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Unit 7
Rose-tinted glasses Reading

Warmer
Draw a glass on the board with a line 7 ROSE-TINTED
halfway up. Ask: Is the glass half-full OBJECTIVES
or half-empty? Take a show of hands FUNCTIONS:
cheering someone up
on this. Ask: Does your answer to GLASSES GRAMMAR:
this question reflect your attitude ways of referring to the future (review);
future continuous; future perfect
to life in general? Ask students to VOCABULARY:
discuss in pairs and listen to some of phrases to talk about the future: about
to, off to, on the point of; feelings about
their ideas in open class. 17 Watch the video and think: future events
is it important to look at things

from different angles?
17 Get ing A B C
Play the video and discuss the
question with your class.

1 You may like to put a copy of the
three photos up on the board
before students open their
books.
2 Give students time to read the
two statements before they begin
their discussions in pairs.
3 Check/clarify: optimist, pessimist, REAdING 4 7.01 Read and listen to the blog again.
kidney. 1 Look at the photos. What do they mean to you? Mark the statements T (true) or F (false).
Then correct the false statements.
Give students just two minutes Can you relate them to any real-life situations? 1 The main reason the blogger wrote this post
to scan the blog quickly to find 2 SPEAKING Read statements A and B. Discuss them is to share an exciting story.
SPEAKING
the answer to the question. in pairs. Then say who is more like you: the person 2 The man had to stop working last year.
3 The couple’s son died in a car accident.
Encourage them not to focus on who wrote statement A, or the one who wrote B. 4 The car was very badly damaged in the accident.
A My best friend has moved to another country.
every word for now but just to I’ll never get over it. I won’t find anybody that I like 5 The woman says her husband will still have
some kidney pain.
find the ideas that are mentioned. as much as her, so I won’t even try to find a new 6 Their son wants to study to become a doctor.
friend. Imagine I finally find someone, and then she
1 He had a kidney operation, he had to moved away, too! 7 The blogger thinks we can’t control how we
react to events.
retire, their son was in a car accident B My best friend has moved to another country. 8 The blogger is looking forward to spending
That’s great for her. I’m definitely going to stay in
and he had to buy a new car. 2 She’s touch and I’m looking forward to hearing stories of time with her brother on holiday.
an optimist. her new life. And who knows, one day I might even SPEAKING Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
be able to visit her. 5 SPEAKING
1 Do you agree with the woman’s opinion about
4 7.01 Before playing the audio 3 Read the blog quickly and answer the questions. what happened during the year? Or with the
man’s opinion?
again, ask students to answer as 1 What are the four things the husband didn’t like 2 Do you think a story like this could change people’s
about the past year?
much as they can from memory. 2 Is the wife an optimist or a pessimist? attitudes? Say why (not).
During feedback, you could play
the audio again to check. 66
1 F (It’s to explain that we can choose
to be optimistic.) 2 T 3 F (He was
badly hurt but didn’t die.) 4 T 5 At the end of the exercise, listen to some of the students’ ideas and
5 F (He won’t have any pain any more.) encourage open class discussion.
6 T 7 F (The blogger says we can
control how we look at things.)
8 F (She doesn’t like her brother.)

Objectives Resources for this unit

Functions and speaking Cheering someone up All available online
Grammar Ways of referring to the future (review); Videos Worksheets
future continuous; future perfect ● Get ing: Is it important to look at ● Grammar and vocabulary: Basic, Standard
Vocabulary Phrases to talk about the future: about to, things from different angles? and Extension Worksheets
off to, on the point of; feelings about future events; ● Grammar video!: Future continuous (review) ● Project: Understanding different
WordWise: Expressions with so ● Vlog: Being tactful perspectives
Life Competencies Being tactful Tests ● Communication: Always look on the bright
● Unit, extension and skills test 7 side
● Literature Worksheets: Poetry
● Get ing, Grammar video! and Life
Lessons video Worksheets

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