C 5:24 Photo story SPEAKING

Suggested 8–10 Your actual Pair work

teaching time: minutes teaching time:
• Have students look at the photos. Ask What are the
women doing? (Shopping.) What are the women looking at
in the second picture? (A bowl.)
• After students read and listen, ask:
What does Jenn want to buy? (A gift for her mother.)
What’s the problem? (She doesn’t have much cash.)
Does she have a credit card? (Yes.)
Does Jenn like the bowl Pat shows her? (Yes.)
What’s the problem with it? (It’s expensive.)
What does Pat say she should do? (Ask for a better price.)
What does the clerk show her? (A more affordable bowl.)
How much does it cost? (40 euros.)
Do they accept credit cards? (No.)
Suggested 10–15 Your actual
teaching time: minutes teaching time:
• Make sure students understand that advantages of means
good things about and disadvantages of means bad things
about. Ask What are the good things about credit cards?
What are the bad things about credit cards?
• Have students write their ideas individually and then
share their opinions with a partner.
Option: (+5 minutes) For further discussion, ask What advice
do you have for a person coming to visit your country? Should
the person bring credit cards? Should the person carry cash?
Should the person try to bargain? Where should the person
exchange currencies?

Language and culture

• From the Longman Corpus: Accept credit cards is extras
more frequently used than take credit cards, even though Workbook
the verb take is much more common than the verb accept.
In spoken American English, the word gorgeous is used
to describe things much more often than it is used to
describe people.

D Focus on language
Suggested 3–5 Your actual
teaching time: minutes teaching time:

• To personalize some of the new terms, ask or say:

What do you do when you are out of cash?
Tell the class about a store in your area that has really nice
stuff.
What do you do when you want something, but it’s a bit
more than you wanted to spend?
Have you ever bargained for a better price?
Option: (+10 minutes) For a class discussion about
bargaining, ask Do you ever bargain for better prices? Are
you good at bargaining? Where do people usually bargain?
Can you bargain in a department store? How about in a small
shop?

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