listening

David: What’s it like living in England, Terry? Terry: well, I’m having a great time. But I sometimes have difficulty understanding what people are saying. David: Can you explain that, please? Do you have trouble with our pronunciation? Terry: No, but there are many words that you use in a different way. I sometimes really don’t understand. David: Can you give an example? Terry: A woman said she would ring me the next day. David: What’s strange about that/ Terry: Well, we say “I’ll call you tomorrow.”

David: Now that sounds funny to me! Terry: There are other things that are different.In the States people stand closer to each other than English people. For example, if I’m talking to English people at a party, I find that they stand quite far away from me. David: Anything else? Terry : Well, yes. It’s clear to me that English people don’t like touching somebody or being touched. Now in the States, touching is an important part of being friends. Friends touch each other on the arm, for example. And we often put an arm round a friend when we say “Hello” or “Goodbye”.

David: No, people in Britain wouldn’t do that. Terry : So I have to remember not to touch people when I’m in England. David: What else? Terry : You drive on the left and we drive on the right. I almost got killed on the street the other day. I wanted to cross the street so I stopped. I looked to the left and started to cross. There was a car coming from my fight! Luckily it stopped and didn’t hit me.

WORD STUDY 1 closet A a number f people or things that form more than half of a group 2 explain B information and understanding about a subject 3 majority C the same 4 mother tongue D a cupboard where you can put clothes 5 equal E to make something clear to understand by describing or giving information about it 6 communicate F native language 7 knowledge G the activity of buying,selling or exchanging goods or services 8 trade H to give information using speech, radio signals or body movement

grammar

Requests and Commands: 1. Could I use your bathroom? 2. Put your coat in the closet. 3. Speak quietly on the phone, please. 4. Will you help me with my homework this afternoon? 5. Could you meet me at four? 6. Take your shoes off before you enter the room. Requests: 1, 3, 4, 5 Commands: 2, 6

Conclusions: If a sentence is an order, use told/ordered sb. to do sth. told/ordered sb. not to do sth. If a sentence is a request, use asked sb. to do sth. asked sb. not to do sth.

2. Change the following sentences into Direct Speech. 1.The landlady asked him to put his coat in the closet/not to put it on the peg. 2. The young father told his children to stand still /not to move. 3. Mother told me to lock the door after midnight/not to leave the door open after midnight. “Please don’t put your coat on the peg. Put it in the closet, please,” the landlady said to him. “Stand still! Don’t move !” the young mother told her children. “Lock the door after midnight. Don’t leave the door open after midnight.” Mother said to me.

Conclusions: If a sentence is an order, use told/ordered sb. to do sth. told/ordered sb. not to do sth. If a sentence is a request, use asked sb. to do sth. asked sb. not to do sth.

WB.p Shup up. 2. Speaker louder, please? 3. Try the lift. 4. Don’t wait for me. 5. Stop wasting time. 6. Please tell me a story.

command or request: 1. Please speak more English in class. 2. Would you please buy a towel for me? 3. Be quiet. 4. Turn off the light. 5. Make yourself at home, please. 6. Don’t smoke Command: tell/order Request: ask 1 2 5