Tag question:

1.       A: You’ve heard of Bono, haven’t you?

B: I think so. He sings with U2, doesn’t he?

A: Yeah. He’s their lead singer. They’re an incredible group, aren’t they?

B: Yeah, they are. They’re not American, are they?

A: No, they’re Irish. Bono is amazing. He’s done a lot to fight poverty.

B: He’s raised a lot of money for charity, hasn’t he? I mean, he does a lot of campaigning and stuff, doesn’t he?

A: Oh, yeah. He’s a real activist.

2.       A: When was Marilyn Monroe famous? It was in the 1950s, wasn’t it?

B: Yeah, but she made a movie in the 1960s, too, didn’t she?

A: I think you’re right. She was mainly a movie star, wasn’t she? I mean, she wasn’t a singer, was she?

B: Well, she sang in some of her movies, but she was basically an actress. You’ve seen her movies, haven’t you?

A: No, but I would like to. It is amazing, isn’t it? She died years ago, but she’s still famous.

Strategy plus:

1.       A: Do you think you’d like to be famous someday?

B: That’s good question. I would like to be famous.

2.       A: They say everybody gets 15 minutes of fame – what would you like to be famous for?

B: That’s a tough one. I’d like to be famous for estate in our society.

3.       A: Would you like to perform on stage in front of a lot of people?

B: That’s good question. I’d like to perform on stage in front of a lot of people.

4.       A: If you were a famous entertainer, would you rather be an actor, a singer, or a comedian?

B: That’s good question. I would rather be a singer.

5.       A: Do you think you’d ever like to be in charge of a large company?

B: It’s hard to say. But sometimes I think about that.

6.       A: Would you like to run for a political office someday?

B: That’s a tough one.it is not easy work.

7.       A: If you became famous, would you keep all of your old friends.

B: That’s good question. Of course, I would keep all of them.

8.       A: If you’d been born into a famous family, how would your life have been different?

B: it’s hard to say. Maybe my life would have been more interesting.

Trends in society:

1.       Getting started:

B. 1. Fast food chains are being forced by people to change their menus.

    2. Internet access has been maken available all over by them.

    3. A lot of people are being layed off by companies.

    4. We haven’t been given enough financial support by them.  

Environment matters:

1.       Building vocabulary and grammar:

              B.1. I am concerned about water consumption. I am using water thriftily.

                 2. I am concerned about air pollution. I will buy environment-friendly car.

                 3. I am concerned about global warming. I will plant trees in my garden next summer.

 Trends:

C. 1. she finds it easier to use an online diary than a handwritten one. 2. it is interesting to look back at her pervious entries.

   2. 1.CD 2.MP3

   3. a garget she never uses is radio.

   4. costing her money, appreciate true delights of life, negative effects.

   5. be his calendar, lightweight and portable version,  has well over 100 music channel with no commercials

   6. PDA

   7. When his PDA crashes and I lose irretrievable data, with so many gadgets, his pocket are always filled with at least three of them.

   8. laptop  

D. 1. The garget or new technology that is not most useful in my daily lives.

     2. The biggest change technology has made in my life is mobile phone.

     3. The most important advantage of garget and new technology is people can communicate each other easily.

     4. The biggest disadvantage of new technology is new technology damages our eyes and addict teenagers.

     5. A new garget or technology that would make my lives better in the future is notebook.

Careers:

A.      1.  I think the first thing to do is to get some work experience. What I would do is contact company I was interested in. you know, what my friend was good. She started our in the mail room at a newspaper and ended up as a reporter.

2. You know, one thing you can do is go to a job fair. The main reason to do that is to meet the recruiters. They sometimes interview your right there, and the good thing about that is you might get hired immediately.

3. Well, what you really need is a good resume. What I do is get mine done professionally. The adventage of that is that you can make a really good impression.

4. You know, what I do first is ask all my friends and family if they had any personal contacts. The good thing about that is that they might be able to help you get an interview. The main thing you need is good contact.  

The future continuous and future perfect:

A: What do you think you will have done five years from now?

B: I might be working as an accountant. I’ll probably have passed all the exams by then. How about you?

A: By then I will have graduated – I hope to graduate in two years. So I probably will be starting my PHD. But I won’t have finished by then.

A: what do you think your life will be like in ten years?

B: I hope I’ll have found a partner by then and we’ll have bought our own home. I also hope we’ll be starting a family and I’ll be taking care of the kids, but I may be working part-time too.

A: what do you think you’ll have done when you’re 60?

B: well, I hope I won’t be working. I suppose I’ll have retired by then, so I hope I’ll be enjoying life.

A: Me too. Maybe by then I’ll have bought yacht, and I’ll be sailing every day.

Strategy plus:

A.      1.c 2.f 3.b 4.a 5.d 6.e