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• HELP WITH LISTENING • HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION
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• Intonation (2): being polite • Natural rhythm
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• • We know if people are being polite by how much their
• a m 2s Listen to these sentences. Notice the
• voices move up and down. If their voices are flat, they
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• often sound rude or impatient. •
• • These help to give English its natural rhythm .
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& 26 Listen to the same questions said twice. • 1 Where would you 1Tvej f you had~a lot~of money?
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Which sounds more polite, a orb? • 2 I've been 1Tvingjnj~ngland for one~and~a half years.
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• 1 @ b 3 ab s ab • 3 Whilej was~on my way home, I met~an~old friend .
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• 2 a b 4 a b • 4 Who do you thi nkj shouldjnvTte to the wedding?
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27 PRONUNCIATION Listen and practise the • b Listen again and practise .
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questions in 2a. Copy the polite intonation.
a Work in pairs. Mark the stress and linking in this
Could you tell me what time it starts? • conversation. Then circle the weak forms .
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• ANN Hi, Tom. What_§@do ng_@the moment?
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Put these words in order to make indirect questions. •
1 whether I you I this I office I is I me I Can I tell I • TOM I'm trying to download an attachment, but my
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laptop keeps crashing. Do you think it's got a virus?
Mr Maxwell's ? • ANN Maybe. Perhaps the software's a bit out of date .
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Can you tell me whether this is Mr Maxwell's office? •
• When did you last update it?
2 think I the meeting I be I will I you I Do I Elizabeth I • TOM I can't remember. And it slows down every time
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at I tomorrow ? •
• I try to send an email.
3 Could I been I 's I me I how long I you I he I here I •
• ANN I think it's time to get yourself a new computer .
tell I working ? • TOM I was thinking exactly the same thing!
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4 Ismay and Ali I holiday I you I Do I going I are I on I •
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know / when ? • b Look at Audio Script 829 p166. Then listen
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s idea I Have I if I went I Wayne I you I any I away I • and check. Listen again and practise each line of the
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weekend I last ? • conversation .
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6 whether I you I Manchester I me I to I Can I goes I • c Work in pairs. Practise the conversation in 2a.
train I this I tell ? • Check your partner's pronunciation. Take turns to
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b Work in pairs. Compare answers. •
a Look at these direct questions that tourists often
ask. Rewrite the questions as indirect questions. Use continue21earn
these phrases.
1 Is there a bookshop near here?
• Vocabulary, Grammar and Real World
Do you know .. .
• Extra Practice 7 and Progress Portfolio 7 p121
2 How do I get to the station?
• Language Summary 7 p143
Could you tell me ...
• 7A-D Workbook p35
3 Should I give taxi drivers a tip?
• Self-study DVD-ROM 7 with Review Video
Do you think ...
4 What time do the banks close?
Have you any idea .. .
5 Where's the nearest post office?
Can you tell me ...

b Imagine you're a tourist in the town/city you're
in now. Write three more indirect questions to ask
someone who lives here.
c Work in pairs. Take turns to be the tourist. Ask and
answer the questions from 7a and 7b.
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!:-:- - • Reading and Writing
Excuse me. Do you know if Yes, there is. Go
there's a bookshop near here? along this road ... • Portfolio 7 Giving instructions Workbook p76
J ,,,-- Reading instructions
Writing connecting words (1): useful phrases

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