OUTCOMES - ADVANCED - UNIT 3

OUTCOMES ADVANCED

UNIT 3: RELATIONSHIPS

Vocabulary – Describing people

Step 1

incompetent = negative

direct = could be either depending on context/ how it’s said a snob (not an adjective-adjective = snobbish) = negative

absent-minded = negative

quite hard work = negative

bitchy = negative

laid-back = positive (usually)

principled = positive

strong-willed = negative (usually)

thick-stinned = positive (usually)

Step 2

1. 4
2. 3
3. 9
4. 10
5. 7
6. 1
7. 5
8. 2
9. 8
10. 6

Listening

Step 1

Conversation 1

A colleague – incompetent, defensive, arrogant, full of himself, blames other people

Conversation 2

      A famous musician – principled, decent, hardworking or fake, exploitative (depending on point of view)

Conversation 3

     New neighbours – in a student house – guy next door – quiet (keeps himself to himself); girl – nice, bright, chatty but selfish; guy – pleasant but lazy (a slacker) and laid-back

Step 2

1. a dragging
2. a comes across
3. a hit (it) off
4. gets, puts up
5. got
6. hogs
7. go over
8. raise
9. strikes

Grammar – would 1

Step 1

1. They’ll probably buy a new one.
2. It should arrive some time next week.
3. I think it was your own fault, to be honest.
4. I couldn’t agree more with you on that.
5. Surely most people can see through the marketing.
6. It can’t have been that hard to organize.

Reading

Step 2

1. Sweden, Finland and Belarus = slightly more than one in two marriages there and in divorce
2. celebrity divorces and custody battles = these are often in the news nowadays
3. Mesopotamia, The Greek Empire and Cairo = these were examples of where divorces took place a long time ago
4. Emperor Charles V = he was the uncle of Catherine of Aragon, who was divorced by Henry the eighth
5. The Church of England = this was founded because of Henry and Catherine’s divorce (which was not accepted by the Church of Rome)
6. 1857 = the first ordinary people in Britain were allowed to file for divorce
7. TV, junk food, and Facebook have all been cited (given) as grounds for divorce
8. a heated argument at a wedding reception = this argument about cutting the cake ended in an annulment (similar to divorce) at a Polish wedding

Step 4

Share this dubious distinction; against a backdrop of …; chronically high divorce rates; a male heir to the throne; divorces … sanctioned by the Pope; comply with someone’s wishes; cover a multitude of sins; follow such trends

Step 5

High-profile celebrity divorces; divorce was commonplace; to grant him his divorce; … divorces are instigated by women; divorce has now become too easy; divorces failed for ridiculous reasons; divorce cases

Grammar – would 2

Step 2

1. wouldn’t listen
2. wouldn’t stop
3. wouldn’t come
4. wouldn’t let
5. wouldn’t even put
6. wouldn’t start
7. wouldn’t hear
8. wouldn’t leave

Listening

Step 1

1. a neighbour
2. teacher and pupil
3. sisters
4. a couple
5. doctor and patient

Vocabulary – Phrasal verbs

Step 2

She must be getting on (in age/ a bit); single someone out – for punishment; going through – a phase; put our foot down; channeled into tennis; nothing really came of it; they got back in touch; I wouldn’t put up with it

Step 3

1. came of
2. getting on
3. channeled her energy into
4. put up with
5. singled you out
6. go through

Step 4

To see someone around; to be with it; to call someone to account; to answer back; to blow over; to get over; to be down to; to bring up/ be brought up; to take something in your stride; to be under the weather

Developing conversations – What’s up?

Step 2

1. weather/ rain
2. teacher/ tutor
3. English (or any subject)
4. flatmates/ housemates/ friends
5. ankle
6. baby