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2 G R A M M A R articles: a / an, the, no article
a Complete 1 -4 with a / an, the, or - (no article).
1 “Have you heard this joke?____hamburger and____ French fry
walk into a coffee shop.____waitress says, “I'm sorry. We don't
serve____food here.”
2 “I just read____article on____ Internet about how eating____
strawberries makes you look younger..
3 “I’m sure there’s something wrong between us because we never
go out to____dinner or to ____ movies anymore.”
4 “Did you watch____game____ last night? I can’t believe that_____
referee didn’t see that it was____penalty..
b According to the article Gossip with the girls?, who do you think
would probably say 1-4, a man or a woman?
c p.137 Grammar Bank 3B. Learn more about articles and
However, they had been skeptical of the
practice them.
common belief that women use three times as
many words as men. This idea became popular
after the publication of a book called The 3 P R O N U N C IA TIO N
Female Brain (2006) whose author, Louann
Brizendine, claimed that “a woman uses about /ə/, sentence stress, /ðə/ or /di/?
20,000 words per day, whereas a man uses
a 2 20))) Listen and repeat the sound and words.
about 7,000.”
Adapted from the New S cientist find the results difficult to believe. However, he b them with the /ə/ sound.
Professor Mehl accepts that many people will
a about anniversary complain credible
problem talkative usually woman
thinks that this research is important because
the stereotype, that women talk too much and
2 21))) Listen and repeat the sentences. Then practice saying
men keep quiet, is bad not only for women but
also for men. “It says that to be a good male, it’s
better not to talk - that silence is golden.”
ı What are we going to have for lunch to day?
2 i'd like to see a good movie to night.
3 Please stop complaining about the weather.
Professor Boynton interviewed over 1,000
4 The woman in the kitchen is very talkative.
women for her study. She also found that women 5 There’s a problem with the computer.
Adapted from th e Daily Mail website subject for longer periods of time. c /di/ (not /ðə/). Why does the pronunciation change?
move quickly from one subject to another in
conversation, whereas men usually stick to one
2 22)}) Listen and underline five phrases where the is pronounced
Professor Boynton also says that men and women
the movies the end the other day the world the sun
talk for different reasons. In social situations,
the Internet the kitchen the answer the Earth
women use conversation to solve problems and
reduce stress, while men talk to each other to
laugh or to exchange opinions.
4 S P E A K IN G
Prove that the research in Gossip with the girls? is wrong!
Work in pairs or small groups.
If you’re a woman, try to talk for two minutes about:
soccer cars computers
If you’re a man, try to talk for two minutes about:
fashion shopping your family
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