Writing
1 Read the text and complete it with the words below
in the end just then however when because of this
and then eventually but soon so but later
Beijing surprise
(1)_________________ somebody lit some candles and put them around the room,
(2)___________ I still couldn’t see my notes very well. The speech was a complete disaster. You can imagine my surprise when the Chinese businessmen started to smile and clapped loudly when I finished the talk. I sat down and started to eat my meal.
(3)_________________ I asked the translator sitting next to me why everyone had clapped so enthusiastically, she replied, ‘None of the people here speaks English. I’ll translate your speech for them (4)_________________.’
Since then I’ve never prepared any of my speeches. They seem to work better when I improvise. I did give the translator my notes though!
C I was in Beijing as part of a trade delegation and our company was one of several asked to give a speech. I had spent a long time preparing my speech and had written about five pages of notes. I suppose there were about thirty people in the room listening to me and I was quite nervous.
D Have I ever told you about the time I was asked to give a speech to some Chinese businessmen?
I started to speak. (5)_________________
there was a power cut and all the lights in the room went out. (6)_________________ I couldn’t see my
notes very well at all. (7)_________________, I continued speaking, (8)_________________
I realised that I had started with page three and couldn’t find page four or five.
(9)_________________ I just improvised
(10)_________________ I found page one.
2. Choose five linking words from the box and write about the region you were born in
Task for Individual work
Find the information about national symbols of UK and USA and makeup the table to compare them.
Prepare oral report on National symbols of Kazakhstan, UK or USA
Grammar exercises
1. Rewrite these sentences using have or get.
1. The mechanic changed the oil in my car.
The hairdresser cut my hair in a completely different style.
A decorator has repainted our house.
A friend of mine, who´s an electrician, is going to repair my DVD player next week.
My jacket is being cleaned at a specialist cleaner´s.
The town hall has just been rebuilt for the council.
2. Match a word from 1-8 with something that is done by that person or in that place. Then make sentences using all the information and the verb in brackets.
You may have to change the words or add new ones. An example is given.
1. hairdresser´s vaccinate dogs (have)
2. optician´s do annual accounts (have)
3. dentist´s service cars (get)
4. doctor´s test eyes (have)
5. vet´s design new houses (have)
6. garage cut hair (get)
7. architect take out teeth (have)
8. accountant take blood pressure
Example:
Tomorrow I´m going to the hairdresser´s to get my hair cut.
Yesterday…
This afternoon…
Last week…
Next Saturday…
The day before yesterday…
Last year…
Next week…