I'm a journalist
Listening
1 (29 Listen to Tim and Kate. Write T (true) or F (false).
1 Timand Ana are journalists. __ 3 Kate's single.
2 Tim's married.
2 What's Tim's question to Kate? Listen again and check.
1 What's your job? 2 What's your work?
3 @@ Match four of the photos with the dialogs. Listen and check.
Practice the dialogs.
1
What do you do?
B: I'ma housewife.
2 A Are you doctors?
B: Yes, we are.
3 A: What do you do?
B: We're retired.
4 A: Are you a teacher?
B: No, I'm not. 'm an engineer.
Special plurals
housewife > housewives
walltess — waitresses
4 425 Name five more jobs. Word Bank 5, p. 68.
5 Inpairs, A choose a job from p. 68.
Bask about the job.
B: What do you do?
Arm...
Be carefull
v Vmastudent.
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Grammar
6 Guess your classmates’ real jobs. Ask and answer.
A: Are you a(n) ...?
B: Yes, ... /NO, «--
‘A: What do you do?
B:i'm..
7 (28 Say 13-29 in English, Word Bank 1B, p. 64.
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4 Kate's famous.
3 What do you do?
nouns
ma journalist.
‘singular 'mnota chef.
Are you an actress?
We're journalists.
plural They're engineers.
eS Are you doctors?
- 5 Kate's a journalist.
adjectives
I'm retired.
Are they unemployed?Reading
8 127 Listen and read the text. Match the underlined phrases and pictures 1-7.
Different countries, different cultures
In Britain you can marry when you're 16. In Japan
‘aman can marry when he’s 18 and a woman when
she’s 16. In parts of Russia you can marry when
you're 14. In Iran a man can marry when he's 15,
and woman when she’s 13.
In the USA you can drive a moped (50cc) when
you're 16 and drive a car at 17. In Mexico and
Canada you can drive a car at 16. And in New
Zealand you can drive a car when you're 15!
In Japan you can buy cigarettes and buy alcohol
when you're 20. In the USA you can buy cigarettes
at 18 and alcohol when you're 21. In Brunel you
can't buy alcohol but everybody can buy cigarettes.
And in the USA, you can work 18 hours a week
when you're 14! But in Cuba, children can’t work.
The verb can has one affirmative
and one negative form.
+ Te can | drive,
= ‘can't.
Britain 16
Japan
parts of Russia
Iran
the USA
‘Mexico & Canada
New Zealand
Brunei
Cuba
fexico is the same as Canada. You can drive a car when
ty country is different. You can’t
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