1. What do our cities say about us?
Q Skills Listening and Speaking
Unit 8

2. agreeable ( adj.) /əˈɡriːəbl/
attract (v) / əˈtrækt/
agreed (adj) (only used before a noun)
attraction (n) attractiveness (n.unc)
agreement (n)
attraction ( adj)
agree (v)
attractively (adv)
hand in hand ( phr)
conscientious ( adj.)
/ ˌkɒnʃiˈenʃəs/  ˌkɑːnʃiˈenʃəs/
conscientiously (adv)
conscientiousness ( n, unc)
conscience (n)

3. innovation ( n.) /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃn/
mobile (adj.) / ˈməʊbaɪl/ /ˈmoʊbl/
innovator (n)
mobile (n.)
innovate (v)
innovative (adj.)
region (n.) /ˈriːdʒən/
satisfy (v.) / ˈsætɪsfaɪ/
satisfaction (n.)
regional ( adj.)
satisfactory (adj.) satisfied
regionally (adv.)
satisfactorily (adv.)

4. surroundings (n.) pl /səˈraʊndɪŋz/
surround (n)
surround (v)
surrounding (adj.)
tend to ( phr.)

5. At the wedding last night I was
Surrounded by deafening music.

6. The penguin is surrounded
by baby penguins.
This fire surround is quite plain.

7. We need to tend to plants carefully.
The mother duck is tending to
her ducklings.

8. This is the latest innovative mobile
from Nokia.
Should we stay in this mobile
home for our holiday?

9. You really need to be mobile if you live here.

10. They agreed that the
proposal was a good
one.
This man is a conscientious objector
he does not want to fight.
People are
attracted to
magnets,,

11. He seems to be satisfied just lying
in the sun.
Tuscany is a beautiful region on the
west coast of Italy.

12. This building won a prize for its
innovative design.
The MMI is a recent innovation in
medical science.

13. Poverty and poor health usually
go hand in hand.

14. Each person has to make a decision
according to their own conscience

15. The sharks surrounded the boat.
The island is surrounded by water.

16. A study has found that students who use Facebook to share links
or check up on friends tend to have higher GPA’s than those who use
Facebook to make status updates.

17. Buenos Aires, Beijing and Dubai.
Listening 2

18. verb
noun
adjective
adverb
phrase/ s
artificiality
artificial
artificially
fake
celebrate
celebration
celebrity
celebrated
celebratory
character*
characteristic
characteristically
direct
direction
direct*
directly
liven
liveliness
lively
precision
precise
precisely
provide
provision
provide for

19. verb
noun
adjective
adverb
phrasal
reveal
revelation
revealing
revealingly
update
value
valuation
valued
valuable

20. I will take the most direct route to
the hospital
Don’t be like Pinocchio, in life it is better to have a direct manner.

21. Equal value should be given to
arts and science subjects.
arts
science
These Faberge eggs are very
valuable

22. These are artificial flowers
This is an artificially created lake

23. Tokyo is one of the worlds most
lively cities.
It took a while for the game to liven up.

24. Its about time I updated my
computer.!
Doctors are finding it difficult to find the
the precise cause of breast cancer.

25. Young Muslims celebrate Eid al Fitr

26. When he opened his mouth he revealed his pearly white teeth.
He laughed revealing a line of
white teeth.

27. It is important we teach our
children these character traits.
Apples can have quite different
characteristics.

28. We need to do more
to provide people
with basic services