Life Styles

Adapted from High Impact

St. John’s & St. Mary’s Institute of Technology

by Josephine Huang

Unit 1 Life Styles

• Describing lifestyles

• activities, places

• joining sentences using and

and but; affirmative and negative sentences

Vocabulary

� project

� sort of

� introduce

� look around

� stuff

� used to

� take care

� surprise

� believe

� incredible

� publishing

� company

� assistant

� editor

Listening for key wordsListen. Check(V) the words and phrases you hear.

� Five months

� five years

� just got a job

� just graduated

� sounds busy

� not so busy

� Boyfriend� brother� buying something� just looking around� spend a lot of money� don’t spend a lot of

money

Listening for key wordsListen. Check(V) the words and phrases you hear.

� Five months

� five yearsv

� just got a job v

� just graduated

� sounds busy v

� not so busy

� Boyfriend v� brother v� buying something� just looking around v� spend a lot of money� don’t spend a lot of

money v

Listening for meaning. Listen again. Julie has changed in the five years. Write two things that are different. Fill in the table.

before now

Doesn’t spend a lot of money

Likes to be busy

Spent a lot of money

Didn’t like to be busy

DictationL: Julie? Julie Greene?

J: Laura? Is that your?

L: Yeah, What a 1____________!

J: It’s been a long time!

L: I know. It’s been what? Five years?

J: Five years. Oh, my gosh. 2__________________.

L: I know. It’s incredible. So what’s happening with you?

J: Well, I just got a job at a 3___________________.

L: Great, what do you do?

I can’t believe it

surprise

publishing company

DictationJ: I’m an assistant editor. I’m working on three book

projects. It’s so great.

L:Wow, 4 __________________.

J: Yeah, can you remember me in high school? I didn’t

like to be busy, just liked to have a lot of 5_______,

be with my friends. But now I sort of like being busy.

L: Wow, 6____________________. Um, aren’t you going to introduce me to your boyfriend?

J: Boyfriend? This is not my boyfriend, Laura. This is my brother, Jordan.

L: Jordan? That’s Jordan? Your little brother?

Sounds busy

free time

That’s a change.

DictationJordan: Yeah, hi, Laura. I remember you.

L: Wow, you’ve changed, Jordan. So are you guys 7______________? Spending a lot of money?

J: No, we’re just 8___________________. I don’t spend a lot of money on clothes and stuff I used to.

L: I know what you mean. 9_____________. Wow, I’m glad to see you again, Julie. And you too, Jordan.

Well. 10__________ guys.

Jordan: Wait, we’re just about to have lunch. Want to come along?

L: Uh, sure, that’d be great.

shopping

take care

I don’t either

looking around

Conversation Topic Things I do

Look at the list of places. Where do you spend mot of

your time? Look at the list of activities. Which do you

often do?• At the office

• at school

• at home

• at the library

• in the city

• at work

• outdoors

� Write a lot of reports� do things with my family� work long hours� do things outdoors� play on a sports team� visit friends� study a lot� read books and magazines� do volunteer work

How arethings with

you?

Oh, OK, I’ve been really

busy!

OH, really?Yes, I spend a

lot of time at the office

At the office? Doing what? I write a lot

of reports

Practice again. Use new words from the Word Preview list. Now try once more. Use your own ideas.

A: When did you ______________?

B: I guess when I was about ________?

A: Really? That’s kind of __________.

B: Why? Do you think so?

A: I ___________________ when I was _________.

B: _________? That’s fine, too...

Vocabulary

� exactly� stay in shape� work out� boring� take sth. serio

usly� imagine

� get along

� have a lot in common

� be crazy about

� hang around

� check out

1. Listen. What do they say? Jordan Nick

1.jazz

2.movies

3.music

4.money

5. Exercise

6. Studying

7. family

v v v v

v v

v

v v

1. I really like jazz and Nick ______________.2. I’m crazy about movies and Nick ________.3. I love checking out the newest CDs and Nick ______________.4. Nick doesn’t have much money to spend and ________________.5. I exercise every day, but _______ Nick.6. I like studying, but Nick ____________.7. I get along really well with my family, but Nick __________.

does, toois, too

does, too

I don’t eithernotdoesn’t

doesn’t

DictationJordan: Hi, My name is Jordan. One of my best friend

s is Nick. Nick Koda. I think we 1___________really well together. We have a lot in common. Like, I really love jazz and Nick does, too. And I’m crazy about 2__________ and Nick is too. But I guess the thing we both like best is 3_____________ music stores. I love checking out the newest CDs and Nick 4_____________. The only problem is money. Nick doesn’t have much money to spend and I don’t either. Of course, we are not 5_______________. There are some pretty big differences between us. For example, I like to 6_______________.I exercise every day, but not Nick. You won’t catch him 7___________. He says exercise is boring.

get along

movieshanging around

does,too

exactly the same

stay in shape

working out

DictationAnd I take my studies pretty 8.____________ I like studying but Nick doesn’t. He hates it. And another thing--I get along really well with my 9._________, but Nick doesn’t. He hardly ever talks to his parents. 10.___________________.

seriously

family

Can you imagine