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B GOAL Talk about Needs and Wants
Listening
A 🎧33 Listen to a conversation. Choose the best option.
1. The speakers are ___________ students.
a. high school b. university c. graduate
2. The speakers are in ___________.
a. the United Kingdom
b. the United States
c. India
3. The woman read somewhere that people choose universities based on ___________ factors in the UK.
a. academic but not social
b. social but not academic
c. both academic and social
4. The man wishes he had more ___________.
a. money to spend
b. classes to keep him busy
c. time to spend with friends
B 🎧33 Listen again and answer the questions.
1. How does the man feel about his life now?
2. Who used to do many things for the man?
3. How does the woman feel about the information she read?
4. How does the woman feel about the amount of work she is doing?
| PRONUNCIATION: Sentence Stress: Content vs. Function Words |
| Sentence stress is the emphasis placed on certain words in a sentence. In sentences, content words have specific meanings and receive greater stress. Other words have grammatical functions and receive less stress. |
| Content Words |
| Nouns | Main Verbs | Question Words | Adjectives | Adverbs |
| money | speak, buy | why, where, how | wonderful | easily |
| Function Words |
| Pronouns | Auxiliary Verbs | The Verb Be | Articles | Prepositions | Conjunctions |
| it, she, him | have, is, will, could | is, are, was | the, a, an | in, to, of, at | and, or, but, so |
C 🎧34 Listen to the stress in each sentence. Then, listen again and repeat.
1. He wants an active social life.
2. We have a lot of homework.
3. I'm saving money for a new computer.
4. You should think about the future.
5. My family needs the money I make.
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D Underline the content words. Then practice saying the sentences in pairs.
1. Eating at restaurants is expensive.
2. His life at home was easier.
3. The student from India usually arrives early.
4. Martina wants to buy a new car.
5. My shoes were made in China.
Communication
E Write each item in the appropriate column. Use your own opinion.
| books clean water coffee a computer flowers fresh fruit furniture the Internet money a phone public parks shoes |
| Luxuries | Necessities |
WORD FOCUS
Necessities are things we need, such as food and shelter.
Luxuries are things we don't really need, but they can be nice to have.
F Compare your chart in E with a partner's chart. Talk about why you think people do or don't need the items.
✔️GOAL CHECK
Talk about Needs and Wants
Discuss these questions in pairs.
What is something you absolutely need?
What luxury item do you want very much?
