Unit 2

How do you spend your day?

Warm up

1) make eyes at sb.

A: Did you just make eyes at John? He’s my boyfriend.B: Mary, you are so jealous!

2) jock

A: I love my boyfriend, but he’s just a big, dumb jock.B: That’s not a very nice thing to say.

1) Snapshot: p.8

• The six worst jobs in the US

2A) Word power: p.8

• Complete the word map with jobs from the list

2A) Answers: p.8• Office workCompany directorReceptionistWeb-site designerSecretarySales manager

Travel industry

Flight attendantPilotTour guideTravel agentHotel manager

Food service

ServerCashierChefDishwasherHot/hostess

Entertainment business

• Dancer•Musician• Singer• Actor/actress• Disc jockey

3A) Speaking: p.9

• Look at the pictures•Match the information in

columns A,B, and C

3A) Answers: p.9

• A chef cooks food in a restaurant.• A flight attendant serves

passengers for an airline.

• A carpenter builds houses for a construction company.• A receptionist answers the

phone in an office.• A nurse cares for patients in

a hospital.

2B) Oral practice: p.9

• Pair work•Give each person a name• Describe each person’s job• Take turns

Example: Picture 1

• This is Sara.• She’s my mother.• She’s a salesperson.• She sells clothes.• She works in a department

store.

2B) Oral Practice: p.9

• SA: go around the class• Ask 3 classmates•Use the following questions

Questions

1. Who’s she?2. What’s her name?3. What does she do?4. Where does she work?

4A) Listening

• CD 1, T9• Listen and answer the

following questions

1. Where does Andrea work?2. What does Andrea do there?3. What does Jason do?4. Where does Jason work?5. What does Jason exactly do?6. How does he like his job?

Answers

5. He takes orders.6. He likes his job because it’s fun. He gets free hamburgers, too.

Role-play: p.9

• Pair work• Assign a character• Practice the conversation

5) Grammar Focus : p.10

Simple Present TenseHe / She / It

Verb +s

_ch/_sh/_x/_s_y + ies

_o es ies

Example

1. He watches TV every night.2. She goes to school from Monday to Friday.3. He fixes cars.

Oral Practice: p.10

• Pair work• Practice Wh-questions and statements

5A) Exercise: p.10

• Complete these conversations

5A) Oral practice: p.10

• Pair work• Practice the conversations

5B) Homework: p.10

• Complete the chart•Write sentences about each jobCheck the answers next week

5C) Oral practice: p.10

• SA: go around the class• Interview 1 classmate• Ask the questions in C• Take notes

6) Writing: p.11

• A biography•Use your notes from Exercise 5 to write a

biography of your partner

7A) Listening

• Put away your books• Listen and answer the

following questions

Q1: When does Helen usually come to the gym?Q2: What time does Helen start work?Q3: When does Helen get home?

Q4: What does Helen do?Q5: Where does Helen work?Q6: What does Helen exactly do there?

7B) Listening

• Listen to the rest of the conversation and answer

the following questions

Q1: What does Daniel do?Q2: What time does Daniel get up?Q3: What time does Daniel start work?Q4: What does Daniel exactly do?

8A) Pronunciation: p.11

• CD 1, T 12• Listen and practice.•Notice which syllable has the

main stress in these words.

8B) Exercise

•Which stress pattern do these words have?• Add them to the columns in part A.

8B) Answers: p.11

dancer company directorpilot lumberjack musiciancowboy fisherman designer

9) Grammar focus: p.12

• I get up at /around 7: 00 in the morning on weekdays.

I get home late at night.I stay up until midnight.I wake up before/after noon.

9A) Exercise: p.12

• Complete these sentences with time expressions

9A) Answer: p.12

1. at / in / on2. at / on3. at / at4. at / in / on5. at / on6. at / in7. until / on

9B) Oral practice: p.12

• Pair work•Use the sentences in part A• They are true for you• Take turns

9C) Oral practice: p.12

• SA: go around the class• Ask 3 classmates the

questions in part C

10A) Listening: p.12

• CD1, T14• Listen to Rodney, Tina, and

Ellen talk about their daily schedules• Complete the chart

10A) Answers: p.12

Name job Get up Gets home

Goes to bed

Rodney chef 9 AM

11PM

1AM

10A) Answers: p.12

Name job Get up Gets home

Goes to bed

Tina Office manager 7

AM6PM

midnight

10A) Answers: p.12

Name job Get up Gets home

Goes to bed

Ellen Flight attendant

5 AM

9PM

10pM

10B) Oral practice: p.12

• Pair work• According to the information

and make questions

Example

1.What does Rodney do?2.What time does he get up?3. What time does he get

home?4.What time does he go t bed?

11) Interchange 2

• Answer these questions about yourself

A) Oral practice

• SA: go around the class• Interview 2 classmates•Use the questions in Part A

12A) Reading: p.13

• Read the article•Why do these people need

jobs• Check the correct boxes

12A) Answers: p.13

1. Kerin2. Theresa3. Lamar4. Kerin

12B) Oral practice: p.13

• Pair work• Choose the best job for each

person• Explain why.