Unit 6 Life and Relationships By Zhang Xiao
Life and Relationships By Zhang Xiao Unit 6
At the end of this unit you should be able to: ● Ask personal questions; ● Ask about relationships; Describe relationships; ● Express regret; Describe marriage/wedding traditions; Describe future plans,hopes and wishes;
• Ask personal questions; • Ask about relationships; • Describe relationships; • Express regret; • Describe marriage/wedding traditions; • Describe future plans, hopes and wishes;
Warm Up ● There are all sorts of relationships between people in society.Which relationships can you think of?Make a list in the space below. The first one has been done for you as an example ● List different types of relationship. -1.parent and child -2.husband and wife -3.boyfriend and girlfriend -4.colleagues and colleagues -5.brothers and sisters -6.friends and friends -7.employers and employees
• There are all sorts of relationships between people in society. Which relationships can you think of? Make a list in the space below. The first one has been done for you as an example. • List different types of relationship. – 1. parent and child – 2. husband and wife – 3. boyfriend and girlfriend – 4. colleagues and colleagues – 5. brothers and sisters – 6. friends and friends – 7. employers and employees
Activity 1:Personal Matters Task 1 Find out Personal Information Task 2 How to Ask Personal Questions
• Activity 1: Personal Matters – Task 1 Find out Personal Information – Task 2 How to Ask Personal Questions
Task 1 Find out Personal Information When we first get to know people in informal contexts,it's useful (and interesting)to find out some personal information about them,isn't it? We like to discover whether they are married or single,whether they have a boyfriend,whether they have children and so on. A list of useful questions is written below
Task 1 Find out Personal Information • When we first get to know people in informal contexts, it's useful (and interesting) to find out some personal information about them, isn't it? We like to discover whether they are married or single, whether they have a boyfriend, whether they have children and so on. • A list of useful questions is written below
Match the questions and answers. Question Answer(s) J.A 1.Are you going out with anybody? A.No,not at the moment. (A) 2.Do you have a boyfriend? B.Probably towards the end of next year. (C.D.E and G) 3.Are you married? C.Not any more.I was divorced 18 months ago. (H) 4.How long have you been D.Not yet!We're getting married in engaged? June. (F) 5.Do you have(any) children? E.Yeah!I got married last year. 0 6.Where did you meet your F.No,not yet.We're hoping to start a wife? family next year. (L.H) 7.How long have you been G.You must be joking!I'm having too married? much fun being single! (K) 8.When are you getting married? H.About six months 1.At work.We used to be colleagues J.Yes,I am.In fact,I'm engaged. K.Next year,I hope L.Three years...and we already have a daughter
Match the questions and answers
Task 2 How to Ask Personal Questions We mentioned above that these questions are personal ones.We have to be quite careful when we ask them,don't we?We try not to ask such questions in front of large groups of people to avoid embarrassment.We also use certain expressions to signal that we're asking questions which we recognise as being rather personal.Look at the examples below. I hope you don't mind me asking but are you married? Forgive me for asking but do you have a boyfriend? Excuse my curiosity but do you have children? Notice that the underlined parts of these sentences can be used before any personal question
Task 2 How to Ask Personal Questions • We mentioned above that these questions are personal ones. We have to be quite careful when we ask them, don't we? We try not to ask such questions in front of large groups of people to avoid embarrassment. We also use certain expressions to signal that we're asking questions which we recognise as being rather personal. Look at the examples below. • I hope you don't mind me asking but are you married? • Forgive me for asking but do you have a boyfriend? • Excuse my curiosity but do you have children? – Notice that the underlined parts of these sentences can be used before any personal question
Listen to the questions and practise asking personal questions 1.I hope you don't mind me asking but are you married? 2.Forgive me for asking but do you have a boyfriend? 3.Excuse my curiosity but do you have any children? 4.I hope you don't mind me asking but how long have you been married? 5.Forgive me for asking but how long have you known your wife? 6.Excuse my curiosity but where did you meet your husband? 7.I hope you don't mind me asking but are you going out with anybody? 8.Forgive me for asking but when are you getting married? 9.Excuse my curiosity but how old were you when you got married?
Listen to the questions and practise asking personal questions. • 1. I hope you don't mind me asking but are you married? • 2. Forgive me for asking but do you have a boyfriend? • 3. Excuse my curiosity but do you have any children? • 4. I hope you don't mind me asking but how long have you been married? • 5. Forgive me for asking but how long have you known your wife? • 6. Excuse my curiosity but where did you meet your husband? • 7. I hope you don't mind me asking but are you going out with anybody? • 8. Forgive me for asking but when are you getting married? • 9. Excuse my curiosity but how old were you when you got married?
Activity 2:Two Marriage Stories -1 Task 1 Choose a General Topic Task 2 Choose a Title Task 3 Summarise Events Task 4 Match Descriptions Task 5 Understand Events and Time Task 6 Understand Relationship Terms Task 7 Read for Information Task 8 Write a Summary Task 9 Read for More Information Task 10 Summarise Winston's Marriage Task 11 Talk About Relationships
• Activity 2: Two Marriage Stories – Task 1 Choose a General Topic – Task 2 Choose a Title – Task 3 Summarise Events – Task 4 Match Descriptions – Task 5 Understand Events and Time – Task 6 Understand Relationship Terms – Task 7 Read for Information – Task 8 Write a Summary – Task 9 Read for More Information – Task 10 Summarise Winston‘s Marriage – Task 11 Talk About Relationships
Task 1 Choose the general topic of the monologues.P252 Cliff is 29 years old.He was born in California. I was married for almost six years -happily married for the first two years.Jody and I were classmates at high school and were attracted to each other from the time we first met at the age of twelve or thirteen.We always hung out together and started dating seriously when we were only fifteen.I was so excited the first time I asked her out!After that,we spent every spare moment together. Everyone-our parents,teachers,friends and so on-predicted that we'd break up one day.We were determined to prove them wrong and were engaged when we were nine-teen. proposed was like Her answer was a few tears of happiness.It seems crazy when I look back on it!Again,everyone was expecting us to break off the engagement, but we never even considered that. A year later,we had a typical,big wedding ceremony and Jody really did look the perfect, beautiful bride in her white gown.We had a great time in Lake Taho for our honeymoon and came back and settled down to married life.Jessica,our daughter,was born,according to plan, two years after we were married and that was when our problems began. each other.We were arguing t ed and then,divorced.I still see Jessica regularly.I can't say alone.buthavenye ound anoe parneroyina ywho l in thm apartment house as her but I don't think their relationship is really serious.I'm really sad about our divorce,but I guess everyone was right:we were too young when we started going together and,the truth is,we were never really compatible
Task 1 Choose the general topic of the monologues. P252 • Cliff is 29 years old. He was born in California. • I was married for almost six years -happily married for the first two years. Jody and I were classmates at high school and were attracted to each other from the time we first met at the age of twelve or thirteen. We always hung out together and started dating seriously when we were only fifteen. I was so excited the first time I asked her out! After that, we spent every spare moment together. • Everyone-our parents, teachers, friends and so on-predicted that we'd break up one day. We were determined to prove them wrong and were engaged when we were nine-teen. The evening I proposed was like something from a romantic novel. I chose my moment and asked the magic question: “Jody, darling, will you marry me?” Her answer was a few tears of happiness. It seems crazy when I look back on it! Again, everyone was expecting us to break off the engagement, but we never even considered that. • A year later, we had a typical, big wedding ceremony and Jody really did look the perfect, beautiful bride in her white gown. We had a great time in Lake Taho for our honeymoon and came back and settled down to married life. Jessica, our daughter, was born, according to plan, two years after we were married and that was when our problems began. • We were both delighted to be parents, but somehow we just grew further and further apart from each other. We were arguing the whole time and were both very miserable. Eventually, after four years, we separated and then, divorced. I still see Jessica regularly. I can't say I enjoy living alone, but I haven't yet found another partner. Jody is dating a guy who lives in the same apartment house as her but I don't think their relationship is really serious. I'm really sad about our divorce, but I guess everyone was right: we were too young when we started going together and, the truth is, we were never really compatible