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C In my opinion, …

WELCOME
C IN MY OPINION, … Better or worse?
Feeling under the weather 8 Read the blog entry. Mark the sentences WHY ALL THESE
1 W.05 Listen to the conversation. T (true) or F (false).
What’s the matter with Angie? 1 The writer likes awards ceremonies.
2 A Star is Born won Best Film at the
2 Complete the conversation with the words. 2019 Oscars.
3 The writer thinks the song in A Star is Born
appointment | better is the coolest he’s ever heard.
energy | get | operation 4 Dave thinks the writer is very intelligent. I’m really tired of awards ceremonies and
physically | should | took prizes. Why do we have to compare things?
9 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss these Everywhere you look, there’s something
SPEAKING
Mum You don’t look well, Angie. What’s up? questions. going on about who or what is ‘the best’ or
Angie I’m just tired all the time, Mum. You
know, I haven’t got any 1 . 1 What other awards ceremonies do you know of? ‘the most comfortable’ or ‘the biggest’, and
Mum Are you sleeping OK? 2 Do you like awards ceremonies? Why or so on. And sometimes the prize winners
aren’t the best anyway!
Angie Not great, no. I often wake up in the night. why not?
Mum Well, you know, Angie, you 2 3 Do you think it’s fair to compare different Here’s an example: the Oscars in 2019. I saw
movies, actors, music, etc. and choose one as
take more exercise. That would help. the film A Star is Born and it was the most
Angie Really? the best? wonderful film I’d ever seen. But did it win
Mum Yes. I mean, if you 3 more Comparisons the Oscar for Best Film? No! They gave the
exercise, you’d be more tired 4 award to Green Book! Can you believe it? It
and then you’d sleep better. 10 Complete the sentences with the correct form wasn’t as good as A Star is Born.
Angie You’re joking, right? I run, I go of the adjectives and adverbs. Add any other
swimming, I go for long walks. necessary words. OK, A Star is Born got lots of nominations –
My problem isn’t exercise. Giving advice 1 The weather tomorrow won’t be seven, I think – but I don’t think that’s
Mum Yes, you’re right, of course. Well, perhaps (cold) as today. enough. Lady Gaga was fantastic as Ally
you’d 5 see a doctor. I can ring and 5 Complete the sentences with better, should or ought. 2 This is the (good) pizza I’ve ever eaten. Maine. In my opinion, I think she’s much
make an 6 for you if you like. 1 It’s late – you’d go. 3 Do you think this is (difficult) than the better than Olivia Colman, who won Best
Angie A doctor? I don’t think so. I don’t feel sick – 2 If you aren’t well, you to see a doctor. other test? Actress. But the good thing is that A Star is
just tired. I’m sure I’ll 7 better soon. 3 Jane’s in hospital. We go and visit her. 4 This book’s OK, but it isn’t the Born won Best Original Song for Shallow –
Mum OK, well, we can talk about it later. I’m going out to 4 The doctor is very busy, so you make an (interesting) one I’ve ever read. I’ve never heard anything as cool. And was
see a friend of mine who had an 8 last week. appointment. Don’t just turn up. 5 She learns things (easy) than I do. the acting good? It was great! No other film
Angie OK, Mum. Hope your friend’s all right. And don’t 5 Your knee hurts? Well, you’d not play 6 I’m not very good at tennis, but I’m had acting as brilliant as that.
worry about me. I’ll be fine. football today, then. (bad) as Janice! I said all these things to my friend Dave the
6 If you want to get better, you to rest as much 7 Hurry up! Can’t you walk (quick)
3 Match the verbs (1–6) with the nouns and as possible. than that? day after the Oscars. I told him I thought the
adjectives (a–f) to make phrases. Sometimes 8 Do you speak (loud) as your sister? judges were the craziest people in the world.
there’s more than one possible combination. 6 Match the problems (1–3) with the advice (a–c). Dave asked me how many films I’d seen in
1 feel a an appointment Then write one more piece of advice for each 11 SPEAKING Work in pairs or small groups. 2018. I said, ‘One – A Star is Born.’ Dave
SPEAKING
2 get b an operation problem. Use had better, should and ought to. Discuss these statements. Do you agree or says he doesn’t know anyone
3 have c exercise 1 My hand really hurts. disagree with them? Why? as silly as me.
4 make d a doctor 2 I think I’m going to be late for school. 1 The best things in life are free.
5 see e better 3 I can’t do this homework. 2 If something is more expensive, it’s
6 take f sick always better.
a You’d better hurry. 3 It’s more important to work hard
4 Write down as many words related to health as b Perhaps you should phone a friend. than to play hard.
you can think of. Then compare with a partner. c You ought to see a doctor. 4 Exercise isn’t as important as good sleep.
sick 7 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Write mini-dialogues
SPEAKING
nurse including the problems and advice in Exercise 6. 12 Choose two things or people from one
of these categories. Write a paragraph
hospital Add two or three lines to each. Then act them out. comparing them.
…
sports that you like | actors that you like
towns or cities that you know
school subjects | books that you have read
8 9
1 W.05 10 1 as cold 2 best 3 more difficult 4 most interesting
She’s tired because she hasn’t been sleeping well. 5 more easily 6 not as bad 7 more quickly 8 as loudly
2 1 energy 2 should 3 took 4 physically 5 better 11 Students’ own answers
6 appointment 7 get 8 operation
12 Students’ own answers
3 1 e, f 2 a, e, f 3 a, b 4 a 5 d 6 c
4 Students’ own answers Culture notes
The Oscars is the popular name for the Academy Awards,
5 1 better 2 ought 3 should 4 should 5 better an American annual film awards ceremony, which has taken
6 ought place in Hollywood every year since 1929.
A Star is Born is a 2018 American romantic musical-drama
6 1 c 2 a 3 b film and is the third remake of a film from 1937. It features
Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. It was nominated for eight
7 Students’ own answers
Oscars, but only won one, for Best Original Song.
Green Book is a 2018 American biographical comedy-
8 Check/clarify: nominations. drama film. Set in 1962, the film is based on a true story
1 F The writer’s really tired of them. 2 F Green Book won of a jazz pianist and his driver. It stars Mahershala Ali and
Best Film at the 2019 Oscars. 3 T Viggo Mortensen. The film won three Oscars in 2019.
4 F He says he doesn’t know anyone as silly as the writer. Stefani Germanotta, known professionally as Lady Gaga, is
a singer/songwriter and actress from New York. Her debut
9 Students’ own answers
album, The Fame, was released in 2008.
Sarah Caroline Olivia Sinclair, known as Olivia Colman, is
a British actress. In 2019, she won an Oscar for her leading
role as Queen Anne in The Favourite.
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C In my opinion, … pp7–8, Ex. 1–7
T8–T9 Welcome