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THIS UNIT INCLUDES:
Vocabulary
Different lifestyles
Pronunciation
Sounds: /br/ and /pr/
Grammar
• Future simpe
• First conditional
Skills
• Reading about an interesting lifestyle and ways to maintain its traditional lifestyle
• Talking about maintaining traditional lifestyles
• Listening about the impact of modern technology on lifestyles
• Writing a paragragh about the advantages or disadvantages of online learning
Everyday English
Expressing certainty
👉 GETTING STARTED
Lifestyle differences
- Listen and read. 🎧
Nam: Hello, Tom. How're things?
Tom: Oh good. I like it here. The lifestyle is interesting and different from that in my country.
Nam: Really?
Tom: Sure. Students here call their teachers by their title "teacher", not by their names.
Nam: Right. How do you greet your teachers?
Tom: We usually say "Hello" or "Good morning" then Mr, Mrs, or Miss and their surnames, for exmaple "Good morning, Mr Smith."
Nam: Are there other differences?
Tom: People buy an sell a lot of street food here. In my country people usually buy food in a store or a restaurant.
Nam: Yeah. Buying street food is a common practice in my city.
Tom: And I've noticed that many people have breakfast on the street too! In my country, we typically have a light breakfast at home.
Nam: I see. But here many adults are in the habit of having breakfast outside of their homes. If they're not in a hurry, they'll even have a leisurely coffee there.
Tom: That's fascinating! - Read the conversation again and complete the table.
In Nam's country In Tom's country - Students greet teachers by their title.
People eat breakfast (2) _____.
- People buy and sell food on the roadside.- Students refer to their teachers as Mr, Mrs or Miss and their teachers' (1)_____.
- People eat breakfast at home.
- People often buy food in a (3) _____. - Comlete each sentence with a word or phrase from the box.
greet practice lifestyle
serve in the habit of
1. A balanced diet and exercise are important foe a healthy _____.
2. Handshaking, bowing, and hugging are some of the ways in which people _____ one another.
3. Waiters and waitresses _____ food in restaurants.
4. Going out for breakfast has become a common _____ in this city.
5. My mum is _____ keeping everything in the kitchen bright and clean.
- Label each picture with a word or phrase from the box.
greeting online learning pizza
street food food in restaurants
1. _____________________ 2. ____________________ 3. ___________________ 4. __________________________ 5. _________________________ - QUIZ Greetings around the world.
Take the quiz.
1. Which is probably the most common way of greeting around the world?
A. Shaking hands.
B. Sticking out one's toungue.
2. In the USA, people greet each other by ______.
A. shaking heads
B. saying "Hello"
3. Thais greet their alders by saying "sawadee" and _____.
A. saying their surname
B. slightly bowing to them
4. The Maori of New Zealand greet each other by _____.
A. kissing each other's cheek
B. pressing their noses together
5. How do people in Japan normally greet each other?
A. They bow to each other.
B. They hug each other.
