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BIRGITTA DALIN JEREMY HANSON KERSTIN TUTHILL

Welcome to Stepping Stone Fjärde upplagan!

Stepping Stone är ett basläromedel i engelska för vuxna och även för ungdomar som inte har läst eller inte behärskar grundskolans kurs. Stepping Stone kan med fördel också användas på gymnasiets introduktionsprogram.

Stepping Stone Delkurs 4 består av åtta units och varje unit innehåller tre texter kring samma tema. Vissa av texterna är originaltexter, dvs noveller, tidningsartiklar och utdrag ur romaner från olika delar av den engelskspråkiga världen. De teman vi valt är kommunikation mellan människor, annorlunda semestrar, Kanada, interkulturell kommunikation, Australien, barndomsminnen, arbete samt Indien.

Den senaste reformen i grundläggande vuxenutbildning innebär att grundskolans kurs i engelska delas upp i fyra delkurser. Denna nya upplaga av Stepping Stone omfattar delkurs 4 och utmärks av: • stort fokus på undervisning enbart på engelska genom att förklaringar och instruktioner är på engelska • ordlistor som har kompletterats med engelska synonymer till alla ord och uttryck • logisk ordning inom varje kapitel, med fler sammanfattande övningar i slutet och fler hänvisningar mellan olika avsnitt • många kommunikations- och skrivövningar samt uppvärmnings- och fördjupningsuppgifter till varje kapitel • extra grammatikhjälp i Useful facts and grammar (sid 255–264) • elevwebb som ger dig gott om möjligheter till extra träning, samt mini-grammar • nyskrivna teman som behandlar livskvalité och miljö samt poesiläsning.

Stepping Stone Delkurs 4 består av elevbok och elevwebb (för eleven) samt lärarpärm och lärarwebb (för läraren). Elevboken består av texter, övningar, ordlistor, självtest och facit.

Elevwebben innehåller en stor mängd interaktiva övningar i ordförråd, grammatik och läsförståelse till samtliga kapitel i elevboken, samt ordlistor, länkar, ljudfiler i mp3-format, studieguider samt mini-grammar.

Välkommen på en fortsatt spännande resa i den engelsktalande världen med Stepping Stone! Vi hoppas att boken ska ge dig ökade kunskaper om den engelskspråkiga världen och de människor som bor där samt öka din lust och förmåga att själv uttrycka dig både muntligt och skriftligt på engelska.

Birgitta Dalin, Jeremy Hanson, Kerstin Tuthill

Contents Unit 1

A Communication between men and women B David and Agnes C A story from Nigeria

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A Nunavut – the birth of a Canadian territory B A mother’s place C A mother’s place (part 2)

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A Australia is fantastic B Australia by bike C The sad story of Australian Aborigines

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A I can remember the first time I had an ice cream B Born and raised in California C Penny Candy

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A Comparing jobs B A fireman’s job is a way of life C Working abroad – advantages and disadvantages

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A The influence of India in Britain B Shiksha Karmis – Barefoot teachers C The day Mahatma Gandhi was killed

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Poetry theme: Rupert Brooke

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Express your opinion: Quality of life

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Express your opinion: Our environment

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F U N C T I O N S Unit 1

Talk about feelings, relationships and family life.

Unit 2

Discuss different types of holidays and different types of accommodation.

GRAMMAR the past perfect (I had seen, she had called) / the -ing form after prepositions (without going, about having) possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs) / uncountable nouns which are always singular or plural (your advice is..., the people are…)

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Take a stand and express your opinion.

reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, himself…) / the preposition of / revision of the past simple (was, had, looked...)

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Discuss cultural differences.

can, could, be able to, must, have to, may, be allowed to, might, should, ought to / revision of question tags (… isn’t he?)

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Talk about experiences of travelling abroad.

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Talk about childhood memories.

relative pronouns (who, which, whose) / one – ones / change one’s mind / revision of the past simple and the past perfect the past continuous (I was eating, you were eating) / where – there / usually, would, used to

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Discuss working conditions.

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Discuss the influence of immigrant the passive (dinner is served, he was asked) / cultures, compare living conditions in revision of prepositions developing countries and Europe.

adverbs (regularly, easily, badly, well) / revision of adjectives (regular, easy, bad, good)

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Unit 1 Communication problems The theme of Unit 1 is communication between people. There are three texts, all of which deal with this theme. The third text, A story from Nigeria, is a little more challenging.

In this unit you can learn about

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• a man who finally gets to know

his father

• a married woman’s conflicts

Communication between men and women WARM UP Work in pairs or small groups. Introduce yourself and talk about your family.

• How close are you to the different members of your family?

• What are the factors that make you happy in your daily life?

• If you have a partner in your life, what makes you love him or her?

• What can we do to preserve love and a good relationship?

This is an extract from “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus”

by John Gray, who writes about understanding the communication styles of men and women. In this extract, John Gray tells us about the communication conflict he had with his wife and which changed his life.

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A week after our daughter Lauren was born, my wife Bonnie and I were completely exhausted. Each night Lauren kept us awake and Bonnie was taking painkillers after the delivery. After five days of staying at home to help, I went back to work. Bonnie seemed to be getting better.

While I was away she ran out of pain pills. Instead of calling me at the office, she asked one of my brothers, who was visiting, to purchase more.

However, he forgot and, consequently, she spent the whole day in pain, taking care of a newborn. I had no idea that her day had been so awful.

When I returned home she was very upset. I did not understand the cause of her distress and thought she was blaming me.

She said, ‘‘I’ve been in pain all day… I ran out of pills. I’ve been stranded in bed all day and nobody cares!”

I said defending myself, ‘‘Why didn’t you call me?”

She said, ‘‘I asked your brother but he forgot! I’ve been waiting for him to return all day. I feel so deserted!”

At this point I exploded. I was angry that she hadn’t called me. I was furious that she was blaming me when I didn’t even know she was in pain.

After exchanging a few harsh words, I headed for the door. We had both reached our limits.

Then something started to happen that would change my life.

Bonnie said, ‘‘Stop, please don’t leave. This is when I need you the most.

I’m in pain. I haven’t slept for days. Please listen to me.”

I stopped for a moment to listen.

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She said, ‘‘John Gray, you’re a fair-weather friend! As long as I’m sweet, loving Bonnie you are here for me, but as soon as I’m not, you walk right out of the door!” Then her eyes filled with tears. ‘‘Right now I’m in pain. I have nothing to give, this is when I need you the most. Please come over here and hold me. You don’t have to say anything. I just need to feel your arms around me. Please don’t go.”

I walked over and silently held her. She wept in my arms. After a few minutes, she thanked me for not leaving. She told me that she just needed to feel me holding her.

At that moment I started to realise the real meaning of love – unconditional love. I had always thought of myself as a loving person. But she was right.

I had been a fair-weather friend. As long as she was happy and nice, I loved back. But if she was unhappy or upset, I would feel blame and then argue or distance myself.

That day, for the first time, I didn’t leave her. I stayed, and it felt great. I succeeded in giving to her when she really needed me. This felt like real love.

Caring for another person. Trusting in our love. Being there at her hour of need. I marvelled at how easy it was for me to support her when I was shown the way.

How had I missed this? She just needed me to go over and hold her. Another woman would have instinctively known what Bonnie needed. But as a man, I didn’t know that touching, holding, and listening were so important to her.

By recognising these differences I began to learn a new way of relating to my wife. I would have never believed we could resolve conflict so easily.

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I just need to feel your arms around me. Please don’t go.

Practise your English check the text A. Answer the questions.

1. Why was Bonnie so upset when John came home from work?

2. Why was John so angry?

3. What made John stay instead of leaving the house?

4. What made him realise the real meaning of love?

5. What made him feel great that day?

B. Work with a partner and talk about these questions.

1. John Gray says that men and women have a communication problem because they think very differently. Do you agree or disagree?

Explain your standpoint.

2. What would you have done if you had been in Bonnie’s situation?

3. What, do you think, made John stay instead of walking out on Bonnie that evening?

4. What makes you angry? How do you deal with it?

5. What makes you happy?

6. Do children make or break a marriage? Explain your standpoint.

7. Why is the divorce rate so high in the western world, do you think?

8. What makes a marriage work?

This isn’t working.

Please give me a chance.

I need you by my side.

Don’t you love me anymore?

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I’m doing my best.

I don’t want to live with you anymore!

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1. Are you a student?

2. Have you got any children?

3. Do you like to learn English?

4. Can you play the violin?

5. Did you go to bed after 10 last night?

6. Do you think it’s hard for men and women to communicate?

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2. What did you have for breakfast this morning?

3. Where do you live?

4. When did you get up this morning?

5. Why do you study English?

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1. Are you married?

2. What makes you angry?

3. Who’s sitting next to you?

4. Is this your first lesson today?

5. How many hours a week do you study English?

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Remember that your voice must go up or down at the end of each question.

words A. Match the synonyms.

1. call 2. purchase 3. return 4. cause 5. weep 6. leave 7. recognise 8. great

a. come back b. cry c. notice d. go away e. wonderful f. phone g. buy h. reason

Then work in pairs and answer these questions.

1. Which three people do you call most often?

2. Tell your partner five things you purchased last week.

3. What time will you return home today?

4. In what situations do you weep?

5. When was the last time you felt great and why?

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in English.

Look at the verbs in the box and say what they mean. call support blame exchange touch care purchase change

Now use the same words as nouns in the sentences below.

1. It had been very cold but last week there was a … in the weather.

2. There’s a … for you on line two.

3. He felt the … of her hand on his arm.

4. If you buy this computer you get … 24 hours a day for a year.

5. Do you want a bag for your … ?

6. I didn’t do it, but Steve always puts the … on me.

7. They always take good … of you at this hotel.

8. Chris was an … student in South Carolina last year.

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Look at the grammar the past perfect Look at these sentences:

+ I had no idea that Bonnie’s day had been so awful.

- I was angry that she hadn’t called me.

? Had John ever thought of himself as a fair-weather friend?

The past perfect expresses what had happened before something else happened: Because Molly had worked hard all day, she went to bed early.

I hadn’t seen him before he came to the party.

Had Anne ever been to France before she moved there?

You can also write like this: They’d watched a football match together. (= They had watched) He’d heard the story before. (= He had heard) Mary was upset because she’d lost her new jacket. (= she had lost) ▶ Practice A, B, pages 17–18

▶ Mini-grammar, Student’s Web

-ing form after prepositions The verb after a preposition always ends with -ing: He left without saying goodbye.

They dreamed about having an evening to themselves.

Now look at these sentences: He kissed his wife before leaving.

After talking to Paul I felt happier.

You can only resolve your problems by talking to each other.

I went to the cinema instead of doing my homework.

Thank you for coming.

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Bill is bad at cooking.

Eric is fond of playing with his cat.

Susan is tired of working.

Mrs Simmons is afraid of going out alone.

You are interested in travelling, aren’t you?

If they succeed in winning the match, they’ll win the cup.

I look forward to seeing you soon.

Many people worry about losing their jobs. ▶ Mini-grammar, Student’s Web ▶ Usage of the -ing form, page 261

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John was a nervous man so he … (5. buy) the ticket several days before and since he was afraid to miss the train he … (6. arrive) at the railway station more than half an hour early.

While he was waiting on the platform, a friendly man with a huge suitcase started talking to him. He told John that he … (7. spend) many years in Africa but now he … (8. come) back to the old country, and he was very happy to be home again.

They got on the train and when they finally found their seats they noticed that they … (9. get) the places next to each other. Suddenly the man said that he wanted an ice cream because he … not … (10. eat) anything since breakfast. He asked John to look after his suitcase while he left the train to get one.

“But the train is leaving in five minutes,” John said and smiled nervously.

“Please, hurry!”

Five minutes … soon … (11. pass) and when the train started moving, the friendly man … not … (12. return).

“I wish I … (13. tell) him to stay on the train,” John said to himself. “What am I going to do with his suitcase? I must return it to him at once.”

So without thinking John opened the window and threw out the man’s suitcase, hoping that he would find it on the platform.

A few minutes later the man walked into the compartment with two ice creams in his hand.

He smiled and said: “I bought one for you too, since you were kind enough to look after my suitcase while I was out.”

John looked at the man and knew that he … (14. make) a terrible mistake.

C. Fill in the right form of the verb after the preposition.

1. You can’t succeed without … hard. (work) 2. Paul often talks about … a new job. (find) 3. After … to his wife, he felt a lot happier. (talk) 4. Miranda dreams about … . (travel) 5. Terry succeeded in … Chinese. (learn) 6. I look forward to … from you soon. (hear) 7. Many people worry about … their jobs. (lose) 8. Melissa always takes her dog for a walk before … to school. (go) 9. Thomas is good at … the drums. (play) 1 0. Mr Smith is interested in … to young people. (speak) 11. Why don’t you visit your grandmother instead of … to her? (write) 12. You can learn English better by … English-speaking countries. (visit) Now look again at the sentences. Make a list of all the prepositions that are followed by a verb in the -ing form.

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Step up A listen Listen and then correct the sentences.

1. Anna and Robin have been married for five years.

2. Their marriage is breaking down because they don’t love each other any more.

3. Anna thinks Robin spends more and more time playing golf instead of being with her.

4. After dinner, Robin goes out to watch football matches.

5. To make life more interesting, Anna would like to move to another house.

6. Anna and Robin often talk about the things they want to do together.

7. Last year they had a long holiday abroad, and at Christmas they visited Anna’s parents.

8. Robin doesn’t think his boss will let him have time off from work.

9. Dr Millen thinks Anna and Robin need to stay at home together much more.

10. They need Dr Millen to help them plan what to do.

Can Anna and Robin’s love be saved?

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Couple B Barbara and John Young Married two years ago. Have one child, one year old. Live in a very small flat, one bedroom. Have no car and not much money. Barbara’s mother lives down the road from Barbara and John.

Barbara: 25 years old; shop assistant; must work because they need the money; can get a better job if she goes to night school for six months.

Before she married she went to parties every weekend; went to the gym three times a week; bought a lot of clothes.

John: 24 years old; bus driver; thinks babies are boring.

Before he married he often went to the pub with his friends; played football on Sundays; went to the cinema every week.

Interviewer Read through the questions and also think of other questions you can ask.

Questions: How old are you?

What do you do for a living?

How long have you been married?

How many children have you got? How old are they?

Who looks after the baby?

Has marriage changed you in any way?

Have there been any difficult moments in your marriage?

What do you like best about your husband/wife? Is there anything you don’t like?

Is there anything you don’t do now that you used to do before you were married?

Why did you stop doing it?

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35-year-old, good-looking Dubliner, non-smoker, seeks woman between 25 and 45 for lasting relationship.

Interests: quiet evenings at home, romantic films, children and dogs.

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Who wants a granny? 65-year-old lady without grandchildren would like to be a ‘‘grandmother” and spend Sundays with you. Loves to sing and play, can tell a fairy story or two. Can also look after the children in the evenings.

Interests: children and cooking.

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David and Agnes WARM UP This is a story about how Val felt as a teenager when his father was unfaithful and left his wife and son to live with another woman. Think of when you were a teenager:

• Do you have memories of situations that have changed your life?

• How did you interact with your parents when you were a teenager?

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Val’s father was a carpenter and he had helped the Hedder family rebuild their house. After two months, when the house was finished, he came by the Hedders’ house one night in his Ford and picked up Mrs Hedder.

They went off together and didn’t come back. Val was eighteen when this happened, and he never saw his father again. Now, forty years later, Val’s father is dead. Val goes through a trunk with his father’s belongings, which has been sent to him. Florence in the story is Val’s wife. Val had never known the name of the woman his dad ran off with. Her name was Agnes.

Agnes. Val sat down on the trunk, feeling a little weak to have her name after all these years. Agnes. It felt unfaithful to his mother to know that name. He was surprised how curious he was to know who that woman was.

He knew the story about his dad working on the house. He imagined them glancing at each other as the walls started to go up. Perhaps she helped him.

His dad hammering, planing, sawing lumber – fresh lumber smells – and her coming out to ask how everything was going. Perhaps she made him a good lunch every day and they talked, and what did they talk about? What sort of man would do this: as you work on a man’s house and build him a new bedroom, to be planning to run away with his wife?

In an old Folger’s coffee can, Val found letters, dozens of them, addressed: ‘‘Dear Mrs. Hedder,” then ‘‘Dear Agnes,” and some “My darling Agnes,” all written in pencil, in a handwriting he recognized right away, even forty years later. Val thought, ‘‘I don’t want to read these,” but he did. The letters had been folded into small squares. Maybe he had hidden them for her to find.

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Val cringed. Always the story had been that the Hedder woman lured his father away. But it wasn’t true.

He spent hours that day and the next in the basement, by the washtubs, sorting through the layers, laying stuff out on the long table where Florence sorts clothes. It was frightening, like opening a grave sealed shut for years.

He reached in and picked up a maple box he knew his father had made, plain wood but so well fitted, and inside, in twelve compartments, were twelve fishing lures his father had tied, more beautiful than jewelry. Pictures of his father and the woman … Agnes. Val couldn’t look at them more than two seconds, they were so ordinary, like any other married couple standing by a car, sitting on steps. And a poem David had written her – his father had never written him a poem, but here was a poem. Val read it and felt weak. He had to go sit upstairs and turn on the radio. It was like a cave-in down deep in the earth under your house, an event so far in the past he never thought about it, now moving, and his own life shifted and sagged, and he felt afraid.

He went for a walk, and Florence descended the stairs and looked over the mess. It was clear that when David Tollefson arrived in Mount Canaan, Washington, with Agnes in 1946, he got down to business and set about to become a good citizen, and clearly the people in Mount Canaan thought he was and they loved and admired him and said so. But what Florence looked at over and over were the love letters. She held them in her hand – written in pencil on cheap tablet, faded in places to where you couldn’t read them:

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“Dear Agnes, something has taken hold of my heart, a wonderful feeling, and I cannot turn away from it or I would die inside and be no use to anyone. This feeling leads me to you, my dear lady, and though I know that what you say is wise and true, still I know what is in my heart and I want you to come away with me.”

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“My darling Agnes, this is harder than anything I ever did, but I know it is for our happiness and that is worth more to me than their opinion. When I am with you, I feel quick and happy, and when you aren’t near it is sad and empty, I walk out of the house and up the road so I can say your name out loud.”

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maple wood from a tree common in northern countries lönn plain flat, smooth slät wood material from trees trä fit put together sätta ihop compartment section fack fishing lure something used to attract and catch fish fiskebete, drag tie fasten, attach binda jewelry rings, bracelets, necklaces smycken second 60 seconds = 1 minute sekund ordinary plain, normal vanlig married couple e.g. husband and wife gift par steps stairs outdoors trappa poem verse dikt cave-in collapse ras down deep very far down långt ner earth ground, soil jord past old times, long ago det förgångna shift change, move förändra sag sink, fall, cave in sjunka descend go down gå ned clear obvious, apparent klar, tydlig get down to business get to work, get started sätta igång set about start, begin börja citizen inhabitant, resident medborgare admire respect, appreciate beundra tablet (AE) writing pad skrivpapper fade lose colour, become pale/faint blekna in places here and there här och där happiness joy, feeling of being happy lycka worth valued, appreciated värd opinion view, belief åsikt empty vacant, unfilled tom out loud openly, in a loud voice högt

Practise your English check the text A. Fill in the correct form of the verbs.

1. Val’s father had … (say) goodbye to his wife and children before … (leave).

2. Val had not … (know) Agnes’s name until he read the letters.

3. His father had … (hide) the letters in a wooden box.

4. By … (read) the letters Val understood that it was not Agnes who had … (lure) his father away.

5. Val was not at all afraid of … (go) through his father’s trunk.

6. Val’s father had … (be) interested in … (fish).

7. After … (find) the poem his father had … (write) Val started to cry.

8. Val and his father had not … (see) each other again before he died.

Then work in pairs and decide if the statements are true (T), false (F) or if you can’t say. If you can’t say, write a question mark (?).

B. What do you think the poem is about?

Work in pairs and discuss these questions before you read the poem.

1. Do you think the poem is about David’s feelings for Agnes?

2. Is the poem about his dreams about their future together?

3. Is it about how beautiful he thinks Agnes is?

4. Do you think that he writes that their love for each other is wrong?

5. Do you think he writes about his feelings for his family?

6. Can you say three words you think you will find in a love poem? After reading the poem, check if you can find the words you suggested.

Now ask your teacher for the poem (it’s in the teacher’s guide), read it and check if your guesses were right. Then in small groups discuss these five questions: 1. Do you like the poem? Why/Why not?

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4. Is it ever right to leave your family? Why/Why not?

5. Do you think it’s possible to love the same person your whole life?

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2. There’s no need to bite my … off.

3. I’m all … .

4. I’m crossing my … for you.

5. He knows this town like the back of his … .

6. My … bleeds for you.

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words A. Word building 1: Nouns to verbs.

You can often make a noun by adding -tion or -sion to a verb of Latin origin.

Here are some nouns. What are the verbs?

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Now pick out five of the verbs and write each of them in a sentence.

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Look at these verbs. What are the corresponding nouns?

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2. express …

3. inform …

4. suggest …

5. compete …

6. react …

C. Match the words with their definitions.

1. trunk a. The same as twelve.

2. weak b. First you are born, then you live, finally you …

3. dozen c. The opposite of unwise.

4. darling d. A big suitcase.

5. die e. The opposite of strong.

6. wise f. This is what you can call a person you love.

7. steps g. If you carry a Swedish passport you are a Swedish …

8. citizen h. You have them outside your front door.

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3. I’m tired … working late.

4. Some men aren’t good … communicating with their wives.

5. The Johnsons were interested … hearing about my trip to China.

6. Sometimes I feel like I will never succeed … speaking good English.

7. We’re bad … getting up early during the week.

8. Don’t worry … meeting me tomorrow; we can do it on Tuesday instead.

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4. What did Viola write on the envelope?

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communicate Stress factors.

Certain things cause stress and some events are worse than others. Work with a partner and discuss which of these events cause you the most stress.

Start with the worst one.

1. Trouble with your boss.

2. Having a baby.

3. Changing your job.

4. Family get-together.

5. Starting or finishing school or college.

6. Son or daughter leaving home.

7. Wife’s or husband’s death.

8. Moving house.

9. Divorce.

10. Losing your job.

11. Getting married.

12. Retiring from work.

Now compare your answers with another pair.

”Bye, Mum. I’m leaving home for good.”

write Write 100–125 words on one of the following topics.

1. If you could stop the world from turning and say “This is the best period of my life”, when would this be (or when was it)? Why? 2. “Life begins at twenty/thirty/forty/fifty.” Can you agree with this statement? Give your reasons.

3. Is it more important to love than to be loved? Is it possible to live without love? Give your opinions.

4. What can people do to preserve love and a good relationship?

What do you do?

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This is an extract from a story about life in Nigeria in the 1970s. Kehinde has just arrived back in Nigeria after spending 17 years in London. Her husband, Albert, and their two children, Joshua and Bimpe, returned two years earlier. Her sister, Ifeyinwa, is showing her around.

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Ifeyinwa led her to her room. It was clean, simply and neatly furnished with one of the three single beds she had bought in London. Where was the king size bed on which she and Albert had spent a fortune in Harrods? Albert had said in his letter that everything had arrived in good condition. She had never had a separate room from her husband all their married life.

“Little Mother, Ifi, call Albert for me. Where is he?” Kehinde besought her sister.

Ifeyinwa opened her eyes in horror. “Sh…sh…sh, not so loud! Don’t call your husband by his name here-o. We hear you do it over there in the land of white people. There, people don’t have respect for anybody. People call each other by the name their parents gave them, however big the person. We don’t do it here-o. Please, Kehinde, don’t-o.”

Kehinde heard herself laughing mirthlessly. “What are you talking about?

I said I wanted Albert. Where is he?” She made her way towards the door, but Ifeyinwa restrained her.

“Where are you going? Come back in, just come back. You will see Joshua’s father later. Just come first.” Her eyes were red and her voice agitated. “Where do you think you are? This is Nigeria, you know.”

“I know that, that’s what everybody says. This is Nigeria, this is Nigeria, as if the country were not part of this world.”

“Sit down, baby sister. Do sit down. You left home a very long time ago.

Here, men move together, you know. We women stick together too.”

“Educate me, please, have I not just got married to Albert and you are now going to tell me what marriage is all about. Where is he, anyway?”

“He knows I’m here and won’t barge in like that. He’s a cultured man. You must stop calling him by his given name. His sisters are in the front room and so are many of his friends and neighbours to welcome you. You are not going out there shouting his given name as if he is your houseboy; as if you circumcised him. What a cheek! What do you want him for anyway? He’ll see you bye and bye. Just get dressed, get ready to go and see those who have been waiting to greet you.”

Kehinde looked around her once more. “This is not our room, surely?”

“Our room?” This is your room. I chose it for you. Next to Joshua’s father’s own, this is the best one, even better than Rike’s own. She has to share hers with her maid and her baby, and she is next to the room kept for your husband’s sisters, who can be very noisy during their visits. You’re lucky.

Joshua’s father allowed me a free hand. He is cultured, that husband of yours.”

“You talk about my husband as if he’s a stranger to me. We married seventeen years ago and I should be telling you about him.”

“That’s one of the things you must learn. Stop calling him “my” husband.

You must learn to say “our”. He’s Rike’s husband too, you know. You saw her, that shameless one with a pregnancy in her belly and a baby on her hips.

Honestly, “these their acadas” just jump on any been-to man, so that they can claim their husbands studied overseas …” She trailed on, flailing those annoying arms, and not even standing still. She stopped for breath suddenly, gasping.

Kehinde made as if to stand up. But she pulled herself down again.

“Sit down and calm yourself.”

“I am sitting down. I am calm. You are the one who has been walking up and down like … like … oh Ifi, I don’t know like what. Are you trying to tell me that Albert’s got another wife, and that he is the father of the baby that woman was carrying?”

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check the text Working in pairs, answer these questions.

1. Why was Ifeyinwa horrified when Kehinde said, “Little Mother, Ifi, call Albert for me. Where is he?”

2. Why was Kehinde irritated when her sister wouldn’t let her look for her husband?

3. Why did Ifeyinwa say Kehinde must stop calling her husband by his given name?

4. Why did Ifeyinwa refer to Kehinde’s husband as “Joshua’s father”?

5. Why did Ifeyinwa say that Kehinde must learn to say “our” husband?

6. Kehinde experienced a cultural shock when she returned to Nigeria after living in Britain for 17 years. What was so different for her?

round off • How have your opinions, feelings, ideas and plans on the following topics changed or developed during the last five years?

– having your own children – marriage or partner relationship – career plans – the importance of money

• Think about potential partners. What do you find attractive in a man/woman?

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– intelligence

– personality

– education

– money

– religion

– common interests

– other characteristics

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