pw_Unit_6.pdf

AGE

speak out Upper Intermediate

UNIT 6

Overview

Watch the video podcast. Do the speakers mention anything that you are looking

forward to or not looking forward to?

Read the sentences below about what Pasha’s looking forward to

in the next few months. Then watch the video podcast from 0:12-0:28

and delete the incorrect word.

Pasha

Hi. I’m really 1 excited / thrilled about the next few months. I’m

2 DJing / playing on the banks of the River Thames in the 3 centre / heart

of London and I’m 4 going to / playing some beach parties. Today I’ve

come to Covent Garden to 5 ind out / see how people feel about their lives.

What are you looking forward to in the 6 next few months / future ?

What are you looking forward to in the future? Look at the people below and read what they are

looking forward to. Then watch the video podcast from 0:28-1:13 and match the people to the correct

responses.

Chris

Tamara

Luke

Deborah

Dominick

Relwyn

1 Finding a job that I’m really passionate about

2 starting a new job next summer

3 getting a good job

4 a holiday next year

5 Nothing really, I kind of enjoy my life at the moment.

6 I’m looking forward to buying a house.

Is there anything you arent looking forward to? Read the words below in the box, then watch the

video podcast from 1:14-1:58. Tick (

✓

) the FIVE things which the speakers say they are NOT looking

forward to.

dying losing my job job interviews illness leaving college

loneliness more responsibilities getting older retiring exams

People say that your school days are the best days of your fe. Do you think thas rue? Look at the

people and the sentences 1-7. Then watch the video podcast from 1:59-3:16 and write true (T) or false

(F) next to each sentence.

1 She thinks school days are the best days of your life. ____

Tamara

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speak out Upper Intermediate

UNIT 6

2 He hated school. ____

Dominick

3 She didn’t enjoy school because she found it too stressful. ____

Deborah

4 He has bad memories of his school days. ____

Chris

5 He liked school because he made some very good friends. ____

Relwyn

6 She met her best friends at school. ____

Chaenara

7 His school days were the best days of his life because he played a lot of

football. ____

Luke

The people in the pictures below talk about the things they’re not looking forward to and look back

on their school days. Watch the video podcast from 1:18-2:45 and complete the phrases they use, using

the items in the box below.

fall to bits hell on earth to the full

look back on it very fondly your oyster

1 I kind of embrace life ____________. Look forward to most things.

Luke

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The way we speak

AGE

speak out Upper Intermediate

UNIT 6

2 ... but now when I ____________ they were fun days and, you know, I look at

them ____________.

Chris

3 Getting older. Your body starting to ____________. Not looking forward to

that but it’ll happen.

Dominick

4 Absolutely I do yes, because you’re, the world is ____________. You have so

much hope, so many dreams and you believe you can achieve anything.

Tamara

5 No. School days were ____________ for me.

Dominick

Write two short paragraphs about things you are looking forward to in the future and things you

aren’t looking forward to. Use some of the language from the podcast if you can.

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BBC LINK

The British Ministry of Defence reveals some of its future technology and

gizmos to the BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7912796.stm

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