp.

6  Workwithapartner.ExplainsituationsinyourlifetowhichsomeofthesentencesinEx5couldapply.

Example:I went to that new café near the school yesterday. I did enjoy the meal, but the service was a bit slow.

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BEHAVE!

Are you a nonconformist?  Listening and   1  Discussandagreeonadefinitionofanonconformist.

 speaking

  2  � 03  Listentotheclassroomdiscussionaboutnonconformists.ExplainthesestatementsbyAlex,MetteandNatsukotalkingabouttheircountry.

For more activities go to Individuals Unit 1CD-ROM

3  DiscusstheopinionsinEx2ingroups.Areanyofthesethingstrueaboutyourcountry?Howmuchpressureistheretoconforminyourcountryintermsofdress,behaviourandlifestyle?

  Vocabulary and   Taking turns in a discussion  pronunciation 1 Listenagain.Payattentiontostressandintonation,andwritethephrasesusedwhen…

1� AlextakesuphispointafterinterruptionbyMette. Er, yeah … 2 MetteinterruptsAlexthesecondtime. That … 3 NatsukointerruptsMette. Sorry … 4 NatsukopreventsMettefrominterrupting. Wait … 5 NatsukopreventsAlexinterrupting. Just … 6 Mettetakesupanearlierpointagain. To get …

2  PutthephrasesfromEx1inthecorrectplaceinthetable.Thenworkwithapartnerandaddthephrasesintheboxtothetable.

Beforeyoucomment,canIjust…Bytheway…CanIaddsomething?CanIfinishwhatIwassaying?Hangon!Incidentally…WherewasI?

Interrupting Preventing interruption Returning to a topic Changing the topic

Er, yeah … Anyway,

  Speaking   1  Workingroups.Lookatthediscussioncircleandaddtwotopicsofyourown.

2  Workingindividually,notedowntwoargumentsforandagainsteachtopic.

3  Yourgrouphastenminutestodiscussallthetopics.Startbydiscussingtopic1.Theninturns,changethetopictothenextoneinthecircleuntilyoureturntothefirsttopic.

People have lots of different lifestyes.

If you don’t like spending time with other

people, you’ve had it.

We will all end up following in our parents’ footsteps.

1

2

4Uniforms (at school and at work) infringe people’s right to express their individuality.

3

It’s better to live in an anonymous city than in a close-knit village.

5

The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.

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